The documentary looks at Blackout, an immersive horror experience in which participants willingly take part in a haunted house type event.

The scares are tailored to their individual fears, which they relay to the event coordinators prior to fully entering the show.

[4] In the documentary, Fox interviews several of Blackout's repeat customers in order to understand why they continue to return to the event.

[5] Variety gave The Blackout Experiments a favorable review, writing that it was "well assembled, particularly in the editorial department, and boasts an original score (commingled with the Blackout events’ own sound designs) whose creepy atmospherics and sonic jolts would work very well in a regular fictive horror film.

"[4] The Los Angeles Times also gave a positive review, stating it was "often chilling and hard to shake" and "should captivate horror fans.