My wife & I are haunted house junkies. So far this season we have been to 10 haunted houses. 4 in the Atlanta area and 6 in Alabama. These include: Netherworld, Nightmare's Gate, Paranoia, Folklore, Atrox Factory, Hellbilly Hollow, Hollis Haunted Chicken House, Insanitarium, Nightmare 3008, & here. This is my review on Sloss Furnace. . Sloss Furnace “Understaffed & similar to previous years” (6.5 out of 10) (Wednesday night) Total time on site: 64 minutes…Total time in Haunts: Trail- 11 minutes, Main Haunt- 19 minutes, The Thing- 5 minutes . We have gone to Sloss Furnace almost every season for the past several years and every year we go I feel the same way about the place….its big, it’s cool, it's over rated, it’s too similar to the prior year and understaffed. We arrived at Sloss Furnace around 9:50 pm on Wednesday night October 25th. We paid for 2 extreme scream tickets and tickets for “The Thing”. So in total, we spend $78 for tickets at Sloss. . We started with the haunted trail which is pretty similar to how it is every year. The monsters were spread out decently, but there could have been more. We entered a pallet wood maze, but there were no monsters in the maze, just a singing cowboy on top of the structure who made us moo like cows as he sung old McDonald so that he would guide us through the maze. We played along and it was mildly amusing and we found our way out of the maze within a few minutes once he started guiding the group. When we exited the maze we were in a large open area that had three zombies chase us. We then continued to the big slide that they have every year and then continued through the “fun house” area which is also the same every year. . Next, we went to the main haunt and it was pretty similar to how it has been in previous years. The only exception being that we were prime targets for the monsters with our glowing necklaces. As soon as we walked in a monster grabbed us and took us to a bathtub and smeared dirty water on our faces. As we continued we noticed that the monsters were spread out more than what would be considered ideal. We were touched several times and swarmed by multiple monsters a few times. We got to a big open room that was setup specifically for the “extreme scream” people. They put me in “Stocks” which forced me to let go of the wife’s hand and there was a guy waiting around the corner for that to happen so he could grab my wife. He put her in a chair, put a chain around her neck, and then chained her arms to the chair. As that was happening the guy that put me in the stocks took me over to a tilted table and told me to get up on it (he couldn’t lift me onto it). Then he and another monster worked together to chain my arms down and then they got on top of me, forced my mouth open, and acted like they were going to vomit in my mouth. My wife was able to quickly get out of her chains while both monsters were preoccupied with me. She was then able to enjoy watching them “torture” me. We then continued through the haunt with minimal touching from monsters after that point. We then entered their 3D section of the haunt which was the same as it always is. There was not a single monster in the 3D section (until the very end)….the closest thing to a monster was a fake sword sitting in a corner. At the very end, as we exited a woman grabbed my wife and pulled her out of the haunt. . Overall our experience at Sloss had me feeling underwhelmed & disappointed. I think that feeling is a mix between several things: It’s our 10th haunted attraction this year with so many good ones to compare to; it was during the week and they were understaffed as usual; it was so similar to previous years, we weren’t touched/harassed as much as we felt was deserved for the extra price, and the total price we paid was too much for the experience we received. It’s good enough to go to, but with so many other good options in the Birmingham area, I can’t recommend it over most of the other haunts.