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Labyrinths and Mazes

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Andrew Smith
Aug 24, 2024
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Ever get lost in a maze?

The most common types today are corn mazes, often coupled with Halloween, so they become a sort of horror fest, where spooky people will often jump out and try to scare you.

You’re probably at least as familiar with hedge mazes, though. Popular culture keeps giving us examples of these, even if they’re not terribly common in real life these days. Remember the iconic scenes from The Shining?

Very few tropes make us go “nope” like the horror concept of the maze.

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