
WELCOME TO CITY BLOOD’S 2024 HAUNT AWARDS!
We congratulate all the winners and please enjoy our annual Haunt Awards! Let’s first start with the Haunt of the Year and our Top 10 Haunts. Drum roll please. Haunt of the Year is none other than
1: Nightmare on Edgewood

Nightmare on Edgewood in Indianapolis, IN is a wild ride from beginning to end. The actors are insane, the scenes are horrific, the props are wild and the sets are out of this world. This in your face haunt will put you on the edge of your seat. City Blood’s Haunt of the Year is the one and only Nightmare on Edgewood, Indiana’s most intense attraction.
Rest of the Top 10:
2: Face Your Fears: Hotel of Terror
3: USS Nightmare
4: The Dent Schoolhouse
5: The Haunted Hotel
6: The Devil’s Attic
7: American Horrorplex
8: Grim Trails
9: Land of Illusion
10: Haunted Town Hall
ENJOY THE REST OF THE HAUNT AWARDS!
Check out the rest of the Haunt Awards. We congratulate all the winners and only haunts we toured in 2024 were considered.
Best Ohio Haunt
Face Your Fears: Hotel of Terror
Best Kentucky Haunt
USS Nightmare
Best Indiana Haunt
Nightmare on Edgewood
Best Haunted House
Nightmare on Edgewood
Best Haunted Trail
Grim Trails
Best Haunted Hayride
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
Scariest Scream Park
Land of Illusion
Most Confusing Maze
Mt. Healthy Haunted Hall’s Dark Maze
Best Side Attraction (Not A Haunt)
Nightmare on Edgewood’s Fear Chamber
Best Mini Escape Room
Speakeasy at Haunted Town Hall
Best Old School Haunt
Fright Manor
Most Interactive Haunt
USS Nightmare’s RIP Experience
Most Physical Haunt
The Haunted Hotel
Most Improved
Hell’s Dungeon
Best Design
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Lighting
The Devil’s Attic
Best Sound
The Bog at Brimstone Haunt
Best Use of Darkness
Haunted Town Hall’s Slanted Maze
Best Use of Fire
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
Best Use of Fog
Burning of the Witch at The Devil’s Attic
Best Use of CGI
USS Nightmare
Best Façade
Nightmare on Edgewood’s Cinema 13
Most Unique Scene
Nightmare on Edgewood’s Cattle Trailer
Most Interactive Scene
Coffin Ride at House of Anguish
Best New Scene
Nightmare on Edgewood’s Cattle Trailer
Most Sadistic Scene or Prop
The Mulcher at Forsaken Forest
Best Introduction
The Devil’s Attic
Most Memorable Finale
American Horrorplex
Most Intense Vehicle Chases
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
Best Backstory
American Horrorplex
Most Unique Location
USS Nightmare’s Haunted Steamboat
Most Unique Haunt
Grim Trails
Scariest Building
Face Your Fears: Hotel of Terror
Spookiest Graveyard
Grim Trails
Most Electrifying Laboratory
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Swamp
Twisted Trails’ Muck Manor
Best Church Scene
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Hospital Scene
USS Nightmare
Most Disgusting Scare
Shower Stall Poopy Diaper at American Horrorplex
Best Props
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Actormatronics
Nightmare on Edgewood
Favorite Actormatronic
Sushi the Shark at Malice Manor
Scariest Animatronic Monster
USS Nightmare’s Impaler
Funniest Prop
The Dent School House’s Paddled Child
Most Interactive Prop
Electric Chair Simulator at The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Vortex Tunnel
USS Nightmare
Best Claustrophobia Tunnel
Haunted Town Hall
Best Secret Passageway
Fireplace Entrance at Malice Manor
Best Acting
Nightmare on Edgewood
Best Actor or Actress
Momma Played By Tori Huffman at Nightmare on Edgewood
Most Unique Characters
Grim Trails
Most Intimidating Characters
The Haunted Hotel
Most Sadistic Chainsaw Maniacs
The Haunted Hotel
Best Chainsaw Chase
The Devil’s Attic
Hungriest Zombies
Nightmare Manor
Most Blood Thirsty Vampires
The Devil’s Attic
Best Haunt Mascot
Charlie the Janitor at The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Backwoods Killers
Black Orchard Haunted House
Craziest Killer Clowns
Killer Klowns at Land of Illusion
Most Wicked of Witches
Twisted Trails
Most Convincing Victims
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
Best Horror Movie Recreations
The Devil’s Attic
Best Headless Horseman
Brimstone Haunted Hayride
Favorite Michael Myers
Middletown Haunted Trail
Favorite Jason Voorhees
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
Favorite Freddy Krueger
Fright Manor
Favorite Leatherface
The Devil’s Attic
Favorite Vampire
Count Dracula at Mt. Healthy Haunted Hall
Favorite Devil
The Devil’s Attic
Favorite Mad Doctor
Doctor Dent at The Dent Schoolhouse
Most Ferocious Werewolf
Chained Beast at Nightmare Manor
Most Frightful Queue Line
The Dent Schoolhouse’s Fall Festival
Best Queue Line Entertainment
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Queue Line Characters
The Haunted Hotel
Best Queue Line Character
Tempest Played By Trish Meibers at The Haunted Hotel
Best Aerial Scare
Vampire Bat at The Dent Schoolhouse
Most Disturbing Childbirth
American Horrorplex
Best Makeup
USS Nightmare
Best Masks
The Devil’s Attic
Best Mask
The Devil’s Attic Devil Mask
Best Costumes
Grim Trails
Favorite Costume
Wraith at Grim Trails
Best Midway
Monster Midway at The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Gift Shop
Land of Illusion
Favorite Gift Shop Item
Custom Horror Dolls at Sandyland Acres
Best Food Concessions
Land of Illusion
Favorite Food Concession
Mini Donuts at The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Apparel
American Horrorplex
Best Photo Op Stations
The Dent Schoolhouse
Most Spooktacular Hearse
Brimstone Haunt
Most Organized Parking
Land of Illusion
Most Professional Website
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Commercial
The Dent Schoolhouse
Most Halloween Spirit
The Dent Schoolhouse
