Nightmare @ Pioneer

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  Way underrated

  We have been going here for years to get spooked and creeped out. These guys seriously raised the bar this year, front and back. The only thing missing is the bar in the back. I wish it was running this year. That is the only thing holding it back from 5 star! The scares for the cost was just right, and go carts it doesn't get better than that!

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  Posted October 2023

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  Festival of fear

  Festival of fear, festival of scream, which is Fall Fear Fest for you. It was the scariest experience we had. Though we were in a group, we still felt isolated and it grew the fear in us. This outdoor event was filled with gruesome creatures and zombies with high action. There is no age restriction but still it would be advisable to keep away children under 12.It is thrilling as you face challenging scenes while you trek your way through the dark and thick forest. This is one experience I will always want to have and I am sure to return back next season.

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  Posted January 2019

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  Full of outdoor scares

  Full of outdoor scares. For me and wife, it was a new experience altogether. The cabin of carnage was absolutely creepy. Deads end haunt had some bone-chilling scares and props that virtually startled me off my feet. The scary, and gory characters will even chase you around. Special mention to the costumes and makeup that looked so much real. Trail of terrors also had a high scare factor. I thought actors in all these areas did very well in scaring us. Great food and beer to top it off. I would recommend this place to all scare lovers.

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  Posted January 2019

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  Full of outdoor scares

  Full of outdoor scares. For me and wife, it was a new experience altogether. The cabin of carnage was absolutely creepy. Deads end haunt had some bone-chilling scares and props that virtually startled me off my feet. The scary, and gory characters will even chase you around. Special mention to the costumes and makeup that looked so much real. Trail of terrors also had a high scare factor. I thought actors in all these areas did very well in scaring us. Great food and beer to top it off. I would recommend this place to all scare lovers.

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  Posted November 2018

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  Email Verified Awesome Experience

  There's something magical about Halloween season and Fall Fear Fest got it right! The drive out to Pioneer Waterland set the mood. We started out in the first house, the Cabin of Carnage and were greeted by a posessed nun. They had a lot of great actors in there, and the scenes were great. You can that they converted the outdoor pavilions into the haunts, and they did a great job at it. They looked great. Next We went through a corn maze, then on into the woods. While it was a little muddy, they did put down a lot of wood chips to help keep somewhat of a firm trail.....you can't control the weather in October in Ohio......the woods had some great scares including a clown with an ooga horn and bright flashlight. He was everywhere, or so it seemed. The actors in the woods were awesome. From there we went to a pallet maze, called Dead Ends haunt. The strobes they had were very disorienting, and the fog helped add to the confusion. There were separate entrances and we met in the middle, but we'd get separated inside and confused, all part of the show. The actors in there were outstanding. There weren't many, but they'd move about popping up in different places, and crack jokes in character. We got chased out by a guy with a chainsaw into the next haunt, the Freak Show. There were some very bizarre but talented actors here. From there, we finished out the night in the laser swamp. The room was filled with fog and green lasers giving an appearance of water, quite well done and effective. There was the most horrific but amazing possum character in there. You can tell he made the costume, it was very well made. He had to have put a lot of time into it. Actors emerged from the fog as if coming to the surface from under water and gave quite the scare. The food was good, the scares were great. We went their first year and this season was so much better! I can't wait to see what they do in 2019. Well done!!!!!!

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  Posted November 2018

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  5 out of 5 found this review helpful

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  complete garbage!!!

  Listen, my friend won tickets and asked me to go with her. the 20 minute walk back to the actual haunted houses in the rain was boring, not enough actors on the hike back. but then I was so fascinated by a dinosaur by the pool that I had no idea that a clown popped up right in our faces. I was like listen linda, can I go play on the dinosaur? he didn't say anything just disappeared and blew his horn. so we get to house number 1 where there is this crazy lookin tweaked out of her mind nun. she looked like the nun from the movie the nun ya know what I'm sayin linda, uh huh listen. i was having a good time until some hilljack chuck Norris looking mfr called us cattle.. i said , "did you just call me fat!" he shocked us and stamped our hand, we took a good 20 minutes to get through the first house i don't want to give anything away. the actors and scenes were really good. what pissed us off is the walk after the corn maze to the woods. no warning , no flashlights just mud sinking in quick sand.. ya'll need to do something about that okay. listen! the mime at the funhouse was enteraining. i loved the human yo yo trick. uh huh oh my gawd we enjoyed the experience in the laser swamp too! talk about a party. but our shoes got destroyed! $113 shoes ruined.. fix the mud in the woods and maybe we will come back next year.

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  Posted November 2018

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  exciting and fun evening

  I went there last year and it was okay, but this year was set up more like a traditional haunted house, it really reminded me of a haunted hay ride once you were outside the cabin into the corn and headed toward the woods. the actors were fantastic and very scary. My favorite scare was a clown in the woods who got me probably 3 times to the point I fell down in the mud. I'm a big guy and these vicious ghouls had me crying like a school girl. it was so good I had to go through again. the entire cast chased me out of the swamp and out of the park! I hate chainesaws and clowns with bright lights!

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  Posted November 2018

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  best haunt I've experianced in my life

  this is a must not miss attraction for their next season I wish they were open now I really wanted to go again but I was working for spirt Halloween and could not get the time off of work. i thought the ticket price was a little pricy at first but after I jumped not 5 minutes after getting down to the bridge before even entering the first house I got to say I was petrified and shaking with goosebumps by the time I reached the line for the 1st house, the cabin of carnage.. there I was greeted by a excorsist nun who was very convincing,she had me ready to pee my pants.Next we were greeted by i want to say a redneck car salesman. he talked a lot and kept talking about ears of corn trading them for ours and how muddy our nice new pearly white shoes were going to get ruined in the woods. and something about carpets and broken glass and not burning to death he also kept trying to tell me to go to the gift shop to get a new pair of underwear because many people had previously soiled themselves already tonight. at this point I was ready to puke. he also kept scraping his shovel almost as if he were sharpening it to cut off my ear! my friends wound up going through the house I chickened out, someone started playing sponge bob off their phone their staff kept trying to convince me to go through but I wound up meeting my friends in the same line about an hour and 20 minutes later and we left so we weren't late for curfew. on the way home I asked them what took them so long to get back and they said they got lost in the pallet maze that had a bunch of strobe lights in it for 35 minutes I can't wait for next year, I am working all winter and all 8 months of 2019 to build up my courage to go through the entire experience. i give this haunt a 5 out of 5.

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  Posted November 2018

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  Enjoyed the outdoor scares

  I think Fall Fear Fest could satisfy most scare lovers. It has one of the best outdoor scare settings in Ohio. Deads end haunt scared the crap out of me. Trail of terrors also had some scares that virtually startled me to the core. But my favourite one was Killaways freak show for obvious reasons. I was with my friends, and we all enjoyed the scares. The food and beer was awesome too. I would love to come again with my wife.

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  Posted October 2018

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  Had a frightful night

  Had a frightful night last week going through the cabin of carnage, trail of terrors, dead end haunts and killaways freakshow at the Fall Fear Fest. It was scary to say the least. Completely located inside a thickly wooded campground, it gives you the chill as you start your trek. Best way to spend an evening if you are a Halloween junky. The forest is filled with mysterious creatures and zombies who are out to get you. The actors did a wonderful job and you start to hate them for their determination to scare us. Greatly executed and enjoyable.

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  Posted October 2018

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  Email Verified Killaways freak show will freak you out

  Went with my family. Of the lot, the trail of terrors had the best nerve wracking scares and props. It was also my favourite for its scare factor. Deads end haunt was also quite unsettling. The women in the family screamed the most in here. Killaways freak show will freak you out. You have no way out. But looking back, it was great fun and we all enjoyed it. The actors’ makeup in general was top-notch. The initial trek through the dark woods was great fun. Entry fee was reasonable. Check it out.

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  Posted October 2018

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  Unique and mysterious

  This is beyond your wildest dream and you will know it as soon as you get here. The place is quite mesmerizing and suits the palate of anyone wishing to have a little adventure outdoors. This thickly wooded former campground is now filled with monsters and zombies. You have four attractions in one each very unique and mysterious. The best part is you experience it first hand and you get the most thrill out of it. Wonderful place to spend an evening and you really want to visit this again with my family next fall.

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  Posted October 2018

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  Night fright trail of terror is full of scares

  It was a great concept and I and GF had lots of fun. Fall Fear Fest takes the scares in the outdoor to new heights altogether. I never thought somebody could scare the crap out of you in an open space. Those outdoor scare zones had my GF screaming and she was clinging to me all the time. The night fright trail of terror takes you through the thick woods in the dark and scares came in plenty. The creepy actors were freaking scary. Deads end haunt and Trail of terrors would creep you out in multiple ways. The food and drinks was awesome and it provided a welcome break from the terrors we experienced. Ticket prices were reasonable I thought. I will come again for sure.

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  Posted September 2018

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