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 2023 show:
PHYSICAL/SENSORY ACCESSIBILITY CONCERNS (please see the FAQ for information on accommodations):
- Dim lighting/darkness
- Cold ambient temperature
- Fog/haze in enclosed spaces
- Latex props
- Liquids/substances
- Loud noises
- Misophonia triggers
- Narrow passages
- Obstacles
- Stairs/steps
- Strobes and lasers
- Uneven/moving/slippery floors
- Unpleasant scents and textures
DEPICTED:
- Abuse (familial/domestic)
- Audience interaction
- Blood/gore
- Bodily fluids
- Body horror
- Burning
- Clowns
- Detached body parts and organs
- Hell/afterlife
- Kidnapping
- Illness/injury
- Insults
- Jump scares
- Medical gore
- Murder
- Mutilation
- Noose/hanging
- Personal space intrusion
- Razors
- Screaming
- Self-harm
- Sexual harassment
- Sexual themes (~PG13)
- Shouting/aggression
- Spiders and other bugs
- Staged combat/violence
- Squalor/rot
- Torture
- Vermin
- Vomit
MENTIONED:
- Cannibalism
- Harm to children
- Homophobia
- Necrophilia
- Terminal illness
