The silence is destroyed by a blood-curdling scream as a horror maze-goer runs from one of South Canterbury farmer Rory Foley’s actors. This scene will be part of the first charitable horror maze set up in Oamaru’s Harbour St.
From the mind that brought horror mazes and new reasons to shriek in fear to communities all over New Zealand comes a novel way for Oamaru’s Whitestone Civic Trust to raise money for its buildings.
Mr Foley said money raised from the horror event in July will go to a roof restoration project in the precinct.
He runs an annual charitable Horror Maze at Studholme, which this year is raising money for Plunket. Mr Foley was recently awarded a Queen’s Service Medal for his community work.
He was excited about the new Oamaru venture.
"For me Oamaru has always wanted us to come here and do something and it’s such a unique place."
"It lends itself so easily towards ... horror ... Victorian."
He said so far part of the maze would run through some of the precinct’s buildings to lead out into Harbour St.
He was also looking for actors to play some of the Victorian’s era’s infamous figures such as Jack the Ripper.
He said it was thought the Oamaru maze could become an annual event.
