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Crosshairs Columbus
For the first time in quite a while, the haunted highway calls to us with that seductive siren’s song. We’ll head south tonight, leaving the great state of Michigan behind in favor of the October offerings of the Buckeye State. First, we’ll blaze a trail to Columbus where we’ll plow straight into chaos at Carnage Haunted House! Once free from…
Calling All Creeps
Two glorious weekends remain in the splendid month of October, and it seems the open road beckons to me once more. Realistically, what dates remain on the calendar will afford me 2-3 nights out. Where, oh where, shall we venture with our precious and limited time? With all of that in mind, never-before-seen haunts will be a priority. We may…
Wily Mistress, October
This blog has now been in existence for 11 years, and I’ve written about Halloween and haunted houses, in some fashion, for 16 years. Each and every haunt season is unique, and I must admit that 2022 has me feeling a mixture of emotions that range from exhaustion to nostalgia. Throughout the nine seasons between 2007-2015, I found myself on…
2022 Fear Finder
It seems that the Fear Finder will only be available digitally, just as it was last season. Print media has, of course, been in decline for the better part of two decades, and that trend was only hastened by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Safety concerns and uncertainty cast the 2020 haunt season into unprecedented chaos with many attractions…
Halloween Hologram
There’s a whirring in my head, a pounding in my chest. It’s All Hallow’s Eve once again, and here I sit at this hallowed hearth of memories, soaked in a blur of the past, present, and future. It doesn’t seem that a year has passed since last the veil was so thin. I remember stomping the pavement of my childhood…
Phantasm Melds Liquid Dreams
The final Word of the Week for the 2010 season was posted on Monday, October 18, 2010. The third installment in the Halloween themed Word of the Week has roots throughout the spectrum of scariness. For example it’s also the name of the 1979 cult horror film Phantasm which spawned three sequels over a nearly twenty year span. Author Edgar Allen Poe also put…
Jaycees Underwhelm, A Star is Born in Detroit
I’ve longed to share this Hallowblog entry to Horrorlust because no account of my haunted adventures would be complete without it. First zapped into existence on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, this trifecta of reviews told the story of a Thursday Night outing, headlined by the mysterious and elusive Demonic Demons of Detroit. That night has become canon in our haunted…
Erebus Blasts Back, Extreme Shenanigans
One of the things that jump out at me about this Hallowblog review is just how utterly crude and sophomoric our banter was at the time. I’ll admit that I’m a bit embarrassed by some of our behavior chronicled in this post; I even considered a number of edits, but ultimately, decided against it as to preserve the spirit in…
Hallow Hearts Cry Forest and Lunar
This Halloween-inspired entry in the Word of the Week series was originally posted Monday, October 11, 2010. I now present to you the second installment in the 2010 haunt themed Word of the Week. hallow [‘ha-lo] – verb: consecrate, revere.
Scream Machine Shuffles the Deck, Rain Postpones Visits
As you’ll read below, the 2010 haunt season began not quite with a bang. This Hallowblog entry from Sunday, October 10, 2010 is rare and perhaps even unique, due to the fact that it chronicled two separate outings and then previewed a third. Soggy weather, and at least one work schedule, would see that plans were shuffled mightily through the…
Caliginous Scenes in Autumn Lairs
Long ago, when blogging was yet a novel concept, I wrote a series called Word of the Week. I did this periodically throughout the year, but during the month of October, each entry would relate to words that, in one way or another, were evocative of horror and the Halloween season. This particular missive was originally posted on Wednesday, October…
Haunt Schedule Packed with Tantalizing Possibilities
This Hallowblog entry was originally published on Thursday, September 30, 2010, and as the title suggests, I was in full blown planning mode for a season that was about to kick off in earnest. As you’ll read below, my carefully crafted plans were already in flux due to various closures and one major fire that claimed the 2009 Haunt of…
2009 Haunt Awards
In this edition of Hallowblog Flashback, we revisit the best of the best from the 2009 haunt season. This was originally posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010. As you’re about to read, Bowbee’s Nightmare of Haunted Hollows in Armada won the lion’s share of accolades en route to being crowned Haunt of the Year. In a sad twist of fate, the…
Ghostly Grove Conjures October Treasure Trove
Abigail Appleseed may claim the woods of Ghostly Grove as her own, but no rumor of a curse would stop us from experiencing Pinckney’s latest haunted trail. Our group was in excess of 10 people and that was far too many to send at one time. So, my friends and I divided into two parties. The group decided that I was going…
Back in the Ghoulie Groove at Ghostly Grove
Personally, the 2020 haunted house season was a subdued one. However, it did produce one which stirred that special blend of magic and mystery. Ghostly Grove is located in Pinckney and first opened in 2018. The little-known village is no stranger to haunted hijinks. Pinckney is also home to the long-standing Terrorfied Forest & Manor. It also hosted the short-lived Dark Box…
2010 Haunt Season Looms for Haunt Trinity
The premiere edition of Hallowblog for the 2010 haunt season was originally published on Tuesday, September 14, 2010. This entry served double duty — it both recapped the 2009 season and speculated on where we might go in 2010. Re-reading this so many years later, reminded me that we used to conduct a lot of repeat trips from season to…
Out of Limbo & Into the Abyss
First created in 2011, Horrorlust is in need of significant updates. If you visited in recent days and found Horrorlust unresponsive or missing, some of those changes were to blame. But, all is well now and it’s full speed ahead. This did prevent me from posting as usual, but fear not! The Hallowblog entries mentioned last week entitled The Lost Reviews will commence next Monday. Meanwhile the third…
Factory of the Dead Spreads Holiday Scares with Evil Xmas
