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Mystic Terror 2023 Captures the Evolution of Horror with Halloween Heritage

November 4, 2023 By Taylor Winters In Home Haunts, Mystic Terror, Review No Comments

Long, long ago, there lived a drunk named Stingy Jack. Despite his proclivity for a drink, Stingy Jack was quite clever. When Satan decided he wanted the poor man’s soul, Jack made a deal to have a final drink with the devil. Jack, as clever as he was, left Satan with the bill—and one Satan [...]

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Ferris Haunt 2023 Transported Me to Another Dimension of Halloween Fun

November 3, 2023 By Taylor Winters In Ferris Haunt, Home Haunts, Review 1 Comment

Ferris Haunt 2023 I scan my badge on the card reader, and with a pleasant beep of acceptance and the whoosh of the steel door, the laboratory opens in front of me. Live wires hang down from the ceiling and tables are filled with a series of monitors, sweep circuit analyzers, and radio receivers. The [...]

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Dark Harvest 2023 Delivers on Interactivity by Adding Clowns to the Asylum

October 15, 2023 By Taylor Winters In Dark Harvest, Haunted House, Review No Comments

Dark Harvest (previously known as The Fleshyard) is an Orange County/Inland Empire haunt staple—and as such, they have partnered before with other haunt giants like Perdition Home, Pirates’ Cave, and this year, Hauntington Beach Manor. While Hauntington Beach Manor’s Followers of Pythia occupies one side of the lot - Dark Harvest 2023 has the larger [...]

Hauntington Beach Manor’s Followers of Pythia is a Dark Labyrinth through your Mind

October 15, 2023 By Taylor Winters In Haunted House, Hauntington Beach Manor, Review No Comments

Hauntington Beach Manor's Followers of Pythia What can be scarier than the inside of your mind? Than the weight of having to step forward to seize your future? Than the inner demons that hide in the sulci of the mind? Well, Hauntington Beach Manor asked that question too and has created Followers of Pythia a [...]

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Ferris Home Haunt Father and Son Team Creates a Western Saloon With A Secret

October 29, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Ferris Haunt, Home Haunts, Review No Comments

Rows and rows of alcohol line the shelves above the bar. But it’s not those spirits that are talking to me. A spectral image of a woman is projected onto a wall, as she pleads to us, to find her body and give her peace. As she finishes her ask, I hear a click, and [...]

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Mystic Terror Haunt ’s Roswell Haunt Exceptionally Explores Conspiracies and Aliens

October 29, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Home Haunts, Mystic Terror, Review No Comments

“The math just doesn’t make sense!” A scientist in a lab coat bangs his hands against the wall, a white board in front of him containing equations and chemical formulas. I step forward and he notices me. “What are you doing in here? Get to containment!” He steps aside, revealing a man in a protective [...]