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Please be as descriptive as possible when entering your comments. Reviews that consist of little more than comments such as "great", "horrible", "fun", "we go every year", etc. won't be posted - we're looking for thoughtful analysis, not "I had fun". Our site visitors will be looking to your reviews for information and guidance about Chicago's haunted attractions, so when writing your review, think about what you'd want to know about the haunt you're reviewing!
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EXAMPLE OF A REVIEW THAT WILL GET PUBLISHED, AND WHY
"One of things I enjoyed most was the use of clever passageways. Without giving anything away, just know that the way out is not always the most obvious! I also really liked the effect of using Plexiglas walls in the long hallway: Clear enough to see movement, but enough distortion to make it hard to figure out what we were actually looking at. Some of my favorite scenes were the kitchen, the dining room, the shower scene, and the boiler room.
My only real complaint is if you're like me and have been to this haunt for the past couple of years, a lot of it is the same. If you haven't been before, the effects are pretty cool and ones that you might not have seen in other haunts. It would be great to see some fresh effects added, while maintaining the consistent "haunted manor" theme."Erica, from a review on HauntedDenver.com
- The reviewer provides specific details about the haunted house.
- The reviewer qualifies her own opinion rather than stating it as fact, understanding that somebody who's never been to this haunted house will have a different experience from her own.
- The reviewer doesn't overstate herself. She tells you what she likes, what concerns her, and doesn't resort to absolutes or sales-speak.
EXAMPLE OF A REVIEW THAT WON'T GET PUBLISHED, AND WHY
"It was awesome! The atmosphere was great while waiting to get in and definitely the scariest haunted house that's out there! Worth the money for sure! Everyone should check it out immediately!"
Name Withheld, from a review submitted to HauntedHouseChicago.com
- The reviewer has provided no real information about the haunted house.
- The reviewer has called it "the scariest" - nobody can make that judgement unless they've been to every haunted house in and around Chicago.
- There is nothing specific - the above statements could be applied to any haunted house in America and, as such, are really only unqualified opinion.
TIPS
- Understand the difference between a review and an opinion. An opinion is how you feel about something; a review is an opinion that you can back up with examples, anecdotes and/or facts. We favor reviews over opinions while acknowledging that it can be hard to tell the difference. Loved a haunted house and want to tell the world? Great! But if all you can manage is "It was awesome - everybody should check it out!", well, that's not a review. That's your opinion, and without giving your opinion any kind of context, it's kind of useless to anybody that doesn't know you (like the users of this website).
- Be specific about what you like and don't like. This gives our readers a frame of reference for what you think is scary, and is more likely to help somebody make an informed decision about what haunted house(s) to visit.
- Don't use absolutes - "It's the scariest!" or "It's the worst". You can't know that, and phrases like that don't provide readers with any real information.
- Don't end your review with something like "save your money and go to [insert haunt name here]" or "[insert haunt name here] was way better!". If you want to put in a good word for a haunted house, write a positive review for it; don't try to make your favorite haunt look better by ripping on its competition.
- Submitting a negative review? Consider also writing a positive one for a haunted house you liked. We get 5 negative reviews for every 1 positive, which makes it hard to provide a clear and balanced view of the haunted houses out there.
- Angered by a review you read? Think it's unfair? Rather than emailing us and chewing us out over a review we didn't write, consider writing your own review and setting the record straight!
All fields are required. Incomplete submissions will be discarded. Your name will be posted with your review, so be ready to back up anything you say!
HauntedHouseChicago.com reserves the right to edit reviews for spelling, grammar and brevity.
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