Tag Shawhaven Haunted Farm

The Lost Reviews

Since the founding of Horrorlust many moons ago, a great multitude of tales have been woven upon these pages. However, on occasion, a story that was due to be told around this hallowed hearth failed to materialize. Now, those chapters will be unearthed.

Weird October

It’s been several years since I visited so few haunted attractions during the month of October. The season started normal enough on Saturday, October 1 with a trio of stops at Shawhaven Haunted Farm, Awaken and Jackson’s Underworld. A pair…

Thunder & Lightning

The weather did make for some challenging driving conditions last night, furthermore Shawhaven was forced to close Wagons of Fear and Dead Maze, but all things considered it was still a worthwhile night of haunting that began in Mason and…

Turn the Page, It’s October!

The open road beckons as we commence the 2016 haunt season. If all goes according to plan and the weather is cooperative, we’ll visit three of Michigan’s scariest places for a total of six attractions. First, we burn rubber to…

2016 Haunt Schedule: End of the Line

It’s been a number of years since I approached the haunt season armed with the knowledge that I’d be visiting less haunted attractions than the previous year, but such is the case in 2016. I’m at peace with that. The…

The Haunt Guide: 2016 Edition

The 2016 version of The Haunt Guide is now available to view and download at the Michigan Haunters Association website. Long time readers may notice that the cover art has changed, gone is the self-reflexive skeleton who was pictured reading…

Haunt Til You Drop

As with any season of haunting changes to the schedule are inevitable and 2015 is no exception. What I have posted below is an ambition if not all together insane flight to the finish. The haunt season has concluded with…

2015 Haunt Schedule: Never is Enough

The haunt schedule can be a restless beast — there are time restraints, geographic considerations, unexpected vehicle maintenance and of course the threat of inclement weather. The 2014 schedule was made all the more problematic when some friends and I…

As the Thunder Rolls, so too does the Haunt Fates

Prior to heading out last night I was notified that several of Wiard’s attractions would be closed for the night due to the weather, so the scramble was on to find a suitable replacement. Initially we settled on the Shawhaven…

2014 Haunt Schedule: A Road Map to Horror

Never before has an October been so filled with a litany of events and that fact has made crafting the haunt schedule that much more difficult and tedious. In this never-ending quest to hit as many new haunted attractions as…