Scream Acres at Fritzler Corn Maze Review (2026)

Getting to Scream Acres is a breeze given its location near the intersection of Highway 85 and County Roads 33 and 44. Your map app of choice will take you right to the parking lot, and there’s plenty of information generally available online, including on the haunt’s (and Fritzler Farm Park’s) websites should any questions remain lingering. Following the signs and flaggers from there will lead visitors to the parking nearest the Farm Park’s entrance, which is incredibly welcoming with lights lining the sky above the ticket line, with a beer garden in the background and a row of portapotties and handwashing stations on the way in. After donning wristbands, guests can enter the main courtyard of the farm which is surrounded with all of the fall festival activities, photo ops, and food trucks. Near the heart of the farm park’s courtyard is the entrance to the Scream Park, which is like a smaller version of the larger courtyard but with a decidedly eerie feel. After entering the Scream Park, visitors can choose from several activities to pass the time while waiting for their turn to enter the haunt, such as an archery challenge, ring toss, spooky hoops, and, for a slight upcharge, axe throwing. The Scream Park also features a huge stage that has acrobatic and fiery shows regularly throughout the night. Entry to the haunt is managed by an omen system, where hauntgoers are assigned one of up to eighteen omens, and may enter the haunt after their omen has been announced.

Visitors go from the Scream Park into a short queue line directly outside of the haunt entrance that warns of the Curse of the Blood Moon, the theme of the haunt that remains somewhat hidden in the shadows of a QR code despite offering incredibly rich lore. That back story continues from last season with The Curse of the Blood Mood Part II, Kharvos’ Revenge, consisting of five chapters that set out in fanciful detail what guests might encounter between the Scream Park and Scream Acres.

After passing below the blood moon adorning the haunt entrance, visitors are left to head down a dark path and out into the even darker corn. Once the cast comes into the equation, however, guests’ heads remain firmly in the moment with only a few intentionally calmer spots to allow enough breath back into our lungs to scream some more around the next bend in the path. The flow back to reality at the end of the haunt is also helped along by the sights and sounds of the farm park coming back to the fore before depositing hauntgoers in the back of the gift shop, allowing folks to take a piece of the attraction home.

Utilizing thousands of feet of additional space this season, Scream Acres did a tremendous job of filling the space with great-looking set pieces and a handful of conservatively used animatronics, while using lighting and fog with intention to highlight, obscure, and disorient. Some sets consist of little more than stacks of haybales, but even those areas are set off by fog, lighting, and sound that is subtly crafted to burrow into one’s subconscious while allowing the actors to shine. Other areas, such as the small chapel or sickening kitchen, offer a lot more visual appeal that helps to deepen the immersion overall.

All of those special effects do a tremendous job of setting the scenes that the cast breathes life into with their incredible performances. There were actors around just about every corner, sometimes multiple people working in teams to terrify and work set pieces from one end to the other, and sometimes from top to bottom. One actor in particular made us extra jumpy, springing at us before narrowly missing, which, when juxtaposed with the towering, grotesque visages in the area, left us leaping away! Each of the actors we encountered were unique, though fitting within the overall themes of the areas they populated, with many committed to scaring while some definitely kept their quick wits at the ready with quippy replies. The makeup and costuming in the haunt was done well, with no visible gaps. The masks, however, were among the best we’ve seen around the state!

The scares kept coming at Scream Acres, even when we thought they were done, with one last actor near the end providing a great lift once we’d been lulled into a sense of security. The same is true throughout the nearly 30-minute-long haunt, though much more frequent. While there were a few areas that allowed visitors a few seconds unaccosted, the majority of the haunt had at least one actor approaching, following, menacing, or otherwise assaulting us. One terrific scare consisted of one actor lingering high in the path while menacing us, while his unseen partner struck from below, sending a few choice words into my mind and possibly out of my mouth. The cast also cased our whole group of five, giving attention to everyone.

Scream Acres came in at 29 minutes long, but that is just the haunt itself. Hauntgoers are able to access Fritzler Farm Park as early as 4:00 p.m. to take advantage of its activities, many of which come with the cost of admission, and are able to access the Scream Park once its gates swing open as well for as long as they would like before entering the haunt. That takes the 29-minute long haunt, which comes in at a surprisingly low .65 minutes per dollar, and turns it into a several hour experience, complete with haunted and non-haunted seasonal fun for everyone. At $44.95 for general admission, with an option to upgrade to VIP admission for priority entry to the haunt, Colorado’s haunt lovers have another tremendous haunt option growing in the fields of Scream Acres!