The best Halloween movies often provide a safe scare with no monsters escaping the screen. Unless, of course, you’re in the Ring world, where television and VHS tapes aren’t so benign. When it comes to seeking extreme scares, it can be found at haunted attractions that push visitors to the limits of how much they can get from face jump scares and costumed actors. That’s where the Travel Channel joins the chat. Beyond paranormal reality shows, there are hidden gems perfect for the spooky season of trick-and-treating.
Halloween Crazy (2011), Halloween Crazy (2012), and Halloween Crazyest (2013) explore safe fears and extremes in America, from giant pumpkin contests to haunted attractions. A trilogy of episodes where you can learn about both the horrors of. Where you start hearing screams in the queue outside. If you’re tired of Halloween-themed baking shows or AMC’s Fearfest movie marathons, give it a try. You can see the scariest haunted houses and lesser-known quirky and unique events on every corner dedicated to the Halloween celebration.
‘Halloween Crazy’ discovers the best haunted attractions in the US
Night vision and spooky audio recordings are part of the appeal of the investigations in Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures, but the haunted house in the Halloween Crazy episode shows viewers that it’s a real paranormal hotspot. I’m not trying to convince you that there is. Starting with “Halloween Crazy,” we’re spotlighting spooky attractions across the United States, discovering what makes them different from your local haunted house that takes place in your town each year, and what the location offers to those brave enough to enter. We are paying attention to whether it will cause such fear. The disclaimer at the beginning is cheeky. “Warning, the following presentation is not intended for all audiences. It may cause cold sweats, increased heart rate, and frightening nightmares. If you are easily frightened, look away now. Well, we warned you.”
Cincinnati is home to the Dent Schoolhouse, an actual abandoned school building from the 1800s. Scary rooms are themed after the location, with arms popping out of lockers in the hallway, ghosts appearing from behind as blackboards slam, and students and teachers with dementia alike “haunting” the space. . St. Louis has attractions full of living animatronics, including a giant spider room where you can see what makes people sprint to the end the fastest, and eight pieces, whether props or movie monsters. Foot creatures prove to be terrifying. During a commercial break, a trivia question comes up that asks how much you know about the Halloween season, and then the show resumes, revealing that Halloween Crazy includes some of October’s lesser-known or weirder events. It will be.
‘Halloween Crazy’ explores more than haunted attractions
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In Philadelphia, there is a prom night party for adults where attendees “dress up as ghouls” by donning undead makeup and costumes to find zombie love. Another segment reveals the real Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. A contest is held to weigh the biggest pumpkin for a prize, and the contestants weigh in at over 1,500 pounds. For those who want to work with their average pumpkin, there’s professional carver Ray Villafan. He is careful not to dig his tools too deep into the orange peel. Instead of traditional hole-pierced jack-o-lanterns, Villafan slices along the surface and carves and carves expressive, jaw-dropping artwork. The design is eerily life-like, but thankfully it’s not sentient like the pumpkin monster in Carved (2024).
If you need to go to a store that has more supplies than Spirit Halloween has in stock on the shelves, Halloween Crazy knows where to go. Dapper Cadaver is a prop rental store that stocks just about everything you can think of, from blood to skeletons to coffins to corpses. It’s full of weird stuff. Owner BJ Winslow is happy to host Halloween parties and network TV with props from Bones. Cool Patch Pumpkins in Dixon, California, is a giant maze “bigger than 40 football fields.” This is different from the hedge maze at the end of The Shining. That means visitors can get lost without having to trek back through the snow to trick a disengaged Jack Nicholson. And there are too many trips and experiences to fit into one crazy Halloween show.
‘Halloween Crazier’ features even scarier haunted houses
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Halloween Crazier introduces a new group of hardcore horrors. Head to Georgia and go to Netherworld. As you wait in the parking lot, the actors terrify you long before you step into the two-story warehouse. A 40-foot-long vortex tunnel and ghosts soaring above the wires keep everyone on their toes. Don’t you want to experience the “terror of the sea”? The California Ghost Ship is a floating asylum (actually just a large yacht) that sets sail and is taken over by unruly patients. During the Halloween season, no trick is possible without treats. This is an episode that doesn’t forget about fun activities.
In Providence, Rhode Island, a walk-through exhibit is filled with 5,000 jack-o-lanterns. Although this is a leisure walk, “Run For Your Lives” is a high-octane 5K obstacle course with a horror-themed twist, where runners must avoid zombies. Actors in undead makeup help each runner grab three flags representing lifelines. This corner introduces the race with black-and-white footage of participants, a nice nod to the granddaddy of zombie movies, Night of the Living Dead (1968). There is. The final episode in this spooky trilogy is “Halloween Craziest,” offering another spine-chilling dish for October festivities.
This Travel Channel series is spooky and cozy
The first segment heads to the infamous McKamey Manor, an extreme attraction where people can be handcuffed and grabbed by staff. It was dark, made even darker by serious suspicions. “Monster Inside” is a Hulu doc that focuses on accusations of mental and physical abuse suffered by visitors that were not depicted in “Halloween Craziest.” A safer tourist spot is in Fenton, Missouri. Creepyworld looks like a good old western town where patrons use paintball guns to defeat zombies (costumed and padded actors) who try to eat their flesh. Another unique experience is the Coffin Race in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The annual event, which features racing teams and homemade coffin cars, pays homage to the town’s ghostly folklore about Emma Crawford, whose coffin was exhumed by inclement weather and slithered back into town. Masu.
Among the spooky and cozy attractions already mentioned, you won’t want to miss this trilogy and many others. Oregon’s “Halloween Crazy” turns carved gourds into pedal boats. Also, “Halloween Crazyest” offers nighttime ziplining through the Michigan woods. If you’re curious but too nervous to attend Dent Schoolhouse or the Netherworld in person, you’ll be treated to behind-the-scenes interviews with the attraction’s owners and ghosts, as well as the trembling reactions of visitors afterwards. See how effective it is. It was. Best of all, Halloween Crazy and the next two episodes don’t just scare you, they have events for pumpkin lovers, zombie lovers, and more, giving you a variety of ways to satisfy the Halloween spirit.
Halloween Crazy, Halloween Crazier, and Halloween Craziest are all available to stream on Max.
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