Drunken Devil

The Drunken Devil was the last hunt that we hit on our tour of Los Angeles-​Downtown area. We had purchased front of the line tickets but there wasn’t any line when we went. This most likely had to do with the fact that we went on a Thursday night.
The maze itself is a traditional walk through Halloween maze. It can be completed in about 5 minutes. The maze was themed and had a good number of actors and the scares were effective. The lounge at the end was small and kind of dead (again, Thursday night).
It was what it was: a nice small maze. Just a bit out of the way and perhaps a little overpriced for haunt market. The scariest part of the entire experience was walking the streets of downtown LA at night. Abandoned streets with two or three homeless people wandering… zombie apocalypse.

The website was very misleading as far as age and what is actually aloud, maze was not scary just black walls and a few people jump out at you and bang on walls. Was not impressed with the bar area either, it was very small and cramped. Not worth your money!

Drunken Devil Productions haunt, Sinner’s Soireé was an imaginative, immersive piece of haunt theatre. What really stood out to me was the unbridled energy shown by the performers. Each actor made you feel as if you were the only one in the room as you navigated through the haunted maze portion of the event.
The bar area at the end was also a nice way to decompress after getting the wits scared out of me. Can’t wait for next year.

I’m giving such a low review because I wan’t allowed to spend my night here on Halloween as I had planned. My group of friends and I were told by one of the people that created this event that it was 18+. Anyone going to this knows that it’s a bar and being told that it was 18+ meant that we could bring our underage friends and those of us 21+ could drink. When we got there we were told that people underage are not allowed to enter the bar area and are only allowed to go through the haunted area. After going through the haunted house portion, we were not allowed to go into the bar because of our underage friends. We went to talk to the management about our situation and how we were misinformed. Their response was to stick to their no refunds policy and to say that there was some vague fine print on the Eventbrite website where you purchase the tickets stating «General Admission allows guests into The Sinner’s Soirée. Guests 21+ will receive wristbands at the door, allowing them access to the Devil’s Den lounge area.» Isn’t this place called The Sinner’s Soirée? Apparently that’s only the haunted portion of the place and the lounge is the bar. It wasn’t stated any where else that 18+ and under 21 is only for the haunted portion of the event. I expect better customer service and was sad that they couldn’t be more understanding. I can’t review the bar area because we weren’t allowed to go in there.
The haunted portion was basically a 3 minute maze with people jumping at you and pounding on the walls.
If you have people in your group that are under 21 I would recommend checking out someplace else and I would recommend that Drunken Devil Productions remove 18+ from this event as it is kind of misleading.
As for all of the other 5 star reviews, I don’t know where they went but it definitely wasn’t the same place that I did.

Not worth the money. The tickets were expensive for a 5 minute haunted house and a weird bar at the end. The scares are the same as all the haunted houses. People in corners jump at you, slapping the wood walls, etc. When you get to the end of the 5 minute haunted house there is bar area that was somewhat awkward. There is a burlesque dancer (just one) that looks like she is dancing on a bed frame in your living room (not a stage) — Employees had to stage the tipping to get other people to leave money. Overall it felt like we paid $ 50 for a house party. You show up, go through a small maze then you get let into a living room homemade bar with house music and a dancer. It’s a small operation that kids organized and was not our scene.

Saw Drunken Devil’s Sinner’s Soirée on various sites. Decided to try something original with a spooky kind of adult fun. So, had dinner in Little Tokyo last Friday then drove the short distance and got street parking within a block (don’t have to pay meter after 6pm). We LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the creepiness of the maze and especially those «crazy» energized maze characters. The make-​up was ghoulish and delightful. One little demon can-​can girl jumped out and spooked us good. We laughed and screamed throughout — EVERYONE was awesome! Very good fun, and the people in the lounge were friendly too. My best friend and I relaxed and enjoyed a couple drinks after. Definitely recommending to friends. ;)

WoW! I got my deal for the Sinner’s Soirée off Goldstar and went for the VIP — such an incredible deal! My husband and I went to celebrate our 9 years together and we had an amazing time! We arrived before 8pm and were brought right up. The maze is a fun, old school style haunted house — with very committed actors and a theme they really nailed. So cool to run out from a maze and be greeted by the Devil with open arms (with a French/​creole accent)! Loved the comfy sofas in the VIP lounge and the sexy burlesque performance. The creator, Matt was so friendly and spoke to us afterwards. He really cares about his craft and I cannot wait to see what he comes up with next!

Nothing compelling that made trekking 2 hours to a super inconvenient spot for a haunted house worth it. It’s just people with the clackers yelling boo really loud. Not very Halloweeny. Where’s the creativity and compelling story I’d expect from a tiny art gallery haunt? Isn’t this LA? Aren’t there tons of theater people here? Were they not working on this one?

i really wanted to love this, i could barely contain myself the days leading up to going… i had heard about it having different themes in the different rooms and i honestly barely noticed that. it was dark and hard to tell. the few actors i saw had cool makeup and that’s the only reason i’m giving it two stars. the bar area was not very lively. the location was just so small and in such a slummy part of town… i’m really being as nice as possible because i know it’s not an easy thing to do and only people that really love halloween and haunts would try to pull this off.

Went for a second time last night (cause it was that good) and felt like they had added loads more to the maze. The soundtrack, the atmosphere and the freaky characters had me running scared and shrieking like a banshee. Ending the haunt with a decked out bar and VIP area where you can chat with the dastardly devil and his minions is genius and a great use of the space. It’s not Universal and it’s not Knott’s, so suspend your disbelief accordingly and you’ll find a fun DTLA attraction run by passionate scare fiends — perfect for a late night hang. I’ll probably even go a third time.

Well put together but needs more people.

I thought this was a creative and fun haunted house, with some good scares.
When we got closer to the event, we wondered if we had come to the correct location. At night, the area itself is a little scary. It was block after block of closed up shops, with their security gates and closed metal roll-​up doors. The only unit with any light was the location, and there wasn’t a line outside at the time.
I had been expecting more of a freak show interactive vibe, because I had read about the separately themed rooms, so I was surprised when we immediately walked into a maze. I liked the voodoo/​boudoir theme and the actors did a good job scaring us. After the maze, there was a cool little bar, and an area where a dancer did a burlesque dance on stage. Behind that was a decorated seating area. It makes for a good group event, especially if you want to have a couple drinks afterward, although we didn’t take advantage of it.

This haunt has a really fun concept with high energy great actors. It’s a traditional walk through haunted house. The actors work really really hard. They do a great job. The music is also very good. However the set décor is sparse. There’s definitely none of the big budget animatronics or crazy set designs of a big budget haunt. It feels like a group of Halloween lovers got together and built a haunted house in their downtown loft. It’s a haunt with a lot of heart. The staff seemed really nice.
My husband and I don’t drink, so we didn’t hang around for very long after the maze. We checked out the bar area and bathroom and decided to head home. There was a ghoul and a ghoulish bar girl wandering around the area as well as a few set pieces.
The location is much scarier than the event itself. The biggest problem I had with the haunt is as you exit you pass one lonely young security guard as you walk into a dark alley (literally a homeless man was digging through the trash). My husband made the joke, «you know how a maze always has the one last big scare? Well…» And he was right. I’d take a chainsaw wielding actor over walking through a dark downtown Los Angeles alley at night any day. I would recommend attending in a group of only for your walk back to the car.
Tip: Have your ID handy. They carded us before and after the maze.