Every year we review over 50 haunts in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. There are some that are good and some that excel far and above other haunts in one category or the other. These are those haunts that truly strike fear into those who can't be frightened and haunts that take scaring people to another level. These are the best of the best in haunts we've reviewed for the 2008 season.
The 2008 Haunt of The Year Goes To:
#1 House of The Dead at Terror Town. This Toledo, OH haunt is way ahead of its competition when it comes to detailed sets, high tech props and unique effects you won’t experience anywhere else. This is why House of The Dead at Terror Town has been awarded our Haunt of The Year for the second year in a row. It doesn’t get much better than this.
The Runners Up Are:
#2 The Haunted Hotel
#3 Dead Acres
#4 USS Nightmare
#5 Haunted Cave At Lewisburg
#6 The Dent School House
#7 Industrial Nightmare
#8 The Haunted School House
#9 The Haunted Laboratory
#10 Ghostly Manor
The Rest of The Awards:
Ohio's Best
House of The Dead at Terror Town
Kentucky's Best
The Haunted Hotel
Indiana's Best
Industrial Nightmare
Best New Haunt (3 Years or Less)
Junction Nightmare
Best Charity Haunt
Haunted Cave At Lewisburg
Most Intense Haunt
Dead Acres
Most Improved
Kings Island Halloween Haunt
Biggest Bang For Your Buck
The Land of Illusion
Scariest Haunted Trail
Middletown Haunted Trail
Best Hayride
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
Best Multi Haunt Attraction
The Land of Illusion
Most Entertaining Side Attraction (not a haunt)
XD Motion Theater at Ghostly Manor
Best Acting
Dead Acres
Favorite Actor
“Jebidiah Murdock” at Pataskala Haunted Forest
Best Haunt Mascot
Warren Vanderdark at Baxter Avenue Morgue
Most Unique Location/Setting
Haunted Cave At Lewisburg
Best Design
The Haunted School House
Best Props/Animatronics
House of The Dead at Terror Town
Best Prop Used
Tesla Coil at The Haunted Laboratory
Best Lighting
USS Nightmare
Best Sound
USS Nightmare
Most Creative Masks/Makeup/Costumes
Kings Island Halloween Haunt
Shock of The Year
Patron Fake Out at Junction Nightmare
Scariest Room/Scene
Combine Chase at Hanna Haunted Hayride
Most Hysterically Frightening Scene
Transgender Bar Scene at The Black Bog
Scariest Haunted Maze
Pitch Black at Industrial Nightmare Complex
Best Use of Chainsaws
The Haunted Hotel
Best Crowd/Line Entertainment
Bloodview Haunted House
Most Frightful Family Event
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
Scariest Back Story
The Mayhem Mansion
Most Haunting Media Event
USS Nightmare
Most Professional Looking Website
The Haunted School House and Laboratory
Best Concessions
The Haunted Hydro
Most Spooktacular Queue Line
Psychomania, The Theater of Terror
Best Advertising Efforts
The Land of Illusion
Best Apparel
The Land of Illusion
A Special Thanks:
City Blood-Ohio Haunt Reviews would like to thank all of the haunts we visited this year. We appreciate all of the hard work that you put into your haunted creations and how much you make the haunt industry a better place to be in. We look forward to seeing all the new changes that are made for next year and we wish you all the best.
Spooky Wishes,
Noah
