#This drive-in haunted house is a coronavirus-safe nightmare

A drive-in haunted house in Japan is offering fear fanatics a bit of escapist terror: Be entertained in an environment safe from COVID-19 but crawling with the living dead.

In a downtown Tokyo parking garage, horror event production company Kowagarasetai (which roughly translates to the Scare Squad) is putting on an immersive spook show which can be experienced from the socially distanced security of the ticket buyer’s car.

“With the virus, I knew there would be no way we could have a traditional haunted house, with all that screaming in a small confined space,” Kowagarasetai’s founder, Kenta Iwana, told CNN Travel. “When I read that drive-thru theaters were making a comeback, it was my ‘aha’ moment.”

As a preventative measure against spreading the coronavirus, at least one Japanese amusement park has asked park riders to stay silent while on its attractions, requesting riders instead “scream inside your heart.”

At Kowagarasetai’s COVID-friendly zombie-infested drive-in, guests can scream sans mask all they want.

Kowagarasetai (Scare Squad) actors perform during a drive-in haunted house show in a Tokyo garage on July 3, 2020.

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Kowagarasetai (Scare Squad) actors perform during a drive-in haunted house show in a Tokyo garage on July 3, 2020.

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Sound and light engineers (L-R) Daichi Ono, 33, Ayaka Imaide, 34, Kenta Iwana, 25, Haruna Suzuki, 20, Asami Takeuchi, 33, Kota Hanegawa, 28, posing before an interview in a drive-in haunted house in Tokyo on July 3, 2020.

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A zombie cleans up fake blood on the widow of a vehicle during a drive-in haunted house in a Tokyo garage on Aug. 18, 2020.

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An actor playing a zombie performs for a vehicle during a drive-in haunted house in a Tokyo garage on Aug. 18, 2020.

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A zombies cleans up fake blood on the widow of a vehicle during a drive-in haunted house in a Tokyo garage on Aug. 18, 2020.

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A zombie rests after a drive-in haunted house show at a Tokyo garage on Aug. 18, 2020.

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Actors put on makeup before performing at a drive-in haunted house show at a Tokyo garage on Aug. 18, 2020.

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A zombies cleans up fake blood on the widow of a vehicle during a drive-in haunted house in a Tokyo garage on Aug. 18, 2020.

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An actor playing a zombie performs for a vehicle during a drive-in haunted house in a Tokyo garage on Aug. 18, 2020.

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Kowagarasetai (Scare Squad) actors dressed as zombies and ghouls stretch before their performance at a drive-in haunted house show garage in Tokyo on July 3, 2020.

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Kowagarasetai (Scare Squad) actors dressed as zombies and ghouls perform during a drive-in haunted house show at a Tokyo garage on July 3, 2020.

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Bloody hand prints are seen on the surface of a car after a drive-in haunted house show performed by Kowagarasetai (Scare Squad).

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Actor Ayaka Imaide does her zombie makeup before a performance at a drive-in haunted house show at a Tokyo garage on July 3, 2020.

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Kowagarasetai (Scare Squad) actors dressed as zombies and ghouls pose for a photograph before their performance at a drive-in haunted house show in a Tokyo garage on July 3, 2020.

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Actress Haruna Suzuki (front L), 20, putting on zombie makeup before a drive-in haunted house in a Tokyo garage on June 15, 2020.

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Actress Haruna Suzuki, 20, posing for a photo before an interview with AFP at a garage in Tokyo on June 15, 2020.

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Actress Ayaka Imaide, 34, putting on zombie makeup before a drive-in haunted house at a Tokyo garage on June 15, 2020.

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Actors (L-R) Kota Hanegawa, 28, Kenta Iwana, 25, and Asami Takeuchi, 33, rest after a drive-in haunted house at a Tokyo garage on June 15, 2020.

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Actress Ayaka Imaide, 34, putting on zombie makeup before a a drive-in haunted house at a Tokyo garage on June 15, 2020.

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Actor Kenta Iwana (R), 25, putting on zombie makeup before a drive-in haunted house at a Tokyo garage on June 15, 2020.

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“Around these parts, there’s a legend that the ghosts attack humans. Honk your horn three times if you want to hear more,” a voice tells attendees in Japanese once they’ve parked and cut their engine, according to CNN. For the next 17 minutes, an army of demonic actors assaults the vehicle, rocking it and getting fake blood everywhere.

Afterward, the actors wipe the vehicle clean, although they make no promise to do a perfect job. The website warns guests, “We cannot remove every drop of blood. It will be clean enough to drive on the road.”

For those who not only don’t care but want more blood, they can choose the extra bloody package — an extra $9 in addition to the $75 ticket. For those who do care, a plastic-lined rental car is available for an additional $10.

While Iwana’s zombie garage apocalypse experience was initially intended to be a one-month-only attraction in July, demand has proved so high that he plans to bring the haunted house back for fall.