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FEATURESaturday 26 September

Haunted Houses, Creepy Mazes and Other Halloween Attractions

BETH J. HARPAZ then ramp up thrills and partnered with Robin in Atlanta; 13th Floor, San and TV shows: The Walking
AP Travel Editor chills at night on Fridays, Cowie, producer of “The Antonio, Texas; Bennett’s Dead, Insidious, Crimson
Escape rooms, zombie Saturdays and Sundays. Blair Witch Project,” to cre- Curse, Baltimore; Erebus, Peak, Halloween, This Is The
fights and carnival side- Many Six Flags parks have ate “Unearthed,” about Pontiac, Michigan; Bates End and Alien vs. Predator.
show freaks are a few of child-friendly activities dur- a woman named Scarlett Motel, Philadelphia; The Crimson Peak, for example,
the themes popping up at ing the day, then transition who comes back to life af- Darkness, St. Louis; Cut- is inspired by a horror movie
this year’sHalloween at- to nighttime Fright Fests, ter a construction crew digs ting Edge, Dallas; Spooky- being released in mid-Oc-
tractions. with creepy roaming crea- too far. Busch Gardens Wil- woods, Greensboro, North tober by director Guillermo
But if you’re not up for ex- tures, haunted houses and liamsburg gets scary with Carolina; House of Torment del Toro, taking visitors on a
treme frights offered by scare zones. five Terror-tories and seven in Chicago; Hex House, journey with the main char-
hard-core haunted houses At Cedar Point in San- haunted houses. Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Fear acter, Edith Cushing, to a
haunted estate in the Eng-
lish countryside. The Walk-
ing Dead maze is based
on season five of the AMC
series.
Universal Orlando, which is
marking its 25th year of Hal-
loween Horror Nights, has
nine haunted houses, in-
cluding “Freddy vs. Jason,”
‘’The Purge,” ‘’An Ameri-
can Werewolf in London”
and “The Walking Dead.”
The Florida park also has
five scare zones.

This undated image provided by Haunted Overload shows a scene from the attraction in Lee, N. H. Haunted Overload tops this REGIONAL
year’s list of best attractions published by HauntWorld.com. The outdoor haunt in an eerie forest setting includes monsters, sound Eastern State Penitentiary,
and light. The attraction was also named America’s scariest display in ABC’s “Great Halloween Fright Fight.” the historic former prison in
Philadelphia, is celebrating
(Artifact Images/Haunted Overload via AP) its 25th season hosting Hal-
loween madness. Its mas-
and nighttime theme park dusky, Ohio, HalloWeek- Experience in Cleveland. sive haunted house, “Ter-
ror Behind the Walls,” has
events, there are lots of ends include daytime fam- HAUNTWORLD’S TOP 15 been redesigned for the
anniversary.
low-key alternatives, with ily friendly activities like the HauntWorld.com’s list of UNIVERSAL’S HALLOW- In Reading, Pennsylvania,
Shocktoberfest offers Zom-
some venues avoiding Great Pumpkin Fest, a pa- top 15 haunted houses is EEN HORROR NIGHTS bie World and Prison of
the Dead Escape, which
scary stuff altogether. Dis- rade and hay-bale mazes. topped by Haunted Over- At Universal theme parks in requires guests to escape
from multiple rooms. Be-
ney World in Florida hosts On Friday, Saturday and load, in Lee, New Hamp- Orlando, Florida, and Los cause November’s calen-
dar has a Friday the 13th
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Hal- Sunday nights, the park shire, described by Haunt- Angeles, Halloween Horror in it, the attraction will stay
open through that date.
loween Party, with a similar becomes a more intense World as “an original out- Nights draw thousands of In Pittsburgh, ScareHouse
attractions include The
Mickey’s Halloween Party experience, with outdoor door haunt in a class of visitors, ranking among the Summoning, a haunted
attraction set in October
at Disneyland in Anaheim, scare zones, haunted hous- its own” with “handmade parks’ busiest times of year. 1932 that tells a story of se-
cret societies, rituals and
California. Holiday World es and edgy shows. sets, gigantic monsters and The experience is worthy demonic inhabitants.
Sixteen miles west of De-
in Santa Claus, Indiana, of- Great America in Santa spellbinding costumes with of Hollywood, inspired by troit, the Hush Haunted
Attraction’s Detroit Experi-
fers 12 acres of corn mazes, Clara, California, also of- spectacular sound and famous horror films, sci- ment Facility brings visitors
through the collapsed ceil-
a talking pumpkin, a laser fers family friendly activi- lighting ... set in an eerie fi shows and stories, with ings, overgrown greenery
and flickering dungeons
light show and more. An ties during the day, while dark New England forest.” movie-quality special ef- of a science facility where
experiments have gone
overnight stay at Great nighttime thrills include rov- Haunted Overload also fects, technology, sets, cos- wrong.
Freakshow in Wabash
Wolf lodges includes Howl- ing monsters, nine mazes, won a $50,000 prize, named tumes and makeup. Valley, Illinois, introduces
guests to sideshow freaks
O-Ween activities like trick- scare zones and the park’s America’s scariest display At Universal Hollywood in Los including evil magicians,
mimes and clowns.
or-treat trails and a Monster thrill rides. by ABC’s “The GreatHal- Angeles, the extravagan- Wisconsin FearGrounds in
Waukesha, Wisconsin, just
Bash dance party. Sea- Carowinds park in Char- loween Fright Fight.” za includes a new “terror outside Milwaukee, offers
three haunted houses.q
World San Diego’s Hallow- lotte, North Carolina, rec- The other 14 listed by tram” experience through

een Spooktacular includes ommends its Scarowinds HauntWorld are Headless Universal’s film studio back

“Sesame Street’s Who Said extravaganza — including Horseman, in Ulster Park, lot themed on “The Purge,”

Boo?” a homecoming at Zombie New York; The 13th Gate a film about a 12-hour pe-

Some theme parks host High — for guests age 13 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; riod in which crime is legal.

family friendly activities on and older. the Dent Schoolhouse in There are also six themed

Saturdays and Sundays, Busch Gardens Tampa Cincinnati; Netherworld mazes based on movies