Posted by webmonster on 09 25th, 2015

Posted by webmonster on Sep 25, 2015 Overall Score – 4.9/5! (all ratings scored out of 5) Curb Appeal – 4.8/5 Scare Factor – 5/5 Actor Enthusiasm – 4.9/5 Creativity – 5/5 Donna (The Frightmaster) – Okay, how do I describe my experience in the Haunted Hotel?  This haunt is extreme, over the top, in your face, make you pee yourself and the feature haunt of our trip.  It is the most fun, scary, intimidating, funny, creepy non-stop intense haunt we have ever been through.  From the very first few minutes where you line up against a wall and are given a talk by the crazy hotel proprietor and forced into the rickety elevator with another “occupant” who wasn’t with your original group, you know you are in for a great ride.  The hotel is fast paced and doesn’t let you catch your breath between scenes – each one more extreme and terrifying than the last.  The actors do touch, manhandle and push you, tickle you, and knock you around quite a bit.  We thought the manhandling was ramped up from last year maybe a bit much for some of the haunt goers, though.  This is an extreme haunt and it definitely lives up to it’s rep. We loved the changes this year – love the fact that the entire haunt was different from last year.  Many haunts are good for a few years but get old quickly because the owners don’t change anything or very little from year to year.  Kevin knows that to keep people coming back you have to keep the scares new and fresh.  He did this very well this year and it was like going through a brand new haunt. The haunt is longer than you would think.  It just seems to go on and on (and on and on and on….) especially when you are being chased by five people with very real looking chainsaws at the end.  This is the kind of jolt you get from sticking your hand into an electrified fence.  If you go through one haunt all year – you have to get to Louisville and check out The Haunted Hotel! Teresa – I can’t get enough of this one! It is considered an “extreme” haunt. The actors will touch you. And I don’t mean tap you on your shoulder. I...

Posted by webmonster on Sep 24, 2015 We spoke with Haunted Hotel owner Kevin Stitch about the vast amount of changes this season. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXTG9p7g1h8&showinfo=0&rel=0]

Posted by webmonster on Sep 24, 2015 We spoke with The Devil’s Attic owner Jason Besemann about what’s new this year. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzEftJOhGuA&showinfo=0&rel=0]

Posted by webmonster on Sep 24, 2015 Overall Score – 4.1/5! (all ratings scored out of 5) Curb Appeal – 4/5 Scare Factor – 3.6/5 Actor Enthusiasm – 4.6/5 Creativity – 4.3/5 Donna (The Frightmaster) – This is one of our favorite haunts in Louisville and we look forward to returning to it every year!  The theme of the Devil’s Attic is obvious from the first room where you actually meet the devil himself (this actor is one of the best in the entire haunt!!!) and continued all the way through the haunt.  There are a variety of VERY impressive animatronics throughout but the true highlight and meat and potatoes of the attraction are the actors.  We love the intensity that they have in every scene, especially The Exorcist scene and the new Evil Dead scene with chainsaw arm Ash and the thing under the floor trying to escape.  The scene looked like it was taken right from the movie set.  The actors are some of the best we have seen anywhere and very, VERY convincing!  I did feel that the haunt was a bit shorter this year than in the past but that could have been because I was moving faster trying to escape the evil characters chasing me!  Great actors + fun, fun haunt + scary scenes = this haunt is not to be missed!!! Teresa – This one is great for horror fans. You walk through lots of your favorite horror movie scenes. The actors are very enthusiastic and I thought the decorations and costumes were quite good. There are some pretty creepy scenes and a few unexpected jump scares. I’d really like to see them add more interaction to make it last a little longer. Or some memorable surprises. For a horror movie fan, this one is over too quickly. Todd – The Devil’s Attic still has the most authentic looking costuming and familiar scenes that I have seen in a haunt. The haunt is mostly comprised of iconic horror movie sets and characters while adding their own in between. The Devil who welcomes you upon entering is iconic to the Devil’s Attic and is easily recognizable to past visitors. His look and stature has been consistent over the years, making him easily identifiable in a lineup of hell dwellers if there were to be one. I...

Posted by webmonster on Sep 24, 2015 Overall Score – 3.9/5! (all ratings scored out of 5) Please see overall comments at the bottom of each section Darkness Falls Curb Appeal – 3.9/5 Scare Factor – 3.9/5 Actor Enthusiasm – 4.6/5 Creativity – 4.4/5 Overall – 4.2/5 Donna (The Frightmaster) – Darkness Falls was a very long outdoor haunt (33/4 of a mile) that was one of the most exciting and creepy haunts I have been to in many years.  The trail was just dark enough to give you that feeling of being stalked by who knows what and you never knew what was around the next corner.  The haunt was what you would expect from an outdoor haunt – and more!  Enthusiastic actors, very detailed scenes, eerie lighting, good storyline, even a dark slide to ????  I had a blast!  You feel lost in the woods in the middle of a horror movie with no one to hear you scream!  Loved it! Teresa – This was so much fun! It is a very LONG trail. All of the scenes looked great, from the cemetery with awesome crypts to the shacks with cannibalistic families. Very good use of lighting spacing, so the trail was plenty dark, but you could always see a light in the distance to walk toward so you didn’t get lost. I liked that it didn’t have animatronics. I enjoy good animatronics, but this made it feel like an old-school haunt that uses more live actors and decorations for its scares. I would definitely do this again! Todd – Darkness falls is your typical outdoor trail with a few standout areas. As with others, there’s a hillbilly shanty area, a clown area (nice and dark though!), a cemetery, etc. The areas the pop out though make up for any lackluster sections. The most favorable to me was the power generation station run by a fantastic actor directing each of us to one of two chutes full of human waste or scalding conditions; either of which we would be paid third-world wages for our contributions. I tend not to ruin surprises but I feel obligated to let readers know that either of these chutes are actual slides you’ll have to navigate. Unfortunately for me, upon landing I sprained BOTH of my ankles. The landing area is well padded. Unfortunately,...

Posted by webmonster on Sep 17, 2015 We spoke with Land of Illusion owner Brett Oakley about what’s new this year. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5RyDmpvVcs&showinfo=0&rel=0]