SkreamZ Haunted Attractions Review (2017)

The cast was believable and enthusiastic. The girls in the playroom were verbally interactive with us. One girl asked if we wanted to play, so we asked, ‘What do you want to play?’ She excitedly responded, ‘Play with dollies!’ which was an answer we didn’t expect. As we walked out of the play room, the girl got mad and raised her voice at us, ‘Come Play With Me! Come Play With Me!!!’ The majority of actors were silent, but used their surroundings and props to generate scares. There was a patient on a gurney who lunged at us, but under the cloth covering it, a second actor reached out at us. An odd moment was seeing an actor revving up an ATV. The final actor chased us out with a chainsaw. All of the actors did stay in character, they fulfilled their rolls, and there were enough actors in the haunt, so there were no dead spots.

SKreamZ is a safe haunt to walk through, and we found no hazards. There is a doorway threshold as we entered the haunt, but the staff member who admitted us in pointed it out. Navigating to the haunt was not difficult because when we got to the street it’s located, there are sidewalk signs pointing to the building. There is a large parking lot across the street for guests to use. There was no queue entertainment, so while waiting in line, there’s only the decorations and the House Rules sign to bide the time. Management told us that the audio system was not working when we arrived. The staff was friendly, professional, and willing to answer questions.

There are no sound effects other than the revving of the ATV and the chainsaw. The most prominent special effect was the air compressor that blasted us when we first entered, which gave us a good startle. SKreamZ uses the interior of a brewery for ticket purchases and waiting in line, but the haunt itself is outdoors, utilizing cloth walls to divvy up the different scenes. Upon entering the haunt, beer kegs are visible from the brewery. Across the threshold, there are numerous hospital walkers to suggest a medical theme. As well as the cloth walls, there are two areas where wooden walls were setup as blackout rooms. As a result, most of the rooms are bland, but the playroom was the most colorful with colored balls from a children’s ball pit strung together and hung like garland. Lighting was used subtly to light each scene, with the exception of the blackout rooms.