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 2024 show:

Major themes:

Body horror/mutation
Disease/pandemic
Medical horror
Oppression and inequality
Slimes and substances
Physical Violence

Also explored:
Blood/gore
Cannibalism
Chainsaws
Conspiracy theories
Environmental damage
Evil children
Evil doctors/nurses
Gunshots/gun violence
Harassment/screaming (at audience and other actors)
Harm to babies/children
Needles
Medical abuse
State violence
Spiders
Torture
Vomiting

Physical obstacles:
Stairs
Uneven floors
Very narrow passageways
Strobe lights
UV lights
Fog/haze
Latex props
Dim light/darkness
Extremely loud and high pitched noise
Misophonia (chewing/squishing sounds)
Trypophobia
The need to walk through the show and stand in place
Very cold building