A screaming good time

By Sabrina Hornung and Jamie Hutchinson

It’s Halloween season and we’ve been itching to get the pants scared off of us. Sabrina Hornung and Jamie Hutchinson decided to dig up the dirt on some of the area’s best haunted attractions and see what’s going down on the scream scene.

Haunted Farm

1947 130th Ave. S Moorhead, MN 56560

Open every Friday and Saturday in October from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m.

Contact: (218) 585-4539

http://www.hauntedfarm.com/

Price:$15 per person for general admission, $20 for no-wait VIP admission

Description: The Haunted Farm is a genuine farm of terror with over 25 years experience in the haunting industry. The farm features various shocking creatures that lurk in woods, 15 energetic and spine-tingling haunted attractions and a hair-raising walk through the dark and dangerous woods.

What sets you apart from other haunted attractions? 

We are the oldest and most experienced haunted attractions in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Our goal is for our customers to have a good time and get scared and we don't have to grab a customer to do that. That's how good my actors are. We have something that nobody else has, and I have the same actor who has been greeting our customers for the past 16 years.

How haunted is this place?

Come out and find out for yourselves.

Are you kid friendly?

We are kid friendly but let parent decide if they can handle the haunt. Our actors will pull back if they see a scared little kid.

Nightmares on Elm Street

401 Elm Street, Kindred ND

Open every Friday and Saturday through Halloween from 7 p.m. until midnight.

Contact: (701) 730-0425

http://www.nightmaresonelmstreet.com/

Price: $20 for adults, $10 for ages 12 and under. Take a picture of the flyer with your smartphone and receive a discount on admission

Description:What looks like an old office building is on the inside a complete work of art. There is so much detail! Guests get to experience an intense, all indoors haunted attraction, featuring a 3D area so large it's like two tours in one.

What sets you apart from other haunted attractions?

What sets us apart is within our walls we have a full bar, the Kindred Spirits Lounge, which features three big screen televisions with live scare feeds - you can kick back and relax and watch people going through the haunt and getting scared in real time! The lounge is perfect for those too chicken to take the haunted tour.

How haunted is this place?

We are really haunted, by things unseen. Almost everyone who works, or has worked, in the building has a story or three about strange happenings...and for good reason. In 1931, there was a suicide in the old portion of the building that was the Kindred Bank. A clerk at the bank climbed to the roof and hanged himself in the alley, and was found close to dawn.

Are you kid friendly?

We are kid friendly. Our talented creatures can adjust the scaring to suit the guest's comfort. We are great at handling all ages and really scaring the pants off folks, too.

Maze of Terror

Thunder Road, 2902 Thunder Rd S, Fargo

Open Fridays and Saturdays through Halloween from 6 p.m. until midnight.

Contact: (701) 282-5151 or email thunderroadfargo@hotmail.com

Price: $12

Description: In its debut year, The Maze of Terror sees Thunder Road’s laser tag arena turned into a haunted maze that features more than just actors out to spook participants, but animatronics and even a robot zombie named Sally.

We asked Kevin Schuldheisz, general manager some questions

What sets you apart from other haunted attractions?

“The reason that we decided to do this is that all the others ones are out of town and there’s nothing really in town, so we thought we’d give it a try.”

How haunted is this place?

“There’s quite a few scares in there.”

Are you kid friendly?

“There’s some graphic stuff in there, so we’re highly recommending nobody under 13 to go through. Some parents have brought their kids out there and the kids came out crying. We’ve had, actually, grownups that were freaked out.”

Haunted Corn Maze

12747 3rd St. S, Moorhead (Is this the mailing address or the physical address of the place?)

Mhdhauntedcornmaze.com

Open Fridays and Saturdays through Halloween. Gates open at 7 p.m., attraction begins at dusk and last run is just before 11 p.m. $2 off the first weekend. $2 off coupons for Friday's available at most gas stations and grocery stores.

Contact:

(218) 585-4529

hauntedcornmaze@gmail.com

Price: $17 for ages 12 and older, $13 for ages 11 and younger (group rates available)

Description: Now in their fifteenth year, the family-run Haunted Corn Maze offers 12 acres of activities that go above and beyond their main attractions: the haunted maze and back woods. They also have a bonfire, food and hayrides. Co-owner Debra Livdahl says she’s heard the attraction is the longest in the area, with some people taking two and a half hours to make it through.

We asked Debra Livdahl the co-owner some questions:

What sets you apart from other haunted attractions?

“It’s our actors that make it for us, and the corn maze. And then we offer them so many things that they can do besides just go through the maze.”

How haunted is this place?

“People tell us that we’re as scary as Acres of Terror.”

Are you kid friendly?

“We tell kids if they’re not watching scary movies, they probably can’t handle it.”