Halloween isn’t complete without a couple of screams, laughs, and even some heart palpitations.
October is supreme for fright fests, spook-walks, and exploring the haunted horrors of our very own neighborhood.
So, if you’re looking for some fun this autumn or maybe you’re just a bit too old to go door-to-door trick-or-treating, spend this season at some of the best haunted houses that Long Island has to offer.
Long Island’s top-rated and most famous haunted house expedition is located in Bayville.
For family fun, the Bayville Scream Park has several attractions that will accommodate those of you who can fair the scariest.
“Everything was really creepy, but I screamed the most in the clown room,” junior Ashley Magaddino said. “There was an eerie looking rope room in the haunted houses too, but I liked playing scary mini-golf.”
There are other activities for our little brothers and sisters who’d much rather spend their time on a pumpkin bounce than with ghouls.
The Bayville haunted firehouse has been providing residents with scares and community service for the past twenty years – the firehouse has taught fire safety and prevention to the locals. The walk-through changes from year to year, and its innovativeness is what makes the house so successful. From bits of gore to utter darkness, the volunteer ghosts always deliver. Whether it’s hearing noises in the dark or slight brushes against your clothing, the haunted house is not meant for the jumpy.
And if you’re looking for some spooks close to home this year, Massapequa is hosting one of its very own houses of horror, and many MHS students are already familiar with the location. Darkness Rising, located at a warehouse on 10 Brooklyn Avenue in Massapequa Park, not only gets scares, but gives them, too.
“It was the best haunted house I’ve been to in the past three years,” former MHS student Jessica Teresco said. This haunted house is one of the most well-known exhibits that raise funds for charity for the YES Community Counseling Center.
“It was cheaper and all the proceeds were donated to charity. Once I found this out I had to go through it,” she said.
For a more moderate audience, the HV Asylum may fit your level of ghoul.
With ghost tours, spook-walks, trails, and haunted houses, the HV Asylum has thirteen acres of activity for you and your friends. “It had the feel of one of those scary psych center haunts, but there were plenty of other places to just hang out if I got too scared,” former student Alex Bochetto said.
The tour takes place entirely outside which adds to the chill of the season, and lasts for about 20-25 minutes with the help of “wacko” tour guides. Every corner seems to have a new creep popping out, and different themes for each section.
On a scale of “mild to very scary,” another haunt that falls into the moderate category is Long Island’s Fear Fest CARNEVIL themed park that explores the horrors of Old Bethpage with haunted houses and hay rides. Mad Man Slim Chance and his freaks are sure to collect your screams not only in the haunted houses, but throughout the entire carnival.
So make this Halloween a fun, and safe one, but most importantly a horror-ble one. And if you’re looking for any other top rated haunted adventures, visit LIHauntedHouses.com for more information. Make sure to get scared this Halloween, and scare some others along the way.