2011 Event Reviews

First impression- cool location, creepy old factory...plenty of free parking and food while you wait in line. Hillbilly was annoying but funny. After a long dark maze that seem to go on forever - you enter an insane hospital. (Watch out for the Dolly girl who clearly has issues) After exiting hospital, theres a cool swamp & cemetary area with zombies (probably our favoriate area). The other floor was all 3D blacklight - kind of an evil fun house with a lot of whack-o's. Since we all HATE clowns, we tried to rush through the circus tent as fast as possible, The exit slide was cool but one of my friends had a mini-skirt so she asked to use the stairs instead.

All I have to say is WOW! This place is awesome! They drive you in a hearse then you have to get out and walk through the woods. I was here a few years ago and they really changed a lot of stuff. It's even better. It's also a lot longer then other haunted houses I've been to.

Had a great time. while waiting in line, we were randonly chosen and given a free Pizza Hut pizza to eat while in line !!! How great is that!!! We also meet the owner of the haunt while in line, and talked to him and a little about their operation. The lines moved very fast. The haunt has great detail as always and awesome actors! ... thats why we keep going back.

Location: Easy to find in Racine with big signs.
Parking: Free behind the building
Line: Our group went on a Sunday night so there was no line.
Waiting area: They have one small room for people to wait in. If it gets busy and a lot of people are waiting, there will be a line on the street. No food or beverages for sale.
Haunt: Really great building for a haunt. Going into the building you start to feel that really anything could happen here. The actors were really into the event and seemed to be having a great time. The rooms are really big and have some great effects. They could have used the space a little better by forcing guests to walk around the room more so they get closer to the scares. The maze halls work really well to break up the rooms and keep groups from bunching up. Haunt took a good 25 mins to get through. We got to walk at our own pace without worrying about other groups. Great use of light and smoke.

The last weekend in September seems really too soon for a haunt for some. Not for my friends and I. We hopped in car named Carl and headed to The Haunted barn for their first night if operation.

We arrived close to their closing time of 11 pm. there was a few groups that were going through at the time. This was my partner's second visit to the Haunted Barn and the scenery changed a little but very similar to last year. the scares were near and far between it seemed. The Haunt used the featured theme of Carnival very sparingly. It was present only during the beginning and kind of fell off my radar. The actors doing the scares were a little cheesy at times but still managed to make me jump a few times.
The length of this haunt was long but only because of the forest that was empty except for a few scare actors in the forest/cemetery. I will say that the props and detail is getting immensely better year by year. For example the awesome haunted mine that was neat. Also, the western style building with a porch and balcony was great to see.
To get to the haunt was easy there is two ways of getting there and both are equally easy if you coming from Madison. My favorite actor is Beetle juice. He made a triumphant but out of place return. He followed us through such as last year. b-juice was as clever and interactive as ever. Thanx for that highlight. Also, the clown like thing out side did not say much but he had great makeup. now if they could just fill those rooms up with more scares and more variety of things to experience next year I would give you a better rating.

This haunt is still one of my favorites. Great acting, love the fact that the actors interact with the group. For some parts I wish there would have been brighter lighting to have been able to check out the sets a bit more but still a very awesome and fun haunt. Great makeup, loved some of the lighting effects.

Some of the most creative and well built rooms I've ever been in. Lots of very interesting concepts, not your run of the mill haunted house scenes. The creative minds at "Dominion" really put lots of thought and effort into this.

My only complaint seemed to be timing. Groups of patrons ended up catching up with each other, so some of the scares were spoiled. Despite this, the sets alone are worth admission. And there's a vortex room!

Disapointed the moment we walked in ... there was no greeting or acknowledgement when we got there. no one in line and waited over 20 minutes to get in! ... really need to speed up the process. clean up and dress up the waiting line area would be nice too. Good try at scareing though.