We know horror and scary experiences can be thrilling and affirming, improving people’s sense of camaraderie, resilience, and courage. But if the action touches upon personally upsetting content, it can stop being fun. We want to make sure that you have fun at Nightmare Vermont, so we provide a list of the topics and actions in each year’s show so that may be personally upsetting to some fans, so that you can review them ahead of time and make sure you are in control of your experience. Remember, you can ALWAYS safeword out of Nightmare Vermont. We’re committed to consensual scares.

Trigger Warnings for the 2025 show:

Major content themes:

Blood and gore

DeathScreaming

Systematic and acute oppression

Vampires

Violence

Werewolves

Also seen/visited:

Coercion

Family strife

Cannibalism

Self Harm

Torture

Death/loss of a child

Needles and veins

Medical gore

Experiments on humans and animals

Spiders

Natural disasters

Trypophobia (clustered holes)

Shouting and harassment (at actors and audience)

Audience participation

Physical and sensory considerations:

The show requires you to stand and walk for up to 45 consecutive minutes.

Stairs and steps (1 flight each up and down, and a few smaller ups and downs)

Uneven or unstable floors

Fog/haze (water based)

Strobe lights

Dim lighting

Loud and sudden noises

Brushing past unpleasant textures

Narrow passageways

Squishing sounds

Cold environment (the building is uninsulated)

Latex props