Be afraid! Be very afraid!
October 30, 2003
All Hallows Eve is upon us, and partygoers everywhere are looking to keep themselves entertained. Here’s a list of haunted houses in the area:
Kishwaukee Kiwanis Haunted House:
Hopkins Park Shelter House, 1403 Sycamore Road
Hours: 7 to 10:30 p.m. (open until Saturday)
Admission: $6 admission ($1 off coupon available at Web site)
Driving distance: 2.62 miles
Web: www.kish-kiwanis.com/haunted.htm
Nightmares Basement of the Dead:
42 W. New York St., Aurora (just west of Hollywood Casino, on the south side)
Admission: $10 (Saturday tickets will be $8)
Driving distance: 32 miles
Phone: 630-896-2466
Web: www.42fear.com
Statesville Haunted Prison:
17250 S. Weber Road, Crest Hill
Hours: 6:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday; 6:30 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Admission: $25
Driving distance: 54 miles
Phone: 877-SCARED2
Web: www.statesville.org
Features: 50 monsters, including Hannibal the Cannibal and Gacy the Killer Clown
Note: Children under 13 must be accompanied by a paying adult
Jonamac Orchard Haunted Corn Maze:
19412 Shabbona Road, Malta
Hours: From dark until 9:30 p.m.
Admission: $7 ($5 for kids age 6 to 12)
Driving distance: 8 miles
Phone: 815-825-2158
Web: www.jonamacorchard.com
Asylum of Mad Dreams:
103 N. Orange St., Morrison
Hours: 7 to 10 p.m. today; 7 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday
Admission: $7 (but if you want to skip the long line, buy a Dream Pass for $15)
Driving distance: 69 miles (southwest of DeKalb)
Phone: 800-638-4788
Web: www.asylumofmaddreams.com
Features: This asylum has plenty of ghouls to satisfy your senses, with 26 rooms and four long mazes
Dream Reapers Haunted House:
1985 N. Mannheim Road, Melrose Park
Hours: 7 to 10 p.m. today; 7 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Admission: $13 to $25
Driving distance: 57 miles
Phone: 708-344-2084
Web: www.hauntedhousechicago.com
Features: This house is known for its “sinister scents” that await the walker
Haunted Trails’ Frightmare 2003 at the Haunted Trails Amusement Center:
7759 S. Harlem Ave., Burbank
Hours: 6 to 10 p.m. today, 6 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Admission: $8
Driving distance: 66 miles
Phone: 708-598-8580
Web: www.frightmarehauntedhouse.com
Features: Two-story haunted house inside an amusement park, with a 600-foot maze and 12 different rooms
Eleventh Hour:
6214 S. Cass Ave., Westmont
Hours: 7 to 10 p.m. today; 7 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Admission: $10 a person or $15 for two (“R.I.P.” line-jumper passes can be bought for $30)
Driving distance: 50 miles
Web: www.eleventhhour.info
Features: Three terrifying attractions, including The Eleventh Hour (tornado), Intensity (subway crash) and the Third Demensia
Elgin Turners Haunted House:
112 Villa Street, Elgin (three blocks from riverboat casino)
Hours: 7 to 10:30 p.m. today; 7 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Admission: $8
Driving distance: 31 miles
Web: www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php?mode=Detail&id=154
Features: Walk up a blood-red staircase to the third floor for a maze full of monsters and ghouls (plus a bar area for “older” patrons, should they make it out alive)
Joliet Jaycees Haunted House of Terror 2003:
Jefferson Square Mall, 2450 Jefferson St., Joliet
Hours: 7 to 10 p.m. today; 7 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Admission: $10 general admission ($5 for kids under 12)
Driving distance: 69 miles
Web: www.jolietjaycees.com
Features: 16 rooms of terror monopolizing 16,000 square feet (proceeds benefit the local D.A.R.E. program)
McHenry Area Jaycees Haunted House:
Knox Park Barn on Route 31 in McHenry, 1/4 mile north of Bull Valley Road
Hours: 7 to 10 p.m. today through Saturday
Admission: $6 ($5 with a canned good)
Driving distance: 60 miles
Web: www.mchenryareajaycees.org/projects/hhouse03
Features: A terrifying barn converted into a haunted house; sure to be worth the drive (watch out for horrible clowns and werewolves ready to freak you out while you wait)