Tonight I visited the best haunted attraction I have seen so far in the tri-state. Oddly a week ago I received a late invitation to attend and almost passed up my chance. I'm hoping after reading this article that the thought of not going is completely gone from your mind and replaced with anticipation of stepping foot into the most thrilling haunted house around town. I think there are several factors that can easily make or break your visit to a haunted attraction, one of them being set design. A haunted attraction thrives by immersing you into a fantasy world making it more believable when you see the monsters in the dark. Set design and level of detail tends to show how much time and effort attraction operators put in. In Dent's case its obvious from the moment you step inside the attraction that they spent a lot of time and effort making the schoolhouse look abandoned, rundown, and filled with things you would find inside a real school (except for a homicidal janitor). I personally went through the house five times tonight each time noticing something different that I didn't catch the previous time. From those numerous visits inside the house I can say that the set design is phenomenal. The lighting levels inside the house showcase the spooky silhouettes and things they want to stand out (Be sure to check out the photo gallery to see just how impressive the lighting is and how it adds to the entire environment).  The actors inside the attraction also do a great job, and every time we went through the house we heard a new dark quip or one liner to introduce them. The Dent Schoolhouse is truly an adrenaline rush with its deviously delighting scenery and actors. The one thing we can tell you inside of the Schoolhouse is to watch your back, and expect the unexpected behind every corner and dark shadow. I want to thank Josh, Chuck, and Bud for inviting us out to see the maleficent dark art they created called, The Dent Schoolhouse.  For more information about the Dent Schoolhouse please visit their official website at http://www.frightsite.com

A few days before Kings Island kicked off its Halloween Haunt season and opened their doors to the public Haunted Cincinnati was invited to preview some of the changes for the year.  Ever since that day we anxiously awaited the park to open so that we could see all of those changes in their dark splendid goodness.  Friday night Kings Island once again invited us back to see all the horrific changes under the dark veil of a night sky filled with the smoke and screams in the air. “Urgent Scare” is Kings Island’s newest attraction and was our first stop. It was one of the highest intensity places we have seen this season.   Room after room was filled with bloody bodies and walls like a volcano of blood had erupted. Inside the attraction was fantastic, but our two letdowns were on the way out and how short it was. Still, if you are looking for a feast of blood and gore this is going to be the place for you.
  We kept track of the lines inside the park and after about an hour several had lines ranging from ten to twenty minutes. The two biggest lines we saw towards the beginning were for the Death row and Massacre manor. Just like previous years the line for the Trail of terror starts to fill up quick so once it starts to get dark make sure you hit it up first. Towards the end of the night when the park was more high capacity most of the lines started were about equal except for the trail which continued to have longer lines. So our advice if you want to make the most of your trip and see everything is to hit the attractions in this order, “Urgent Scare, Death row, Massacre Manor, Trail or Terror, everything else”.  The two live action shows have plenty of seats so you can visit them anytime if you like. If you going to take in a few rides, most of their lines were packed except for drop zone.
  The two action shows for this year are “Dead Awakening” and “Ghouls gone wild”. Dead Awakening is a returning event from previous years and can best be described as a dark singing musical. There were plenty of empty seats and we found it a great way to take a break and relax after walking the park. Ghouls gone wild is another musical featuring The Wolf Man, Frankenstein and his Bride, The Mummy, and Dracula (A female one). They sang parody versions of several 80’s songs with adult innuendoes. Everyone around us really enjoyed the show, and we hope KI keeps it for another year. Dead awakening takes place inside Showplace theatre, and Ghouls gone wild inside the Festhaus (Which also serves food).
  The indoor attractions this year consist of; “Urgent Scare, Club Blood, Death Row, Redbeard’s Revenge, Massacre manor, and Carnevil. The outdoor walkthrough zones are; “CornStalkers, The Worksite, The Cemetery, and Tombstone Terrortory”. The outside attraction “Trail of Terror” also returns this year. The returning attractions did not seem to change must from last year except for the actors so if you liked it last year you don’t have anything to worry about.  The park also has more signature “Scareactors” which roam the park preying upon those unsuspecting easily frightened people so do try and pay attention.  Kings Island has plenty to offer up this year to keep you occupied from rides to scares so make sure you pay them a visit the next time the sun goes down.