Sentosa Spooktacular 2013 Media Preview Night

Be prepared to have your worst nightmares come to life this October. 

Fear-enthusiasts, are you ready for Sentosa Spooktacular 2013?

Yes, I'm ready to embark on the five horror trails again. This marked my second year to Spooktacular. I must say I had an immersive horror and fun experience at Halloween last year. Read my post here Sentosa Spooktacular 2012. 

Looking forward to Sentosa Spooktacular 2013 as we are being transported into the world of Thai Horror movies.

Paving the way for a new experience in the Asian Horror genre, Sentosa has collaborated with renowned movie production studio GMM Tai Hub Co. Ltd. (GTH) where Sentosa Spooktacular takes visitors through the FIVE elaborately themed, haunted trails inspired by GTH’s most horrifying movies – Coming Soon, Shutter, Dorm, Pee Mak and Body. 

Instead of watching the horror movies on screen, we will now be able to experience the trigger of all five senses of sight, smell, sound, touch and the dry taste of fear experienced by our human body.

I had brought my friend, Jessie, along with me to experience her first Halloween trail. We were ready for a night of blood-curdling screams.

Our Halloween journey began when we on board the Ghost Rider tram that will transport us to Fort Siloso.

Spooktacular is held at Fort Siloso for the second year, a venue best known for its paranormal sightings. Definitely a chilling place to held Halloween.

Following the ghostly sign, this way pleaseeeeee.

So glad that I met Jasmine, now we had more people to embark the trail together.

It's been quite awhile since I last meet up with Jasmine, today is a catch-up day for us.

Welcoming the Spokespersons and VIPs to Spooktacular. Wow, the artistes from Thailand were here to grace the event too. The gang of four from Pee Mak were here!!!

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Together with the lead actor from ‘Coming Soon’, Chantavit Dhanasevi and the famous gang of four from ‘Pee Mak’, Pongsathorn Jongwilas, Nattapong Chartpong, Auttarut Kongrasriand Kantapat Permpoonpatcharasook will open the Media Preview Night.

Credits to Sentosa Spooktacular.

A welcome address by Spokespersons of Sentosa, GTH - Mr David Goh, Senior Divisional Director of Sentosa Leisure Management (left) and Mr Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, Senior Director of International Business for GTH (right).

Mr David Goh shared with us that they had raised the bar for a more immersive experience for Halloween fans who wanted more each year they return. Sentosa Spooktacular 2013 is the first Halloween event to convert Asian horror films into reality walkthroughs for guests that have the desire to give themselves a genuine scare and have a good time going through it.

Mr Yongyoot Thongkongtoon on the other hand shared with us on their first encounter with Sentosa. The email on Halloween collaboration from the Sentosa team actually went into GTH's junk mail. While the associate was clearing the email from junk, he noticed this email from Sentosa. They decided to check on this because they knew that Sentosa is a very famous tourist attraction in Singapore. They then went on to further discuss about the details and agreed that it is a good platform to work with a veteran in Halloween events such as Sentosa. That's how the collaboration came about. 

Credits to Sentosa Spooktacular.

Speech by Guest-of-Honour of Sentosa Spooktacular Media Preview 2013, His Excellency, Mr. Marut Jitpatima, Ambassador of Thailand to Singapore. 

Credits to Sentosa Spooktacular.

The spokespersons and VIPs launched of the official opening of Sentosa Spooktacular 2013. Th ten months hardwork from the team had come to life.

It's time to venture into trails.

Credits to Sentosa Spooktacular.

Look! Someone was hanging up on the lamp post. Beware of the things above you when you walked.

Eh, it actually look scary upon closer look.

The once-familiar passageways and underground areas of Fort Siloso was wrapped into scenes from Thailand's most horrifying movies.

Took a photo with the roaming ghosts that were wandering along Fort Siloso.

Th ghost bride was looking at me. 

No, I'm not the one who murder you.

Here we go.

Upping the game with interactive components, we no longer just simply walk through a haunted trail, but steady ourselves through the dark twisted tales of five Thai ghost as we embarked on missions to lift the spell that plagues them all.

Haunted trail 1: DORM

Arriving at Saichon Witthaya School where Wichien, a boarding school loner, fell down a well and met his doom. Desolated, he resolved to make his absence felt. Now, with kids going missing one by one, and drowning incidents commonplace at the school, it’s time to face the fear head-on. 

I felt scared and helpless in this trail because we had to navigate the dim, maze-like corridors with only a modest torchlight. We went in as a group of eight and the torchlight was only carried by the first person. So the rest of us had to hold on to the person in front of us in order not to get lost behind.

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Embrace myself and walked through the tunnel maze really quickly before the ghosts came for me. I had let out a scream several times because the room was so dark and every little things that moved scared me to hell.

As I mentioned earlier, there is a mission to complete at every trail. So for DORM, we will need to recite a chant that help Wichien to reincarnate.

Shall not  reveal too much photos of the trails and spoil your fun. You need to personally experience it to enjoy this horrific fun.

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The legendary Pee Mak Dance by the gang of four from Pee Mak.

The faceless man in filial clothes scaring the crowds while we were waiting for the trails.

Haunted trail 2: BODY

Chon, a medical student who has performed countless autopsies, was increasingly perturbed by nightmares filled with horrific flashes of one of the corpses he recently studied; it belonged to Dararai, who had been gruesomely butchered. 

This was the most gruesome trail with many butchered scenes. Walked through the trail quickly in case I was being stopped by them and get the deadly stares from them.

Be aware of the surrounding, they might crawl out of nowhere.

My goodness, the manic doctor just squeezed the heart out from the body and the best part was that the body was still moving. How is that possible?

The vengeful soul has placed a deadly curse on the whole faculty — including me. To lift the curse, our mission is to locate and retrieve Dararai’s grisly body parts (gloves not provided) and piecing them together.

Haunted trail 3: SHUTTER

When photographer Tun noticed mysterious white shadows in his shots, he knew something was amiss. It became clear that the apparitions were Netre, his ex-girlfriend who was raped by his best friends; they had pressurised him to capture the misdeed in order to blackmail her, driving her to commit suicide. She returns to exact her revenge, and it doesn’t look pretty. 

There was one part where we got stuck and could not move through. We were too scared to step forward, there was this 3D effect photo shooting that made the female ghost came closer and closer to us. I couldn't help but scream and close my eyes so that they can't haunt me. 

Credits to Sentosa Spooktacular.

Haunted trail 4: PEE MAK

After the war, Mak invited his best friends – Ter, Puak, Shin and Aey – to visit his hometown, and introduced them to his beautiful wife, Nak, and his newborn baby. However, they soon heard a village rumour that Nak had died during childbirth. It is now up to the foursome to uncover the ugly truth and save Mak from his ghostly wife. 

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The mission is to go to the unholy Temple of Dawn and perform a divine dance ritual, the Pee Mak dance, to lay Nak's soul to rest.

This trail was a pretty short one. If you want to start off the trail with something that is least scary, Pee Mak will be the one that you can begin with.

Haunted trail 5: COMING SOON

We started the trail by watching a short video on Chaba last scene of a production.

Ever watched an actress giving the performance of her life? Well, keep your eyes peeled for starlet Chaba, who gave her all to her career — literally. In the last scene of a production, she suffocated to death due to a technical glitch, while the crew stood transfixed by what they misinterpreted as a breathtaking execution. She’s back for her final act, and no one’s off the hook from her lethal hex. 

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This was one of the scariest trail for me, Chaba just couldn't let us have peace. This was really mind blowing, especially when Chaba was following us behind that when I turned behind, her face was directly in front of me. I let out a loud scream when seeing her rotten face.

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Oh yes, the six of us (Jessie, myself, Jasmine, Tini, Peishi and Rachell) had survived through the haunted trails together. So glad to have each other companion throughout the five trails.

I must say this is the most fearful Halloween that I had ever been to, I had never scream so much before in my entire life. The haunted trails are really spine chilling. Despite being the most scary one, it is also the best  Halloween that I have attended. The satisfaction I get after surviving through the series of horror movies were priceless.

What is Halloween without a good scare?

Sentosa Spooktacular 2013 is not be for the faint-hearted. 

Come challenge yourself for a night of blood-curdling screams, true authenticity and a cloud of spookiness at Sentosa Spooktacular 2013, Asia’s Scariest Fun!

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Tickets are available on http://spooktacular.com.sg/ or from Sentosa Ticketing Counters.

Tickets for 19 and 26 October are all sold out.

Date: 19th (sold out), 25th, 26th (sold out), 31st Oct, 1st & 2nd Nov 2013

Time: 7pm - 11pm

Ticket price: $66.60

For more information, please visit http://spooktacular.com.sg/

Sentosa Spooktacular 2012 Media Preview

We are now in the month of October, the month of Halloween.

the dead spirits will be back to move among the living.

It's time to raise your goosebumps and experience the spine-chilling journey during Halloween.

Together with my bold companion - Qian Hui, we challenged to conquer the horror trails at Sentosa Spooktacular.

Sentosa Spooktacular is set to scare the living daylights out of thrill-seekers with iconic ghouls of the Asian folklore, making it Singapore’s largest Asian horror fest.

For the first time in Singapore’s Halloween history, Fort Siloso is being used as Sentosa Spooktacular 2012’s designated venue. Urban legends and its rich historical background has given Fort Siloso its rift reputation as a haunting ground for paranormal sightings. According to urban folklore, the island's dark history of battles and death has generated stories of Asian ghouls seen wandering around Fort Siloso's tunnels and colonial buildings.

 Its horror trails will challenge patrons to walk the fine line between myth and reality as these 200 spirits will meet with daredevil visitors at Sentosa Spooktacular’s Horror Trails: Ouija Board, Camp Berhantu, Deadly Doll Studio, The Land of Lost Souls as well as The Last Sequel, to retell their hair-raising accounts of bloody murders, painful tortures and tragic deaths.

History of Fort Siloso

Fort Siloso was built in the early 1880s to aid in protecting the port. It was part of Singapore's coastal defence in Blakang Mati.

During World War II, Fort Siloso served the Japanese as a Prisoners Of War Camp until the end of the war. British and Australian soldiers captured by the Japanese were thrown into the prison and tortured. Suspected rebels and supporters of anti-Japanese activities were brutally and mercilessly killed. Most of them were Chinese, they were rounded up and lined up against the beach of Pulau Blakang Mati and were shot and bayonette to death.

Arriving at the entrance of Sentosa Spooktacular, the pathway to Netherworld began right from here.

Take a deep breath and brace myself through it.

Skeletons could be seen all over the place. A total of 450 skeletons and skulls were involved in Spooktacular 2012.

Erm, why was everyone giving me the deadly stare?

Is she the getai singer from the movie 881?

Passing by Meng Po Pavilion.

Patrons who have the urge to quench their thirst can purchase Meng Po Magic Tea from the Pavilion.

Why did Meng Po Pavilion had bloody skeleton and broken hand found in their store?

Erm, it's not the right time for me to drink the tea yet. I better move on to prevent being the next target.

Sir! Yes sir!

Found this dead soldier wandering in the middle of the street. He was suspected to have served as a soldier in World War II.

Meet the ghost bride, her look was pretty scary. 

Oh no, I think I will have sleepless toss tonight.

Who are ghost brides?

Ghost brides are either a living woman engaged to a dead fiance, or a dead woman whose bones are offered to a living man as a bride.

Already feeling scared, this was just the beginning. We had yet to enter the 5 horror trails.

My first time here at Fort Siloso in the night. It was usually closes at 6pm.

Exciting or not?

Trail 1: Camp Berhantu.

Watch the paranormal proceedings at the ghastly barracks as the ghost of a restless recruit re-enacts his fire mishap every Thursday night — when spirits are at their most rowdy, according to Malay beliefs. Smell the acrid stench of kerosene and burnt alloy; hear the sounds of frantic pounding and unearthly shrieks as the recruit is burnt “alive” for the umpteenth time. Be on your guard there — unappeased with killing his bunkmates in revenge, he might take it out on you. Then, you shall stay with him for eternity

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To me, the first stop is always the scariest because you have no idea what to expect in it. The darkness in it left you feeling helpless.

Trail 2: The Land of Lost Souls

Get on board Sawadee Airlines to the desolated Dwng Wiyyan. 

Surrounding the island are tormented spirits with unfinished business binding them to this world. You best pray you have the “third eye” to see the wraiths, or you’ll never be able to dodge their deadly clutches. Are you fast enough to escape and make a return trip from the lifeless land?

Had a tough fight with Ong Bak.

Survived through the lifeless land and we passed by the cemetery. 

Eerie smoke were brewing the whole of Fort Siloso.

Can you handle this?

We had a short break at the Japanese Army Canteen who sell the large pot of Meng Po Tang again.

Purchase one of their magic tea.

We had seen Gangnam Style performed by Psy. But how about Gangnam Style by the dead soldier, ghost bride and chinese vampire Jiang Shi?

It's really one of its kind. You cannot miss it.

Trail 3: The Last Sequel

Always wished you could write your destiny? Hear the morbid story of an ill-fated author and you will drop the idea. The wretched man continues to be stricken by horrific events that seem to follow his novels to the letter — grisly pieces of his sister sent to him in a crate, his wife found gruesomely murdered and hanged in a walk-in freezer. Come see how the nightmarish plot unfolds, but first: prepare your death note.

Japanese ghost in their traditional costume.

還珠格格 also joined in the horror trail??

That's how the patrolling police looked like when he was on duty for Spooktacular.

Thanks for the invitation. With the media pass, we were able to experience the trails without queuing. It acted like an express pass.

Trail 4: Deadly Doll Studio

Afraid of dolls? You should be! Visitors of this doll studio swear the deadpan eyes of the creepy creations seem to follow them; some even claim to have witnessed them move on their own. So lifelike in appearance, people now suspect real human parts were used. Have you got the guts to spy on the uncanny doll maker to discover the secret behind her craft? Beware; you might end up being the horrific face of her next exhibit, as they say she will not stop until she makes the “perfect doll”.

Spotted a roaming spirit, look at the camera over here!

Got a scare by her. When I was walking past, she was hiding above me, stuck her head and hand out, and ask me to be careful.

*Shivering!*

So many missing one. Did you spot any of them?

Trail 5: Ouija Board

Responsible for burying prisoners-of-war during WW2, the caretaker used to live in the dilapidated house atop Mount Siloso before he was also tortured to death by the soldiers. The abode became the favourite haunt of occultists for dark rituals, and the anguished spirits were summoned for Ouija readings. But no one dares visit after one such unholy pilgrimage went wrong, and the inquisitors vanished mysteriously. If you’re dying to know what happened, come ask the spectres yourself — but don’t get spirited away!

The cleaner was sweeping the floor lifelessly.

"One more glance and I will make sure you are chopped into pieces."

Oops, I seemed to have wrongly stepped into her house.

Tik Tok! Tik Tock! Tick Tock! Tick Tock! Tick Tock! Tick Tock! Tick Tock! Tick Tock! Tick Tock! Tick Tock! Tick Tock! Tick Tock!

Omg, whose head does it belongs to????

A gruesome' scene of the older days' kitchen.

Oh man, whose tomb had we passed by. Was somebody crawling out from the coffin?

Runnnnnnnnnn!

Oh yes, I proud to say that I had completed the five horror trails.

Do you have what it takes to survive five fright-filled trails of haunted souls? 

This Halloween, Fort Siloso will be teeming with ghoulish goings-on as the most desperate, tortured and vengeful spirits rise to feed off the frenzied terror.

For the super-enthusiastic, Halloween begins immediately on the Sentosa Spooktacular website (www.spooktacular.com.sg) and Facebook page (www.facebook.com/sentosa.spooktacular), where fear-enthusiasts can familiarize themselves with Spooktacular’s Horror Trails, ghostly ambassadors and videos. 

Limited early-bird tickets are also available for purchase on the website.

Dates: 19 & 20 October, 26 & 28 October 2012

Time: 7.00pm - 11.00pm (Last entry into Fort Siloso at 10pm) 

Venue: Fort Siloso

 Prices of tickets: 

Standard Rate - $48 (All dates) 

Student Rate - $28 (Limited tickets valid for 19 & 20 Oct)

Sentosa Islander will enjoy a 15% off (All dates; limited to 4 tickets per card. Not valid on event day)

Kia Gui 'Afraid of Ghost' Pass - $10 (Admission to Fort Siloso only, no admission to haunted trails.) 

Fast Pass - $25 (not inclusive of event admission tickets) 

Not suitable for children aged 12 years and below.

Bid goodbye to Spooktacular.

Thanks Sentosa for the great effort done. It was an immersive horror and fun experience, I totally enjoyed it. I have a memorable Halloween experience. How about you?

Sentosa Spooktacular now officially invites all to come play, if they dare.