Scream Acres Review (2026)

Scream Acres is a local favorite and has been running for many years. Directions are on the website, but there is also ample signage, and they have it all lit up for you to find. The ticket booth is right up front, and the parking lot is large and orderly. The staff here are always wonderful. They have people in haunt shirts everywhere in case you have a question or a concern, and they’ve put a lot of work into creating a terrifying experience that is very safe. Come hungry; there is a wonderful Mexican food truck with churros and burritos. We also stopped in and bought a shirt that memorializes Mr. Henry, a beloved haunter who passed recently, and a shirt that has the Thrasher hayride tractor. This is a group that really loves what they do and will work hard to deliver the best experience possible.

Scream Acres is set in the deep woods of Bishopville, South Carolina. The house is decorated from the entrance gate to the exit, creating a looming, dread-inspiring façade of a haunted house. Once inside the house, there is little sound bleed, and lighting and details in sets create strong worlds. Even as you exit the house, they’ve created a scene to transition you into the midway, and from there you are off to the deep woods. The house utilizes those deep woods to create a feeling of isolation, and by the time you reach the second stop, you can’t figure out which way civilization is.

Pyrotechnics, sounds, lights flickering, and lasers spinning. Scream Acres is a sensory wonderland. There were two standout hallways: one in the old vortex tunnel in the house, and one that took you through Hell in the trail houses, and both were packed from floor to ceiling with spooky, fascinating details. The chainsaws are real, and real flames leap up from the ground as you are carted through Hell on the hayride. There are immersive scents in some scenes, like the ghost of a carnival for the clown area, and the dirt of the deep earth in a mine scene. There was a dancing animatronic skeleton that reminded us of old-school horror movie Claymation, and the set piece for Crystal Lake is stunning. Also, there was a Jack in the Box Clown trick that one of our team wanted called out because it scared them.

We saw monsters across the spectrum while we were there. Several members of the house, butchers, a pig man, and a sad young woman with a super healthy babydoll all utilized their sets and props to really deliver scares and tension. With the hayride, we want to first say we were clapping like loons when the gymnast clown started up. Freddy Krueger terrorized us from all angles, a sharply dressed maniac wielded a chainsaw with extreme glee, and Jason’s entrance was shockingly intimidating. In the houses on the trail, there was a line of caged lunatic children, and each one of them brought a different form of madness and energy, and every one was perfect. In the queue area, we want to thank the Pumpkin Creature for looming over our team member; it put them on high alert for the rest of the night.

The house was non-stop on the screams, and the monsters were all super high-energy. There is every type of scare inside, from loomers to jump scares, animatronics and old-school tricks. The group behind us were terrified, rushing out and clinging to each other. All sorts of monsters came out to play, but there was a Pig Man that gave one of our team a scare, and a room of butchers used distraction to get another one of our team. The hayride was spectacular. We saw a trick that Freddy Krueger did that was so brilliant we started cheering immediately. Clowns, hillbillies, cannibals, cultists, and Chainsaw Maniacs sprawl through the Bishopville woods, and our trailer was full of screams, particularly in Hell’s Tunnel. For $10 you can wear a souvenir necklace that will make the monsters focus on you. No one on our team took advantage of this, but we were on the hayride with several people who did, and it looked like a good way to spend your money if you really like being spooked.

The general admission is $30 and the Fast Pass is $45. You can also spend that $10 for a light-up necklace that marks you as a target for every monster in the house and on the hayride. A group of young people to our right started “discreetly” turning their necklaces off as the ride continued, because they deliver on the promise to go after you. The house is smaller, but packed to the brim with scenes and monsters, and the hayride is long and high energy. We recommend that fast pass, this is a local favorite, and it stays packed. You get a lot of bang for your buck at this haunted house.