Please note: this review is for the 2010 season rather than the current season.

Haunted High presents Dark Carnival

by JJrakman after attending on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at about 2 p.m.

Fun Factor: Very High Fear Factor: Very High

Review

Easily the best haunt I've been to so far as of this date in SE Wisconsin.

The line wait was fairly quick, they sold munchies in the gymnasium where the line gets to wait, and they projected horror movie trailers on the wall to keep one occupied.

The gymnasium though could benefit from some extra simple Halloween decorations on the walls. There's so much wall space to play with here.

The actors for the most part gafve great performances, though one did come out of character to tell me that, "I might want to hold up a bit." Which was one minor problem they had. They seemed to have a problem with keeping groups separated in the haunt. I was walking fairly slow, yet kept bumping into the group in front of me which kept stalling and standing in place. Then at one point the group behind be caught up to me too. So that by the end of the haunt, I think there were roughly 5-6 groups of people all together at once. I think they could use a little help on when to let up on scaring a group of girls, and getting them through so that groups behind don't catch up to them. Also, there are ways to delay other groups without having to come out of character. Coming out of character should really be saved only for the most egregious infractions like violence or something.

The haunt really knew how to use chainsaws to a great effect. And being in a real high school helped the setting quite a bit.

The money for the entrance was well worth it. Many places will charge 13 bucks and last 5 minutes. This easily took us 30-45 minutes to get through. It's really big.

One of the best vortex rooms, and black light polka dot rooms out there. The mirror room was awesome, though It could have been better with black lights I think.

Something more could be done with the auditorium at the end, not sure what, maybe more zombie audience members and some show on stage relating to halloween rather than the Blues Brothers.

Also the security people, in vests and yellow shirts, could have had some simple face paint on at the very least. Same thing with the retired cop at the head of the line. Their presence breaks the illusion and lessens the scare factor at least in those areas.

The stairwells could have benefited from some more weird lighting. Maybe placing a bloody hand-print over one of the light globes so it casts a red shadow or something.

Anyway, totally fun stuff, really scary, this is a Halloween MUST SEE! Do NOT miss it!

Summary

Easily the best one I've been to this year so far!

MUST SEE!

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