Hell's Dungeon — Local services in Dayton

OCT 3rd 2025 Update: Costumes: 3/5 Acting: 4/5 Originality: 2/5 Spacing: 5/5 Scary: 2/5 Props: 4/5 Pacing: 5/5

I came into this thing expecting to be disappointed again, but I came out impressed with the changes made.

They have updated to a virtual line, and they space people out based on preference. This is one thing they have massively improved! Every actor here was giving it their all and was in it for the scares.

The pace of the haunt is decent and gives you the ability to either run through it quickly or really check out the scenery. I'm here for the work they put into the sets and costumes. I'll be scared while admiring the work put in. I want to see every costume and the lighting was there for me to be able to see them.

If you do haunts you'll recognize a large portion of the commercial props and gags in this haunt. I feel like them adding Satan to the haunt with the throne is a direct rip off from the haunted cave, but only because they are known for that gag. The twist of having him possibly give away swag is a very cool decision.

This is very much a personal preference, but they have a good amount of children working here and I am not afraid of a child screaming at me. Put them in whatever costume you want they are still puntable.

Overall the queue, the pacing, the acting and the scenery is so vastly improved it's actually worth visiting now. I'll leave my old review so you can read know how unhappy I was with this place before I gave it another shot.

Also, check groupon for a discounted ticket.

OLD review: Worst haunt in the area by far. If you're scared of children, this is the haunt for you.

Crowd: OCT 15th 8pm 20 people in line and they lump 10 people together. I was in the back and got exactly zero interactions with the workers, and the same with the amount of scares. Most of the time me and the 3 people I was with were around the corner while the actors interacted with the rest of the group, and we walked in to them resetting and just let us walk right through with not even recognition that we existed.

Many of the workers seemed to care and gave it some good energy, but I only caught the tail end of every interaction.

The scenes are okay. The animatronics are pretty bad and so are most of the makeup and props. Every makeup job on the kids was terrible.They have a 3d part but most of the 3d painting doesn't pop out at you, and there wasn't really anyone or anything there to scare you.

They try to sell you a fast pass, but there was no crowd to pass by. They also try to sell refreshments like a weird school fundraiser. It just feels out of place. They try to force you into a picture that they try to sell you at the end. The lady taking the pictures seemed catty because we didn't want a picture. It's not a personal attack because I don't like pictures of myself.

The actors aren't at all on the same page for if this should be lighthearted and funny, or if they should be creepy and scary. The actors are honestly all over the place; some taking it very seriously, some barely giving a care about interacting with anyone, some creepy, some funny, and some just loud. One kid at the laser and fog room had a pool noodle as a prop. Didn't call it anything else, just a pool noodle. There were 3 or 4 fake giant hammers.

They have all the tropes from other haunts but not as good as other haunts; the "elevator", the much shorter inflated rubber tubes that you have to squeeze through, a dizzy room that did not spin fast enough to make you dizzy and was shorter than most, They had the overused hillbilly cannibals, and lastly they have a chainsaw at the end.

There is a single small section called the meat grinder that had unique props and an adult actor that was really giving it their all. The haunt is decently long.

Our group felt disrespected by the group size and lack of attention from the actors. Grouping roughly half the people in attendance into a single group is just...

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