Screamin Acres

Just went. It was worth $ 20 compared to other haunted houses which are shorter for the same price. TiPS: 1) DON’T waste your money to get the fast pass because you will still have to wait in between two attractions, so they can try to space groups out 2) Wear closed toe shoes because the flooring is very uneven AND you will get stepped on 3) Pee before hand (no bathroom breaks!!) 4) Move your a**! They want people in and out, by standing around you slow down the entire show and you ruin the scary parts for the people behind you. 5) This isn’t for kids, dj playing death metal and the actor (clown makeup) who was in control of the lines between the two attractions was swearing like a sailor, as well as everyone in line. I also want to add that I went Friday night at approximately 8pm and was in and out in about an hour including wait time, I noticed many people saying they waited in line for over an hour. I was only in line for ten minutes and the actors entertained everyone in line, it’s not like we were all just standing doing nothing! They scared people, they talked to people, they even took a few photos with people!

I am hovering between 3 stars and 4 on this one. We went last Saturday night and while the parking lot didn’t look full, we waited in line for at least an hour. If I known that, we would’ve went with the $ 40 fast pass option (Normal price is $ 30). While waiting in line, haunted house goers have the (dis)pleasure of having a costumed DJ spinning probably the worst songs every put together. If you are a fan of Phil Collins followed up by GWAR, then this is the place for you. Honestly, this may have been the scariest part of our night.
And this is why I gave it 3 stars. Screaming Acres has 4 «settings» connected on the most part by a corn maze. I give them credit from a theatrics standpoint, some of the scenes were very creative. But, it all honesty, they didn’t create a scream or scare effect that I was yearning for. It more like walking through a sight seeing tour. And with only one minute of delay between groups, often times you are all crowded together, further detracting from the experience.
Special props goes to the Side Effects «scene». There you don special glasses and wander though a trippy, slightly disorienting setting. A very big thumbs down to the slaugtherhouse «scene». Filled with animal parts, it was the actual smell of rotting meat that was a major turn off.
With a bill of $ 120 for a group of four, i don’t think the scares and the screams quite matched up to the price point. Alot of hype… but not alot of horror.

Just came back from the screamin acres and had a blast! Everything was well put together and scary! The only thing is that the line was really long (waited for 1:15) and it was pretty dusty waiting in line!

3d part was cool. Attention to detail in the haunted house was impressive. The fast pass let us skip the fairly long line for not much more $. The spacing of groups sucked. We ran into the groups in front of us time after time which often meant the actors weren’t prepared for us when we came through.

As another reviewer stated — the cornfield is a bit lame — with few actors. The best part of it for me, was the side effects 3-​D area. So much potential with the corn maze, but it fell a bit short for me — seemed a little $$ for what you got.

I liked the concept of this place, but it needed more actors. The masks/​monsters that are on the billboards throughout Madison are the people you encounter while waiting in lines… that’s it. Major disappointment.
There were four attractions (concepts); the butcher shop, corn maze, haunted house, then side effects. The only one that was semi scary was the house. The rest needed more actors. Through the entire corn maze one person jumped out at you. ONE PERSON! If more actors were added, it would be worth the $ 20…until then I wouldn’t recommend it.