Last Saturday, a group of friends and I went to Scream Acres up in Atkins, Iowa. When we got there, the eighteen dollar entry fee kind of startled us but at the end of the event I think that it was worth it. Don't get me wrong, I definitely think they could reduce the price but with all the construction I understand that they needed to pay for it. At Scream Acres, there are three "haunts" that you go through. There is the Curtain Chaos, Slaughterhouse, and the Haunted Cornfield. Each haunt gets increasing scarier, starting with the least frightening and ending with the most.
The Curtain Chaos is the first haunt. Walking into the building, the door which looks like a very large and creepy clown is a little intimidating. The building is basically like a maze that is laid out like what a convention would be. You are guided back and forth around the building while random people jump out and scare you. To describe what it is actually like, you will have to imagine it while I'm describing it. basically you come to a small closet size area and there is a wall to the front of you, and two to the sides of you. Each are covered with red and white curtains that touch the floor, only one wall is only a curtain. That would be the path you would take.
The slaughter house basically describes itself. It reminded me of a creepy old house with lots of butcher shop qualities. There was a lot of "dead bodies" and cut up meat. At one point in the slaughterhouse you get to a floor that is not there, only it is. If you have seen spy kids, it was kind of like walking across the falling floor.
The last haunt was the Haunted Cornfield. If you have been to the Bloomsbury corn maze before it is kind of the same set-up as in turns, but a lot less easy to get lost in. Being in the corn maze at night has its own eeriness but add in creepy monsters that jump out and scare you, and run after you with chainsaws; eeriness turns to frightening.
If you go there I would recommend going on a warmer day or dressing appropriately for the weather. The line took us about two hours to get through and after each haunted area there was another line to get into the next area. This line however didn’t take as long as the first. It pretty much only took about ten minutes to go through but you are so jazzed up about the last haunt that the time flies by fast. If you get to Scream Acres closer to opening time, there is a lot shorter waiting time. Aside from waiting awhile my overall experience at Scream Acres was a positive one. I personally hate being scared but being with your friends and going through the haunts is a lot of fun for everyone.
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