The Fear Experience Haunted House

Great haunted house but took only 45 minutes to go through the whole thing with the immediate pass including the zombie warfare. Hopefully they expand on it in the future. Beats Scarehouse in acting and setup although Scarehouse slightly wins in décor. Best haunted house I’ve been to though.
It only loses points in the zombie warfare. Super short and made way too easy.

You can smell the fear in the air! No wait I mean the smell of piss. This place stunk so bad it ruined the entire experience.

This just plain sucks. The only reason this gets one star is because I have to give it at least one star and because the last house was alright.
If you ever plan on going to haunted houses on the weekend, just spend the extra $ 10 or so to buy the speed past. Also buy your tickets ahead of time online. It will make things go fast. I hate waiting now in lines.
They don’t space out the groups enough, so you end up literally walking in a line through out the 4 houses, which blows. It takes away from any chance of being «scared. Maybe we needed to come on a less busy night so they could space out the groups better.
During the course of the 4 house, we could smell soiled kitty litter. It was nasty. Also some of the «monsters» had nasty body odor.
The last house was pretty alright. They used strobe lights… a lot of them and fog. It was rad because you would blink then boom a creature was in your face.
They missed a lot of opportunity in the four houses. A lot of places where «actors» could have jumped out to scare us.
Don’t go here if you wanna be scared. Come here if you wanna be ripped off.

The scariest thing in this place is the wait in line.
Now, big crowds are good for business and to their credit, the wait is indoors. But the long wait was not worth it. I’ve always been a big fan of haunted houses. Some are good, most are awful. Unfortunately, this one fits into the later category. Immediately upon entry you are blasted with extremely loud rock music. It felt more like a grunge bar scene than a haunted house. After an hour in line we finally reach the first of 5 «haunted houses». The sets are ok, that is until you look up and are reminded that you’re inside of an old department store with drop ceiling. Also, you can still hear the blaring rock music which doesn’t help with the ambiance. They let each group go about 20 seconds after one another. Which means that you inevitably run into the group ahead of you, ruining any chance at any jump scares. This is the biggest ruiner of haunted houses. By the end of each house, it’s just a long line of people walking through the end of it. The final haunt (the circus themed one) was the least terrible. They play with your senses a bit, which I thought was good. But that was short lived.
Then there was the Zombie laser shooting part, which I was most looking forward to. They are on to something fun, but it was over in about 5 minutes, no exaggeration. If they scraped all of the other houses and made one big zombie laser shooting maze, in which you pay extra to be the only group inside of for a while, then they may have something. I would pay good money for that.
Overall, for the price, I cannot recommend this place. If you want a decent haunted house, with good ambiance and less crowds, go to the Mansfield Reformatory haunted house or the Akron Haunted school house.

It was fun. The three houses had some really cool stuff inside. We also did the Zombie Warfare, which IMO went a little to fast, but still very fun. The video for Zombie Warfare hyped it up a little more then what it really was though. If you get there 30-​mins before doors open and get in line, the wait is not too bad. Total time without the wait added was roughly one-​hour which was three houses and ZW. At the end there is a photo op with one of the characters which was free and the photo is sent to your phone via text.

We went on a Saturday night, the first weekend it opened so decided to get the immediate access tickets, which cost $ 45. We went to the front of the line for the first house, but you still have to wait for the remaining 3 houses. They push groups through too fast, and we caught up with the group in front of us every time. When we tried to slow down, the group behind us caught up. It’s mostly props and there didn’t seem to be a lot of actors inside, the few we saw were up high or out of sight really, no one around to scare you. It wasn’t dark inside so you could still clearly see the ceiling of the building which took away from the experience. It’s really disappointing to be one of the 13 scariest in the country, good marketing, terrible haunted house. Save your time and money and just go somewhere else.

I hate to go with a 2 star, but I was just so underwhelmed. Watching the videos, I was prepared to be scared. Appreciating the makeup video, I knew I’d have a shock, a shiver, a jump outta my sneakers. Nope, zip, nothing.
I went last evening (Sat) around 8pm and just missed the rush!
No wait to go in, a brief (10min) wait to purchase tickets, although I could have purchased them online and avoided the 10 min… But if you don’t get a Fast or Immediate pass… don’t do it… Not worth it… My wait was almost an hour in a line maze like Cedar Point.
Sure, a cool, creepy zombie passed thru the line to pass time, but heck, not enough of it.
Once in the first house, it only takes about 10 minutes to get through. Zombies jump out at you and bang the walls for effect. Settings and scenes are pretty cool, but in the great scheme of things, TERRIBLY over rated!
…to make matters worse, the groups were pushed through too quickly, so crap, by the time we got to the third house, the group before us was right in front of us, so forget the fact that we KNEW what was going to jump out… The poor actors didn’t have a chance to go back into hiding and we knew where they would jump from, go Game Over.
Can I get my money back… At least half since half if my journey was ripped from me?
When we left, the line was crazy long just to get in, so don’t go late and definitely not on a weekend. Not Even worth the Wait!
Pass, next! Not going here again!

The Zombie Warfare area wasn’t to bad but they pushed groups through to close together. There were a few spots where my group didn’t know which way to turn. We ended up going the wrong way and the actors got out of character to tell us which way to go. Then someone in the group in front of allegedly pushed a clown. So security felt the need to follow my group. Which was a real buzz kill. Also there was no soap in the bathroom.

i must say i have bin to plenty of haunted houses and they was all corny so me and my wife decide to save up the money to take a trip to go to a really good one. well then we saw some advertisement for this one and decide ok lets give a local place one last chance (omg) they blew us away with the workmanship of this place and the actors it was dead on from the time we got out of are car to the time we got back in it to go home 100% hands down happy we decide to give ohio one last chance .cant wait for next year you guys seem to pull off something new every time to mess with are heads :)

By far, the best haunted house I have been to. 4 haunted houses together. People were dropping like flies heading for the exits. The couple in front of me, who I kept accidentally running into, didn’t even notice because they were in a zombie like state by the end. Everyone looked spent coming out. The acting was superb and the actors never broke character even when their friends and family came through to see them. The last haunted house, District 13, I could have done without which was just strobe lights and lasers and me getting dizzy. But other than that, great job. Try to go with a group. I only went with my husband but by the end we and the few groups ahead of us and behind were nearly family, and we had a great time getting each other riled up.

I’m not sure what to say about The Fear Experience. Being frightened is pretty subjective so what might make me pee my pants from sheer terror will make another person shrug in indifference. Having a hard time choosing 2 or 3 stars. I guess its a 2.5 rating.
Whatever fear that might have been induced was worn away by my impatience after waiting in line for 90 minutes (at 9pm on a Friday, so the wait wasn’t a surprise). First, you wait in line to purchase a ticket (although you can buy them online and save yourself the wait). The cost for tickets is: $ 22 for general admission, $ 32 for a «fast pass» ticket which is shown as being ¼ of the wait time, or $ 42/​ticket which gets you to the front of the line immediately. I would have gladly paid the extra $ 10 or $ 20 to skip waiting in line. I think if you go when the Fear Experience opens (at 7pm, i think) or on a Sunday you might have better luck with the wait time. Once you have a ticket, you proceed to another room with roped off queues. And then you can enjoy heavy metal and a fog machine for the duration of your wait (and annoying groups of teenagers if you’re unlucky).
They had 3 scary looking characters wandering through the lines trying to scare people (and/​or to take pictures with people).
There are no bathrooms available while you’re waiting in line. There was a small concession table where you can buy bags of skittles or soda, etc. while you’re in line, and some concessions outside the building.
There are 4 separate themed haunted houses and you go through all of them. I think one was traditional haunted house, then a mental institution, a carnival and some kind of apocalypse sort of thing. I think the set design was really well done. They were detailed and impressive (and creepy). That being said, it was difficult to impossible to see during a some of it as it was totally dark. You’re just fumbling around with your hands trying to figure out where to go. I was mostly scared about slamming my face into a wall or losing my group. That was more annoying than scary for me. It took us about 20 minutes to get through all 4 haunted houses.
The people wielding chainsaws were legitimately scary as you can feel the heat from the chainsaw (and huff gas fumes as a nice bonus). The actors (is that what I’m supposed to call them?) were well costumed/​made up. I felt there were fewer actors in each successive haunted house. There wasn’t any touching or grabbing by the actors. They definitely get in your personal space but nothing inappropriate. If you’re going first, you’re going to be surprised and frightened the most (I guess that’s probably obvious). I was last in our group and was scared only about 20% of the time and I am definitely not a bad ass in any way.
I think they do a decent job for the large amount of space they’re filling. It’s a big place. I guess it all depends on how easily frightened you are.
I’d say it’s worth it if you don’t have to wait in line forever first.

I’m surprised to see such low reviews. I went there with my boyfriend at approximately 7pm (when they open) this past Friday night. Tickets cost roughly 20 bucks per person. We waited in line at the actual houses for about 20 minutes. Not bad for a Friday night close to Halloween.
I’ve never been to a haunted house before, so I didn’t know what to expect. I’ve been on a haunted hay ride, which was amusing, but not so scary for me. It’s usually hard to scare or startle my boyfriend and me given our law enforcement background, but boy was I wrong here.
This house was making me jump and scream with every few feet! I went in head first before my boyfriend, so I tended to hit the ghouls first which dulled his surprise. When I told him to go ahead of me a few times he was very cautious, going slow and looking around for surprises and people, which is why he probably didn’t get as scared as me. So my advise here is to get the best scare, don’t pay too much attention or caution, and you’ll get the best effect! Secondly, it was only a matter of time before you caught up to the group ahead of you which is no fun because your group isn’t getting scared as much, so I also recommend taking a 30 second to one minute break if you get caught up with a group ahead of you. I also recommend taking your time paying attention to all the rooms’ details. They really did a great job with it. It’s tempting when the «fight-​or-​flight» hormones kick in when you want to run out of a room, but relax and take your time looking at all the gory and creepy props in each room.
Lots of elements and attention to detail they put in each exhibit. Strobes where very disorienting which made you feel deeply frightened on a physiological level because I started to get very dizzy. Was so cool. Loud noises and smells of gasoline from chainsaws where everywhere and truly made for a horrific scenario, as where the effects from air machines blowing in your face and startling you as you walk through each corridor. Acting was very good from most of the actors. As I was impressed at this, too.
My only complaint was that it ended a little too quickly, but if you take some of my advice you should enjoy the Fear Experience!

Super lame haunted house. Spent more time waiting in line than in the actual exhibits. Though the idea of having four separate houses was cool, all were lame, and the experience would have been better if the actors from all four houses had been put into one smaller one. The absolute worst of the houses was the «post apocalypse» one, which in an attempt to be disorienting, had a strobe light and loud music the entire time. Instead of making things scarier, it just lead to the inability to see anything in the show, including the actors who were supposed to scare you. This place is nothing at all like it is advertised on the website, and should be avoided, especially given the steep ticket price of $ 22.

Totally worth it!
We went on a Friday night about 10 pm. Line for tickets was 10 minutes, line to get into the houses was about 30. I thought looking at the front of the four houses they would be quick walkthroughs, but there were a lot of twists, turns, and dead ends that made it a good 10 – 15 minutes each.
Lots of «Jump out and scream in your face» actors, but plenty of other scares, too. The last house was by far the best. I’ll absolutely have nightmares for a while.
My favorite part was the attention to details in all the houses. There was one acres who must have been a contortionist and she was perfect!
My only suggestion is that screaming isn’t the only way to frighten people. Sometimes a creepy muttering or a whisper is far more effective.

I gave my daughter options of what she would like to do go to a movie, dinner, or a haunted house. Haunted house it is, her friend came along to, I call her Smashley. I picked the girls up, they were very excited and couldn’t sit still in the backseat, I started to feel like a kid again myself. They preserve my youth. We get to the place where Value City Furniture once reigned supreme many many moons ago, it was a dark and dreary night, perfect for a haunted house.
Standing in line a woman with a rather large group of teenagers approached us and asked if we would like to buy 4 tix, she had extra from her group on deal, there were four of us, perfect. 10 $ a piece was what we got in for, can’t beat that with a spiked baseball bat.
At this point my daughter is a little weary of what to expect, she’s closer to me now disregarding her friend altogether. By now she doesn’t want to go, were next up in line. As we enter, she’s forcing me to hug her and I do happily like any father would. She’s pretty much speechless and emotionless through the whole tour, until she sees the exit. She darted out like Barry Sanders seeing a sliver in the line to jet through. I didn’t have the heart to force her to go through the other 3 houses.” Never again Dad,” she said to me. I agreed.

I went on opening Friday the 19^th at 10p and there were no lines — there were really no more than a dozen people. There were lots of ropes however which indicates they do expect long, long lines at some point. Got my $ 22 ticket discounted to $ 12 via a Living Social deal. It took about 40 minutes to go through the 4 separate themed houses — no lines anywhere though. The first house was my favourite. Actually I would rank them in the order that you go through them.
Mental hospital. Carnival. All the sets were really well done — lot of thought and creativity went into them. The actors and staff were all nice. There were actors throughout all the houses jumping out or doing a «skit» all over the place — around and above you. At one point an actor ran in to me and then popped up later in front of me to apologise. I recommend this place. I think it’s better than the other nearby options.

We had fun here!!! The haunted houses are scary, very well put together and the actors were great! We were actually surprised by how good the actors were. This was worth the money, but maybe not worth the over 2 hour wait. If we didn’t wait 2 hours, I would have rated this higher!

For what it was, it was good. It got you out of the house to have some fun with friends. Far better than last year I hope they keep improving

I really do not even know where to begin with this.
I have never been to a haunted house before so I was not sure what to expect. I was under the impression that the actors jump out and startle you and that was about it. I wasn’t prepared for the rough grabbing, pulling, cornering, and dragging that happened.
My friend and I made it about 5 minutes into the first house. That is as far as we got. We were grabbed by our ankles at one point. I shook loose, my friend was tripped and then dragged (she has the scrape on her knee to prove it) We then went into the butcher area where we were cornered. My friend grabbed one of their rubber gloves and threw it at the actor. After that, one of the actors came and snatched her screaming at her and dragged her out of the room. unsure if this was part of the act or not, i followed. She was being thrown out.
Upset, we went to the ticket counter and wanted our money back considering we got booted for bogus reasons and they refused. Their 16 year old bad ass security guard yelled at us all the way to the door, with the butcher actor behind us yelling

THREE HOUR LINE. 12 minutes of flashing lights and people dressed up in costumes. It might be scary to 12 year olds, but I would not pay $ 16 for this. I was scared once by someone jumping in front of me unexpectedly. Everything else is rather predictable. The line is long, the lighting is dim, and you end up being tired by the time you get into the haunted house. If you do want to go, then pay the extra money to skip the line. The line doesn’t move fast, because they wait five minutes in between groups of people. On the plus side, none of the actors tried to grope anybody.