MSI Haunted House
In collaboration with Universal Studios and Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), CSSI created a haunted maze at the museum for Halloween.

The experience begins in a marquee tent at ground level and takes guests through a hallway to the underground parking facility where the maze is housed. The premise is that visitors are venturing into an exhibit that was closed a long time ago in which the evil Dr. Sy Coddick tests the level of fear that the human body can withstand. The entrance to the maze is themed with actual MSI artifacts to add to the realism. Using two of Universal's haunted mazes in Los Angeles, Classic Monsters and The Mummy, as a base, CSSI created 20 scenes featuring classic monsters like Frankenstein and the Werewolf, along with scenes from Universal's hit movie The Mummy.

CSSI's joint venture partner, Ravenswood Special Events, ran operations and logistics, with Carrie Kennedy serving as the onsite operations manager. Gary Heitz was CSSI's project manager, Chris Wilson was the shop lead, and Tina Isaacson and Debbie Miller designed and built all the props. David Weiss of Universal provided the scripts and archive work that was used to develop the haunted experience. The maze was built with the help of Labrosse Ltd. and Ravenswood Studio. CSSI worked with Cathy Domanico and Chris Panek of MSI to complete the job under a very tight schedule and budget.

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