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Halloween is filled with many special events and haunted house experiences throughout the Chicagoland area. While conventional wisdom holds that Halloween is for kids, the fact of the matter is that many adults never "grow out" of their love for all things frightening and scary. So where do you go in the region to get your thrill on? Here below we present BOI Magazine's annual Halloween Guide to the best spots in the area.
A renewed and re-styled Halloween celebration comes to The Loop as Daley Plaza becomes Franken Plaza featuring pumpkin carving, mask decorating, daily performances by Midnight Circus, Spunn, and Pyrotechniq, the new Monstro-City haunted house and weekend evening showings of classic movies. And it's all FREE! Thru October
31 Movies (@ 6pm)
(BYOChair): The Fear Haunted
House @ Navy Pier "The Captain has traveled the globe in search of the darkness. Under his command, the captain's crew has captured the most feared creatures known to man. Chained in shipping containers, these beasts claw for their freedom and wait for their revenge" during this Halloween season at Navy Pier. Thru November
2 "Haunted
Sanitarium" @ Theater on the Lake Theater on the Lake was actually once used as a sanitarium and so it is a most appropriate setting for a presentation of Halloween frights. Small groups wander through scary rooms, each with its own theme, including an Egyptian tomb, graveyard, and a demented clown's test lab. A waiting area features refreshments and scary films. Line up by 10:30pm for the final performance each night. Thru November
1 Disturbed
II @ Oracle Theatre "Disturbed III" is not exactly a haunted house, but this 15-minute horror play is just as terrifying. The audience remains stationary in a confined space as the disturbing, multi-sensory action pops out at them. The play is enhanced with video projection, sound and special effects. Shows begin every 30 minutes. Thru November
1 Fright Fest
2008 @ Six Flags Great America One of the biggest Halloween celebrations in the metropolitan area, Fright Fest takes over the Gurnee amusement park this coming weekend and next. "Thrills By Day" is targeted for families and kids while "Chills By Night" turns up the fright intensity with four Haunted Houses, including The Mausoleum of Terror and Studio 13. Shows will include Susan Rosen- Mistress of Mesmerism and the musicals, Dr. Fright's Dead Man's Party and Love at First Fright. Fright zones will include Necropolis:Haunted City of the Dead and Tinseltown Terror. Eat live superworms, night crawlers, grasshoppers, snails and silkworms in order to get front-of-the-line access to the rides. Thru November
2 Ticket Prices
at the Park: $54.99. Dream Reapers
Haunted House Amidst 14,000 square feet of darkened space in 22 rooms, restless souls and grudge-holding goblins roam around in nooks and crannies while actors and actresses, augmented by more than 40 high-tech animatronics, play grisly characters lurking around every corner. Mix in Dream Reapers' signature scents based on each room's theme and those in attendance experience sensory bombardment and overload. Thru November
1 Statesville
Haunted Prison and City of the Dead Visitors become prisoners and get to experience bloody terror that is unleashed upon them by the escaped criminal "inmates" of Statesville Prison. You will find your way through the prison's dark ancient walls, into thirty of the prison's maximum-security cells, and encounter over 200 of the most dangerous monsters ever imprisoned. A visit to City of the Dead, a separate house on the same grounds that offers a macabre look at the underworld, is included in the cost. Thru November
1 Eleventh Hour
Haunted House @ Berthold's Garden Center Three haunted houses are presented this year, including Intensity, Evil Intensions and Eleventh Hour. Thru November
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