On a cool, windy October night at Lipscomb University, something changed about one of the men’s residence halls.
Haunted High Rise was the occasion, bringing Lipscomb students out to get the adrenaline flowing.
Men from each floor set up their own “haunted house” in their respective hallways.
Setup was tedious with all the garbage bags, fake blood and masks, but when things finally got rolling, the fun began.
“I think I was the scariest clown ever. I made people cry,” said Charlie Coffee, who played the part of the infamous Jigsaw from the Saw series.
Students would walk into the bathroom where a merciless clown would slam the door behind them.
The doorknob was removed so groups were left helpless in the third-floor bathroom with no way out. In pitch black, a strobe light flashed and Coffee came into view, wearing his Jigsaw mask and suit and sitting on his knees.
After a creepy voiceover from a nearby computer, Coffee then took out his power drill and went after the groups. He was joined in his mission by some bathroom clowns. One victim was freshman Julie Berardinis.
“We got locked in with a creepy clown and a drill, but you all did such a good job,” she said, calling it the “highlight of my time here.”
Every floor had its own unique, creative ideas in order to get a scream out of people. In the end, the fifth floor won the competition for the scariest hall, with the third floor coming in at close second.
“We may not have won, but we had a great bonding experience working on this” said third-floor RA Nate Mueting.
After all the scares, funnel cakes were served in the lobby for the traditional Wednesday Night We Eat.
The fifth floor will reign as champions of Haunted High Rise…until next October, when they are liable to get drilled.
By Taylor Jackson