Le Mans (AFP)
Dismembered dolls crying tears of blood, disturbing noises and objects that get in motion all by themselves .. A fan of horror and Halloween movies, Cédric Le Coz transformed for the third year, his house of Le Mans into "labyrinth of terror ", open to the public.
Aided by his neighbors, his family as well as high school students in electrotechnical trainees, this 36-year-old Manceau has turned his garage and yard into a museum of horror, which can be visited in the dark, in groups of three. From October 23 to November 3, "Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 14:00 to 20:00 and other days from 17:00 to 20:00", all for free, he told AFP.
"Every year, I decorated the outside of my house for fun and over the years, it grew, I made a small theater in the back of my garage and I joked that the following year it would be a labyrinth, "says the thirty-something, who" loves to scare people but also to please. "
After leaving the public choice between three themes on his Facebook page, it's the dolls that was chosen. In total, this father of three girls of 9, 11 and 15 years and his wife have recovered, mainly thanks to donations, some 500 dolls that they had fun to make up, dismember, burn ... Annabelle, Chucky, Billy and his tricycle ... cinematographic references are not lacking.
Last year, Cédric Le Coz counted no less than 3,700 visitors at his home. On Halloween night, his street will be closed to traffic "for security reasons." Cupcakes will be sold for the benefit of the association La Marche de Noé, an infant suffering from a rare genetic disease.
Halloween is an Anglo-Saxon pagan folk festival celebrated on October 31st, All Saints Eve. It developed in France in the late 1990s.
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