This is thee best haunted experience hands down in Metro Detroit. The history alone here lends itself to absolute mystery and fear. The building is historic and well renovated for safety and ambiance. You park immediately when you drive in, and go to a small parking shed where you pay. Walk down through the parking lot and through metal detectors and wanding. Down through an alley between two buildings. Walk right into a mini midway carnival area with games and food. They didn't take Samsung Pay but took Apple pay. Have a nice collection of clothing to buy. The walk through horror garden with animatronics was a fun intro into the experience. Scary stages set up and actors in costumes walking about you can take photos with. We got the VIP passes, so we did the haunt quicker and came at 7, so we avoided the crush of people. Highly recommend that time if you want a thinner crowd on a Friday night. Go into this as an EXPERIENCE, and you will love it. Like most haunts, they have to balance safety with frights. So many people want to be scared so bad they are constantly afraid, and that is not reasonable with so many people coming through. The entire set is Universal Studios quality. Animatronics, fog, actors, high-quality props and lighting, and travel in a small group. I have been going to haunted houses for years, and so I know how to give a proper review. You will feel "fun fear" and at times "uncomfortable fear," and once you hit the basement, "real fear." Expect all 3 and that this should be taken in as an EXPERIENCE as a whole, and then you will walk away satisfied. So many picky people complain about fear levels when the entire enterprise is so sophisticated that it is professional grade quality.

The basement was separate from the main building, and so you come out of one building and go outside, which is a nice breathing break from indoors, and then you go down the stairs into the basement. You can choose different ways to go, apparently, because my friend and I ended up alone, lol! It got intense down there! Smaller and tighter, it becomes as you wind through bug sacs and floor to ceiling animatronics and dark, dark spaces and the actual morgue with white drawers of vintage bone color. There are areas that were amazing and sophisticated, and others that scared me as to become slightly claustraphobic and genuinely afraid. It is in the tightness and darkness that your fear grows and accumulates, and by the time you emerge, you are happy to gulp the cool, night air! 75 bucks for the VIP tickets and well worth it. Walked around outside after and enjoyed that area, too. I highly recommend this experience and that you wear comfortable shoes that will not make you slip.

This haunt has technology only 20 places in the world have, cold spark pyrotechnics and Universal Studios quality props. The actors will touch you and put their hands in your hair and on your arms, so be aware of this, but you cannot touch them. Actors bring a fun and jump-scare element to the historical and creepy atmosphere. Do not be one of those Halloween haunted houses purist and bash what is best described as a 3 stage experience, and you will have a blast! Realize and respect the digital mapping, the high-grade props, and the history here as the largest psychiatric asylum in America. I will go again. It takes a little piece from you each time you go into a building, and that exhilaration and fun make this an experience worth having. You cannot bring your cell phone and use it inside the buildings and will get kicked out if you do, but you can use it outside. Bring your friends and enjoy the total EXPERIENCE, and you will not be disappointed. My favorite was the padded room that tilted sharply about 40 degrees and had a tall actor in a straight jacket. Wow, was that wild! Another tunnel that makes you dizzy with color and moment is a challenge, so please be aware of this. Rooms and displays are at times horrific and other times like walking through a movie set. Go. It is absolutely worth it. The drive out is equally spooky!