"Behind the Screams" information and updates from Pittsburgh's Ultimate Haunted House. The ScareHouse in Pittsburgh, PA is ranked as one of “America’s Scariest Halloween Attractions” by Travel Channel and as one of America’s best haunted houses by AOL, Forbes, Fangoria, and Haunted Attraction magazine.
This week on The ScareHouse podcast: how former "home haunters" Tim and Anne Marie Gavinski turned their Halloween hobby into one of America's best haunted attractions. Their creation, the Wisconsin Feargrounds, was recently ranked as the #1 "Must See Haunts" in the country by Haunted Attraction Magazine.
So how did an elaborate yard display grow into an enormous annual production with more than 150 employees? How do Tim and Anne Marie create such elaborate haunted attractions with such a limited amount of time for installation, production, and teardown? And what's with the Squeaky Cheese Curds?
"Timmer" and Anne Marie join hosts Rob Johnston and Laura Kelly, and ScareHouse Creative Director Scott Simmons, for a VERY lively and fun episode of The ScareHouse podcast! Click here to subscibe for FREE via iTunes or visit ScareHousePodcast.com. New episodes available from now until November. THANK YOU for the positive feedback.
The ScareHouse announces a NEW attraction for the upcoming 2012 season ...
The ScareHouse haunted attraction has been featured on Travel Channel, USA Today, Yahoo News, AOL News, Forbes, and Fangoria - and named as America's #3 MUST SEE Haunted house by Haunted Attraction Magazine for two years in a row! Visit www.scarehouse.com for tickets, directions, and more information. The ScareHouse is open on select dates from late September through early November.
Did you know that Japanese music fans LOVE songs about Pittsburgh's zombie apocalypse? We're kicking off the 2012 season of The ScareHouse podcast with a fun and fast moving conversation about zombies, haunted houses, creepy dolls, and our upcoming paranormal conference with the stars of Ghost Hunters.
Hosts Rob Johnston and Laura Kelly join ScareHouse Creative Director Scott Simmons to talk about our "Walking Dead Apocalypse" music video, a tour through Japan, creepy storytellers, and much more. It's a whole new season of The ScareHouse podcast: taking you behind the screams of one of America's Best Haunted Houses, located in one of the most haunted cities in America.
With more than 30 years haunting experience designing over 100 original and innovative Haunted Attractions through his company, Hauntrepreneurs®, Leonard Pickel has created frightening attractions for major venues worldwide including Madison Square Garden, Universal Studios Florida, Six Flags theme parks, and Kandy Halloween at the Playboy Mansion as well as Haunted Attractions in foreign countries.
The attraction has 3 sections; The Forsaken was first. Creepy, high quality sets make for a twisting claustrophobic trip through a long forgotten carnival. Delirium 3D was a high energy, florescent blacklite LSD trip through a rave club of fright, complete with a live DJ pumping out dance tunes! And finally, Pittsburgh Zombies is an apocalyptic journey of survival through a zombie infested city. Zombies were coming from every direction and avoiding them came impossible as we hurried to the safety of the real Pittsburgh streets.
Each of the haunts were filled with great actors wearing great costumes in great sets and great haunt design. Several places in the experience you can see into other parts of the path giving you a teaser of what is to come, and making the enormous attraction seem even bigger.
Everyone in our party gave The Scarehouse a thumbs up!
Leonard Pickel shares his expertise offering seminars throughout the year at haunt convention across the country and as event Coordinator for HAuNTcon.com. Check out Leonard’s web site at www.leonardpickel.com, or follow him on Twitter @leonardpickel and Facebook.com/leonardpickel
The ScareHouse has opened to great reviews from customers, bloggers, and haunted house experts!
Oni drove six hours from Jersey to check out Pittsburgh's Ultimate Haunted House and declared it "freaking awesome!"
From her review: Should you go to the Scarehouse? Most definitely! These guys have extremely high-quality set pieces and many scare actors working inside them. I would put them on par with the amazing set pieces that Busch Gardens Tampa creates. (English translation: VERY good.) Click here to see the review on onezumiverse.com.
Haunted Attraction magazine has also just released their new list of the 2011's Must See Haunted Attractions, and The ScareHouse was once again ranked in the Top 3! Click here to see the list.
Fans are also leaving great reviews on The ScareHouse Facebook Fan page:
Anthony Mustcatello: "the attention to detail is phenomenal, you play well into people's heads, and there is plenty to throw you off and take you out of reality"
Jill Marie: "Really great this year! Loved the 3D part!"
Pamela Lemley Brown: "Best Haunted attraction Ive been to in a while! Highly recommend it!!!"
The ScareHouse was also recently ranked as one of the country's top 3 Haunted Houses by HauntedHouseRatings.com and voted #1 haunt in the world by visitors to tophaunts.com
Don't miss you chance to experience "one of America's Scariest Halloween Attractions" (Travel Channel) - or to experience our new attraction for 2011: Pittsburgh Zombies! Tickets, dates, directions, and more information available now at www.scarehouse.com
The ScareHouse is Pittsburgh's Ultimate Haunted House -www.scarehouse.com - and "one of America's Scariest Halloween Attractions" (Travel Channel) New for 2011: PITTSBURGH ZOMBIES, a tribute to our living dead legacy.
The ScareHouse was voted as the #1 haunted house in the world by Tophaunts.com - one of America's Top 3 haunts by both Haunted Attraction magazine and HauntedHouseRatings.com - featured in the pages of Fangoria, Money, Funworld, and Pittsburgh magazines - profiled online by AOL, Forbes, and many other websites - and highlighted in two national tv shows airing on Travel Channel: "America Haunts" and "America's Scariest Halloween Attractions."
KDKA TV previewed our new attraction for 2011: Pittsburgh Zombies! Click here to check out the report from Jim Lokay.
From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Halloween Heavies have new tricks up their sleeves. Click here for the full story.
From Gorestruly.com: It's Hauntin Season! Click here for more.
Are you prepared for Pittsburgh's Walking Dead Apocalypse? Tickets, directions, and more information is available at www.scarehouse.com
The ScareHouse is Pittsburgh's Ultimate Haunted House - www.scarehouse.com - and "one of America's Scariest Halloween Attractions" (Travel Channel) New for 2011: PITTSBURGH ZOMBIES, a tribute to our living dead legacy.
The ScareHouse was voted as the #1 haunted house in the world by Tophaunts.com - one of America's Top 3 haunts by both Haunted Attraction magazine and HauntedHouseRatings.com - featured in the pages of Fangoria, Money, Funworld, and Pittsburgh magazines - profiled online by AOL, Forbes, and many other websites - and highlighted in two national tv shows airing on Travel Channel: "America Haunts" and "America's Scariest Halloween Attractions."
The ScareHouse is Pittsburgh's Ultimate Haunted House and "one of America's Scariest Halloween Attractions" (Travel Channel) New for 2011: PITTSBURGH ZOMBIES, a tribute to our living dead legacy.
The ScareHouse was voted as the #1 haunted house in the world by Tophaunts.com - one of America's Top 3 haunts by both Haunted Attraction magazine and HauntedHouseRatings.com - featured in the pages of Fangoria, Money, Funworld, and Pittsburgh magazines - profiled online by AOL, Forbes, and many other websites - and highlighted in two national tv shows airing on Travel Channel: "America Haunts" and "America's Scariest Halloween Attractions."
The ScareHouse reviews? Pittsburgh's Ultimate Haunted House has been called "one of America's Scariest Halloween Attractions!" (Travel Channel) and ranked as one of the country's Top 3 Haunted Houses by Haunted Attraction Magazine and HauntedHouseRatings.com.
The ScareHouse was voted as the #1 haunted house in the world by Tophaunts.com - featured in the pages of Fangoria, Money, Funworld, and Pittsburgh magazines - profiled online by AOL, Forbes, and many other websites - and featured in two national tv shows airing on Travel Channel: America Haunts and America's Scariest Halloween Attractions.
The ScareHouse offers three haunts for just one price: The Forsaken, Delirium 3-D, and new for 2011: Pittsburgh Zombies. “Pittsburgh’s Ultimate Haunted House” is located just minutes from downtown and open on select dates from late September through Halloween. Visit www.scarehouse.com for tickets and more information.
Visit www.scarehouse.com for continuing coverage from Pittsburgh's Zombie Apocalypse!
One of America's Best Haunted Houses presents a new haunted attraction this October: PITTSBURGH ZOMBIES. The ScareHouse - "Pittsburgh's Ultimate Haunted House" - has been featured on Travel Channel, AOL News, Forbes, and Fangoria -and named as America's #3 MUST SEE Haunted house by Haunted Attraction Magazine The ScareHouse offers three haunts for just one price: The Forsaken, Delirium 3-D, and new for 2011: Pittsburgh Zombies. Located just minutes from downtown and open on select dates from September 23rd through October 30th. Visit www.scarehouse.com for tickets, directions, and more information.
Don't let another zombie apocalypse ruin your day! Because now there's Zom B Off!
The ScareHouse, one of America's Best Haunted Houses, presents a new haunted attraction devoted to Pittsburgh's Living Dead Legacy: PITTSBURGH ZOMBIES. Only at The ScareHouse, named as one of Amercia's Scariest Halloween attractions by travel channel - and America's #3 "must see" haunt by Haunted Attraction magazine.
