2013 Event Reviews

This place gets better every year I attend. They always switch things up or add new things to see and scare you.

Signage and Location
The Morgue is located roughly 7 minutes from the Green Bay A Straubel airport. The two main ways of getting there are by taking 172 west past the airport. Then you go left at the 2nd round about onto county E and follow that for a couple miles and The Morgue will be on your left with a big sign, can't miss it. Otherwise you can take Mason st west to county E and follow it from there.

The Woods
Unlike most haunted houses The Morgue has a very long haunted woods. I believe it's 1/4 mile long. This has always been something I always look forward to and every year they always add something too it not to mention the actors are always making people scream. This year they added a cool new entrance along with a building you now have to walk through near the end. And it's totally dark with a little light in some places and filled with fog so it's very creepy. Keeps getting better every year.

The Waiting Area
They have the best waiting area. You get to wait by a huge bin fire, they have concessions at reasonable prices and music with a giant projection screen. You don't have to wait in line in the cold or in a building like most places. When you buy your tickets you get a group # with whoever you are with and you wait around the fire and chit chat with everyone until they call your number to go through the house. A lot more fun. Also they have a scream and scare machine where you can see people in The Morgue on a video camera and actually scare them yourself with an air horn lol. The best! Restrooms are also available.

The Morgue
This place is huge. It's an old 3 story school building from 1923 I believe and they have a cool front facade area. The entrance room is always awesome with The Morgue Witch. They added a lot of cool things this year and they really stepped it up. The ending is the best out of any haunted house, you get to go down a 3 story slide to hell, similiar to that of bay beach. Very awesome. They have added some cool new electronic or high tech devices as well which is awesome. I won't give away all the details of the inside but I'll be back again this year.

Audience
Every time I go I see everyone from older couples and groups to young kids and teenagers. Everyone seems to have a great time.

Overall - Good haunt. Actors were VERY good. Lighting was done EXTREMELY well and some great "pranks" that I won't give away but some are shocking. ;)

Likes: Actors, sets were done on a budget but SO effective and clever - the simplest ones were some of our favorites! Lighting was done extremely well!! Makeup and costuming was great.

Dislikes - one of the "pranks" actually inflicted some pain that lasted in my hand for 10 minutes after. I have the beginnings of carpal tunnel and that hurt like a B--CH. Turn that thing down please, or get rid of it altogether. I've seen it at a haunt trade-show years ago and it was never that juiced up on the show-floor. OUCH!

For $15 (prepaid) or $20 at the door - this is probably the best value for haunts in the area that I've seen. The entire attraction took us about 90 minutes - well worth the money.

Getting there: Make sure you have your GPS and KEEP AN EYE OUT because The Dark Side's sign off the main road was TURNED OFF and we overshot the turn. Note to haunt - make sure your sign is fully lighted and turn it on at dusk. When we pulled up the lights in parking lot were out, no moon and it was foggy - again, we "get" the name is Dark Side, but it was hard seeing where we were parking.

Ticket booth, queue was good ambiance.

First haunt: You are lead up a hill to a mineshaft - which looked/felt like a real descent into the mine shaft. The actor who told us the story was ok, but it was hard to hear the story - his voice didn't carry well. Actors were good, rooms were good.

Hayride: You are next led to a hayride directly from the haunt. Through the fields and into a forest, the scariest part of this ride wasn't the actors or the "seat surprise" (which was very cool by the way!). The scariest part was - very little headlights by the driver and it looked like we were on the edge of a ravine cliff! They had some VERY cool and I'm sure expensive animatronics, but it was SO dark you couldn't make out what they were. PLEASE for the love of God, do some lighting so people can fully enjoy them. People behind me were saying "why are legs coming out of those trees?" (They were animated tree-arms but it was so dark it was hard to see and looked like human legs). Some of the facade sets were very cool, detailed, well-lit and we could appreciate who well done they were.

After the hayride you do a haunted walk in the woods. The first woman (witch?) was very "Hey-don't cha know, cheese n rice" - pretty funny. Some good folks jumping out at us, but again, NO LIGHTS. It was pitch dark in spots and one of the actors yelled at us that we were off the path - problem is, we couldnt' SEE the path because there was NO guide lighting (like the light ropes in other areas of the attraction). Loved the guy who jumps out near the bridge.

Next was a haunted corn maze. Again there was another "story" and the girl was good but it was hard to hear - something about a beast and a corn crip - the beast we may have missed but the guy on the front porch was hilarious. Finally the second haunt was in an old nursery - actors were great, very full of plant materials - actors were so into it they knocked some old pots/plants off of racks.

The first

This place ROCKS! This is a haunted house that NO ONE should miss! I had so much fun with the group of friends that I brought with me, that I brought a new set of friends on Saturday to experience this awesome, one of a kind haunt! The actors and props are fa nominal! Creepy, dark, and such great scary fun! So many rooms to 'enjoy'. Prepare your senses for attack, even your nose will get a 'taste' of Dr. S.Cary's Haunted House. Actors jumped out from everywhere, I could not even catch my breath from screaming so much! Then it was on to Pandemonium, rooms filled with heart pounding music, rock, metal and even some dub step! This place literally, ROCKS! So many twist and turns, some places were so dark that you had to feel your way through! After nearly an hour of searching, I finally was a winner, by finding the 'Winner' door. AWESOME!

Every year the FearGrounds changes, and for the 10th anniversary they have pulled out all the stops. Every room is incredibly detailed and the actors are top notch.

I don't think witchy1 attended the same haunted house that I did! I went through with two friends and we had a blast! Granted it was opening night, so maybe there were a few glitches, especially if you were the 1st group through. We went though around 8 pm and everything was up and running.

I always love this haunt and it's fun to see what changes they make each year. The makeup is great and the effects were awesome. The kitchen scene was absolutely disgusting!

Where have you been witchy1? $13 for a haunt is cheap! Not scary? Perhaps you went though with your eyes closed? We had actors jumping out at us from all over the place; even after we thought the room was done!

Don't understand why you want to bash such a great haunt!

This event kept you guessing with every step you took as to what would happen next. All four of the haunts had the right amount of surprise & suspense in them.

The best haunted house I've ever been too! Everyone should go and see!! The vortex was amazing! Great Clown! Blew my mind! Two stories of haunted glory! GO NOW!!!!!

We decided to check this out because it's really close to Caledonia where we're at.

While I think this haunt has some tremendous potential, it was fairly obvious that they weren't ready for paying customers yet. Many of the actors simply weren't at their stations, workers were still in the process of installing lighting, and the girl taking admission told us point blank that they didn't expect customers this early in the season, which may be why we didn't get to see the Headless Horseman.

I would recommend a couple of things here with regard to this. It's okay if actors aren't at their stations the entire evening, particularly if it's a slow night early in the season. But what I'd advise is to keep the customers at the entrance, until all of the actors can get to their stations, then let the customers in. A short wait will always be tolerated if it allows for a better haunting experience.

Second, I know this is the first year so there is some inexperience at play and that's totally understandable, but they should try to be ready by their advertised date of opening. If they can't be 100% ready till the 2nd or 3rd week in October, that's okay, but they're better off just not opening until then in that case in my opinion. Though they may not be aware of how much traffic hauntedwisconsin.com can drive to their haunt, particularly this early in the season.

When we went there were probably only about 4 actors in the whole place. A "Jason" that stood by a table that didn't seem to do much of anything other than stand there under bright white lighting, a couple of zombie girls milling about that were okay, and a really great actor in a gorilla costume that scared the heck out of us as he beat his chest.

Unfortunately, many other employees weren't in costume who were milling about, so it was hard for any kind of spooky atmosphere to be maintained. I'd recommend that every employee, even admission takers or parking directors, be in costume so as not to break the mood. Even some simple face paint would be good enough.

I've been there before in the day so I know that the animals are really cool, and being able to hear a real lion roar in that close of a proximity is thrilling and gives some great chills, but in the dark you can't really see any of them. I'd recommend getting rid of any white lighting since it kills any spooky mood. Install creepy green, blue and/or red lighting. Place it on the ground and shine it up in that classic monster movie lighting kind of way, like a flashlight under a chin. Rope lighting isn't all that spooky in general, but it could be used to great effect by laying some on the ground in the back of the cages to give some spooky back lighting.

A few fog machines would be helpful though I'm not sure they could coexist with these animals.

The inflatable lighting lawn ornaments are okay in the parking area, but I'd lose them inside the haunt, they're just too cheesy to facilitate a spooky mood. Speaking of parking, depending on how popular this haunt becomes, parking may be difficult as their parking area seems kind of small, and there's some potholes in the driveway as you pull in that you have to watch for in the dark.

They could benefit from a small concession stand too, maybe some popcorn or hot dogs and soda or cider or hot chocolate as folks wait in line if it becomes popular.

It might also be wise to light the sign at the intersection they're near so folks can find the place easily, one of those inflatable lighted lawn ornaments would be great here.

However, having said all that, if they take some of my suggestions above this could be a really, really great haunt. Where else could you see a lion, tigers, camels, turkeys, pigs, reptiles, goats, zebras, lemurs, monkeys, and all kinds of other animals this close in a night time Halloween setting?

At $5 admission, I'll be willing to try this haunt again later in the season when they have everything in place.

Awesome! I went on Friday with my family and again on Saturday with friends. Even though I loved it both times, it seemed a lot better & smoother on Saturday! (maybe without opening night glitches?) I was blown away! We've been going to Hubertus for years, and last year they redid the whole thing, and this year it's even better.

I have to say that the scenic design in this haunt is some of the best I've seen, and they have some pretty sweet special effects! My favorite parts were the "elevator", the kitchen, the exploding head effect, the psychotic nun, and the spinning tunnel. The actors did a great job, and the makeup & costumes were phenomenal!