9. Erebus Haunted House - Pontiac, Michigan

This is the largest haunted house in the nation and a word to weary: if you don't like being touched, don't come here. Everything in Erebus is interactive: people grab you, monsters try and eat you and they cut you...ok, kidding on the last one. But, when they say "if you survive" they kind of mean it. If you can handle that, then come for amazing special effects and state of the art make up. You'll probably leave a little shaky. (Halloween)
8. Shocktoberfest - Reading, Pennsylvania
Sporting a haunted prison, a 3D maze and probably the scariest hayride in the country, it's no surprise that Shocktoberfest is one of the most successful haunted houses around. Shocktoberfest is located on an abandoned industrial park that was once home to several large, corrupt institutions, namely the State Psychiatric Hospital and Willow Glen State Penitentiary. The haunted house uses this knowledge to their advantage and creates some of the most realistic and disturbing scenes and story lines of any haunted house in the country. (Halloween)
7. Fright Dome at Circus Circus - Las Vegas, Nevada
Fright Dome has reached such a level of notariety that stars such as Michael Jackson and Missy Elliot have risked life and limb to go through it. This place is a huge compound. It features five haunted houses, including the new Zombie Mansion, three haunted ride films, freak shows, 20 rides and attractions and four scare zones. With such an extensive array of frights you'd have to have nerves of steel to go in here and not be scared by something. Wanna know what scares me? See that picture? Uh huh...him. (Halloween)
by savannah (not verified)
IT IS FKING GAY
IT IS FKING GAY
IT IS SOOOOOOO FUING GAY.IT SCARD MY MOTHER AND SHE IS 90.
PUT BETTER STUFF THAT WILL SCERE 20 YEAR OLDS
by Anonymous
yeah i've had been n' da
yeah i've had been n' da house ov shock n' LA. & I got scarE it felt like 2 die & 2 wet my pants till death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ??????????????<chuky>
by shutie.... (not verified)
cOOOOOrNNNNNNNNyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UGGGGGGGGGGLLLLYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! ;p
by Haunter (not verified)
St. Louis!
Wow. I am a pro haunter in LA and I have to say, the stuff they're doing in St. Louis looks second to none (and that's sayin' something, as I've helped design and build some of the biggest haunts in the world, and I own a pretty decent haunt myself). Rock on Scarefest!
by Nate (not verified)
What about Dead Acres?
It seems Dead acres (Haunted Hoochie) #9 on hauntworlds list, made the list, but then again did not. The picture that you put with Erebus is in fact a picture from the dead acres website www.deadacres.com
I hate to see a picture from one haunt used to promote another. Dead acres name and not just a picture from their haunt should be on a future list. Check them out, wicked scary.
by Anonymous (not verified)
wow... you use a picture
wow... you use a picture from the worlds most extreme haunt...dead acres.?Haunted Hoochie....and don't even mention them...and post their piture as a picture for another haunt....be sure to check them out...i have been to erebus and it does kick ass..i have been to haunted hoochie?dead acres...and it kicks more ass...these 2 haunts should top your list next year...but you should probably use erebus pics for them and dead acres pics for them....my @ cents...i am sure it was an honest mistake
by hell yeah (not verified)
dead acres
hell yeah Dead Acres rocks...and so does inventor spot...i havent been to erebus but we loved Dead Acres or Haunted Hoochie or what ever they call it now..it still kicks a$$
by hauntfan (not verified)
hell yeah...dead acres
hell yeah...dead acres rocks...i saw that pic on their myspace...why would you use their picture for another haunted house? haunted hoochie is the best haunt i have ever been too and i have been to haunted houses all over america...they do bad ass stage shows..where they do realy bad things to people and you can't figure out how they did it..i always go back to dead acres haunted hoochie..to see what they will do next...
by MrsShockstress (not verified)
Headless Horseman Hayride
Headless Horseman Hayride is by far the scariest Haunted attraction in the nation. It is completley different then any other attraction that I have ever been to. Not your everyday haunted house. I am glad you put it in your top 5 it should move to number 1
by Katy (not verified)
Erebus?
Erebus, was never and will never be scarey. The Realm of Darkness is soooooo much better. Better actors, better house, and all around better scares are to be had there. I love that place, and I go every year. I gave up on Erebus last year when they had the same crap for 3 years in a row.
by Saturn dash trim (not verified)
scary
that was hair raising facts.
by Daniel (not verified)
#1 stunk like #2
Nightmares: Face Your Fears was THE WORST haunt I've ever seen, and I speak with authority, since I've been to half on this list, plus close to a hundred other haunts across the states, plus a few in Canada. Granted, I only attended the Manhattan venue, so the rest... who knows.
I almost feel guilty saying it, because I got love for anyone with a love for haunting. But that place stunk up the joint.
One thing i give them credit for, caught me off guard... some of their staff act like regular patrons, get pulled into some scenes and killed.
Oh, one last thing... I'm AMAZED they got cleared by the FDNY. Place is a deathtrap waiting to happen.
by Iamtight (not verified)
DARKNESS rank 3?
ok let me say from experience of attending the darkness 3 years in a row that it does not live the HYPE. frist of all, the animation is garbage do to dumb AI. Second, the actors or terrible. They don't take good actors due to the fact they choose random people from highschool that I went to!!! The actors performances was terrible just for saying boo! wow thats real creepy. The only good thing about the darkness was when you get chased by a maniac with a chainsaw. it was pretty hot. but they removed that from the scare show which was the only thing worth money so darkness is really low rated. Last, the barely change the set up from previous years. They just add like one or two new animations that are really sorry & will only scare children. So yea, use your money wisely if you plan to go to this place that charges 15 dollars!
not worth the money trust me.
by Blanca (not verified)
Terror Behind the Walls
I went about 4 years ago. Even though I am very hard to scare because I am stubborn and I know if they touch me I will TOUCH back. This place was not so bad. It was a little scary but I think it was just the fact that we were in a prison where I am almost sure that some messed up torture events must have happened back in the day.
by Anonymous (not verified)
HAHAHA #1??
soo i was reading this list of places and i was like umm ok these places look pretty cool based upon what i'm reading right now...little did i know i was going to stumble on to the #1 scariest place being Nightmare in New York. What a joke!!!...i'm not too easy to scare but i believe i was seriously laughing throughout the entire thing...it was terrible...the best part about the entire thing was the bar with the tv projection playing saw 2 before we went in. it's really not good at all...maybe for little kids...but i believe you have to be 18 to get in i think??? which just sucks for whoever goes in
by Anonymous (not verified)
TError behind walls
I thought that the eastern state penetentiary was pretty good. But unlike som eidoots that posted i went during the night!!!! Who the hell goes during the day, idiot. And give the guy who wrote the list a break.
by BADASS (not verified)
HAUNTED HOOCHIE PICTURE
I LOVE HAUNTED HOOCHIE DEAD ACRES...SHOULDN'T THEY GET CREDIT WHEN YOU USE THEIR PICTURE..YOU MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AND EREBUS PIC....SHAME SHAME
by Anonymous (not verified)
hey
you guys are great
by Anonymous (not verified)
DEAD ACRES
OPEN YOUR FRICKIN EYES !!!
YOU USE A PICTURE FROM DEAD ACRES TO PROMOTE ANOTHER HAUNT ??? i LOVE EREBUS.....ED AND THE GANG ( PROPS TO YOU ) IM SURE THIS ISNT YOUR FAULT BUT WHOMEVER POSTED THIS CRAP NEEDS TO CORRECT IT AND OPEN THEIR FRICKIN EYES TO THE FACT THAT DEAD ACRES / HAUNTED HOOCHIE NEEDS TO BE ON THIS LIST. IF YOU HAVENT BEEN THERE ( GET THERE ) YOUR EYES WILL BE PEELED OPEN BY THE SPECIAL EFFECTS, GREAT SCENERY, AND FANTASTIC SCENES THAT STAND ( 2ND TO NONE )
UNLIKE MANY HAUNTED HOUSE DEAD ACRES / HAUNTED HOOCHIE ( REFUSES ) TO IMITATE.... THEY COME UP WITH ORIGINAL STUFF ( ONLY TO BE COPIED BY OTHERS AT A LATER DATE ) " I WONT SAY ANY NAMES " SO, GET WITH IT - WAKE THE HELL UP - AND OPEN YER FRICKIN EYES CORRECT THE MISTAKE WITH THE PICTURE AND PUT DEAD ACRES WHERE THEY BELONG. DEAD ACRES / HAUNTED HOOCHIE IS AND HAS BEEN THE ( BEST ) IN OHIO FOR ( MANY ) YEARS.....( WAKE UP )
by Julia (not verified)
hey
hey nathalia
cant wait to go to the haunted house with you :) ♥
luv ya
julia
by Anonymous (not verified)
R U THERE
R U THERE
by Manic (not verified)
You forgot the House of Shock!!
bottom line, New Orleans' House of Shock is the most disturbing haunted house in the country. Bar none.
by CF (not verified)
same content
A lot of these little bits about the haunted houses are directly copied from the list you wrote last year (don't think we didn't notice). Is it really that hard to write a few sentences about a haunted house? Please, don't insult our intelligence
by Anonymous (not verified)
First off, the number one
First off, the number one haunted house that you have here, Nightmare...I live in NYC and JUST went to this last night and it is the BIGGEST piece of garbage on this earth...They turned off the lights and made you walk in cat litter...no joke...GARBAGE is what this place is....So how am I supposed to take this list seriously if you have THAT as your number 1 choice....why dont you actually visit the places you write about before you post a shitty list like this.
by Anonymous (not verified)
EXACTLY did you notice all
EXACTLY did you notice all the cat litter on the floor...and on the way out, all the cat litter people had to dump out of their shoes...gross...i paid 30 bucks to walk in cat shit
by Anonymous (not verified)
AZ
The on in arizona is called Scream Fest, I think thats what your talking about. Maybe.
by I3AIVIF (not verified)
USS Nightmare
Seeing as how the USS NIghtmare is in Kentucky, you wouldn't actually be jumping in the "icy ocean". You would be jumping in the Ohio river. Read a map. (or just pass the 5th grade)
by Rhia (not verified)
USS Nightmare
What the hell?
The USS nightmare is the most pansy haunted house EVER.
Anyone who actually GOES there, will know.
I didn't get the least bit scared ONCE.
I brought my 6 year old son with me, and he wasn't even scared!
I was practically laughing and shaking my head throughout the whole thing!
I've seen babies scarier than this!
Worst.. Haunted... House... EVER.
End of story.
by Kent (not verified)
USS NIGHTMARE
I agree completely and fully with Rhia.
It seriously blew.
It was a complete waste of money.
by Ben A rotten (not verified)
Haunted Hoochie
Haunted Hoochie or other wise known as Dead Acres. is the most Bad Ass haunt in America Hands Down..just go there and you will see.or just go to their website and see..no joke..they leave no room for doubt