Haunt-goers travel high and low visiting cities across America in search of the best and scariest haunted attractions and houses. The Internet has made it possible for anyone to find, look at, and compare different haunted houses to find the best ones to go to and spend their hard earned money. People come from all over to attend the very best haunts and to see if they can scare the pants off of them. So, without further ado here's a list of the top 13 haunted attractions in the United States.
1. The Bates Motel is located in Philadelphia, Pa, the city of brotherly love. There are approximately 15-20 different haunted houses in the area. The 2 best in the city though are The Bates Motel with Haunted Hayride and the Pennhurst Asylum. The Bates Motel is an action packed haunt featuring a 25 minute haunted hayride through a dark forest of Araspha Farm. The hayride is just the beginning. The dark paths on the Cornfield Trail will send shivers up and down your back. The Bates Motel is a huge Victorian mansion filled with computer controlled animatronics and digital sound, lighting and fog, highly decorated rooms and a host of professional actors. The Bates Motel is one haunt you don't want to miss!
The other part of this haunt is Pennhurst Asylum is the other must see attraction in Philadelphia. It has over 16,500 square feet of horror. Your journey through it details the birth, growth, and death of the Pennhurst State School. Imagine a highly detailed surgical suite, complete with operating room, lights, gurney and other cabinetry that have been moved from the original hospital located on the property. They also have a morgue themed room with real drawers used in the facility years ago. Towards the end of the haunt you travel through a series of underground tunnels over 800 feet of them.
2. Erebus in Detroit/Pontiac Michigan. Detroit boasts more haunted houses in one 50 miles radius than any other city in America. Erebus is a 4 story haunted attraction. It is known for the way it engages its victims in an all out scare assault. They manufacture nearly all of their major effects, guests are guaranteed a unique experience as they advance through the 4 story labyrinth of dark, dank passages where your fate is unknown. This haunt creates a fear factor so intense, some call it PAIN!
3. The 13th Gate in New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana area is filled with voodoo and haunting stories, but this area is also known for the intensity of their haunted houses. One haunt is set up inside a real funeral home and another is known as the most controversial haunted house in America, but the overall best is The 13th Gate.
The 13th Gate has consistently been recognized as one of the top haunted attraction in the country. The 40,000 square foot haunted house will take you through 13 frightening themed indoor/outdoor set where your worst nightmares come true and anything can happen. Award-winning scenic artists, set carpenters, lighting and sound technicians, and special effects artists are just a few of the many crew members that make The 13th Gate "the ultimate haunted experience". It's an experience you won't soon forget. If you survive The 13th Gate!
4. The Darkness, Creepyworld, and Lemp Brewery in St. Louis, Mo. has a sinister past starting with one of America's biggest ghost stories, the historically haunted Lemp Mansion. The Darkness, Creepyworld, and Lemp Brewery are three of the most unique haunted attractions you will find anywhere in the United States.
The Darkness has been featured in many papers and magazines. It features some of the most realistic set design and special effect ever seen inside a haunted house. With two floors of fright, The Darkness also features a monster museum and the worlds best 3D haunted house, Terror Visions.
Creepyworld is one of the largest scream parks in America, now featuring seven haunted houses in one location for one price including Tombstone Haunted Hayride with mind-blowing pyrotechnics. Creepyworld has incredible set designs, creative back plots, and 100's of live and animatronic monsters known for the most crazy outrageous actors in the haunting industry. Hardcore haunt fans who desire an entire evening of frightful fun rank Creepyworld their most favorite haunted scream park for a reason!
There is another haunted house called The Lemp Brewery . It is one of the nation's biggest brewing companies prior to prohibition. The Lemp history is one that's truly haunted. The building still stands on old Lemp Avenue. The haunt is actually built under the old brewery inside real caves and caverns, making it one of America's only real haunted houses.
5. The Beast and The Edge of Hell are located in Kansas City, Mo. The city was once labeled the "haunted capitol of the world". Kansas City features amazing haunted attractions such as The Chamber of Poe Haunted House, Macabre Cinema Haunted House and Kansas City Ghosts and Gangsters Tour, but two of the best Kansas City haunts are The Beast and Edge of Hell.
Established in 1975, Edge of Hell is the oldest and best haunted house in the area and has molded into a national model for celebrating the Halloween season. The converted 5 story warehouse in which it stands is the grandaddy of them all, offering a 30 minute, quarter mile walk-thru. Its many scenes are elaborate and detailed and house a cast of over 45 live actors, including 2 of the largest anacondas in the U.S. This is one haunt you won't want to miss.
The other featured haunt is The Beast, which was established in 1991. The Beast is known throughout the industry for having pioneered the "open format" of haunting. With this style, guests wander through scenes, never knowing when an actor or activated device will rock into action. It's a truly intense experience. It takes about 45 minutes to an hour to walk through, IF you don't get lost along the way.
6. The Headless Horseman in the New York/Poughkeepsie, NY area. New York is known for its theatrical productions, and their haunted houses are no exception. With the most wicked character actors. Ranked best this year is one of the biggest and best haunted hayrides in America, The Headless Horseman.
Headless Horseman includes 8 separate attractions including a hayride, a corn maze, 5 haunted houses, 4 eateries, a haunted walk, and a haunted show. This years hayride theme is Escape of Prisoner X and incorporates high tech special effects, pyrotechnics and illusions. The newly constructed Crow Hollow Harbor is an expansive set design that includes three 40 foot haunted fishing boats. Also new this year is the antique Night Shade Nursery and Greenhouse, purchased from a historic estate and restored at the Horseman. In addition to amazing actors, the cast includes stilt walkers, line actors, side show illusionists and a stunt team. Guests are entertained at the Headless Horseman for 2 1/2 to 3 hours straight!!
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