Haunted trails are attractions that allow guests to navigate their way through various rooms or scenes – such as hillbilly huts, cornfield mazes or themed zones.
Moderate scares in a safe environment can release endorphins and improve mood, as well as sharpen problem-solving skills. Haunted trails provide another opportunity to practice these valuable life lessons.
1. The Haunted Cars Trail
Haunted houses and corn mazes are two fantastic Halloween activities, but haunted trails can be just as frightening. Typically found in outdoor settings like farms or parks, haunted trails feature creepy props accompanied by actors dressed up as Halloween characters – adding another level of fear factor!
The haunted car trail can be found at an old amusement park graveyard, filled with rusty roller coaster cars, race cars and ferris wheel gondolas. It is believed that Chester, who murdered one of her victims after sexually molesting her, roams this haunting trail, lending their supernatural talents on visitors who venture onto it.
To create a haunted trail, take into account the age group of your target visitors and select an appealing theme. Young children might prefer something with fairytale or witch themes while teenagers and adults might appreciate horror movie-inspired themes like an insane asylum, graveyard or mad scientist lab. Also ensure that it is safe by eliminating hazards or placing warning signs that could hurt or trip visitors along its route.
2. Reaper’s Revenge
Reaper’s Revenge is a scare park featuring five individually themed attractions: Haunted Hayride, Lost Carnival, Delirium, Pitch Black and Sector 13. Providing over 90 minutes of thrilling entertainment and pure terror is this intense experience!
Your journey will start by boarding a hay wagon that will transport you along a variety of terrifying trails. As there will be no other haywagons present on these paths, creating the illusion that you are truly alone on this adventure.
Next you will be welcomed into The Lost Carnival where demented clowns and sideshow freaks await. This attraction is one of the best attractions available at Reaper’s Revenge this year. Delirium, Reaper’s Revenge’s most recently opened attraction has seen massive improvements since its first season four years ago; it now incorporates multidimensional mind-bending with 3D art and psychedelic effects for an incredible funhouse style attraction experience. Once exiting Delirium you will enter Pitch Black: an interactive walkthrough haunt that tells the tale of a light bulb factory overrun by evil forces – an ideal experience if you dare enter Reaper’s Revenge this Halloween season!
3. Destination Haunt
Haunted house industry raises millions each year for charity through haunted house fundraising, exploiting people’s fears to produce truly terrifying experiences that they won’t soon forget. Over 80% of American haunted houses participate in this charity program.
This haunted trail offers multiple attractions at one location in Lee, NH. The Sanctum of Horror takes visitors through Lenore’s mad mind while St. Charlotte Asylum and an ancient graveyard also make an appearance – it was so terrifying that Haunt World Magazine named it America’s top haunted trail!
Trails run close to one mile long and offer various rooms or scenes, such as hillbilly huts, cornfields, clown mazes and movie-themed rooms. Some features may include actors, air cannons, sprays of water, loud noises and other effects designed to scare visitors, including air cannons. Props such as spiderwebs or hanging rubber bats create obstacles for visitors to step over or into.
4. Field of Screams Maryland
Field of Screams Maryland was named #1 by USA Today readers in their 2016 Best Haunted Attraction Readers Choice Awards and offers visitors an unforgettable haunted attraction experience. Situated in Olney, it features The Slaughter Factory haunted house as well as 27 terrifying stations such as Chainsaw Hill and Clown Chaos on its signature one-hour Super Screams trail that lasts just one hour long – both packed full of props and actors designed to bring fear.
Steelhead Events’ frightening experience is an economic boon, employing more than 270 people – including actors, makeup artists and high school drama students – at its company.
Sets such as a bunk room overrun by spiders and an area filled with toxic waste barrels are impressive; however, some scenes lack scares. Actors were committed and trained for their roles. Smoke- and alcohol-free environment with bonfires and s’mores available at Field of Screams from Sept 23-Oct 31 for charity benefits from Field of Screams.
