WELCOME TO CITY BLOOD’S 2023 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: The Dent Schoolhouse
The Dent Schoolhouse is a legendary haunt that seems to improve with age. This year it’s longer, more intense and there are new frightening scenes that are sure to put a chill down your spine. Once again they’re our Haunt of the Year and we’re proud to say so. It’s Cincinnati’s Halloween tradition.
Rest of the Top 10:
2: Nightmare on Edgewood
3: The Devil’s Attic
4: Face Your Fears: Hotel of Terror
5: The Thirteenth Hour
6: USS Nightmare
7: The Haunted Hotel
8: Grim Trails
9: American Horrorplex
10: Anderson Hotel Haunted House
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 2023 were considered.
Best Ohio Haunt
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Kentucky Haunt
The Devil’s Attic
Best Indiana Haunt
Nightmare on Edgewood
Best Haunted House
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Haunted Trail
Grim Trails
Best Haunted Hayride
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
Scariest Scream Park
Land of Illusion
Most Confusing Maze
Dysphoria at Land of Illusion
Best Side Attraction (Not A Haunt)
The Dent Schoolhouse’s Mini Escape Rooms
Best Old School Haunt
Fright Manor
Most Interactive Haunt
USS Nightmare’s RIP Experience
Most Physical Haunt
Nightmare on Edgewood
Most Improved
Fright Manor
Best Design
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Lighting
The Thirteenth Hour
Best Sound
The Thirteenth Hour
Best Use of Darkness
Anderson Hotel’s Bad Side
Best Use of Water
Black Orchard Haunted House’s Rag Lady
Best Use of Fire
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
Best Use of Fog
The Thirteenth Hour
Best Use of Smell
Anderson Hotel Haunted House
Best Use of CGI
Acres Manor Haunted Mansion
Best Façade
Nightmare on Edgewood’s Cinema 13
Most Unique Scene
American Horrorplex’s Twisted Finale
Best New Scene
Burning of the Witch at The Devil’s Attic
Goriest Scene
Chainsaw Murder at Face Your Fears: Hotel of Terror
Best Introduction
Anderson Hotel Haunted House
Most Memorable Finale
Leatherface Chainsaw Chase at The Devil’s Attic
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
The Thirteenth Hour
Most Electrifying Laboratory
The Dent Schoolhouse
Most Out of this World Alien Scene
Phobia at Land of Illusion
Best Swamp
Nightmare on Edgewood
Best Church Scene
The Thirteenth Hour
Best Hospital Scene
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Props
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Actormatronics
Nightmare on Edgewood
Scariest Animatronic Monster
Giant Dragon at Grim Trails
Funniest Prop
Car Falling on Mechanic at Malice Manor
Most Interactive Prop
Sit Down Electric Chair at The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Vortex Tunnel
Land of Illusion
Best Acting
Anderson Hotel Haunted House
Best Actor
Hangman Played by Sam Trivette at Anderson Hotel Haunted House
Best Actress
Fortune Teller played by Bree Williams at Anderson Hotel Haunted House
Most Unique Characters
American Horrorplex
Most Intimidating Characters
The Haunted Hotel
Most Sadistic Chainsaw Maniacs
The Haunted Hotel
Best Chainsaw Chase
The Devil’s Attic
Hungriest Zombies
Nightmare Manor
Best Haunt Mascot
Charlie the Janitor at The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Backwoods Killers
Black Orchard Haunted House
Craziest Killer Clowns
Hell’s Dungeon
Most Wicked of Witches
Twisted Trails
Most Convincing Victims
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
Best Horror Movie Recreations
The Devil’s Attic
Best Headless Horseman
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
Favorite Michael Myers
Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride
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 Vanderdark at Baxter Avenue Morgue
Most Ferocious Werewolf
Nightmare Manor
Most Frightful Queue Line
The Dent Schoolhouse’s Fall Festival
Best Queue Line Entertainment
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Queue Line Characters
American Horrorplex
Best Queue Line Music
Baxter Avenue Morgue
Best Aerial Scare
Padded Room Psycho at The Dent Schoolhouse
Most Disturbing Childbirth
American Horrorplex
Best Makeup
The Thirteenth Hour
Best Masks
The Devil’s Attic
Best Mask
The Devil’s Attic Devil Mask
Best Costumes
The Devil’s Attic
Most Unique Costume
Hell’s Dungeon Killer Robot
Creepiest Vocals
The Tortoise and the Hare at Grim Trails
Best Midway
Monster Midway at The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Gift Shop
Piney Acres Scream Farm
Best Food Concessions
Land of Illusion
Favorite Food Concession
Mini Donuts at The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Apparel
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Photo Op Stations
The Dent Schoolhouse
Most Spooktacular Hearse
Brimstone Haunt
Most Professional Website
The Dent Schoolhouse
Best Commercial
The Devil’s Attic
Most Halloween Spirit
The Dent Schoolhouse
Thanks for joining us for the 2023 Haunt Awards. See you next year!