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ScreamWorld

Houston's oldest haunted house gets more horrifying

By Dusti Rhodes

Published on October 08, 2008 at 1:42am

 ScreamWorld continues to live up to its name. The haunted house was beefed up this year with movie-set quality scenes to ensure you strain your vocal cords. The newly added farmhouse, tomb and outdoor graveyard sites are packed with zombies, monsters, chainsaw maniacs and other terrifying things that go bump in the night and "boo!" in your face. Along with the new scenery, ScreamWorld still has some of its older attractions, including actual cars that rush at you with headlights blazing and horns blaring, tilting hallways and an outdoor maze. The brains behind ScreamWorld have been at it for more than ten years. You and your wallet would be hard-pressed to find better scares anywhere else in H-town. 7:30 to 10 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays, as well as Tuesday and Wednesday, October 28 and 29; 8 p.m. to midnight, Fridays through Saturdays; 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Halloween night. Through November 1. 2225 North Sam Houston Parkway. For information, call 713-914-1313 or visit www.screamworld.com. $18 to $35.
Sept. 26-28; Wednesdays-Sundays; Oct. 28-Nov. 1. Starts: Sept. 26. Continues through Oct. 26, 2008