HauntWorld's 2008 Top's List.

Carowinds 73-03 · #1 09-26-2008, 08:52 AM

HauntWorld has released their top haunts list for 2008.

Hauntworld’s 2008 Top 13 Haunted Attractions

1. 13th Gate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2. The Darkness, St. Louis, Missouri
3. Netherworld, Atlanta, Georgia
4. Haunted Overload, New Hampshire
5. Scarehouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
6. House of Torment, Austin, Texas
7. Bates Motel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8. Headless Horseman, Ulster Park, New York
9. Dead Acres, Columbus, Ohio
10. Spookywoods, Kersey Valley, North Carolina
11. House of Shock, New Orleans, Louisiana
12. Erebus, Detroit, Michigan
13. Cutting Edge, Dallas, Texas

Top 10 Amusement Park Halloween Events

1. Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, Orlando, FL
2. Knott’s Scary Farm, Los Angeles, CA
3. Kennywood Amusement Park, “Phantom Fright Nights’, Pittsburgh, PA
4. Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, Hollywood, CA
5. Howl-O-Scream, Tampa, FL
6. Howl-O-Scream, Williamsburg, PA
7. Kings Island Haunt, Cincinnati, OH
8. Cedar Point Haunt, Sandusky, OH
9. Six Flags Fright Fest, NJ
10. Old Tucson Studios Nightfall, Tucson, AZ

Top Haunted Amusement Attractions 2008
1. Universal Studios Hollywood, House of Horror
2. Disney World Haunted Mansion, Orlando, FL
3. Ghostwood Estates, Kennywood Amusement Park, Pittsburgh, PA
4. Towers of Terror, MGM Studios, Orlando, FL
5. Revenge of the Mummy Ride, Universal Studios Hollywood, CA

Best Charity Haunted Attraction 2008
1. Terror on the Fox, Green Bay, Milwaukee, WI - 73%
2. Trail of Terror, Wallingford, CT. - 23%

Best Haunted Hayride 2008
1. Headless Horseman, Ulster Park, NY - 65%
2. Bates Motel, Philadelphia, PA. - 32%

Best Home Haunted House 2008
1. Graveside Manor
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2. Rot Haunted House
Evil is Lurking - Reign of Terror Haunted House
3. DC Cemetery

http://www.hauntworld.com/featured_a...ed_houses_2008

**Michael C** · #2 09-26-2008, 03:41 PM

Wow Haunted Overload in NH really moved up in the rankings. they were like 11 last year.

slipknot8527 · #3 10-09-2008, 02:48 PM

If Netherworld is the #3 scariest in the country, then it is a sad state of affairs we live in. 3 years in a row, and Netherworld hasn't scared me one bit.

rckrazy06 · #4 10-09-2008, 05:06 PM

I'll be hitting up Scarehouse either this weekend or the next.

Carowinds 73-03 · #5 10-09-2008, 05:17 PM

I have never been to Netherworld so I'll make a stop on my way down to Orlando even though it's out of the way but with all they hype this place gets i personally want to see whats up.

With this haunt being in the top 3 in the country as long as i can remeber i try not to expect much. I learned my lesson last year with HHN which was 100% worse then i was expecting it to be after the 2006 event.

slipknot8527 · #6 10-09-2008, 05:25 PM

Seriously, do not waste your time. There is an hour long line, only to walk through a huge building single file with about 100 people all crowded around you. They do not take you in small groups, so you look ahead and go, "oh, that ghoul/goblin/ass jumped out at that girl."

It's awful.

Carowinds 73-03 · #7 10-09-2008, 05:34 PM

I would most likely skip it but i won some free tickets through their Myspace contest so atleast i won't have to pay to get in.

I really do hate hauntes that just flood people through instead of going in groups.
I didn't know Neatherworld did the same. Thanks for the heads up on that.

I'll still go just to see for myself. I'm going with some one who works in that busniess so i'd feel bad about backing out since she's already in that area training people at SFoG's Fright Fest.

slipknot8527 · #8 10-09-2008, 11:38 PM

Well, perhaps if you go on a week night, it won't be the same effect. The good news is, is that there's three different houses there. The Netherworld main house always stays the same, and isn't very scary. Once again, too many people. BUT, down the hill there is another one that has changed all 3 years. The first year it was this slaughterhouse theme, where you had to crawl through spaces and there was like, meat grinders and bodies everywhere and guys with surgeon masks chased you with chainsaws. Then last year it was more of a haunted forest type deal. Then the third one is a 3-D haunted house, where you wear glasses, and everything is painted 3-D, and people wear 3-d paint on them and what not.

Maybe it's because I've been there too much...

To me, the scariest part is the people dressed up walking the lines. They will calmy walk around and kinda LASH OUT at random people. Also, they hung a dummy in a random porta potty that my friend went in, and it jumped out when the door opened up and scared the hell out of him.

Carowinds 73-03 · #9 10-10-2008, 07:57 AM

We're going on a Friday night so will it still be super busy then? I would assume it would but maybe slower than a Sat.

Woods of Terror did the same thing with a few of the porta pottys outside their que line. It was funny.

But yeah this will be my first time so i'll post a huge Photo TR once i return. After Netherworld I'm going to HHN, Howl-O-Scream & Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. I'll also be attending the Panthers game while i'm in Tmapa. I picked the perfect weekend to go to Florida.

This will also be my first trip to Howl-O-Scream.

**Michael C** · #10 10-21-2008, 10:33 PM

The ratings are based on more then scare factor. Actors, animatronics, themeing, are also taken into account. This is voted upon by the site and site members