a great haunted house with lots of dedicated scarers! Plenty of parking in the lot, and for us the…read morewait time was under 10 minutes in line. they has good lighting and decorations inside! would love to go back next year

I'm not sure how I'd never heard of Scream Scene until this year! 2022 was the 15th year for this…read morehaunted house at the former Skokie water park, and from the design to the actors, it was professional quality. From mazes to electronic features, and engaging cast and gore, it was both fun and creepy from beginning to end. I definitely screamed a few times, and after I exited, I watched as other "survivors" came racing out to escape the final element of fear. I've been to several haunted houses, although not for several years, and this one stands out as one of the best I've been to in the area. While this is a park district production, it's definitely not for small children, but great for probably teenagers and up. For the general public, admission is $13, or $20 for a fast pass. I was told it takes about 15 minutes to go through it, though I didn't time our visit to confirm that. By the time we left around 7:30, the line had grown pretty long, and it was only the second day it was open for the season. I'd recommend a visit to Scream Scene to get you in the Halloween spirit!

What an incredibly fun and well thought out haunted house! We went on a Saturday night and got…read morethere right when it opened. We waited about a half an hour to get in which was not bad at all in my opinion. The longer wait promotes really good spacing and a well paced out experience inside so it's worth it! And the scare actors outside help immerse you in the experience early. For 15 dollars per person, this is so well worth it compared to other larger scale haunted houses in the area. The setting itself is so cool and you can tell they put a lot of work into it. We went in in groups of 8 which was a nice amount in my opinion. I don't scare easily so nothing really got me but that is not at all for lack of trying! There are multiple actors around every corner, cool lighting and interactive effects, and very awesome props for the actors. Caution there are a lot of strobe and flashing light elements if that's an issue for anyone. A lot of others in our group were scared throughout so I would say put yourself in the middle if you want the best experience! We will definitely come back next year and I am so happy that we have something like this in crown point for the season!

I took my softball team to this while we were in the area. We had girls who have never been to a…read morehaunted house. They made the experience one we will never forget. The best part is that it's in an old jail. Something old and new combined.

Horrible experience. 2 hour in line is crazy. They only had that wack ass Pizza stand in front.read more

I loved it !! It was super scary…read more I've never been to a scary house so this being my first was good

well I can remember going to Happs vegetable stand on HWY 83 in Trevor when I was little. it was…read morehuge and they had lots of vegetables and the people was so nice always smiling and ready to serve or answer people. when they closed for the last time they were missed by a lot of people. then the son opens Happs again down the street and for Halloween we brought our kids for years and we all loved going there every year.

It was a good haunt. Good effects. Great actors. Different than some of the other haunted…read moreattractions.

I'm the last person who should be reviewing a haunted anything as I can't handle even the most…read moreinnocuous ghost stories enjoyed by tots (e.g. was totally freaked out by Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit). So, the physicality of enclosures designed to terrify adults is just not something that interests me. However, I couldn't be more enthused about this bit of local flavor: Every October, a family in the sleepy town of Roselle sets up three big tents in their front yard and crafts within them a truly excellent Halloween experience for the community. We'd been noticing the tents for a while, but only started investigating them last year. I figured it was going to be the usual cutesy Halloween stuff, but no. The level of creepiness and goriness was such that I couldn't handle actually entering the tents, so I mostly looked on as my partner Wolf R. had a good time checking everything out. But even he got a little surprise at the end: While looking into the coffin in the last tent, he was spooked by a large vampire swinging down from above, and a second later, he was further startled by a person dressed in all black, including a black face mask, creeping up behind him. I'd have laughed if I wasn't so busy making sure nothing was creeping up behind me. This year I felt a bit more bold and decided to follow a whole group of little kids into the leftmost tent, themed like a haunted carnival with evil clowns. This ain't so bad, I thought, enjoying the creative clowns and even snapping a pic. And then, I don't even understand what it was, but the odd noises and spinning lights they'd set up conspired to get under my skin and I felt like I was going to totally lose it if I didn't retreat *immediately*. My god. The middle tent was the gory cannibalistic one, with zombies and body parts and -- well, I won't spoil it for you. It was so gross that I couldn't actually look at it long enough to take a picture. And this year, the last tent was themed like a haunted hotel with black lights. Nothing jumped out at my partner this time but he still loved it. As it turns out, the haunted house also promotes a good cause: They collect non-perishable food for the Bloomingdale Food Pantry. The family also accepts donations if you'd like to chip in to their haunted house efforts. I'm just hoping they'll do a set of friendly winter wondertents one of these Decembers :) Hours: According to the listing on this page (http://www.wlsam.com/calendar/default.asp?DATE=10/11/2012), they're open 6-10PM Thursdays through Sundays in October, with extended hours in the last week of October.

This homemade haunted house (front of a yard) was very impressive! My kids and I had a blast…read more Definitely worth the visit.

2014 It's that spooky time of year again!…read more All Hallows Eve is my favorite holiday for many reasons... trick and/ or treating (Providing my friends or the neighbor lets me borrow their kids.), the costume parties, scary movies, and pumpkin carving just to name a few. I thought it would be cool to share info for others to use. Things like activities, parties, plays, and costume shops for this Holiday. Like last few years of doing this, if you PM me I will add your links to this review. I appreciate the feed back every year! I hope you all enjoy and I can't wait to see all you ghouls soon!!! Also, check out my Spotify score to "The World Ends". Nothing like telling a scary story with music (think episode of Walking Dead). Time Out Chicago (Always the best source) http://www.timeout.com/chicago Sunny Acres http://www.sonnyacres.com/ Chicago Costume http://www.chicagocostume.com/ Lincoln Park Zoo http://www.lpzoo.org/events/calendar/spooky-zoo-spectacular Brookfield Zoo http://www.czs.org/CZS/boo Eventbrite has a list of parties and costume ideas https://www.eventbrite.com/l/2014-fall-guide-chicago/?utm_term=img_mainimg&UTM_CAMPAIGN=2014FG_CH&UTM_MEDIUM=email&UTM_SOURCE=eb_email Music Box Theatre http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/collections/rocky-horror-picture-show-halloween-2014 Chicago Park District http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/events/halloween/ Halloween Parade http://www.northalsted.com/pages/17th_annual_northalsted_halloween_parade/114.php Pumpkin Patches http://chicagofun.com/home/halloween/pumpkin_farms.html Haunted Houses http://www.hauntedhousechicago.com/

This was easy to get to. Plenty of parking available. We went on October 19. You can pay at the…read moredoor instead of getting it online. It was a good half hour wait before getting in. Prices were reasonable for general admission. The only downside is having to wait behind this group of tweens and their chaperone was basically a rug that you can walk all over. The security had to tell them twice to knock it off. They were destroying some of the props. They should have all been kicked out with no refund. For the haunted house itself, it was great. I liked all of the details that went into them especially for their first year. I noticed from YouTube videos as well as our walkthrough, that there were two different paths. Our path didn't have the giant troll or the church. There is a small souvenir shop at the end as well as some spots to take pictures.

Celebrating its recent Grand Opening, Miles, along with his family, and friends brings 5 Points…read moreHaunt to West Chicago. The work put into the Haunt is impressive. It's great to see something that started in a residential home has become an actual commercial business. Tickets are available at the haunts website! Just the right amount of pulse pounding scares.

They finally found a good thing to do with Cherry Red. They turned it into a haunted house. It…read morewas pretty decent, could have been much darker and longer but they had to use the space available. It's been a long time since I've been to a great haunted house so I have to give this a pretty good review. Some of the effects were great. They got me to jump a few times and laugh really hard so it was fun. I give them an A for effort.

Twisted is a full-throttle horror movie style haunted house. Chicago has never seen anything like…read moreit. All thirteen of the scenes depicted are original, many of them are interactive. There is a horror film special FX master in charge of casting and creating all of the effects. Cover is $20. Doors will be open to the media and industry for an invite only walk through from 6-9 pm on Monday, October 23rd. Doors open to the public from 9pm until 2am on Monday,October 23rd and will be open from 6pm until 2am on the 24th, 25th, 26th 29th 30th and 31st .

This is my favorite time of the year. Scary movies, lots of candy, and of course - haunted houses!…read more Halloween isn't complete without going to a haunted house (or two.. or three). But I admit that the only ones I've been to were in the suburbs. You name 'em, I've been to 'em. This year, however, I was curious if there were any *good* ones in the city. In the past I avoided the city haunts because they're tame compared to the big budget ones out in the 'burbs. There's a great resource for haunted houses in Illinois (hauntedillinois.com) and found this one at St. Thecla's Church. Tonight was the last night for this haunted house, so we were excited to see the grande finale. Walking towards the entrance, we heard loud screams from within. So far, so good! We were greeted by a creepy character telling us to move forward into the maze. It was dark, foggy, and scary... I could already feel my palms sweat. The actors did a fantastic job. They had different sets and scenes. My favorite room was the clown room with the strobe lights (an excellent special effect for haunted houses). The glow in the dark dots room was also very cool. They even had a chainsaw guy at the end. I considered it a success, since I screamed throughout the whole ordeal. As the other reviewers noted, this was a surprisingly great haunt for just $5. I've definitely been to scarier haunted houses, but they did an awesome job, especially since this was their first year. I'm looking forward to going here next year :)

A-MAZE-ING!!! I have…read moreto be honest, this is one of the best haunted houses that I have been to! For only $5 bucks you get at least 20 minutes of scares! It starts out with a very creepy entranceway going down the back stairs to the basement of the church, which adds to the atmosphere. The haunt is very professionally decorated with the right amount of darkness, not too much where you are groping your way through but not too little where everything is visible. The maze was well done and along with the occasional strobe lighting, provided for a bit of fun disorientation. The actors also do an excellent job of popping out unexpectedly and startling patrons with loud noises. When it comes to haunted houses, somebody at St. Thecla's has definately done their homework here!!! Just a note: Even though the signs all say open until ten on Thursdays, make sure you get there early as they stop ticket sales at 9:15 because of the curfew for kids.

This place is amazing this family is hard working to get this set up for our enjoyment. The…read moredisplay is mind blowing. So much to see as you go through

They deliberately list the wrong address on their Facebook page so people can drive all the way out…read morethere and put themselves in danger by searching for their address while driving.