Chambers of Poe

The Chambers of Edgar Allen Poe (1100 Santa Fe Street) By contrast to the open layouts of The Beast and the Macabre Cinema, The Chambers of Edgar Allen Poe is structured around the tight corridors and dark claustrophobia of a traditional spookhouse, in keeping with the terrifying enclosures of the graves and crypts of Poe’s short works. Visitors experience scenes derived from classic Poe tales such as “The Tell-tale Heart” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” playing on fears of live burial and pretending you can’t hear a beating heart under the floorboards. For ticket information, see chambersofpoe.com.

Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 7 p.m.; Thursdays, Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays, 7 p.m. Starts: Oct. 2. Continues through Nov. 1, 2009