Think this haunted house is scary? Wait 'til you see your faces! 'Spine-chilling' attraction catches visitors' petrified reactions on hidden cameras



What's more frightening that a haunted house full of ghosts and ghouls? Seeing your own terrified reaction caught by hidden cameras.

Visitors to Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls certainly get their money's worth of horror and spine-tingling spookiness if these hilarious photographs are anything to go by.

This series of images, snapped by strategically placed secret cameras, show tourists, from teenage boys to suburban mothers, shrieking in fright, clinging to each other for comfort and grimacing with fear while wandering through the freaky attraction.

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Boo: Tourists are left petrified by the strange goings on at this haunted house in Niagara Falls

The groups are seen clutching hold of their friends or partners and putting up their hands defensively as their eyes boggle in what looks like absolute terror. Unfortunately for them, it simply looks amusing for anyone looking back at them - and the photos have become an internet sensation. RELATED ARTICLES Previous

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Next Motorbike rider keeps his cool at 164mph after snake... Share this article Share The owners of the creepy Canadian building began posting photos of the moment tourists are met by a car full of ghosts on Flickr back in October and just released a fresh batch of petrified tourists for the rest of us to laugh at.

The company's website crashed when they first started publishing the sneaky snaps - either because of ghostly forces or because so many people were trying to find out just what had been so scary.

The unsuspecting victims have to wander around the Fear Factory in complete darkness. Hilarious: A bunch of friends cling together for comfort in the Nightmares Fear Factory

Couple: Tourists of both sexes are equally scared by the ghostly attraction

Freaky: The Nightmares Fear Factory at Niagara Falls guarantees 'spine tingling entertainment'

Afraid: Tourists to the haunted house look genuinely afraid in the pictures

Snapped: The attraction has strategically placed cameras around the scariest parts

They encounter a shaky bridge, a tunnel and a room where the walls close in. Nightmares Fear Factory is the oldest haunted house in North America and has been providing 'spine-tingling terror' to adventure seekers for more than 30 years. The house is said to stand on the site of a former coffin factory, in which the owner was killed when a stack of caskets fell on top of him. The 'amusement' attraction is so frightening that visitors have a 'safety word' - Nightmares - which they can utter at any time if they wish to be escorted out. More than 110,000 people have elected to use the 'chicken exit' during the 15-minute tour. Hug: A couple clings to each other in fear at the Niagara Falls attraction

Embarrassing: Young men are caught shuddering in fear by the secret cameras

Scared: The haunted house clearly does what it says on the tin judging by these photographs

Frightened: Tourists are genuinely scared by the ghosts and ghouls in the haunted house

Scary stuff: Tourists fall over themselves to get away from the ghosts

The photos have now featured on hit U.S. programme The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and attracted attention from celebrities including America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon. The Fear Factory's director of sales and marketing, Vee Popat, said traffic to the company's website increased by over 10,000 per cent after the hilarious pictures were first released last year.

'I credit the spike to the power of social media. The activity sizably increased engagement on our social platforms Flickr, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, and our website temporarily crashed; going from approximately 600 visits per day to over 60,000 unique visits in less than 24 hours.'

The photos were first circulated when website Buzzfeed.com picked up on the haunted house's Flickr site. Abject terror: Three colourfully-dressed holidaymakers encounter a truly shocking sight

Spooked: Visitors are frightened witless at the ancient Canadian haunted house

Appalled: Families and friends hide their faces and crowd together in fear

Tough guys: These men are overcome with horror as they walk through the attraction

Candid camera: Three young people get the shock of their lives

Save me: A couple find their bravery severely tested at the creepy enclave