--- title: Choose your own adventure haunted house on youtube description: YouTube Nation challenges viewers to a choose-your-own-adventure virtual haunted house. canonical: https://time.com/3548833/choose-your-own-adventure-haunted-house-youtube/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-30T17:07:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:13.794Z og:title: Try to Survive This Virtual Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Haunted House og:description: Because for some of us, the real thing is too scary og:url: https://time.com/3548833/choose-your-own-adventure-haunted-house-youtube/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb14b146ba8c441b8/69876384e20a87fe39a82c19/screen-shot-2014-10-30-at-12-56-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 12.56.55 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Try to Survive This Virtual Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Haunted House twitter:description: Because for some of us, the real thing is too scary twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb14b146ba8c441b8/69876384e20a87fe39a82c19/screen-shot-2014-10-30-at-12-56-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Try to Survive This Virtual Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Haunted House  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Oct 30, 2014 5:07 PM UTC  YouTube Nation  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Oct 30, 2014 5:07 PM UTC If you’re too lazy, busy, or afraid of wetting your pants to visit an actual haunted house this Halloween, YouTube has got you covered. YouTube Nation produced a Halloween-themed choose-your-own-adventure experience, making use of a [set](http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/guillermo-del-toro-youtube-halloween/) designed by director and horror aficionado Guillermo del Toro for maximum spookiness. The adventure features several YouTube celebrities, including Tay Zonday (best known for “[Chocolate Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA)”) and web series host Steve Zaragoza. After “entering” the haunted house — from the comfort of your chair — and meeting the cast of characters, you’re periodically presented with options, which usually consist of bailing, partying or exploring the mansion’s creepy nooks and crannies. Depending on your choices, you may not make it out — virtually speaking — alive. Choose your own adventure haunted house on youtube ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3548833/choose-your-own-adventure-haunted-house-youtube/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3548833/choose-your-own-adventure-haunted-house-youtube/"},"headline":"Try to Survive This Virtual Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Haunted House","datePublished":"2014-10-30T17:07:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:13.794Z","description":"Because for some of us, the real thing is too scary","url":"https://time.com/3548833/choose-your-own-adventure-haunted-house-youtube/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Comedy","YouTube","video","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb14b146ba8c441b8/69876384e20a87fe39a82c19/screen-shot-2014-10-30-at-12-56-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb14b146ba8c441b8/69876384e20a87fe39a82c19/screen-shot-2014-10-30-at-12-56-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 12.56.55 PM","caption":"","creditText":"YouTube Nation","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3548833/choose-your-own-adventure-haunted-house-youtube/","name":"Try to Survive This Virtual Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Haunted House"}}]}] ```