Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and I love haunted houses. This season, I visited some of the BEST in the midwest, including probably the most AMAZING and EXTREME haunted house in the WORLD.
I visited:
-U.S.S. Nightmare on the Ohio River in Cincinnati
www.ussnightmare.com
-TerrorFest in Columbus
www.theterrorfest.com
-Screampark in Lexington, KY
www.scarylexington.com
and...
Dead Acres' Haunted Hoochie in Patatskala, Ohio!
www.deadacres.com
--> First and foremost, Dead Acres' Haunted Hoochie in Patatskala (a few miles north of Columbus) is by far the most incredible haunted house experience you can possibly get. It's a huge indoor and outdoor attraction that takes about 25 minutes to walk through. First off, the actors are ALLOWED to touch you! That's right, they'll rub their chainsaws up and down your legs, grab your head, and just downright creep you out. It's all in good fun though- they'll touch you, but they won't hurt you. This is a small part of what makes it the best in the world. The scenes are beyond top quality; the anamitronics range from 20ft tall to little stuff here and there. This is a Halloween MUST SEE. It's unbelieveable...I can't even describe 1/4 of what this experience actually is.
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Screampark in Lexington, KY. This is Hauntworld.com's Newcomer of the year. Our old Fear Fest/Haunt buddy decided to go off and build his own haunted attraction....and, well, he DID! And did a damn good job. THREE, that's right, three haunted houses are inside this old abandonded warehouse. The Abyss - A big maze that's, well, pitch black from start to finish. Castle of Fear - a VERY well themed trip back to the middle ages. Insanity: Chaos Attraction - A part chain link fence maze park normal maze through infected victims. Three quality houses for 15 bucks! If you're in the area, you need to check this out!
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Terror Fest in Columbus - This sounded really, really good....and got great reviews. It's in this old abandonded brewery (sounds great, right?!) and has great theme - two houses in one, one leads into the other. But the actors were so boring and stale, this maze was not that good at all. The amount of effort into the house as far as setting up each room was GREAT. But the actors were so quiet and un-active....blah. Don't go! (Didn't take any pics)
U.S.S. Nightmare in Cinci, OH - This is a real haunted...BOAT! Yeah, it's a haunted boat on the Ohio River! A long walk through this demented ship will find everyone's fear...bridges over water, crazy unique surprises, claustrophobia, and lots of blood! This place really got me to jump! (Pics from USSNightmare.com)
Enjoy the photos...
-JZ
