Monday Mashups: A Dreamy Pop-Up Turns into a Complete Nightmare Just in Time for Halloween

So we've previously told you about the Dream Machine--a New York pop-up museum inspired by sleep. Well, this immersive experience has been completely transformed for the month of October. And it's here to haunt you! That's right. The once Dream Machine is now a Nightmare Machine. Are you ready for a freight?

Located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the spooktastic exhibition, which runs until October 31, is an urban take on haunted houses, with shareable moments and vignettes that draw inspiration from pop culture, as well as New York life. The nine rooms are designed around creepy, spooky, and downright gross themes, including aliens and U.F.O.s, cockroaches, disturbing clowns, a grizzly autopsy, plus a “millennial graveyard” with tombstones dedicated to of-the-moment references such as the L train (which will soon be shut down).

On September 9, Founder Paige Solomon and her team closed the doors to Dream Machine, which ran from April to September, and transformed the space into the macabre museum over the course of two weeks.

And while much sweeter “Instagram museums” like Museum of Ice Cream and Candytopia might attract crowds like flies to honey, Solomon explained that the Nightmare Machine offers “a darker twist on all the pop-ups that are in New York and all over the country right now,” adding that on a sold-out day about 800 people visit the space.

Tickets to the Nightmare Machine cost $38. The Nightmare Machine is open Wednesdays through Sundays from 5 to 10:30 p.m. There isn’t an age restriction, but the organizers recommend that guests be 13 years of age and older due to the nature of the experience. Plus, no masks or weapons are allowed. The space is also available to rent for private parties.

If you're in the area and in need of a good scare, head to the Nightmare Machine for a frightful time and devour the details of Halloween among this haunted happening!