Blind Scream Haunted House Review (2018)

Blind Scream had enough actors on the night of our visit and they were very believable. Nobody broke character. The actors in Doc’s Horrortorium were more interactive and dialogue driven, as they taunted us throughout the maze. They were quite blunt and obnoxious, but it did fit within the theme.

We must give the Horrortorium’s actors kudos for handling a bottleneck moment as, at a certain point in the maze, we were joining other guests in a ‘conga line.’ The actors tried to stand in front of the different groups of guests at various intervals in an effort to spread out the conga line, all while staying in character.

Another notable moment in the Horrortorium was when we were leaving the kitchen, we were unknowingly about to exit through an actor’s passageway. The actress yelled, ‘Wrong way, dummy!’ and we had to laugh at that. Kudos to her for keeping us on the right path and staying in character. The actors in Lil Horrus’s Fun House tended to be silent and startled us from hidden corners. There was a memorable actor in the blackout room who would stare and give us a diabolical laugh. We found the Fun House to have a wider variety of characters, as each room had a different theme. The Horrortorium tended to be similar hillbilly-cannibal types – all of them taunting us in a similar fashion.

Finding the building complex that houses Blind Scream was easy. The small signs along the street did help, but finding which particular building Blind Scream is at was tricky because all of the buildings look exactly alike. There were small signs (similar to street signs) pointing to the right structure, but once we saw the string lights and projected Halloween images on the wall, we knew we had arrived.

Blind Scream is a safe attraction, and we couldn’t find any trip hazards or anything dangerous. Staff and security were on site and they were friendly and helpful. Information is easy to find because they have a website and a presence on various social media.

The most notable special effects were in Lil Horrus’s Fun House. The vortex tunnel, claustrophobia tunnel, animatronic glowing pumpkin scarecrows and green laser light cutting through the fog were all memorable standouts. Doc’s Horrortorium had more “blood and guts” props. Its most memorable scene was the dining room where hillbillies were cutting up a live victim in the middle of the dinner table. This scene was reminiscent of the infamous dinner scene from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre film. In fact, most of the Horrortorium felt like the home of Leatherface from that movie franchise.

The sound effects were mostly subtle. The scenes and props were mostly made in-house, but there were antique furniture pieces in the Horrortorium which gave the impression of a poor rural home. There was plenty of attention to detail in each scene, so we were able to tell what each scene was suppose to be. Both mazes achieved and maintained the suspension of disbelief, and the only time our suspension slipped was when we experienced the bottleneck past the midpoint of Doc’s Horrortorium. The special effects were effective at providing scares and entertainment.

Both haunt mazes are thematically tied together as being part of the cannibal family of Doc Hunter. Doc’s Horrortorium is a much more unified theme as we saw Doc’s home and family. Lil Horrus’s Fun House is more fantasy, as each room had a different theme, from a corn maze, spider room, circus room, blackout room, swamp room and others. The website does tell the theme of each maze, but we gained more insight by talking to owner Drew Dominguez. The theme of each maze is carried out well. Sadly, we can’t say the location of the haunt authenticates the theme.