Oni Haunts:

In 2008 Harknell and I went to Orlando for the first time during October. We experienced our first ever Halloween Horror Nights. We love Halloween. We became addicted to Haunted Houses and Haunted Attractions.

However, there was a problem. Many of the reviews that we found online were misleading.

I have to guess that it’s a thing where fans of certain haunted attractions will plant false negative reviews on other attractions and false positive reviews on their own attractions. In 2008 I went to a particular attraction based on a review I read that turned out to be an absolute lie. My money and time was wasted. I felt ripped off and angry. I then imagined what it would have been like if that were my first haunt ever – I probably would have hated haunted attractions and never gone to another one.

Every year since then Harknell and I have done a Haunt Blogging Tour through as many haunts as we can fit into the season. It’s important to us to provide an honest and friendly voice to support the good haunts and encourage more of the general public to discover them. It’s our favorite thing in the world, after all.

If we don’t like something, we’ll tell you why. We also won’t compare small budget haunts to million dollar haunts. That’s just ridiculous and unfair. Our goal is simple – just good, honest, and thorough reviews by people who don’t have a financial stake in the industry to be biased by. My business is webcomics, and my digital media convention – if someone doesn’t like our review, that doesn’t affect our careers.

When we have been given press passes we will tell you in the review. The only thing this influences is how fast we get their review up. If someone invites me to review their attraction, the least I can do is get the review up ASAP so they can leverage it for the operating season. The review will be honest. That’s how I can help them get better at their craft, anyway.

This page collects up all of our reviews for your haunting convenience.

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If you’d like Harknell and I to review your attraction or write a piece about the behind-the-scenes creation of it, please email me by clicking the link in the navigation bar above.

Delaware – Middletown: Frightland

Florida – Orlando: Universal Studios Orlando Halloween Horror Nights 21
Florida – Orlando: Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party at Disney World Orlando is Scary Bad for Adults
Florida – Tampa: Busch Gardens Howl O Scream: The Dark Side of the Gardens
Florida – Behind the Scenes at Busch Gardens Tampa’s Howl O Scream 2011

New Jersey – East Windsor: The Field of Terror
New Jersey – Wildwood: Ghost Ship

New York City: The Steampunk Haunted House (Also see my post about it over at NJ.com)
New York City: Blood Manor
New York City: Nightmare: Fairy Tales
New York City: Madame Tussaud’s After Dark

Pennsylvania – Philadelphia: Eastern State Penitentiary: Terror Behind the Walls
Pennsylvania – Philadelphia: Fright Factory
Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh: The Scarehouse
Pennsylvania – Plymouth Meeting: Lulu Shriner’s House of Horrors
Pennsylvania – Sinking Spring: Shocktoberfest

2010:

Florida – Tampa: Busch Gardens Howl O Scream 2010 review
Florida – Tampa: Busch Gardens Howl O Scream Alone House review
Florida – Orlando: Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights 20

New Jersey – Flemington: Schaeffer Farm Fright Fest
New Jersey – East Windsor: The Field of Terror

New Jersey – East Windsor: The Corner of Chaos
New Jersey – Wildwood: Ghost Ship (Note: This attraction has greatly improved since this review was written.)

Pennsylvania – Philadelphia: Eastern State Penitentiary
Pennsylvania – Philadelphia: The Bates Motel
Pennsylvania – Spring City: Pennhurst Asylum

Virginia – Williamsburg: Busch Gardens at Halloween Time (daytime)
Virginia – Williamsburg: Busch Gardens Williamsburg Howl O Scream 2010 review

Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK: (Guest post) Fright Nights at Thorpe Park
Warrington, UK: (Guest post) Spookyworld @ Applejacks Farm, Warrington

2009:

Florida – Tampa: Busch Gardens Howl O Scream 2009

New York – Ulster Park: Headless Horseman Hayrides

Pennsylvania – Philadelphia: Fright Factory
Pennsylvania – Philadelphia: The Bates Motel