100% worth the 1 hr and 45 minute drive. With all my experiences of Haunted House, is felt 'real'…read moreand extremely scary. It is not 'commericalize' to the part of feeling fake. Awesome layout! The workers/actors were really friendly. They did a perfect job spreading out groups. We never caught up to the group ahead and felt alone while be scared!

Totally affordable & totally worth it! Everyone employed here is local but dressed up as characters…read moreand beyond recognizable!! I went one year & I was scared to death! I could barely stand to move I was so scared. If you're in NC & want to try a new location for Spooky Szn, come on!

Came out here with the kiddos to enjoy the haunted nights! It cost about $33 a person for us to get…read morein. We purchased our tickets online and scanned them at the gate. It was busy when we arrived but they have plenty of parking and plenty of people guiding. There were four haunted attractions and the lines seemed long as heck. After getting in line we realized they moved pretty fast! Couldn't take photos inside the attractions. The staff were all friendly and stayed in character the whole night! We all enjoyed our selfs and really enjoyed the kettle popcorn and mini glazed donuts!

Fright night on Phillips farm was so exciting and scary, in a good way! Actors costumes were movie…read morequality and realistic. They had 4 scary attractions, fun Halloween decor, and lots of yummy concessions including mini donuts, popcorn, pizza and hot dogs. For adults, they also have a bar. Pay a visit before its over!!

Great place for some fun scary entertainment. All actors are volunteers. All proceeds go back to…read morethe fire department.

My family and I had so much fun! The haunted house was very well done and the actors were great!…read moreThe price was very reasonable.

From the owner: Our business is the leading full service provider in the fear industry for central North Carolina…read more We conduct our monarch haunted attraction every year in October but we haunt all year round! Don't let your next event be the same old, boring, cliché event...let us come and haunt it for you! Let us turn your event into something everyone will talk about for years! We pride ourselves in understanding the true psychology and physiology of fear and will professionally haunt any occasion for a life changing, memorable, and of course, fun experience!

This haunt is so much fun! The best haunt, hands down. Multiple attractions and lots of character…read moreinteraction. Highly recommend!

They need to cap off the amount of people allowed to enter or come up with a better system. Waited…read more3+ hours and paid $33 for nothing but wasted time. The trail and hayride is like a "virtual queue" which in theory is nice... until we kept waiting and waiting with no idea when it would be our turn. After 3 hours we decided to leave as the staff couldn't guarantee if we would get on in an another hour or two (by then it would be 1-2am). Overall the experience would be better if they weren't focused on making the most money possible. I will say the staff that helped us were very kind but I will not be returnin

I really hate to leave a less than stellar review but I will sum it up quickly: if you're a group…read moreof adults this is not the place for you. If you're looking to be legitimately scared: this is not the place for you. If you love horror: this is not the place for you. I don't consider myself someone who doesn't play into haunted houses and I enjoy scary experiences as much as anybody else but this was just really...budget. I mean everything was fake (obviously, but i mean obviously fake and cheesy). The actors were ok but overbearingly awkward at times. There were times were they just broke character and totally joked around. If you have small kids sure, this might appeal to you. I will say the staff was extremely extremely friendly. If they had more to do I might give it a higher rating but we bought VIP tickets and did absolutely everything in about 45 minutes.

It was alright. Not very scary. Is a single "chicken house" thing on a farm that they converted in…read morea scare thing. It starts out promising, with an airline-themed line and then an "elevator" to hell, and a lobby that looks really cool. Immediately after that, it gets kinda mundane. Just kinda shuffling through, but is definitely better than nothing. There was no need for the VIP fast pass thing when we went, because there was no line anyway. We paid $160 for 3 people, and drove 3 hours. Probably wouldn't have done that. If it was like 30 mins away, I'd probably have done it happily, if we didn't buy the VIP passes and stuff it would have been like $75.

Great place the extra 5 dollars was definately worth it id say they pinned me up against a post and…read morewould not let me move even when i tried to walk away trying to be slick....staff is very well trained not to break character i tried my absolute best to make them break and they Didn't.....as well if you get the upgrade experience you will definitely get a great amount of fake blood on your face.

Once again Jo Jo's haunted house was a great time! Come check it out! No spoilers you'll have to…read moresee it for yourself. Lots of folks working hard to get your heart pumping. Fun stuff!

Very sweet people. My friends didn't have enough money & they let them go in for free. Everyone was…read morefriendly & funny. I was making jokes with the actors & they was too.. For my first haunted trail it was amazing

We brought our teen daughter and boyfriend. After reading some of the previous reviews we had some…read morereservations about how it would be. We all had a great time and enjoyed it. I am not sure how things were for previous guests a few years ago but it was a good blend of interaction from the actors, props and dark trail through the woods. It worked very well for us and had a few good scares along the way. The lines were short for a Friday night so there was not much waiting at all. Overall for the price it was a good value and enjoyable.

Awesome set design and experience. Very fun for two adults and two teenagers…read more We bought the fast-pass and it was well worth it. Bring cash for parking, t-shirt, and drinks. The main attraction is a mile long walk through multiple themed houses. The actors are believable, intimidating, and hide in all the right places. Jump scares are guaranteed. The path is very uneven, music can be very loud, and groups of people get clustered together. We saw young kids crying. I would rate this experience PG13.

Shady and unscrupulous business owners. Go elsewhere…read more We purchased tickets to attend this event on October 25th. We intentionally wanted to go to Darkside Haunted Estates because it was more "off the beaten path" and given how many people have moved to the Raleigh area since last year, we wanted to get away from the hordes of people. We purchased our tickets for October 25th. Yes, we purchased tickets WEEKS in advance to make sure we would be able to attend just in case there was a lot of demand for October 25th. We were so excited to come that we brought two other couples with us, all of whom bought their tickets in advance. We drove an hour to get there and were greeted by a line of cars a quarter of a mile long. Whatever, right? It's the week before Halloween, there's some demand. Cool. Well we finally inch our way to the parking lot entrance and the attendant tells us "we're closed for now, we don't have any parking available, so you can drive around for thirty minutes or try to come back another night." I'M SORRY, WHAT? We bought tickets to guarantee our spot on the 25th. We told her we want a refund and we got an email address to contact them. They're only open from 7pm-10pm. It was 8:45pm, and once we got back in line we'd be behind at least 50 other cars lined up on a dark two-lane road. There's no way we're making it back to the front of the line by 9:15, and the event ends at 10pm. We contemplated going back the next weekend but given that it's an hour out of the way, it's not exactly the place you can just pop into on your way home from work. We decided to get a refund given that we did not receive the access on the 25th we paid for. We emailed them. They're now dodging our emails and not responding. We paid for two tickets plus the quick pass for a total of $37 per person, and these shysters don't have the integrity to respond to emails and refund customers for products and services they didn't receive. We'll be contacting the NC Consumer Protection division of the NC Attorney General and filing a dispute with our credit card company. This company was greedy, oversold their tickets to maximize their profits, and now they refuse to own their mistake and issue refunds. It's just going to get worse next year once another 20,000 people move here by next Halloween. Avoid this location. You've been warned.