Scary Acres

Love this attraction! First is the hayride which is okay, just wish there were more people to pop out at you. But then is the corn maze which is amazing if your in a small group! It sucks if your in a big group because they only scare the front or the back. But it was the best one I went to this year.

Looking at some of the other reviews for this place it feels like people aren’t understanding the concept of the «5 Star System». We got 4 star reviews from people flat out admitting this place didn’t scare them. Or even talking about the corn maze where actors jump out and scare you in random spots … just like they do in literally every single haunt on the planet! And while other places actually spend time setting up a building with amazing sets and detail, this place is growning the same exact cornfield every year where kids just dodge behind cornstalks.
I went to Scary Acres in 2012. I’ll admit right now that I’m a very avid Haunt tourist so people might think that just because I’ve seen the best of the best means I’m not amused until I see it again. No! I give everyone a fair chance. Given the fact that most places have to build up a haunt from August through September and tear it all down in 2 weeks year after year, I would expect a permanent place to have something worth seeing. Confreda Farms owns and operates the attraction they keep up all year round and it is nothing more than a Hayride and a Corn Maze. And listen, if you like Corn Mazes then that’s fine I have nothing against you but just know that it is litterally the most effortless attraction to make especially when all they have is kids hiding in the stalks with no sets at all.
But let me begin with my experience. It was maybe 45 minutes until official operating time when I walked in and bought my VIP Front of the line Pass since I had plans on visting another attraction that night and didn’t want to wait in the hour long line that was already there. Couldn’t believe there was this many people already waiting at 6:15 so I thought maybe this place has something special. I’m like 8^th in the VIP Line when I realize all the kids in front of me are just friends of one of the actors on the hayride who got in for free. 45 minutes pass and the hayride wagon is running but shows no hint of letting us on. 20 Minutes pass and they finally let us on, no explaination for the wait. Wagon goes the first scene happens close enough to the wait line that everyone can tell exactly what happens. In fact they could have seen it better because our wagon pulled ahead of the set before the act started. The rest of the hayride was nothing more than under developed attempts at scenes (except the graveyard, that was decent) with actors trying too hard or not at all and either way everything could have easily been done differently to make it just a little bit better.
At one point I was feeling relief because towards the end they had this big giant haunted house structure that the wagon goes underneath. And on either side of the wagon are these big walls with speakers blaring music. Unfortunatley they were blaring «I Can’t Stop» by Flux Pavillion instead of … well anything somehow relative. Closer and closer you get to underneath the house and just when you think something might happen, it doesn’t. I understand that perhaps I caught a moment in where something was working or an actor was missing but the point is this; the biggest and most exciting piece of the entire attraction had NOTHING. And actor called out? Put someone else there. An animatronic is out? PUT AN ACTOR IN THERE! Do Something!
After the terrible hayride experience I was done. Not to mention the annoying 13 year old girls next to me screaming «Can I Have Your Number You’re Cute!» to every single actor on the ride. I really didn’t want to travel through a corn maze. I mean think of it this way: There’s hardly any light, no obsticles, kids in masks hiding behind corn stalks, no sets, no design, and it’s not even a maze! It’s a trail through a cornfield you can’t possibly get lost. I didn’t spend good money for that, I spent money for a show and if that sorry excuse of a hayride was the show then I want my money back. Anyway, you get off the wagon and lo and behold Another LINE! but it’s ok because they have this giant green house selling over priced candy and soda but you can’t go to it cause you have to wait in line soooo? Now out there I must have seen about 4 firemen on standby, 2 cops, and someone who looked like an EMT. They weren’t actors and I thought to myself «This town seriously has nothing to do». I wait in the line of (remember the very first group of the night) 12 people tops and this instructor guy with a flashlight and walkie talkie is freaking out over where exactly to have us all line up … even with the big giant «Entrance sign» hanging over the one open path into the corn we can see. I wait for about 3 minutes just watching this guy run around trying to tell everyone what to do when all he needed to do was simply tell the first people in line to enter the corn path.
I didn’t go into the corn maze.

Come here prepared to get scared. Its much more fun that way.
Trying to be a tough guy in this place is like being the Debbie-​downer at a shindig. Can you say party pooper? I ran into people like that on the hayride – ruined it for me. Comments like: «oh that’s not scary.» «Ha. you got scared?!» SERIOUSLY, just go home if you are going to be like that.
It was a bit chilly and crowded when we went there. We were all packed into a wagon for the hay-​ride. I’ll admit, it wasn’t too scary. If you are easy to scare or scream (like I was at the sound of chainsaws) then actors WILL hover over you and stare you down. Which is not only creepy– but super uncomfortable. Which, hey… I can’t complain, it’s kind of the point.
They then drop you off in the middle of the field. At one point you feel really jipped saying «That’s it?!?» Then you realize that there is this massive line going into the corn maze. After waiting in line to get into the hay ride, I wasn’t all too enthused having to wait in line again. After what seemed like a long time jumping up and down in the cold huffing warm smoke from my mouth… we got in.
The corn maze made everything worth it. The confusion of where to go and dark dead ends made it spooky. The uncertainty was the killer. Every now and again the actors would come up and scare you in the middle of you getting lost. It’s a bit of a downer if you are stuck or run into another group. So try to separate yourselves, you’re more bound to get your money’s worth. Overall the corn maze was the real seller. If they had removed it then it would have been a major flop.
Not sure if I would go again next year since I would probably expect all the old tricks.
It’s great for a first-​timer. Would definitely recommend for groups that don’t have a «tough guy» complex.

I went with my husband and we had such a great time. I wasn’t particularly scared during the hayride, but I still really enjoyed it. It was a good 20 minutes long and I was impressed with some of the infrastructure they put together for it.
But the corn maze… Now this was something that definitely did scare me. People popping out of corn. And it is good that they only let a few ppl in at a time so that the thing isn’t packed with ppl.
Overall, I’d say it was great! If you want to bring kids, I’d suggest not bringing them if they are too young. I saw several kids crying. Haha. It was a bit too traumatic for them.
This is totally worth the $ 20 and I would consider doing it again.

Pretty scary just not for us. Went there with my boyfriend around 7:30 on a Saturday night. There was a huge line, hundreds of people. I thought to myself «this place must be good» there were a lot more people than at other places. We opted to buy the VIP tickets to bypass the line which was a good thing because if I waited 2 hours for what I got I would have been the scariest thing there. The hayride was standard, nothing special but not bad. The issue I have is in the corn maze. We heard lots of action going on, chain saws, people screaming. But rarely if ever did we get a scare. It’s like because we were 2 guys no bother trying to scare us. I even came across one actor sitting down with the chain saw resting on a fence. For $ 30 a person I am pretty put off. We got much more scare for $ 18 per person at the new Spooky World in Cranston.

It was nice to go once, but I wouldn’t go again. We showed up at 6:30 to beat the crowds which turned out to be a smart idea as there were only 50 or so people in front of us and once the hayride officially started (a little after 7pm) we waited no more than 5mins. The hayride is fun but not very scary… it was an overcast night which made the cornfields look really spooky, but the lack of scary music meant I just sat there waiting for someone to jump up on the cart. After that you wait in line for a corn maze, and that was fun but my brother commented that it seemed like there were less actors than in the past. It wasn’t scary at all.
If I had waited more than an hour for this I would have been disappointed, but as we got there early and flew through the line I’ll say that it was enjoyable but more for small kids. Next year I’ll try somewhere else.

BOO! Did I scare you? No?
That’s OK, I’m not very scary. But the haunted hayride and corn maze at Scary Acres is! I came with a large group of friends and it was a great pre-​Halloween outing. With the online coupon code, it was $ 17 (including processing fee) for both the hayride and the corn maze. Do yourself a favor and buy yourself a ticket before you get there to avoid standing in two lines — and PRINT your ticket out to avoid internet glitches at the end of the line!
The hayride itself is pretty standard. People jump out at you, there are some creepy scenes. the wind rustling through the corn in the dark is eerie. If you’ve got younger kids, I recommend sitting in the inside seating of the hayride — that way nobody is jumping up RIGHT behind them! Unless you have really badass kids, in which case you should sit in the back of the hayride where the actors will jump up on and invite themselves right in. (The actors can’t touch you, so do them a favor and DON’T TOUCH THE ACTORS!)
The corn maze is cool and creepy. When we went it was a little empty of actors, but it was already after 11p — I am guessing some had gotten tired or gone home. We didn’t arrive until after 9p, getting there earlier might get you a better experience. Expect a wait — we waited a little over an hour to get on the hayride. It was worth it!

Man, I am in the wrong business! Went on Sunday, October 9, and there were thousands of people in line. It took us 2 hours after buying the ticket to actually get on the hayride. Costs $ 18, which I think is outrageous. Scary Hayride was OK. The Corn Maze is not a ‘maze’ per se — it’s just a trail that goes thru a field of corn. Yeah, people jump out and try to scare you, but it wasn’t $ 18 worth of scary, for sure.
I went a couple of years ago when it was $ 12, and swore I would never go back, but my niece wanted to go.