You do work long hours, but it's really a rewarding job - and definitely one of the most fun jobs I've ever had We both got parts and continued to participate for five years in a row. In 2013, when my sister and I turned 18, my mom told us that she signed us up for scareactor auditions (maybe she did this for the free tickets).
We became superfans and would go multiple times each year. When my twin sister and I were 11 years old, we begged her to take us with her - and we loved it. She's been going to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios for a long, long time. My mom, an Orlando, Florida, native, has always loved all things spooky. It has been edited for length and clarity. This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Ashley Young, a 26-year-old model and actress who worked as a scareactor for five years at Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights and now lives in London.
