AKRON

HAUNTED SCHOOLHOUSE & LABORATORY

1280 Triplett Boulevard, Akron, OH 44306

(330) 785-4522 or (330) 785-4474

ALLIANCE

HAUNTED CASTLE

114 Milner Street, Alliance, OH 44601

(330) 821-1031 or www.factoryofterror.net

OPEN IN 2005.

2006 - It sounds like a residential answering machine at above #. STATUS UNKNOWN FOR 2006.

BROADVIEW HEIGHTS (CLEVELAND AREA)

BROADVIEW HEIGHTS LYONS HAUNTED HOUSE

1010 Towpath Road, Broadview Heights, OH 44147

 (440) 526-9148 or group sales (440) 526-4679

Featured the "Anti Truth Legion of Terror" in 2003. SOUNDS INTERESTING!

STILL ONLY $12 FOR 2006, AND REPEAT VISITS ON SAME NIGHT ONLY $2! Recording still mentions "LEGION OF TERROR."

CANTON

THE FACTORY OF TERROR

1036 Market Avenue S Street, Canton, OH 44707

(330) 455-3327 or www.factoryofterror.net

CLARKSVILLE

BONNY BROOK FARMS

(937) 433-6393 or www.bonnybrookfarms.com

CINCINNATTI

THE DENT SCHOOLHOUSE

5963 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnatti, OH 45248 (513) 598-4600 or www.frightsite.com 2010 IS THEIR 32nd YEAR!

CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND HAUNTED HOLLOW & MORGUE MUSEUM

5100 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 44129

(216) 351-3327 2006 is their 26th year - free video arcade too.

Features 3 levels, 60,000 square feet.

7 FLOORS OF HELL

19191 Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130

www.7floorsofhell.com

THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE A MONSTER AND A HALF!

HAUNTED CLEVELAND

3187 West 153rd Street, Cleveland, OH 44111

(216) 251-0406 or www.hauntedcleveland.net

JUST SPOTTED THIS ONE IN 2006.

COLUMBUS

THE SCARE-A-TORIUM

1501 East Dublin Granville Road, Columbus, OH 43229

(614) 864-3327 or www.scareatorium.com

new listing for 2010

FREMONT

HAUNTED HYDRO

1333 Tiffin, Fremont, OH

(419) 334-2452 or www.thehauntredhydro.com

NEW SHOW FOR 2010!

2006 IS THEIR 17th YEAR!

ZIOPTIS 2003 rating 4 ½ STARS

2003: Clever carnival atmosphere with "CRAZY BOB," a sideshow barker at the entrance to haunt. Good monster interaction, a unique chain link fence maze at the end, and we especially liked the Tesla coil you're invited to activate and the guy with a metal bar box on his head! 2nd part of haunt is an outdoor spooky ride on a golf cart that you drive yourself. It rained during our visit making it a slippery ride, but lots of fun! THE HYDRO IS HAPPENING!!

ZIOPTIS 2005 rating 4 3/4 STARS

2005: We've been to this before, and we really liked them then too! Some really unique twists and quirky fun! CRAZY BOB RULES!

HUDSON

HUDSON JAYCEES HAUNTED HOUSE

2250 Barlow Road, Hudson, OH 44236

(330) 653-5252 or www.hudsonhauntedhouse.com

ONLY $7 IN 2003!

2004 rates $10 / $5

New for 2006: toll-free (877) 999-4679 or www.hudsonjaycees.com

LEWISBURG

HAUNTED CAVE AT LEWISBURG

4392 Swisher's Hill Road, Lewisburg, OH 45338

www.hauntedcaveatlewisburg.com

MAUMEE (TOLEDO AREA)

TERRORTOWN

at Lucas County Fairgrounds, 1406 Key Street

(419) 897-7242 or www.terrortown.net

 ZIOPTIS 2000 rating 4 STARS

 ZIOPTIS 2004 rating 5 STARS

THEY ADDED A HAYRIDE IN 2002.

SPECIAL GUEST STARS FOR 2004: Dick Warlock (was Michael Meyers in Halloween 2 has ORIGINAL jumpsuit and mask) on Oct. 22, 23 & 24. R. A. Mihailoff (Leather Face in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3) on Oct. 29, 30 & 31.

ZIOPTIS 2005 rating 5 STARS

Features an AMAZING SPOOKED OUT FLOOR that suddenly comes to life, totally unique! Watch for it on your left. Worth the trip from Detroit for sure! This place was jammin' big time when we arrived, you'll see why when you go!

ZIOPTIS 2006 rating 5 STARS

The entertainment starts in line with a giant video screen displaying LIVE IMAGES OF PEOPLE FREAKING OUT INSIDE THE HAUNT! Once you make it in, WOW! You won't believe your eyes, and it's NEW EVERY YEAR HERE!

This is a 3 part haunt for 2006 - THE ASYLUM, THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE and the FREAK-A-TORIUM.

The new FREAK-A-TORIUM IS UNBELIEVABLE and features the weirdest taxidermy examples you will ever see! There's a 2 headed snake, a raccoon with 2 heads and 8 legs, and much more, ALL REAL! Many freaks of nature and strange mutations are preserved in formaldehyde in large jars too, again ALL REAL!

OFF THE HOOK INSANITY AT ONE OF OHIO'S TOP HAUNTS!

 

ZIOPTIS SEZ 2009 - ANOTHER AWESOME NEW SHOW FROM AN INDUSTRY LEADER

How DO they do it? Re-inventing a haunt of this magnitude is no small task, but they are fully committed to raising the bar every year.

We absolutely LOVED the black hole here! It's actually THREE of them placed end-to-end which we have seen before. But they have a new kind of blue paint that somehow gives a completely different ethereal feel. It is strikingly beautiful and eerie at the same time!

This haunt will assault all of your senses with a barrage of stunts, actors, and scenes from your wildest dreams/nightmares!

Be sure to check out the magic show too before you leave, it's worth the wait. You will be scratching your head trying to figure out "How can that be?!"

MIDDLETOWN

MIDDLETON HAUNTED TRAIL & TEMPLE OF DOOM

8762 Thomas Road, Middletown, OH 45042

(513) 423-9960 or www.thelandofillusion.com

"LAND OF ILLUSIONS" is show for 2006, 2010 and 2011.

Four frightening haunts - Middletown's Haunted Trail, Temple of Terror, Dr. Psycho's Haunted Estate, and Killer Klowns

OTTAWA

PUTNAM COUNTY HAUNTED CORNFIELD (formerly SCHMITZ HAUNTED CORNFIELD)

13360 Rd 12  (419) 538-6333 or www.pchaunt.com

PATASKALA

HAUNTED HOOCHIE

13861 East Broad Street SW, Pataskala, OH 43062

www.hauntedhoochie.com

new listing for 2010

PHILO

FOREST OF FRIGHT

7925 Duncan Run Road, Philo, OH 43771

(740) 280-0952 or www.forestoffright.org

new listing for 2010

PLEASANTVILLE

THE HAUNTED FARM

5450 Old Millersport Road NE, Pleasantville, OH

(704) 205-7460 or www.haunted-farm.com

SANDUSKY

GHOSTLY MANOR

3319 Milan Road, Sandusky, OH

2.2 miles north of State Route 2

(419) 626-4467 or www.ghostlymanor.com

from their 2002 promo: "Non-stop very high startle event that contains the latest in haunted house technology...in an old mansion...17 rooms."

THIS ONE SOUNDS REALLY COOL!

We finally went in 2005 and it is a SOLID 5 STAR HAUNT!

ZIOPTIS 2005 RATING 5 STARS!

TOTALLY AMAZING NEW FIND THAT RE-OPENS IN JUNE!

This is AN AWESOME HAUNT!! Most haunts have different surprises waiting for you in most rooms. But this haunt has ULTRA-ACTION with MANY scares / surprises in EVERY ROOM! It's hard to take it all in, it happens so fast you won't believe it! This is our pick for "BEST NEW FIND OF 2005" and "MOST ACTION PER ROOM 2005!"

We saw a brochure for this last year at THE HAUNTING in ADRIAN last year and were flabbergasted by what we found there! WE REALLY LIKE AND ADMIRE HAUNTS THAT PROMOTE EACH OTHER! We know that it's a competitive business with a lot on the line. But we have found that friendly competition raises the overall quality of the haunt scene and ends up benefitting everyone involved!

SHEFFIELD

THE HAUNTED FOREST OF CAROUSEL

1451 Lake Breeze Rd, Sheffield Village, OH 44054

(440) 934-5708 or www.bloodyforest.com

2006 is their 25th year, THEY MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT!

SPRINGFIELD

HORROR ACRES

6995 Springfield Jamestown Road (State Route 72), Springfield, OH 45502

(937) 206-4066 or www.horroracres.com

NEW LISTING FOR 2010!

SPRINGFIELD

THE LEGEND OF HORROR

2630 South Limestone Street, Springfield, OH 45505

(937) 206-4066 or www.thelegendsofhorror.com

NEW LISTING FOR 2010!

This is from the same outfit that presents HORROR ACRES, listed above. ANYBODY that operates two haunts has got to be doing something right!

We're hoping to see just exactly what they've got up their sleeves someday soon...

TIFFIN, OHIO

NIGHTMARE WITHIN

25 East Market Street, Tiffin, OH 44883

(419) 448-7108 or www.nightmarewithin.com  2005 is their 8th year

from their 2002 promo: "10,000 square feet of shear terror. See the tunnel of terror now in horrorifing 3-D and our maze of horror also in 3-D. Meet the 'chain saw,' be its' victim again or for the 1st time! WARNING: THIS HAUNT WILL SCARE YOU! WE PROMISE!!!"

ZIOPTIS 2003 rating 4 ½ stars

Good dark passageways, krazy clowns, high intensity air blasts, a vibrating floor and clever monster taunting. We especially liked the girl begging for help that's been chopped in half. And the dark maze at the end is truly difficult to navigate - the monsters and ghosts have glow in the dark outfits and periodically taunt you for being so dumb as to not be able to find your way out! Just before you leave you're offered a chance to give your opinion of the haunt - should you or shouldn't you? WE'RE NOT TELLING!

TOLEDO, OHIO

CHAINSAW CREEK

Westfield Franklin Park, 5100 Monroe St. (Sylvania Ave. side), Toledo, OH

(419) 343-7478 or www.chainsawcreek.com

ZIOPTIS 2006 rating 4 1/4 STARS

Features multiple buildings to go thru, each with a different theme. One of our favorite gags has a head (REAL) that pops up and confuses you while you're trying to figure out how to get to the next area.

STRONG 1st TIME EFFORT!

ZIOPTIS 2007 rating 4 3/4 STARS

WITH A GREAT NEW 3-D SHOW.

ZIOPTIS SEZ 2009 - CRAZY MIXED-UP MULTI-HAUNT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!

This haunt's future is secure. Not only does it offer a wide variety of haunting goodies from beyond, it's fully prepared for future changes in fire/electrical codes. Oh, and they can take it anywhere too.

But we hope they keep it RIGHT where it is, an easy drive from Detroit.

There's 4 different haunt structures here: County Morgue, The Asylum, The Black Swamp, and Circus Of The Dead in 3D.

The black hole approach in the "Circus Of The Dead in 3D" is quite different from most, but also highly effective. It's one giant unit with a really slow rotation, which we've seen before. But there's thousands of repeating individual designs instead of swirls or dots. And it gets better: those thousands of designs dance and float thru the air thanks to 3D glasses you wear. One of a kind to our knowledge!

TOLEDO

NIGHTMARE AT NORTHTOWNE

We just learned of this 1st time effort and hope to visit it on Saturday, November 2, 2002.

WE WENT TO THIS IN 2002 AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD! UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T REACH THEM IN 2003.

UNKNOWN STATUS IN 2004 message left on voice mail.