2012 Event Reviews

Very impressed!!! I probably attend between 5-10 haunted houses each season and I have to say this one has made it into my top 5!

Let's start with the beginning...we got to the event and parked, it was pretty easy to find as someone guided us to the lot. The part that sucked was walking down a steep, long hill to the bottom after raining all day. It took me about 20 minutes to get to the bottom because I kept slipping. It would have been nice to have some hay thrown down to make it easier (like you did on the trails) or have a wagon pick people up and drop em' off - just a thought for next year.

We make it down and there are 2 bonfires roaring and a dj/beer tent area. It was pretty cool and unlike any other waiting area - I was impressed. The wait seemed like nothing because we were able to sit around the fire and have a few drinks first. The 2 things I didn't like about the wait were 1) the porta pottys - they were DISGUSTING, and not like normal porta potty disgusting, they were well beyond. Many were missing toilet paper and all of them had sanitizer. They were also on a slant so it made you feel like you'd fall over. 2) The "bartenders". There were 3 girls serving beer and none of them could keep it together/were obviously highly intoxicated. We were ignored several times after flashing our money (and waiting in line) and they just kept their focus one area which was irritating. Ourselves and another unrelated group were irritated by this. They also charged us the incorrect prices and told us that our beers were "Bud Light" after we asked for "Spotted Cow"...this happened 2x. I don't care if people are having a few beers while doing this (the guys by the entrance points in the house were too but were completely composed and friendly) but keep it together. It just looks trashy.

So the wait goes by pretty quickly and we get in. I don't want to give anything away but the first 2 parts are pretty cool. The actors gave a good performance - jumping out of trees, running at you, sneaking up behind you and I LOVED that there were actual "people" from The Hills Have Eyes - totally cool!

We get to the ski lift and it was a really nice addition. It was pretty foggy out so it definitely added to it. The last haunt was fun as well. My only suggestions would be to make it darker and have actual rooms instead of a maze...more actors in that part would have been cool.

You give my favorite haunted house a run for their money! I will definitely be back next year!

Being dubbed 'possibly the countries scariest haunted house' made me want to attend this haunt.

I drove over 2 hours to go to this haunted house and was really disappointed. I have never felt that I wanted my money back after going through a haunt but this one just didnt hit it for me. Maybe I went on an off night, but the actors timing was off.

I cannot remember being startled at all. The overall ambiance is awesome and it has the potential to be a terrifying haunt. Just wasnt worth the money for me this year.

My family and I walked up to the house to find adults standing outside drinking. We were asked it we were invited. I was confused, I thought this was a free hunted house per the site. I was not aware it was a party that we needed to be invited to?

The event information said for all ages, my group along with the children in my group was disappointed.

I consider myself a haunted house afficionado, and when I read an article about how this may be the "scariest in the country", I was hooked. According to the article, the owner has spent the last 1.5 years building this haunted house, modeling it after many great haunts he/she found throughout the country. A group of friends and myself decided to go on October 12. This haunted house is basically a maze, walking a long hallway throughout, with occasionally being startled by an actor/actress jumping out and surprising you. I was expecting more theatrics and/or rooms where there is a plot and then the "surprise" that scares you. If you like going into rooms where a plot happens, then avoid this haunted house. Also, depending on your group size, the actor will scare someone in the front of the group, while everyone else in the middle/back knows there will be someone around the corner. Finally, the second half of the haunted house lost a lot of the "fear factor" since we caught up with many groups, and it was one large group of people walking in a line. Not that scary if you ask me.

Macabe Manor is pretty cool. The sets are the best I have ever seen, but fear factor is very low. The blackout maze is by far the best feature of the WI Fear Grounds and the best I have ever go to...this part is 5 for fun and 5 for fear factor!!!