07/30/2010 :: 01:43 PM
Getting Ready fo Halloween 2010
Zombie Army Productions engaged the services of a programmer today to update, enhance and improve HauntedHouseChicago.com for the 2010 season. We learned a lot from last year and you can look forward to a better, smoother, easier-to-understand-and-use website in the next month or so. Bear with us if anything stops working briefly or looks weird!Haunt owners - be sure to update your listings from last year (or create a listing if you haven't already)!
01/20/2010 :: 10:13 PM
New Chicago-Based A&E Ghosthunting Show : Paranormal Cops
Responding to the pleas of people who are victimized by distressing and inexplicable activities in their homes and workplaces, these cops bring their no-nonsense approach to hunting ghosts and real-life police skills to separate the fact from fiction - and often happen upon results much scarier than expected.
As they investigate, the team will also uncover the dark underworld of Chicago’s sordid history, which will both inform and enrich their cases as they seek to rid people of the fears that plague them.
Click HERE for more info, and watch the premier episode (if you missed it) HERE.
11/15/2009 :: 11:44 PM
The Masses Have Spoken; The Top 10 Have Been Chosen...
HauntedHouseChicago.com is pleased to announce the Top 10 Haunted Houses in the Chicagoland area, as voted by the users of HauntedHouseChicago.com and the HHC Review Team. Congratulations to the winners, and HHC hopes that ALL the haunted houses and dark attractions in and around Chicago had a safe and prosperous season!2009 Website User Ratings
| A haunted house had to receive a minimum of 25 votes to be considered for the Top 10. Users had to register and validate their accounts (via email) in order to vote. User Rating is the rating derived from the votes cast by the users of this website. Users could rate a haunted house from 1 to 10. # of Votes Cast is how many total votes were cast for the haunted house. Ratings were tallied on November 15, 2009 at Midnight. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 HHC Critics Ratings
| The HauntedHouseChicago.com Review Team, led by former HHC owner Kris Zahrobsky, visited over 60 haunted houses in the Chicagoland area during the 2009 Halloween season. The list to the left represents their picks for the best haunted houses in Chicago in 2009. |
11/11/2009 :: 06:19 PM
One Final Weekend of FEAR!
Fear Itself @ Legend Skream Park in Mishawaka, Indiana will be open for one final weekend of FEAR: Friday, November 13th and Saturday November 14th. Mishawaka is 90 miles East of Chicago (right outside of South Bend, Indiana) and Fear Itself's multiple attractions are well worth the drive!Get your tickets now – visit www.fearitself.tv or call 574.255.FEAR for more information.
11/01/2009 :: 11:44 AM
Days of the Living Dead Episodes 1-7
What is the Zombie Army? It's a rag tag group of renegade actors, artists, technical directors and filmmakers working together to produce one of the largest and most heralded haunted houses in the country, Statesville Haunted Prison*. This year, like every year, will be the Army's biggest year yet and there is a lot at stake. Days of the Living Dead chronicles the hard work, creativity and absolute insanity that the people who like to scare you put into the job.
*Zombie Army Productions also produces The Fear Haunted House at Navy Pier and has made several films in Chicago, all in various stages of production/distribution. This series focuses on Statesville.
Days of the Living Dead is a joint production of Zombie Army Productions and Joone Studios.
10/27/2009 :: 01:42 PM
Dream Reapers Haunted House on the Travel Channel tonight!
Look for Chicago haunted house Dream Reapers on the Travel Channel's "America Haunts 2" tonight at 7:00 pm (CST)
10/17/2009 :: 01:10 PM
Metromix Has Released its Chicago Halloween 2009 Guide
Local Chicago haunted houses feature prominently in Metromix Chicago's 2009 Halloween Guide. Congratulations to The Fear at Navy Pier and Dream Reapers in particular - great photos and articles!READ ALL ABOUT IT.
10/15/2009 :: 10:23 PM
How About Some REAL Illinois Ghosts?
10/11/2009 :: 11:57 AM
Three of Haunted Attraction Magazine's 25 MUST-SEE HAUNTS Are Within Driving Distance!
Haunted Attraction Magazine, the oldest publication for the haunted house and dark amusement industry, recently released its first-ever 25 Must-See Haunted Houses list. Three of the attractions on that list are within very easy driving distance of Chicago; one of them is right in front of Navy Pier! Here's the list; the Chicagoland haunted houses are linked to their listings pages:
- Shocktoberfest, Reading, PA
- Terror Behind the Walls, Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA
- The 13th Gate, Baton Rouge, LA
- Erebus, Pontiac, MI
- Wisconsin Feargrounds, Waukesha, WI
- Dead Acres, Pataskala, OH
- Fear Itself, Mishawaka, IN
- The ScareHouse, Pittsburgh, PA
- Hobb’s Grove, Sanger, CA
- Nightmare New England and SpookyWorld, Litchfield, NH
- Thrillvania, Terrell, TX
- The House of Shock Horror Show, Jefferson, LA
- The Dent SchoolHouse, Cincinnati, OH
- Terror Town, Toledo, OH
- The Fear Haunted House at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
- 7 Floors of Hell, Cleveland, OH
- Woods of Terror on Church Street, Greensboro, NC
- Ghostly Manor, Sandusky, OH
- The Haunted Hotel, Louisville, KY
- CHAOS, Kennedale, TX
- Reindeer Manor, Red Oak, TX
- Farmaggedon, Near Formby & Ormskirk, Northwest United Kingdom
- Shipwreck Halloween at the Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA
- Hacker House, Pilot Mountain, NC
- Necropolis: City of Perpetual Darkness, Indianapolis, IN
09/22/2009 :: 02:05 PM
HAUNTS AGAINST HUNGER Food Drive 2009
Hunger remains a serious issue for many residents of Illinois, as almost a half-million people each year rely on food provided by the Greater Chicago Food Depository's network of pantries, soup kitchens and shelters. Working poor families, parents of young children and the elderly are among those who need our assistance to not go hungry.In 2009, ChicagolandHalloween.com is heading up the 2nd Annual "Haunts Against Hunger" Food Drive with the Greater Chicago Food Depository. If it is in your means, we will be taking donations of non-perishable food that will be donated from October 17th to October 31st just in time to help families for the Thanksgiving & Christmas season! Our headquarter drop site is at the Worth Halloween House in Worth, IL. Our kick off/media night is on October 18th, 2009. To find our network of collections sites go to chicagolandhalloween.com
If your decorated home or business is the Halloween hit of your area and you would like to help provide food for hungry people in the Chicago metropolitan area, we would love to have your home become part of the CLH "Haunts Against Hunger" team and become a "Collection Haunt" (drop off point). To become a "Collection Haunt" go to chicagolandhalloween.com to join the team!
This year we hope not only to entertain fellow Halloween lovers but to try and help our community as well. You can too!
We need items high in protein canned meats, beef stew, chili and peanut butter. Also needed are canned vegetables and fruits, rice, pasta and cereal. With your help, we can restock the shelves with food for hungry people. Thank you for joining us in the fight against hunger!
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