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2023 Haunterview - Frightmare Farms

We caught up with Nicole G. from Frightmare Farms to find out what's crackin' for the 2023 season...

2023 - We're baaaaack

Where does the time go? We're excited to be back in effect this season with all the Halloween happenings for CNY! Between deaths in the...

Demon Acres Rolls Out 2022 Pre-Sale Tickets

One of CNY's top rates and more frightening attractions, is eager to see you in the dark. Multiple Scarycuse Award Winning Attraction...

2021 Looks Terrifying

With Covid shutting down so many attractions last year, and forcing Haunter's to tiptoe around, we suspect there is a lot of pent-up rage...

NYS Covid-19 Fall Business Guidelines Announced

Technically, the announcement mentioned 'Agritourism' businesses, which Apple Picking, Pumpkin Picking, Corn Mazes, etc. These are of...

Covid-19 Kills the Following Local Haunts (for 2020)

Cue the cliché jokes about real terror and pandemic fears. Thankfully, thus far nobody close to Scarycuse has fallen victim to the...

Haunterview: Terror Field, Clyde, NY

10/14/19 By Octoberic At just about 45-50 minutes from Syracuse, Terror Field in Clyde, NY isn't too far to get some frights from an...

2019 Scarycuse Haunted Attraction Awards

After paying a visit to as many attractions as we could this year, we've ranked the top 3 Haunted Attractions in the category of Haunted...

Haunterview: Demon Acres 2019

10/24/19 The brainchild of Terry Royce, a former scare-actor at the now defunct Screamers Hollow at the Sterling Renaissance Festival,...

Haunterview: CMC Haunted House

10/16/19 Octoberic caught up with Christina L., of CMC Haunted House to get the low down on where they started, what's new this season,...

Quick Review: Terror Field, Clyde NY

10/14/19 By Octoberic This past Saturday, yours truly with his better half took a true Haunt the Fingerlakes look at Terror Field and...

Review: Frightmare Farms Haunted Scream Park 2019

In-depth Scarycuse.com review of Frightmare Farms Haunted Scream Park, Palermo, NY.

Review: CMC Haunted House 2019- Phobia

10/14/19 By Octoberic Ok, children. Grab your butt and plant it in a safe space because we've got a little story to tell. Up around...

Haunterview: Phelps Haunted House

10/11/19 By Octoberic 2019 Haunterview: The Phelps Haunted House. Eric spoke with Jonas, the bottom line at the Phelps Haunted House,...

A New Home for Cayo Industrial Horror Realm

9/9/19 One of the CNY's favorite indoor Haunted Attractions has a new home for 2019. Utica's well known Cayo Industrial Horror Realm has...

Changes ~ Haunted Attraction Rankings

After several years of using Secret Shoppers to rate area Haunted Attractions, we’ll be implementing changes for the 2019 Halloween...

2019 Summer News

Frightmare Farms Countdown and Latest Feature... In case you live under a rock all summer when it comes to all things Halloween, some of...

The 2018 OSCARE Awards...

Stay tuned... Tonight, we'll announce winners in 5 categories of Haunted Attractions. See who secret-shoppers selected as their...

Haunt Season 2018 Updates

A chill is in the air, the little monsters are back to school (can I get an amen?), the fair is over, and the creepiest among us who walk...

Living Dead Film Festival

9/10/18 Salt City Horror Fest & After Dark Presents LIVING DEAD FILM FESTIVAL Celebrating 50 years of the LIVING DEAD! Saturday,...

Trail of Terror ~ 1 Minute Sneak-Peak Vid

For more info, check out the Trail of Terror Scarycuse listing.

Containment Sneek Peak!

8/24/18 From the Frigntmare Farms FB Event page: Did you miss your chance to preview our Newest Attraction CONTAINMENT last month? Not...

2017 Ticket Contests are in Full Swing!

Aweee yeah! It's that time again. Some of our spooky friends at haunts around town have generously shared some tickets to giveaway to our...

Will CMC's Haunted House Rise from the Dead in 2017?

8/10/17 There's no question, seasoned Haunt fans in CNY have missed one of their favorite attractions. Due to an illness in the family,...

August Summer Scream 2017 at Frightmare Farms

7/29/17 Once again Frightmare Farms expands their off-season offerings. August 5, 2017, Frightmare Farms Haunted Scream Park in Palermo,...

13th Hour Rising, On The Rise for 2017!

7/12/17 As a cool breeze blows today, and even though it's still July, fall is in the air! We were glad to learn all that's crackin' at...

Something wicked is growing at Demon Acres...

5/8/17 Spring is the time when Haunters creeeek open their caskets, climb out, and start designing and building their scares for the...

June Summer Scream 2017 at Frightmare Farms

4/24/17 It's that time of year again- Summer?! Not quite yet, but once again Frightmare Farms, one of CNY's favorite Haunted Attractions...

Scarycuse Real Hauntings: Split Rock Quarry - Syracuse, NY

3/3/17 Haunted Attractions are great, but who doesn't like to explore REAL paranormal places..' We sure do! Most "real haunted" places...

Editorial: Creepy Clown Hype in Perspective

10/5/16 Oy vey! For weeks now, with increasing forward momentum, we've seen the proliferation of "creepy clowns" across the US. It...

2016 Shuttered Haunted Attractions

9/28/2016 A few CNY haunts have "boarded up" the windows for at least this season. The Haunted Attraction business is a tough one. Even...

Win FREE Haunted Attraction Tickets!

9/27/16 Our first contests of are in full swing!! Mosey on over to our facebook page for a chance to win FREE tickets!

The Head Haunt Show: Frightmare Farms

8/31/16 In the spirit of the FAST approaching Halloween season... Our Haunterview with Frightmare Farms:

The Head Haunt Show: Demon Acres

8/28/16 In this episode we interview Terry Royce, owner of Demon Acres Haunted Hayride & House! Grab some popcorn and check it out...

The Head Haunt Show: 13th Hour Rising

8/22/16 Introducing, The Head Haunt Show! We'll be shooting haunterviews, sneak-peeks and more... For our first episode, we chop it up...

2016 Haunted Attraction Sneak-Peeks

8/12/16 As the 2016 Halloween season looms, our friends in the fright business as busy bees working to get things ready for the season's...

Haunterview: Cayo Industrial Horror Realm

7/10/16 Among Central New York's many Haunted Attractions, a few stand out a bit above the rest as fall-time-favorites. They've become a...

Frightmare Farms in June: The Darkside "Lights Out Tour"

6/5/16 Yesterday marked Frightmare Farms' first ever (to my knowledge) "off-season" haunted event... And it did NOT disappoint. We here...

The 2015 Halloween Season is in the Books

Nov. 2, 2015 Another season is in the books. I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone in CNY for using Scarycuse for your fall-fun...

The 2015 Scarycuse OSCARE Awards Announcements

10/29/15 - Congratulations to Cayo Industrial Horror Realm! Our secret-shoppers ranked your attraction #1 among all Haunted Attractions...

2015 Ticket Contests!

10/30/15 - Have a safe and Happy Halloween. Contests have come to a close for the 2015 season. Thanks for participating. Be sure to...

20 Great Halloween Memes

Share your Halloween spirit! We gleaned 20 great memes from across the web, so you don't have to. Click on any image in the gallery to...

CNY's Favorite Pumpkin Patches

Thanks to all the respondents who participated in our recent "CNY Pumpkin Patch Survey". We've narrowed down the best places in CNY to...

Kid Friendly Haunted Attractions in CNY

Sept. 11, 2015 If you're like me (unlikely!), you're eager to share the fun of Haunted Houses, Hayrides, Trails etc. with your kids....

Haunterview: The Abandoned

Sept. 9, 2015 We had a chance to kick it with Ken Pollisse, one of the creators of "The Abandoned", a non-profit haunted house...

Best NY Apple-Crisp Ever (Secret Recipe)

Wondering what to do with all those great apples you picked this season? The following "secret" family recipe was submitted by Lilly R.:...

Behind the Scenes, and Screams!

Sept. 07, 2015 Probably not too many Haunted Attraction visitors give much thought to the work that goes into an attraction. When you...

Raven Haven Rises from the Ashes

Aug. 31, 2015 After a tragic fire put a sad early-end to their 2014 season (News Story), is Raven Haven going to be open this year? We...

RIP: CNY Haunts NOT opening for 2015

Sadly, you may have noticed the conspicuous absence of a few haunts from our annual listings. They're all great attractions in their own...

Haunterview: 13th Hour Rising Hayride

Oct. 1, 2014 We had a chance to catch up with a couple veteran haunters, at their newest attraction, 13th Hour Rising, a hayride in...

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