Spook Hollow — Local services in Marquette Heights

Let me preface this review by stating that the haunt itself is very good. The buildings and the trail look amazing with lots of dedicated actors. That being said, the line is very long, expect to wait around 3-4 hours total. Crowd control within the haunt is pretty good, so I don’t fault the haunt for the long wait time and being busy. However, after waiting about 2 hours initially, you go into the first part of the attraction which takes maybe 5 or so minutes to get through only to emerge into another about an hour or so line which kind of kills the mood. That secondary line is also frustrating because the ‘fast pass’ section of the line 1. Lets twice the amount of patrons go before general admission (wish they would have alternated) and 2. Those in the fast pass don’t even have to prove they have a fast pass so anyone could theoretically jump in that line. All in all this is a really fun haunt, I just wish that the line system was done a little bit differently. The secondary line could have benefited with some entertainment and some concessions to keep people interested and from...

I am a bit torn as to what rating to give this haunt. It is quite long, has a ton of actors, and a couple very cool looking set pieces. However, that can only get your so far. Length doesn’t mean much if you see a lot of the scares coming. Being well staffed doesn’t matter if the characters aren’t particularly good or memorable with a couple of exceptions. A bit of nice stuff to look at only makes the length black corridors and chintzy Halloween store décor stick out all the more. The first three quarters of the attractions are decent. It does pick up when you get to the industrial area at the end. That has some wonderful scares. There were also a few amazing actors, but I don’t want to spoil them. This is an all-volunteer place as far as I can tell (and a ton of kids including some who appear to be on their own which might be a little dangerous), and it certainly feels like one in both good and bad ways. I tentatively recommend it, but don’t go in expecting...

Went to this to tonight w my daughter and it was a blast. It exceeded my expectations. As a horror movie fan, this was a special treat. The opening zombie was eating a person on a table, and then a strobe went off, followed by an ear piercing BANG, only to show the zombie was an inch away from our face all of the sudden. Pretty freaking awesome. One part was psychological, as it has you inch into a room filled with rubber inflated walls and you can’t tell where the rest of your party is, and you can’t tell where you are. It feels like your going to freak out, loose your breath, or loose the way through the room! On top of being pitch dark half the time, and not being able to tell who’s real, and what’s a prop, the place kept going on and on. It felt like it lasted 45min to an hour walking through. Well worth the wait in the rain. Thank you guys. Even though my teenage daughter had fun, she was scared to death, and I can’t say I didn’t jump a few times myself!...