The nationally renowned Niles Scream Park is ready to officially start autumn by scaring the “yell” out of you with six different haunted attractions. This year marks the 44th consecutive year of their annual fright festival. The gates will squeak open on Friday, September 15th, and be open on the remaining Fridays and Saturdays in September. Beginning in October, the Park will be open all weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) plus Tuesday, October 31st.
The Niles Scream Park is not just scary, it is considered by many to be one of the top haunted attractions in the country. Certainly one of the largest, the Niles Scream Park offers 44 acres of blood-curdling fear! Unlike other haunted houses, Niles rebuilds each room of all three interior haunted houses each year to provide you with completely new and unique shows. The professionally designed sets and ingenious scare-tactics led the Niles Scream Park to be recognized by Haunted Attraction Magazine as one of the “Top 31 Must-See Haunted Attractions” nationwide for the last four years running!
For those with the courage to tour all six attractions, here is the line-up for 2017:
Niles Haunted House – The largest and most popular of our attractions. It’s the one that has been with us since the beginning! Before you even get to the massive house, you must make your way along a long, winding path with shaky bridges over dark ponds, foggy paths through trees and a completely blacked out guard building.
Once you get into the house, there are over 100 different paths through the attraction and it’s impossible to see it all with less than seven trips. Each year the rooms, theme, sound effects and scares are changed to provide a fresh show.
After you’ve make it through the House, you still have to survive the “rear swamp” which also has many scares and monsters to frighten patrons.
Possessed – In an attempt to communicate with the spirits they sensed to be in their new home, the Adlers foolishly experimented with an Ouija Board and unwittingly opened a portal for the undead! The mansion has been boarded up and left vacant ever since. Neighbors are demanding the Adler mansion be exorcized to prevent the spirits from spreading throughout the town.
Incarcerated – The warden of the maximum security prison, Four Flags Penitentiary, faked a violent inmate riot to turn the public against the prisoners. During the riot, however, the inmates collectively turned on the prison guards and overthrew the penitentiary.
The Field of Screams – Considered one of our most popular attractions, even a GPS won’t help you find your way of out this series of outdoor mazes. Finding a way out means going to the Voodoo Bayou, the Castle torture area and the floating Cannibal Island. But once you’re there, your problem becomes how to escape!
The Dark Terror-tory Haunted Hayride – If the other attractions have you tired of running, you can get on board a trailer and ride the Dark Terror-tory Haunted Hayride. The trail is approximately a mile long and filled with more than 30 sets that lead you on a chase after the notorious Route 66 killer! A mix of humor and scares, the ride is certainly not a normal Fall hayride through quiet woods.
Hooded – There’s a brand new attraction coming to the midway–a new concept that will put the patrons through an intense experience unlike any other at the Park. Adults only. You must sign a waiver. If you bail out of the attraction, you got what you paid for–an experience so intense you couldn’t handle it! No refunds. No chicken out passes. Good luck!
Mini Escape Rooms – The Niles Scream Park has adapted the popular escape room concept to their midway. A new twist is “speed escape rooms.” Fast paced and exciting, there will be several five-minute escape rooms open at the Park.
An improved midway will feature old favorites like “Fry Freddy” and the “X-terminator.” Back by popular demand, the popular buried alive simulator–the “Last Ride.” The midway also features several food concessions that provide enough variety to satisfy everyone’s cravings. The Gore Store will let you shop till you drop for the latest Halloween paraphernalia.
The Niles Scream Park is a non-profit community project that uses approximately 150 to 200 volunteers per night to staff its various attractions. These volunteers represent over 50 Michiana area community and school organizations. Since 1996, more than $1.7 million have been donated to local and nation non-profit organizations and to the Niles Scream Park funded college scholarships for students at Niles, Brandywine, Dowagiac, Cassopolis and Edwardsburg High
The Niles Scream Park is located on Mayflower Road, south of Niles-Buchanan Road just off Exit 5 of the US 31 Bypass. More information on prices, times and dates of operation can be obtained by visiting the Niles Scream Park web site at www.haunted.org or calling 269-687- FEAR.
