Survive AliveONLINECheck out some Haunted Houses that have already opened for the season.
What makes October such a scary month? Maybe the fact that so many spooks come out to play.
This weekend marks the debut of five haunted attractions around the region, including returning favorites Lake WinnepeSpookah in Rossville and The Haunted Barn in McDonald, Tenn., plus the new Survive Alive for Chattanooga zombie hunters.
They follow the Haunted Cavern at Ruby Falls and The Haunted Hilltop on Highway 58, both of which opened last week.
Four nighttime haunts - Blowing Screams Farm in Flintstone, Ga., Redneck Zombie Paintball in Riceville, Tenn., Mayfield Haunted Trail in Athens, Tenn., and The River Maze in Ocoee, Tenn. - operate corn mazes during the day, but all are open late Fridays and Saturdays in October. And if you think the wind rustling through the corn is scary during the day, just imagine how it sounds in the dark.
SURVIVE ALIVE
• Where: Insane Paintball/Airsoft, 1200 Wisdom St.
• When: 7-11 p.m. every Friday and Saturday night in October, plus Nov. 1
• What to expect: Similar to a hayride, this interactive ride lets participants shoot glow-in-the-dark paintballs using mounted paintball guns at zombies trying to "attack" the riders on the trailer. Zombies are unarmed and won't shoot back
• Admission: $25 (includes $40 paintball playing pass with rental equipment for future visit)
• Website: www.survivealive.com
LAKE WINNEPESPOOKAH
• Where: Lake Winnepesaukah, 1730 Lakeview Drive
• When: 6-11 p.m. every Friday and Saturday in October
• What to expect: Hourly parades, special entertainment and two haunted attractions, plus rides are open
• Admission: $24 unlimited Spookah rides ages 3-54, $10 ages 55 and older and children ages 1-2
• Website: www.lakewinnie.com
Haunted Barn / File photoHAUNTED BARN
• Where: 5017 McDonald Road, McDonald, Tenn.
• When: 7 p.m.-midnight every Friday and Saturday in October, plus Sunday, Oct. 12, and Saturday, Nov. 1
• What to expect: A 16-room walk-through attraction with a totally dark maze and a simulated "buried alive" ride in a wooden casket
• Admission: $20
• Website: www.thehauntedbarnchattanooga.com
BLOWING SCREAMS FARM
• Where: Blowing Springs Farm, 271 Chattanooga Valley Road, Flintstone, Ga. (site of Rock City's daytime Enchanted Maize)
• When: 7 p.m. opening Saturday, Oct. 4, then every remaining Friday and Saturday in October
• What to expect: Roaming monsters, bonfires, massive haunt through woods and swamps
Blowing Springs Farm• Admission: $16 general admission, $20 daytime maze/Blowing Screams combo; $25 unlimited visits
• Website: www.blowingscreamsfarm.com
REDNECK ZOMBIE PAINTBALL
• Where: Guthrie Pumpkin Farm and Corn Maze, 490 County Road 67, Riceville, Tenn.
• When: 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays in October
• What to expect: Ride on a trailer outfitted with stationary paintball guns into a small town overrun by zombies
• Admission: $15 (includes paintball guns and ammo)
• Website: www.tnpumpkinfarm.com
MAYFIELD HAUNTED TRAIL
• Where: Mayfield Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch, 257 Tennessee Highway 307, Athens, Tenn.
• When: 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays in October, plus Thursday, Oct. 30, and Saturday, Nov. 1
• What to expect: Judgment Day, a professionally designed haunted attraction set on the actual burial grounds of a 19th-century judge
• Admission: $12
• Website: www.mayfieldfarmandnursery.com