Sinister Haunted House can’t keep the dead under the ground.

Once inside there is only one rule — you do what you are told by the people that live inside the house.

“It’s not so much freaking people out, it’s (expletive) with them,” Tonya, an actor and crowd entertainer dressed as a raven, said.

To audition to be a part of Black’s haunt, Tonya was asked to hide, then jump out and scare Larry Black, the company’s owner. It’s been five years since.

Starting out as an actor himself, Black took his love of frightening people and built his own haunted house, Haunted Hallows, which later burnt down in a fire. Turning that tragedy into another idea, Black bought a unit in a strip mall in Shelby Twp. that he quickly converted into Sinister Haunted House and Glow Golf course.

After the demise of the first Sinister house, Black considered retirement, but then decided to collaborate with The Realm of Darkness haunted house in Pontiac and build another new house.

“I wanted to make it interactive compared to other houses,” he said. “Next year we’re taking it to a new level with new ideas — it’s going to be 18 (years of age) plus, and that’s it … we are not the norm. We are way beyond the normal.”

Comprised of a myriad of actors including Black’s high school daughter, Sinister is an interactive house in which you play by their rules.

“The best part of Sinister is that you take it home with you,” Black said.

Using her fear of dolls to her advantage when picking her costume, Lala, an actress that has worked with Black for three years, used her outfit as an opportunity.

“I used to be completely afraid of dolls,” she said. “Since I’ve started working here and wearing this costume, I’ve completely overcome that fear.”

For some of the actors, getting dressed is the easy part. For The Butcher, a haunter that is drenched in blood from head to toe, his experience is the exact opposite.

“It takes me about a half hour to 45-minutes to clean up after each night,” he said.

Located in Pontiac, Sinister is now open seven days a week until Halloween. On their last night open, Black is expecting the haunters to be exceptionally terrifying.

“Halloween will be insane,” he said. “They’re going to go crazy — there will be no rules that night.”

Sinister Haunted House is located on 37 Turk St. in Pontiac, Mich.

Tickets for the house are $13 per person, $10 for children ages 11 and under. The house is open from 7 p.m. until midnight nightly until Halloween.

Tickets can be purchased for both Sinister Haunted House and The Realm of Darkness in Pontiac for one price of $30. Special rates for groups of 10 and above are also available (advance notice recommended-.) For reservations call 248-338-0405

For more information visit www.sinisterhauntedhouse.com