Asphodel

Well, My whole point about this is, HHN tends to advertise about it BEING scary. "face your fears" n such. I did appreciate the cool looking scenery inside the houses and the decorations around the park. I enjoyed the shows that they put on. But I will keep my opinion on the fact that it just wasn't worth it (for me). I think haunted houses should be all about giving the best scare. Universal Studios has the potential to BE the best there is in that area but I think it falls very short. And as to having the best props and makeup artists to work with, I saw nothing there that I haven't seen at many other places. And also as for the bad timing, I mean, maybe we just had a bad day? It was the same in all of the houses. Single file line, someone steps out in front of you, but it was very rare I heard anyone scream in fright at anything.

HI there. I'm very new to this board. I was linked here by a friend who knew I was looking for a place to talk about this. I went to HHN last year for the first time. I was super excited about it. I've been to a good few haunted houses and one other haunted theme park (Kennywood Park) up here in Pittsburgh PA. I get scared pretty darn easily but that's what makes them so much fun. So anyway, there we were, me 'n my friend, both of us really hyped about this event. Spent the decent amount of money for the tickets, got tickets to skip the lines and everything. So I'm thinking, this place is gonna be awesome, scariest place yet. Has to be right? Universal Studios!! ........ I was sorely disappointed. I mean, it LOOKED really cool, the haunted houses were neat to look at inside, but that was about it. I think I was startled once by someone inside. There were no really cool special effect props, no one popping out of beds, no one chasing after you, no screaming girls flailing their arm as blood comes gushing out of them! Am I wrong to expect Universal Studios to have the coolest stuff around?! I thought about our experience last year again because we just visited a Haunted House here called Hundred Acres Manor ($16). Had to be one of the coolest ones I've visited. There were so many special effects! I was scared at every turn, and I mean EVERY turn. And Kennywood Park!! ($26) What an awesome place for Halloween! The ENTIRE park is like a scare zone! You NEVER know when someone is going to come out of the fog and scare the daylights out of you. The haunted houses inside are super scary and super fun to go through. So yeah, I'm kinda ticked I spent the money for a place that I thought would be the ultimate scare and turned out to be the ultimate let down. Tell me if I'm wrong about this!!