City Blood would like to wish everyone a safe and very HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Welcome to City Blood's haunt news blog! Please send your news to jollypumpkin@aol.com.
Final Year For Industrial Terrorplex?
Industrial Terrorplex in Jeffersonville, Indiana will have its final year in its current building. The large facility has been purchased and will be used for affordable senior housing units. It will include one and two bedroom units for ages 55 and older.
Click here for a full article on this breaking news. We'll keep you up to date if anything further develops. Please visit www.hauntednetwork.com for more info on Industrial Terrorplex.
Cincinnati Rated Number 2 For Halloween!
*Costume stores per capita
* Percentage of homes that are vacant
* Percentage of residents under 14
* Excited Halloween tweets per capita
To read the article, please click here.
Bloody Mary's Revenge Comes To Spooky Ranch!
Bobbie Weiner, aka Bloody Mary will be at spooky ranch for the opening of THE OFFICIAL Bloody Mary Haunted House! Spooky Ranch is proud to obtain the only license in the United States for the exclusive Bloody Mary Haunted House, previously at Universal Studios Orlando. This will be Cleveland Ohio's Premiere Haunted Event, being the biggest, best and scariest haunted attraction called “Bloody Mary's Revenge.”
Opening in fall of 2014, the new haunted house is jammed pack with detail and filled with the latest in special effects, Custom CGI, and custom built one of a kind actor-operated hybrid multi-motion animatronics. Folklore has it that the fear of Bloody Mary runs deep. I Dare You. Bobbie will be giving make-up demos, signing autographs, giving away her comic books, “The Tales of Bloody Mary.
For more information, please visit www.spookyranch.com.
M.A.U.L Invades Dungeons of Delhi October 3rd!
The acting troupe known as M.A.U.L will be invading Dungeons of Delhi on Friday, October 3rd. Bludzo, Damien Reaper, Fatso the Clown and other great actors you've come to love over the years will be scaring the pants off of you that night. This will be the biggest night in Dungeons of Delhi's history. Don't miss out!
For more information on M.A.U.L, please visit www.maulmonsters.com and for more information on Dungeons of Delhi, visit www.dungeonsofdelhi.com.
Brand New Mazes and Events at Halloween Haunt!
MASON, Ohio – Experience evil incarnate for yourself, with new mazes and vile creatures, plus some of the most hair-raising rides on the planet at the region’s premier Halloween event, Halloween Haunt at Kings Island.
Halloween Haunt, Driven by SafeAuto, will start September 19 and run every Friday and Saturday night through November 1.
A veritable playground of terror, Halloween Haunt features more than 600 monsters, 11 mesmerizing mazes, four spine-chilling scare zones, and 20 rides including the Banshee, The Beast and Diamondback roller coasters.
Two new haunted attractions and new live stage show have been added for this year’s Halloween Haunt: Kill Mart, Slaughter House and Skeleton Crew.
Kill Mart will be the park’s largest ever haunted maze at more than 5000 square feet and will be housed inside an existing building in Coney Maul near the Vortex roller coaster. The attraction is themed as a department store that has everything you need with killer deals in every aisle.
Slaughter House will be housed inside a newly constructed building in Rivertown near The Beast. The attraction is a real meat-lovers delight. You never know who – or what – is on the chopping block.
Skeleton Crew debuts in the Showplace Theatre on Cemetery Drive. Prepare to be mesmerized by the acrobatic performances in this eerily entertaining show, featuring an incredible showcase of strength, balance and athleticism.
Popular returning haunted mazes include: Board to Death, CarnEvil, Club Blood, Cornstalkers, Delta Delta Die, Madame Fatale’s Cavern of Terror, Tombstone Terror-Tory, Urgent Scare and Wolf Pack.
Blood Drums, a percussive blood bath of rhythm and music, returns for its third season. Ghouls Gone Wild, featuring Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, the Werewolf and others, returns to the stage following a four-year sabbatical.
Park visitors looking to make the most of their night can add Fright Lane with Skeleton Key for as low as $40, which gets them front of the line access to all 11 mazes and access to additional rooms in Delta Delta Die, Kill Mart, Madame Fatale’s Cavern of Terror and Slaughter House.
Friday nights feature the “Wall of Monsters” when gates to the underworld open at 6:00 p.m. Only the bravest souls will make it past the vast array of vampires, werewolves, mummies, zombies, undertakers, clowns and assorted ghouls and monsters they’ll encounter as they enter the park.
On Saturdays, Kings Island opens at 11:00 a.m. with the transformation into Halloween Haunt beginning at 5:00 p.m. except September 20, when the park opens to the public at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets for Halloween Haunt are as low as $29.99 when purchased in advance online at ww.visitkingsisland.com.
Parents, be advised. Halloween Haunt includes graphic scenes, suggestive themes and intense imagery and is intended for mature audiences; not recommended for children.
USS Nightmare Opens on Riverfest Day!
Newport,
KY, August 2014 – It’s back. It’s haunted. And it’s open on
Riverfest Day. The mangled, massive steamboat sitting along the
Newport waterfront seems eerily out of place. But for Halloween
enthusiasts, the return of the USS Nightmare signifies that fall is
quickly approaching and the haunting season is imminent. As season 23
draws near, the USS Nightmare crewmembers are putting the final
touches on this year’s show and are restlessly waiting to welcome
“visitors” beginning with a special showing on Riverfest Day,
Sunday, August 31. Built on an authentic wrecked steamboat, the USS
Nightmare is annually one of the scariest and highest rated
attractions in the Greater Cincinnati area making it the area’s
best Halloween entertainment.
Come
aboard, if you dare, and be among the first to experience this year’s
tour which exposes the wicked past of the historic Death Dredge. On
Riverfest Day, experience the show for a discounted ticket price of
just $10 per person. (For even bigger savings, purchase online before
Riverfest Day for just $8.) Ticket sales will begin at 3:30 p.m., and
the show will be open from 4 to 8 p.m. Then, make your way back to
your spot for the viewing of the spectacular fireworks display
marking the unofficial end of summer.
Please visit www.ussnightmare.com for more information.
Scaredown Moves For 2015!
Scaredown in Waynesville, Ohio will not be open for the 2014 haunt season because they're in the process of moving to a new location for 2015. Below is the press release from the creator/director Josh Hasty.
Dear fellow freaks and fiends,
It is with great joy that I bring you the biggest news of our existence thus far. SCAREDOWN Haunted Attractions is moving to a bigger and better location! While the farm will always have a special place in our cold hearts, the time has come for us to move up and move on. Over the last two years, we have taken off faster than we could've ever planned. Thanks to our AMAZING fans and partners, we have become a place that many people consider their prime destination for not only fear, but for the all encompassing experience of Halloween, which we strive so fiercely to deliver each night.
Due to this humbling accomplishment, some new and exciting opportunities have been brought to the table. As these new opportunities presented themselves, I was faced with a very big set of decisions. Rather than focus on where SCAREDOWN has been the last 2 years, I am setting my sights on where I want to take it for the next 20 years, and with this the decisions were obvious. So once again, my insanely amazing team rallied together and we started our move. Our entire main attraction, Hellbilly Workshop (the barn) is coming with us. Obviously we will be leaving Devil House behind, but I can assure you, no one will be sorry about what's replacing it. Or what will be complimenting it.
Unfortunately, due to the timing of these events, which are out of our control, SCAREDOWN will not be open to the public for the 2014 season. But don't cry! We will still be very much alive and in your face all season long. Our marketing team has been putting together a list of special events and contests that will be guaranteed to make you soil yourselves, in true SCAREDOWN fashion. On behalf of everyone in the family, I want to thank you for your continuing support. I hope you will join us in seeing this season off as an investment in all of the many exciting seasons to come. In place of a 2014 trailer, please enjoy our short film - THIS EVIL HAS GROWN. And stay tuned as more details surface soon! May God help you in 2015.
- Josh Hasty
Creator/Director
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)