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Wicked Parties · Halloween 2025

Valley of
the Kings

Quincy, Massachusetts

Follow the riddle

A new tradition began

The night held
a secret.

Valley of the Kings brought Egyptian wall projections, a shrouded tomb, and mummies to the 2025 Halloween party in Quincy. Golden imagery glowed inside while webs and colored light covered the house outside.

This was also the beginning of the annual interactive riddle. A message on the bathroom mirror led to a scroll in the tomb, then to a scarab beetle—and a finale of lighting, lasers, fog, and special effects.

The invitation · 2025

Beneath the
sands of time.

Gold ornament, a winged scarab, and a summons to uncover secrets. The invitation introduced the world waiting inside.

Front of invitationThe Valley of the Kings invitation front, with gold Egyptian ornament and a winged scarab surrounding the October 18, 2025 party details.

The first interactive riddle

From a message
to an awakening.

2025 was the first year guests could solve a riddle woven into the party. Each discovery led to the next, until a final action set off the celebration’s effects.

The first clue

Written on
the mirror.

It began in the bathroom: a riddle written in “blood” across the mirror. The message pointed guests toward the tomb.

The first riddle, written in red across the bathroom mirror.

Inside the tomb

Lift the scroll.
Wake the room.

Picking up the scroll triggered green light and a projected head on the wall. Opening it revealed a second riddle to solve.

The green room and projected head, triggered when the scroll was lifted.

The answer

Turn
the scarab.

The scroll’s riddle led to the scarab beetle outside the pharaoh’s tomb. Turning the beetle upside down was the winning move.

The scarab above the tomb entrance: turn it upside down to complete the riddle.

The riddle is won

The tomb
comes alive.

The upside-down scarab triggered the finale: lighting, lasers, fog, and special effects responding to the winner’s discovery.

Watch the finale · Silent video

The effects after the riddle was solved. This video has no audio.

Behind the scenes

Making
the tomb.

Egyptian projections, textured walls, and layers of gauze transformed the rooms. These early views show the setting taking shape.

An early test of the Egyptian wall projections.
Testing Egyptian imagery across the dining-room walls.
Textured walls, ceiling gauze, and projections as the room takes shape.
The tomb entrance in daylight, with the scarab above the doorway.

The finished setting

Inside
the world.

Mummies, golden projections, red-lit corners, and beams of light carried the atmosphere from room to room. Open a photograph for a closer look.

Egyptian figures projected across the finished room.
A red-lit display and mummy inside the decorated room.
A shrouded mummy beside the tomb entrance.
Amber and red beams through the tomb’s hanging gauze.
Laser beams crossing the doorway between the rooms.
A mummy and dark drapery under deep blue light.
The mirror clue surrounded by scarabs and hanging gauze.
Candlelight and red illumination around the bathroom window.
Scarabs on the door leading into the first clue’s room.
Hanging fabric and skeleton details above the kitchen lights.

Beyond the tomb

The haunting
started outside.

Web projections covered the house, a giant spider waited in the yard, and a glowing guardian stood on the porch.

The house illuminated for Halloween 2025.
The house covered in web projections, with a giant spider in the yard.
A wide view of the illuminated house and front yard.
Violet and red lighting around the porch.
A glowing-eyed guardian holding a lantern on the porch.
The giant spider beneath webs and colored lighting.
A skeleton lit red above the fence.
String lights and violet illumination in the garden.
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