File this one under: Are these people fucking serious!

In a rare and extremely bizarre example of life imitating art, promoters in The Netherlands are planning a Halloween event based on the notorious dance-club scene from the movie Blade (1998). The Facebook page for “Blood Rave”, described as “a night-life community for likeminded individuals, on a discrete location in Amsterdam”, already has over 2.4K attendees.

To be clear, the intension is to drench partygoers in countless gallons of blood as they boogie down to throbbing EDM beats while crazed on ecstasy. I’m sure some readers are thinking, “No fucking way!” but the authenticity of Blood Rave has been confirmed by the Netherlands based NL Times. While the promoter has chosen to remain anonymous, he described the logistics involved:

“After a long search we have developed a special sprinkler system with pipes running across the ceiling and thus making us able to spray blood over the crowd. We’ve already tested it a number of times a substance resembling blood.”

I’m sure the burning question on everyone’s mind is: Are they planning on using real blood? If the anonymous promoter has his way, they sure fucking will! Promoter: “It is pushing the borders, but we want to see how far we can go.”

Now I’ve got nothing against fetishists or freaking people being happy (heck, Excision did a great job of making literal bloodlust seem sexy), but the desire to use real blood means I, for one, will not be in attendance. Fake blood: Fine count me in. Real blood: That’s a hot heap of “Nope!” as far as I’m concerned.

Are they planning on using human blood (is that even legal?) or animal blood? In either case, what precautions are they taking to avoid the spread of blood borne pathogens? Now just imagine the stench after a few hours from the mix of coagulated blood, sweat, and (most likely) sex. I hope they plan to stock up on barf bags!

This Halloween, I’ll be handing out candy to my neighborhood trick-or-treaters, but hey, that’s just me. If the idea of Blood Rave gets you excited, you can read more about the event on their Facebook page, and even purchase your tickets: HERE. I hope you have a bloody good time!

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