Experiencing an Overnightmare at the Famed Stanley Hotel [Video]

Full transparency, I don’t particularly love horror movies.

So naturally I was a little hesitant when asked to check out Peacock and Blumhouse’s first-ever “Overnightmare,” an immersive weekend-long Halloween experience themed to fan-favorite Blumhouse films Insidious, The Purge, Happy Death Day and Freaky.

What hooked me was that it would be taking place at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colo., famous for being the inspiration behind Steven King’s The Shining. I do love the idea of ghosts so I decided surely I could be brave enough to handle a few scares and see what the sold-out experience would entail.

Arriving to the Lodge at the hotel, the experience started right when my husband and I checked in and were greeted by a “conci-scare-ge.” We were shown to our room, which had been decorated like a scene from Happy Death Day, complete with colored lights and the radio playing the song the lead …