Nick Cannon as soon as visited this haunted home in Queens and made it out unscathed. He was one of many fortunate ones.
A Haunting in Hollis, which operates out of a non-public residence alongside Hollis Avenue in Queens Village, has created a real path of horrors, based on a minimum of 5 lawsuits introduced by folks claiming to have been harm there.
A decade in the past, Cannon filmed a phase for his discuss present at what he known as “haunted home within the ‘hood.’”
Solainne Moncero-Tannis, 33, wasn’t as fortunate. She visited the spooky attraction, which has been in enterprise since 2002 in a home owned by Janette and Lataya Carter, in October 2023 and left with two damaged ankles, she alleged within the newest lawsuit, filed Oct. 2 in Queens Supreme Courtroom.
Moncero-Tannis had gotten married simply two weeks earlier than she visited A Haunting in Hollis, the place she went down a 20-foot slide inside known as Devil’s Slope, based on her Oct. 2 lawsuit.
The slide went “straight down within the pitch darkish” and landed on concrete, her lawyer, Michael Goldberg, informed The Publish.
Moncero-Tannis had surgical procedure to restore her shattered ankles and wanted to discover ways to stroll once more.
“It’s been very tough for me, psychologically, emotionally, and bodily,” she mentioned. “To at the present time, I’ve problem navigating stairs, and day-to-day actions will not be the identical for me.”
The terrifying attraction was lastly shut down by the town over security considerations this week after officers discovered the constructing had been “radically altered.”
“The inside association was completely modified in order that anyone in there, in case of an emergency, would have a really onerous time getting out,” NYPD Assistant Chief of Hearth Prevention Tom Currao informed The Publish.
Town issued a full vacate order for the house Oct. 5, Buildings Division data present.
Inspectors discovered 40 paying company on web site on the time, in addition to a “flamable maze,” a blocked exit, and eliminated fire-proofing.
Currao cited structural and electrical points, noting the two-story, two-family, 1,982-square-foot residence had a few of its picket beams lower to accommodate a spiral staircase that was a part of the attraction, together with “holes within the partitions.”
“We wish of us to benefit from the vacation and youngsters to have a superb time, however this had actually all of the makings of a really, very harmful state of affairs,” he mentioned, including, “Instantly, once we heard about it, we thought in regards to the Nice Journey tragedy that occurred a quantity years in the past.”
A fireplace within the Jackson, NJ amusement park’s Haunted Fortress killed eight youngsters and left seven others harm in Might 1984. Nice Journey and its mother or father firm have been finally discovered not responsible of manslaughter.
4 different lawsuits in opposition to A Haunting in Hollis and its homeowners have been lodged final 12 months over accidents sustained in 2022 and 2023. Not less than one different individual claims to have damaged their ankles on Devil’s Slope.
A Haunting in Hollis featured a maze in addition to a lot of escape rooms with reside actors. Tickets value $30.
There are a number of disclaimers for A Haunting in Hollis, together with a web based waiver releasing “the homeowners, operators, and employees from any legal responsibility, hurt, harm, or demise” which will happen as soon as “you assume all dangers related to the expertise.”
Janette and Lataya Carter, who property data present reside in Owings Mill, MD, didn’t reply to repeated emails looking for remark.
Town doesn’t require haunted home operators get a license.
“This can be a actual home of horrors,” Goldberg mentioned earlier than the town inspection. “I’m amazed that this may proceed to function, 12 months after 12 months, with out security protocols put in place, with out security inspections, and, at a minimal, legal responsibility insurance coverage, which it seems they don’t have.”