{"id":42757,"date":"2018-11-04T17:03:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T17:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=42757"},"modified":"2018-11-04T17:03:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T17:03:26","slug":"good-to-be-scared-at-rhondda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2018\/11\/04\/good-to-be-scared-at-rhondda\/","title":{"rendered":"Good to be scared at Rhondda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Prepare to be scared and feel good about it at a disused mine this Halloween<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_42776\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 3264px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-42776 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/10\/image2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42776 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/10\/image2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" \/><\/noscript> The Rhondda Heritage Park runs year-round as a museum for Welsh mining<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.x-scream.com\">X-Scream<\/a> has taken over Rhondda Heritage Park for Halloween, and this time it has a Grimm ending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The horror evening\u2019s annual run has returned with a fairytale twist in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once upon a Time<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brave guests are invited to roam the mine, above ground and below. The catch: a horde of maniacal fairytale characters await in the dark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The event runs for 11 nights and pits groups of 13 against the park\u2019s best efforts at creating a living nightmare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 16+ event coincides with the release of a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Femo0000470\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">study <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from the American Psychological Association.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Author Margee Kerr of the University of Pittsburgh studied the brain activity of participants in a similar attraction. She found the effects to be not unlike those produced by running or meditation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGuests reported significantly higher mood, less anxiety and tiredness directly after the haunted attraction,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-is-it-fun-to-be-frightened-101055\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wrote Margee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The scarier the experience, she wrote, the better the brain\u2019s response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Margee is keen to stress that the experience must be in a safe environment and on the participant\u2019s terms. Even then, she says, this may not be for everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42775\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 3264px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-42775 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/10\/image1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42775 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/10\/image1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" \/><\/noscript> X-Scream is in its third consecutive year<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When asked why people enjoy X-Scream, event director Helen Gibbons cites similar reasons. \u201cWhen scared, there is a release of adrenaline and other feel-good hormones,\u201d says Helen. \u201cIf we are scared in a safe environment it allows us to jump, then quickly relax and enjoy the bodily response to the fear.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The event comes from the &#8220;twisted mind\u201d of one of the team at Rhondda. X-Scream has previously used zombies and horror films as its themes. This year Helen relished the fairytale theme. It allowed the team to \u201cTake something soft and fluffy and make it twisted and gory.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.x-scream.com\/tickets\/\">Tickets<\/a> are available for evenings 25-31 October from 6:30pm at \u00a322.50.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare to be scared and feel good about it at a disused mine this Halloween<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":333,"featured_media":43108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[4547,6318,3978,276,598,720,3987,675,4280,3932,935,157],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-42757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-culture-home","tag-coalmine","tag-disney-princess","tag-fear","tag-halloween","tag-horror","tag-interactive","tag-mine","tag-performance","tag-performance-art","tag-rhondda","tag-rhondda-cynon-taff","tag-scary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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