2014 Event Reviews

WORST HAUNTED TRAIL EVER! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY UNLESS YOU WANT TO PAY TO SEE A BUNCH OF SISTER LOVING HILLBILLIES RUNNING AROUND IN CAPES AND BAD MAKEUP. WAITED OVER 3 HOURS IN UNORGANIZED CHAOS JUST TO END UP REGRETTING THE ENTIRE NIGHT.

What a fun haunt! First tip! Go early! We did, and had the run of the property! We didnt have any chance of catching up to another party, or one catching up to us while in a haunt. The actors do a really great job at hiding and scaring. I did A LOT of screaming which really isnt typical for me. Luckily they have a spot where you can buy soda or beer to sooth your throat if you need to. :)
NURSING HOME -Does make you laugh. Its different than what I've seen at a haunt before, and I liked it! :)
BLOODY MANOR is where I did most of my screaming. Loved it!
MALIGNANT MANAGEMENT is well set up and the actors do well at hiding, not as scary
The NEW MYSTERY HAUNT is something I've never done at a haunt either. It really messed with my sensory and caused lots of screams and laughs.
I'll be recommending this place to everybody!

Too bad it is the final year for The House of Bathory. I had a really great time and love this old style feel type haunted house when you can really take the time to walk through and there wasn't just a bunch of noise and flashing lights! It is actually my favorite and really stinks that this is the final round! Girl we had with us was crying from the get-go and probably shouldn't have been let in because she was too scared and cried the entire time! It sure is a fun time and I enjoy this one better than like all the other ones I have been to! Love the scary monkeys, the spinning bridge and slide! It was all fun and probably will do it a couple more times before the year is out! This is the final round and last dance so everybody please experience it because after this, you won't have a chance! Love this haunted house and it will be missed! Thanks for the bone chilling spooks!

Sincerely,

-Nick from Manitowoc-

I returned to this haunted house with a new group of friends. We had a BLAST, well some of us did. I have to mention the creepy clown that followed us everywhere! One of my friends that came is deathly afraid of clowns, and having this creepy clown follow us made things even more scary and creepy. Around every corner, there was Dr. SCary...I just cannot figure out how he 'appears' in front of us so many times! Is it magic, or are there many people portraying him? I guess that is the mystery of this haunted house, and one will never know.

Upon my return, I jumped and screamed as much as I did last weekend when I came through. It is so much fun, and this house always keeps you on edge! There was a creepy little girl in one of the rooms, and took us completely off guard, and actually made one of my friends....well lets just say she should have used the bathroom before going in, because after that room, she did not need to 'go' anymore!

This house is scary, creepy, and caught me off guard around every turn. The actors are fantastic, and certainly know what they are doing. Our senses were on overload by the time we exited the house, and then it was on to Pandemonium! A whole new experience for my friends. It was amazing how confused and crazy you get while in there! I love the soundtrack, especially the dub step music. I do not hear that type of music played anywhere else. We really enjoyed the noises and sounds in the main house, the creepy overhead page was very distrubing, and sent my mind on paranoia overdrive.

This haunt never disappoints! They add new adventures each year we go.
This group of ghouls really know what they are doing and the effort is really something.
the line was reasonable in a barn area, so away from the wind, but chilly.
The adventure itself takes a good amount of time to get through, from the mine shaft ,hayride and walk through the woods/maze, your talking at least 30 minutes!
It was a blast and well worth the price...we WILL be back again :)

I went as part of an advanced preview, and it was AWESOME! Since our group went before they officially opened (October 3rd, I think), they weren't completely done with preparations. They were about 90% done, and I have to say that I was seriously impressed! There was just a little bit at the very beginning that wasn't quite finished, so I can't comment on that (just the walls in the first building), but the rest was pretty rad.
Seriously, the sounds that the people made, the costumes, the length of the entire event, and the quality of all of the props, was VERY impressive. I am a bit of a snob when it comes to Halloween themed activities, and I host numerous annual parties, so I don't say any of the above, lightly. ;)

Your Halloween season just isn't going to be complete without a trip to Screamin' Acres.

I probably lost track of how many years in a row that I have attended the Wisconsin Fear Grounds but this year I made the trip earlier than usual. Myself along with a large group of friends really enjoyed the 3 houses they have. As always the first haunted house Morgan Manor was every focused on the actors and details as I would have thought. CarnEvil of Torment was good, but clowns dont scare mea great deal. For someone scared of clowns or circus freaks I can imagine this being very scary. The 3rd hosue was called BlackOut and they made us put a HOOD over our heads to go in it. What to talk about freaky! After we got the ladies settled down, we joined through this house which seeemed like a lifetime. I woudl say more but dont want to spoil the surprises for others.

NO WONDER THIS HAUNTED HOUSE WAS VOTED #1 IN THE SE REGION! OMG! This place is awesome, I will be getting another group of friends to come with me and visit again! It is awesome! Best one I have ever been to in years! Actors jumping out at me around every turn. Their attention to detail is impeccable! There are a lot of things that I would love to mention that scared the !@#$ out of me, but I don't want to give anything away. Kudos to the girl in the straight jacket, and the actor in the room full of tables an bodies-sorta looked like an autopsy room.This house attacks your senses from every direction. The second haunt, Pandemonium is crazy, and fun, oh, and did I mention the frustration of going in circles? I am not a wimp, and refused to use an 'I quit' exit., I wanted to be a 'winner' and find the end, and though it took me 47 minutes to find it, but I was successful. I will be returning this year for another visit, this haunt will definitely be one that I will revisit every season multiple times. I cannot wait until Friday, when they open again so I can bring more friends to enjoy this memorable and amazing place!

Burial Chamber is the perfect place to go for a wide range of scare tactics backed with an amazing team of actors and crew in a huge complex. I've been going for years now, and they never fail to amaze! Each year is a different experience, since they like to change up the sets inside the two houses in the warehouse as well as the various set pieces in the woods

If you go, make sure to wear durable clothes and sensible shoes. There are surprises around every turn, from all angles (If you go into Phobia, the haunted woods...just be careful not to run into the swamp! Stick to the path kiddos. More than once I've had to grab someone in our group to keep them from getting very wet). If you don't scare easy, I recommend teaming up with a group of strangers for your walk through. It's the best to watch people scream and freak over the creepy, crazy, and sometime gore filled goodness of the complexes. There is even a coffin for you to get strapped into for that Last Ride thrill if you are adventurous.

Check it out. I promise you won't be disappointed!

Every year the Feargrounds gets more elaborate. The new haunted house Blackout is seriously intense. Morgan Manor is beautifully decorated with great actors and CarnEvil is freaky!

Signage/Visability/Location: The Burial Chamber is located just off Hwy 41 which makes it an easy find. The building is hard to miss as you can see Burial Chamber painted on the side of the first building. They also have parking attendants so it's hard to miss.

Wait area/ Line entertainment: Burial Chamber offers 2 large video screens for your viewing pleasure while in line. They also have a few ghouls roaming around the grounds.

Actor Performance: Solid as usual. When you have 100+ actors it's hard to control them all but they do a good job.

Scenes/Sets/fx: Outstanding. The attentions to detail and props they use are phenomenal.

Length: Adrenaline was about 20 minutes, Insanity was about 20, and Phobia was about 15.

Crowd Control: Nothing out of the norm. Parking attendants parking cars and such. One thing I suggest is that you have customers not smoke in line. We stood next to a bunch of kids who were smoking and it was gross.

Most Memorable Moment: Where do I start. When we went through Adrenaline my friend kept picking me up by my jacket which had me laughing the whole way through.

As Halloween fanatics, we've set up an itinerary for the month of October to fit in as many Haunted houses as we possibly could. Being it's last year, House of Bathory was definitely on that list!

From the very first room it was obvious that it wasn't like any haunted house I've been to before. It was interactive and told a clear story in almost every room we walked into. I wish I could go into more detail over specific things that had us screaming or afraid to go forward but that would spoil the fun. So, I'll just say we had to fight among ourselves over who had to go first most of the way.