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Thursday, January 18, 2024
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Monday, September 18, 2023
New Fear Unleashed at Field of Screams
- Massive Fear Factory scene brings the screams
- All four attractions updated for 2023
- Expanded entertainment area includes a bar and axe throwing
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| Photo: Field of Screams |
MOUNTVILLE, Pa. – A dilapidated factory just past a bend in the wooded trail bears the name Pickering Garment Co., established 1927. Guests on the hayride are pulled under the deteriorating facade into the dimly-lit structure, and the scares begin almost immediately.
A girl can be seen with her head in a guillotine, crying for help, as bodies hanging from an overhead conveyor rotate above the guests.
“Do you want to see her die? Let me hear you if you want to see her die!” a voice yells to the wagon full of haunt fans, which responds resoundingly with loud cheers and “Yes!”
The executioner drops the blade, her head rolls, and the ill-intent of the maniacs running the factory is turned to guests in the wagon.
The elaborate scene and massive set, known as Fear Factory, is new to the Haunted Hayride portion of Field of Screams’ for the 2023 season. It is one of several significant changes to the Mountville, Pa., haunt, which is consistently known as one of the best in the country.
Field of Screams began its 2023 season Friday, Sept. 8. It features four attractions - Haunted Hayride, Den of Darkness, Frightmare Asylum, and Nocturnal Wasteland, all of which received new additions.
Jim Schopf, who owns Field of Screams with his brother, Gene Schopf, said ideas for upgrades and new ways to bring spooky entertainment to guests are constantly in motion.
“The gears are always turning,” said Schopf, who also said staff already has a list of ideas for future seasons.
According to Field of Screams, additions for 2023 include:
Gory Garage in Den of Darkness, “where only the lucky ones will escape the clutches of Leroy the Mechanic. Watch in horror as he puts his tools to use on those less fortunate.”
An entirely new basement in Frightmare Asylum, where visitors “are forced to walk through the inhumane treatment rooms” and through the recreational wing “where the inmates are just dying to have visitors in their presence.”
New twists and turns to Nocturnal Wasteland, where visitors will “encounter creatures and characters found only in your worst nightmares.”
Axe throwing lanes
The Chainsaw Bar, which includes a custom-themed Field of Screams drink.
An expanded immersive light, video, sound, and 3D mapping show in the entertainment area.
Light show at Field of Screams
Field of Screams also features three 5-minute escape rooms: Captured, Lockdown, and The Heist; carnival-style games, a Scream Shop for merchandise, several food and drink vendors, live music and roaming actors who terrify guests as they walk around the midway.
Jim Schopf said the haunted attraction will have about 200 actors for the 2023 season, which has increased since the Covid pandemic.
The high number of actors keeps the scares fresh and guests wondering which one will terrify them next. The haunted attraction has scared over one million people since it opened in 1993, according to a press release.
Field of Screams' fall season runs through November 3, ending with Extreme Blackout, a darker and more intense experience that isn't part of the haunt's regular season.
Tickets can be bought by visiting Field of Scream's website.
A scene from Frightmare Asylum
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Field of Screams Opens Sept. 8, 2023
The Mountville, Pa., haunt is in its 31st season
The event runs for 28 nights this fall
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| Photo: Haunt Hunters App |
Field of Screams in Mountville, Pa., kicks off its 31st season on Sept. 8, 2023, running for 28 nights through Nov. 10, 2023.
The haunt features four attractions - Haunted Hayride, Den of Darkness, Frightmare Asylum, and Nocturnal Wasteland - and an entertainment area that includes several food and drink vendors, carnival-type games, music, live bands, axe throwing, alcohol, and escape rooms.
New for 2023, Field of Screams has added a Fear Factory scene to the hayride; a basement scene in Frightmare Asylum; a garage scene to Den Of Darkness: and Pale Horse Bar in the entertainment area, according to the haunt's Facebook page.
Tickets start at $40.00 for all four attractions. Guests may also buy tickets to each haunt separately and/or upgrade to VIP for an additional $15. VIP allows guests to skip to the front of the line.
Sunday, August 6, 2023
St. Batrick's Day at Castle Blood
A St. Batrick's Day celebration of Celtic lore just seems to fit in a place called Castle Blood.
The theatrical haunted house, filled with ghoulish props, is in a nearly 120-year-old structure in Monessen, Pennsylvania. One of the city's founders built the home in 1905. It became a funeral home in the 1930s.
Now, legend says Castle Blood is owned by vampires and home to a variety of odd creatures who behave in odd ways.
"It's creepy and spooky all by itself," owner Ricky Dick said of the large, old home.
Throw in weird characters - some scary, some funny, and some bizarre, along with quests patrons are asked to complete, and you get an hour-long interactive, quirky family event.
"It's a little bit theater. It's a little bit magic show. It's a little bit escape room," Dick said. "It's a little bit cosplay. It's a little bit Renaissance fair. But it is a haunted house, so there are scares."
On March 17-18, 2023, guests will be able to participate in how the kooky bunch celebrates its Scottish roots on what typically is an Irish celebration - Saint Patrick's Day.
Dick, whose character is named Gravely MaCabre, joked that although Castle Blood's residents are Scottish, they're not opposed to giving the Irish a little fanfare.
"We like the Irish and we're happy to drink a green beer, but we don't want to celebrate them too much," Dick joked.
That's why the annual St. Batrick's Day event focuses on an array of Celtic legends, rather than just all things Irish.
This year's St. Batrick's haunt is themed around the Eye of Evil, which, according to Celtic folklore, casts curses through a malevolent stare.
Guests will encounter magic along the way that will control the behavior of the Evil Eye.
Some of the creatures guests will see include banshees, ogres, and gargoyles, Dick said.
Guests will be given challenges to complete as they encounter different characters and move from room to room.
Dick said Castle Blood, open for 31 years, has been providing escape room-like puzzles long before escape rooms became popular within the haunt industry.
"They told me I was crazy," he said. "And now they're everywhere."
The high level of interaction between characters and guests trying to complete their games means the outcome of the haunt could be different every time.
"You never know what the patron is going to say or going to do," Dick said. "None of us know how it's going to go."
And the characters that guests run into throughout the haunt might not be so helpful to their challenges, Dick said.
"Some of the characters like that you're here, and some of the characters aren't so happy," Dick said.
Dick said Castle Blood has a talented and loyal cast who love to act and give guests a good time. Eight or nine of the cast members have been with the haunt for 25 years, he said.
The event is called St. Batrick's as tribute to a long-time cast member, Marty, who passed away. He had a penchant for vampires.
"Vampires were his whole world, Dick said.
General admission tickets to the approximately hour-long haunt are $20. Reserved-time entry tickets are $25 and guarantee entry within 15 minutes of a guest's reserved time.
Castle Blood also offers lights-on matinees for children during regular haunt season for $10, where they may participate in games and trick-or-treat in the castle.
Dick said he tries to keep prices low so that patrons can afford to take their families.
"We're down in the valley in old steel country," he said. "I want families to be able to afford to show up."
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Arx Mortis Presents My Bloody Valentine
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| Arx Mortis Haunted Attraction |
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