The Shallow Grave

Very good go every year. Ever sense I have went to the shallow grave Halloween horror nights and hallow scream have not been the same. Because the shallow grave is way better an a lot scarier. I would recommend anyone to go here if like to be scared. Also be prepared to be touched and your legs grabbed from people hidden under tables.

Soooo much better than Halloween Horror Nights! The houses are incredibly detailed and even smelled scary! The actors are allowed to touch you and stalk you room to room. Larger than life characters and scare tactics! I’ve never heard a group of college boys scream so loud in my life!

This is the best haunted house I’ve ever been to in Florida! Awesome effects, dedicated scare-​actors, and an incredibly immersive experience. Both houses were excellent (not to mention affordable). This was totally worth the drive out to Winter Haven from Orlando. Well done!!! Happily traumatized – signing out!

The only reason I gave this 4 stars is because I hold haunted houses at the standard of Netherworld in Norcorss, GA. With that said, this is a great haunt overall and we had a great time.
For those who don’t know, there are two haunts the original haunt Haunted Hills and the newer haunt ADHD. The themeing is great quality and can rival haunts like Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, Busch Gardens Howl-​O-​Scream, and Netherworld. They used the perfect blend of prop scares and live scares. They let you enter in as groups of 6 and the space them out enough to where we did not run into anyone else in both haunts.
Outside the haunt there are scareactors roaming the lines and food trucks are available on property. Parking is across the street in a field so wear comfortable shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty.
My only grip about the attraction is, it’s too short. I was hoping for a long attraction. Longer than HHN and Howl-​O-​Scream haunts… It maybe takes you the same amount of time to get through Legends: A Haunting in Old Town for each haunt here at Shallow Grave (15−20min).
I would recommend anyone visiting or who lives in Orlando to visit. It’s a drive down I4 towards and maybe 15mins away from the I4 exit.
***UPDATE***
I’m changing my stars from 1 star to 5 stars. I went again Halloween weekend and I can’t deny that this haunt is one of the best around. I take back what I said earlier, this IS at the standards of Netherworld and maybe better, especially when you take into consideration they really want you to enjoy your experience by pulsing 5 to 6 people in a group. THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE HERE!!! I can rate this haunt over my fave (Netherworld) because I was able to experience the haunt with my group only and the story was able to be told. I love this place and I tell everyone I can about it.

I’m a horror fanatic who has been to quite a few independent haunts, as well as attending HowlOScream and HHN frequently. Let me tell ya that it’s hard to scare me anymore, cause I’ve been going for so long, but the Shallow Grave changed all that when I decided to visit their haunt during off season earlier this year. They were having a bloody Valentine weekend special and when I arrived I was overly impressed with this haunt, the scareactors, the atmosphere, everything was top notch! If you love being frightened, this is definitely your type of spot, it’s not for the faint of heart, so fiends beware, you’re gonna be in for a frightening scare!

This is coming from a veteran haunter here! Being in the industry for years I was excited to check this haunt out! It takes a lot to scare me and I mean a lot. Their acting, misdirection, and set design was stellar that I forgot I was in a haunted house and felt like I was right in the middle of a horror flick and I was the next victim! I went opening night and most haunters will tell you opening night is never good. Boy was I fooled! They were on point from start to finish.
The only lack or area I felt was the line que interaction with the actors. I only saw about 4 actors and would love to see more actors with just a little more crazy chaos.
Overall though they get 5stars as being the best or one of the best in Florida. Their bar is set pretty high as I could see and can’t wait to see what they bring next!
I’m thinking one more trip to The Shallow Grave before season is over!!!

I highly recommend as you will get 2 haunted houses (larger than the Busch Gardens or Universal houses) without the hassle, long lines and expense.
I’ve been looking for a scarier experience than the Corporate (Busch/​Universal) Halloween events and was pleased. You can expect scarier and much more aggressive actors, all the while I recognized many of the sets from the houses that Universal (or Busch Gardens haunted dollhouse) that are not in use this year. Great business model and all the better for people wanting a more frightening experience.

Wow! This was by far my most favorite haunted house experience! This is coming from a person who is never usually scared at the themepark hunted houses.
I came here this past weekend. Everything is located and staged in an old giant warehouse.
To me, theme park haunted houses are so predictable and people are just conveyored in one after the other so there’s not much element of surprise. Maybe startled a few times, but that’s it. However, at this location, I was scared the entire time.
There are two haunted houses. At the time we were there, the wait in line was a quick one hour. The wait was worth it.
The staff is really good at spacing out groups into small chunks so it feels like you’re all alone there. It looks like they rent most of their equipment/​props from the Florida theme parks and create their own unique theme out of that. It was a approximately 10 minutes per haunted house with an experience better then I’ve ever had at any haunted house.
Warning: if you don’t like people in your personal space, too bad. It will be invaded by the murderous villains roaming in/​around the waiting lines and in the haunted house. In other words, they may grab at you. It makes the experience all the more fun since you feel like you were being chased down by a killer. I don’t want to give too much away though. Experience it for yourself.
It was so fun!!! :-)

I’m a huge haunted house fan. I said I was going to write a review when I went out here for Halloween but after Valentine’s Day, I definitely have to.
I’ve been to many houses, including Netherworld in Georgia. I thought Netherworld was great and knew it would be a while before anything could beat it. Little did I know that less than a month later, little ol’ Shallow Grave would blow it out of the water (I still love Netherworld for its own reasons, don’t think I’m hating on Netherworld)
It is in BFE, but well worth the drive. The price is amazing for what you get (we do the combo passes) and for how little you have to wait in line.
I never get scared, I just enjoy people’s reactions and the sets and etc. That being said… Shallow Grave made me jump a few times. I don’t have anything bad to say about it… So let me list why I love it.
1) The lines move quickly. And you are sent in with the group you came with. No shuffling people through like cattle the way the big amusement parks do. It means nothing is ruined by seeing something happen to the group in front of you.
3) The costumes, sets, etc. are done very well.
4) The people are sooo friendly. From the people selling tickets, to the people ushering at the front of the houses, to the owner who was willing to sit and talk to me about the plans for Valentine’s Day and moving and etc. The actors are willing to take pictures and have fun with you while you wait in line, which is a blast. One woman said they’re all volunteers and I think that’s great. They are a wonderful bunch of people.
5) The sets aren’t just boring walk through. There are parts where you think maybe the floor is broken and you’re going to fall. At one point I literally got slammed against the wall by an alligator/​dragon because I wasn’t paying attention. Creatures lightly brush your leg or someone grabs at your hair as you walk by unexpectedly. Some parts you have to crawl. It’s the best.
This is a brilliant house, as small as it is. I can’t wait to follow it as it moves and grows into something big as people learn about it. I was having so much fun I was laughing so hard I was crying and could hardly breathe.
Parking is easy, there are port-​o-​johns, usually a food truck and a vendor selling things, and for Halloween there was a radio station. Such a lovely way to spend the night. Bravo, Shallow Grave. You all contribute to why Halloween is my favorite time of year.

I’ve been to this haunt for the past 2 years since they opened in October 2013. Then it was only one house. Perfect! Last year, they opened again with the same house, but added a second house! Perfect! Wonder why I am writing a review during February? Well, the haunt was open for Friday the 13^th & Valentine’s Day this past weekend. I was absolutely thrilled to hear this because I love this haunt a lot!
I didn’t go on Friday because Saturday (Valentine’s Day) the haunt was a no light experience. You walk in a group of up to 5 guests through the house in darkness. Granted someone gets a glow stick halfway through the house. The houses were the same, but some scenes have changed.
Dianna’s review provides great components of the haunt, so I won’t repeat what she said about the effects & such. I want to provide my true honest experience about this haunt though. These scare actors are no joke & they take their roles very seriously! This is a great thing because you are not safe while in these houses. I started at AD/​HD during Valentine’s Day. It was so dark indeed, but the light up Exit signs provided some light. It was so intense during the walk-​through, my group stopped for a few seconds so we can catch our breaths from screaming lol. The last scenes of this house is the best ever in my opinion. NO SPOILERS, sorry. All I can say is thank you to all those actors in the end of AD/​HD for scaring me to death lol.
The other house: Haunted Hills, was great too. This was like my fifth time going through this haunt, but not in darkness. To be honest, I was more scared this time around than ever before! I almost had to quit the house because I was too terrified lol. I had to lead the group and I had a glow stick. Using that glow stick to find my way in darkness and actors and other things popping into the light was the most terrifying thing ever!!!
I highly recommend this haunt to everyone because it is worth the trip. They plan on operating in the fall of 2015. The Haunted Hills house will be reconstructed to a whole new house. AD/​HD plans to be the same. Another thing I want to mention is, this haunt takes their time letting people in. You will go in small groups of 5 through the houses and will not be rushed. It is like a maze. I think it takes about 10 minutes to go through each house.
Some tips: Paying on site? CASH-​ONLY. Purchase online, but there is a small fee.
FREE PARKING! Going to the potty at the site? Be careful because the scare actors will get you at the porta potty. Trust me; I saw them taunt someone inside lol.
I want to thank everyone for making this haunt a truly awesome place! Everyone works so hard to make it work. This was the best Valentine’s Day ever! I’ll be back in fall for the next haunts.

I was –very– pleased that the Shallow Grave was going to be opened for Valentine’s Weekend, since I didn’t get to see them during the Halloween season. They have 2 houses: Hill House and ADHD, and both were on point.
They start out with a queue out front, and actors interact with you in line. This is a trick I’ve seen more than a few haunts do, but only a few haunts do it well, and I get to add TSG to that list. With characters that are dedicated to the craft of the scare, they go after the right kind of guest. It’s quite fun to watch.
The first House I went into was ADHD, an amalgam of large scale monsters at the opening, spiders and snakes, mixed with triple flash strobe, bright lights, clowns and well timed startles, this is a house that, yes, made very little sense in the aspect of a story but was a lot of fun when you’re going through with a group of young girls who scream and giggle at every little thing. Kudos for the clown maze and the burley-​Q clown who was flirty and frightening and the creep show clown with the triple faces.
The 2^nd house was the top notch experience, the sets were far more cohesive and told a bit of a story, at least through the first portion of the house. Large puppets, Good drop door scares, people in boo holes where you don’t expect them to be, and of course, the unexpected… they touch you! Yes, it amplifies things when the actors can touch you! I loved that.
Granted many of the rooms, many of the scenes made me thing of HoS Past/​Present houses, but they were all very well executed. The make up was all done well, and the costuming was excellent. The actors are all … get this. VOLUNTEERS! That impressed me the most, that these people are donating their time. Have to say that I would come back if I’m able to during haunt season.
Parking was free — but coming from Tampa, and using the toll way, cost $ 4.00, so be aware. Also know that it’s CASH Only.

This is a seasonal haunted house attraction in Winter Park/​Auburndale through the month of October. We took a gamble and made the trek from Tampa on a Thursday night, and I must say it was great!
I am a horror freak with a pretty high tolerance for fear. I’ve seen practically every horror movie ever made and did not find Busch Gardens’ Howl O Scream very scary at all. However, this one gave me a run for my money. First of all, they only send small groups of six through at a time. (Already they have HOS beat.) Then, you literally have to figure out how to get through the houses, dodging obstacles and actors as well. Chances are, you WILL get touched, grabbed, maybe even smacked in the head. Not sure if they do it on purpose, but they have to realize it. Not that I’m complaining. The things that scared me usually popped out right in front of me and blocked my way, like a hissing snake or a bush woman. Or that miniature clown. At one point, someone reached out from the floor and grabbed my ankle. Another time, someone stroked the back of my neck. Creepy! I also got stalked by the grandma demon from Insidious, which was awesome.
The location is a little out of the way, but not too far off I-​4. It’s got a central Florida country kind of vibe, but is very well-​organized with police directing traffic and helping people cross the street. The big guys doing security were super friendly. We went specifically before the weekend the avoid lines, and avoid we did. No more than 5 minutes a piece for each of the two houses. My only complaint is that it is a little pricey at $ 15/​house or $ 25/​both, with a convenience charge for credit cards (cash only on site, credit online). But I think it’s a good thing because the people who come really want to be there.
We wished they had sold food, since everyone around the area closes kind of early, but that’s okay. A food truck would be a good idea on busier nights.
If you love horror and are not afraid of a little more «adventurous» an experience, try this one! The trip will be worth it.