I did the haunted trail last year and it was absolutely wonderful and completely worth the price! Got there 15 minutes early for the opening time and only had to wait a few minutes. The staff is wonderful amd we really enjoyed our time! This year we decided to take our Halloween and all things spooky/scary loving 4 year old to the hayride. It includes a 5 minute ride in the dark with no actors or scenery to a covered area with 5 games and a few inflatables. He was done within 10 minutes. For $87 for 3 people this was an absolute rip off. Next year we will be taking him to do the trail. I cannot recommend the hayride to anyone. read more

If you're looking to do something with the kiddos that is not too scary and perfect for fall/halloween this is definitely the spot to come to ! The tickets are about $28 and it's a 20 minute hay ride. I've never done a haunted halloween hay ride so this was certainly nice to check out ! They are only open Fridays through Sundays and they close the first weekend of November. Where the farm is located is huge and everything in my opinion was decorated beautifully ! I really liked this hay ride because it was very interactive with the actors and they even stop at certain areas of the tour and everyone is able to play some type of halloween game ! I thought this was pretty cute. read more

Story made no sense and wasn't all that scary they did better years before. The main character was only out on line not in the actual walk.

Brought my kids 10-11 they loved it. Perfect length of time on the experience. The darkness and the terrain add to the anxiety factor. Very well done spooky Halloween fun, read more

They canceled my date due to the rain and told us no refunds only rescheduling. Which I understand, but the rescheduling link they provided doesn't work. When you email them, no one responds. read more

Took the kids to this haunted hayride and it was a huge disappointment. The wait was really long. There were very few actors and staff, the sets and scenery were barely put together, the props were tiny and not well thought out, and the acting was non existent and unenthusiastic. The place was packed and at $25 per person I expected way more. read more

This was really fun and different haunted hayride. Definitely check it out, VIP tickets are the way to fly because of long lines. The actors do an amazing job and they really try hard to scare! read more

This was super disappointing. Waited for 2 hours and didn't even get close to the front of the line. Line was not socially distanced at all and hayrides were packed too. They need to have time slots for people to show up to prevent huge lines. You shouldn't have to wait for 3 hours for a 20 min ride vs pay extra for vip. I won't be back. read more

As of this writing (October 23, 2017) there are 7 reviews of Pantophobia, 4 of which have 1 star. My wife and I did the haunted hayride at Pantophobia on the evening of Oct 22, 2017. Below is my five point review: Staff Service: 5.0 out of 5 Timeliness: 5.0 out of 5 Atmosphere: 4.5 out of 5 Cleanliness: 5.0 out of 5 Affordability: 3.5 out of 5.0 ISSUES====It's a hike from NYC. Over an hour via car for the bridge and tunnel crowd. For a 15 minute hayride, it's a little pricey. SOME HELPFUL TIPS ABOUT THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE: 1--- "Let me ask you a question. Why don't people just leave the house when there's a ghost in the house?" - Eddie Murphy, Delirious (1983) Yes, it's fake. Of course it's fake. People tend to act overly logical when someone is trying to scare them. We all do it. It's a defense mechanism. Whether you read ahead on Wikipedia while watching a scary movie to prevent the shock factor, or criticize an actor's scary makeup on a hayride. My point? Suspend your disbelief for 15 minutes. Listen to the narrator telling the story. Let it scare you. If you look around and see a figure in the distance, chances are it is going to catch up to the hayride and scare you. Duh. Don't be that too-cool-for-school hayrider sitting in the hayride who won't let it scare you. Because if you look around and see everyone else enjoying themselves, and you're trying actively to not have a good time, then you are the asshole here. 2--- The hayride fits 20 people. We got there at 7:30pm and there were already more than 20 people in front of us. Arrive early and stand in line, or have someone stand in line while you get tickets. They don't take your ticket till it's time to get on the ride anyway. Don't need a ticket to stand in line. Each ride is 15 minutes, and although the times advertised are 8pm-11pm, they won't end the hayrides till everyone standing in line gets a chance to go. They start at 8pm sharp. 2--- Go to the website, and you'll get a $3 off coupon emailed to you if you leave your email. $3 is $3. They are giving it to you. Take it. Also, to take some of the edge off of $25 a ticket, livingsocial and groupon have a deal where they offer two tickets for $38. I used a groupon voucher and printed it out, and it was very easy to redeem it at the box office. MY OVERALL FINAL OPINION====Staff Service gets a star. Everyone was very polite, and the actor's all had great outfits and very well done makeup. I won't get into the different scenarios they do, because it will take away from the whole experience. But, all in all, the hayride is done well, and you are kept on your toes. Timeliness gets a star. They started at 8pm, and stuck to their schedule. Atmosphere was great. It was very dark out at 8pm, and that alone freaked me out during the ride. Cleanliness gets a star. For a hayride, it was very clean. Affordability gets zero stars. $25 for 15 minutes is an NYC price, not a northern New Jersey price. Definitely check it out if you're in the area! Happy Halloween! read more

Pantophobia - This is listed while waiting in line. - Haunted Houses Near Me - Mahwah, New Jersey

Words can't explain how much of a disappointment this was. First off, I purchased regular tickets for $26.00 each. I did see VIP tickets available, however, for $40.00 I didn't think it was worth it. Well, if anyone wants to waste time going to this, GET THE VIP. They make the peasants that don't purchase VIP wait for hours (2.5 to be exact) and VIPs get to go right on. RIDICULOUS. Maybe if the hayride was actually scary, I wouldn't be so mad about the wait but it was not scary at all. They have silly games to play and barely any actors jumping out at you. They need more people for the scare factor. I'd like to note as well that they advertise that they sanitize each tractor after each ride. They did not. So overall, a 2.5 hour wait, not scary, and not sanitized. I won't be returning. read more

Hayride was not scary at all. Since you can see everything, there is no element of surprise and you can tell when people are coming to scare you. There was a cliché of a girl tied to a tree screaming for us to help her before she gets killed, then the same girl tried to come out to try to scare us! Didn't work. There are props here and there and there were times everyone just sat there with nothing going on. It's hard to get scared when the tractor passes by people's houses and a highway, not their fault, but the setting is not scary in general. Got the deal on Groupon, and I still felt like it was over priced. Would have had a better time at a haunted house. read more

The worst!!!!!!! Won't take your online ticket orders. Makes you wait for 30 min for a manager who then says for an extra $5 you can use it. There were not only us but about 4 other groups who had used online orders. We got here at 8 and it is now 9:30. We haven't moved. The ringmaster sucks. Same corny jokes every 5 minutes. Don't waste your time. Go to Demarest farms haunted orchards. Much much better. read more

This was an absolute rip off. 25$/person gets you a 15 minute tractor ride with diesel fumes blowing in your face. During this time about 8 people shout "arrggh" as you see them run up to the tractor. There whole narrative is supposed to be about some Cyrus Grain guy getting revenge or something, and none of it makes sense. You see him once for about 5 seconds. I guess the big climax at the end is when two people run around with chainsaws to scare you. However they couldn't get the chainsaws started, both of them, so they just sat down off to the side trying to start them. Then it ends. Everyone there walked off the hay ride with the same, "we just got ripped off" and "that was terrible feeling". DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY! These people should be ashamed read more

Went to the farm where the hayride is 2 days ago with my wife and 2 friends. Spooky with a great story. I enjoyed how long it was so we got to completely soak in the story line and who Cyrus truly was. I would so want to to go back but my wife still has nightmares about the clowns! Hahaha overall fun experience and would recommend to anyone craving a good scare with some friends. read more

Came here with a whole group of it my friends, the first night that they opened. WE HAD THE TIME OF OUR LIVES!!! Your constantly getting scared and the the actors tell you the story in a cool way throughout the hay ride. your constantly getting scared unexpectedly. Worth the price and I highly recommended everyone to go if you wanna get scared!!! $25 well spent. read more

Waste of money! Rude staff, poorly done. Your first clue that it is bad is an empty parking lot and no lines on a Saturday night.

Went with a group of 4. We were disappointed overall as 30 dollars per person is totally not worth it for what this really is. Basically, you go in and have to get 5 survival items without zombies snatching flags off the belt that you are given to wear. We ended up running the whole time and we're pretty sweaty. Would have had more fun going to a real haunted house. read more