The legendary Nightmare Forest is a haunted attraction in Louisville that is known for miles. Nightmare Forest haunted event is known for bringing the movies to life and they have always lived up to that motto. It has featured such movies at Halloween, Jurassic Park, Alien, and much more. It is a haunt to be feared.Now, Nightmare Forest has returned to Otter Creek Park with a vengeance. However, not only do you get one frightening trail, you also get a second haunted trail called the Trail of Terror in addition to a third attraction NEW for 2011 called the Watch ‘N’ DrIvE in. You don’t want to miss this multi-attraction event!
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Location: Otter Creek Park near Fort Knox
Dates: Fri & Sat nights Sept 23-Oct 29
Admission: $20 for 3 attractions
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no this wasnt any good this year…..now the scenes looked good and all but no actors…..and if there was actors all the did was jump out and just stood there or do what the jason actor did and hum if own music……I give this a 1 out of 10
This used to be a good haunt, but this year not so much. After waiting in line for over 2 hours (buy a speed pass if you DO decide to go) I was very disappointed. You walk through scene after scene and nothing really happens. The few actors they had were very young and didn’t seem to know what to do with themselves. One actress actually just walks up and keeps screaming in your face over and over, causes a headache, yes, scary…no. The scariest part was navigating a shaky bridge and trying to climb down rickety stairs without falling and taking out the group in front of you, it had “emergency room” written all over it. One scene had a house with plywood strewn over the dirt that was bouncy and the actor would yell “Get Out” and slam a chain down on the wood, causing the wood to jump. Not scary at all, except when I slammed my knee into a corner attempting to navigate through it, so no fun, no scare, just a limp.
There are 2 trails this year, which I think might be the problem. The scenes and the actors are too spread out. Also, hire someone who can act, not high school students who really just don’t know how to scare an adult (aside from opening up their cellphone bill each month).
On a sidenote, what concession stand in October at a haunted attraction doesn’t have coffee or hot chocolate? We’re cold!! Bring back the marshmallows and cocoa folks!!!
In my opinion, Nightmare Forest is the best haunt this year. The actors really got me. The line was long, but there were people to talk to and a movie playing. The first part definately got me the best. I almost peed myself. The screaming was intense. Kudos to the actors, they have to be hoarse by the end of the night. And I know they have to get cold. Nightmare Forest gets my vote!
what happened to the freddy bus? that is when nightmare forest was good and jason coming out of the water that was cool to. what about the scream guy coming off the wall on people. as for this year it wasn’t as good to me.
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Such a sad, sad haunt. Back in the day, this was the best, now its a poor excuse for a haunt and I honestly dont know how they stay open.
It’s been over ten years since this haunt was any good, they keep people coming back riding off that reputation it used to have I guess?
I tried it last year and once again wasted my time and money.
They need to go back to lab and reinvent themselves, such potential is there.
I agree with what everyone above says. Ten or fifteen years ago, this was the best outdoor haunted attraction I’ve ever been to. The Jurassic Park T-Rex, the spider tunnel, the Dracula castle, the Aliens transport, the Freddy school bus, the best Halloween ambulence scene ever, the zombie cemetery, the best Jason scene ever (in the lake!), the Terminator 18 wheeler, etc.
I don’t know the folks who run it now, but it’s a sad shadow of itself, still bringing in people on its former glory. Mostly middle school aged kids are working there for free, not real actors. There’s a whole lot of mostly nothing out there. Except for actors on break smoking cigeretes as you walk by.
I went to this and Wolf Creek last year. Nightmare Forest was AWESOME compared to the other. I can’t wait to go back this year. I don’t know what everyone above is complaining about but from what I have seen this is an awesome event. Highly recommended.
I can not wait for Nightmare Forest to open this season. It is the best haunt that is out there and can’t wait to get my pants scared off!!!
Nightmare Forest is really good this season. I love that it is different every year. The clown maze is awesome. Keep showing the movies in the Drive-in!!!!!
I work there this year, and I think it’s AWESOME!
They did alot of work to get the sites all together and the actors are comming up with alot of new ideas.
If i coulld take off a day i’d go through it myself. And i’d still probably scare myself.
I also heard a pregnant lady went through it twice because she was try to go into labor?! LMAO
Well, I believe it’s well worth the time and money. I apologize for the lines, but Even so; I hope you all come and visit us. Thanks- Vampires.
Nightmare forest was the biggest waste of time and money. It wasn’t scary I didn’t even jump. It was really really short, I spent like an hour in line for a haunt that lasted 20 minutes. It was very boring. I figured being out in the woods would be awesome but it was very lame. The only cool part about the whole thing was waiting in line watching the movies.
Went tonight it was awesome. The scenes are so real, you can’t even tell what actors are real and fake. Best haunt I have seen!
Hey I thought it was awesome! I went through it half way and almost couldnt finish XD field of screams couldnt even scare me like Nightmare forest did so I dont know what all you other people are saying but I thought it was great! Kudos to the actors out there working hard!
I really enjoyed Nightmare Forest this year. They change things around so it different every year. The actors are great they know what they are doing. I think the clown maze was the best.
I went to Nightmare Forest and the Field of Screams last night. Nightmare forest was the best Haunted house I’ve ever been to! I Don’t know why those other people are bad mouthing it, maybe they are from another haunt and are jealous because they suck. I thought the attention to detail was great, and all the actors were very energetic and the make-up was awesome! Very scary, they had people coming from everywhere! so Scary I pissed my pants!On the Other Hand The feild of shit oh I mean the feild of screams was anything but screams. They were the ones that had alot of actors that would stand there smoking just looking at you as you walk by. the corn maze is lame! there is so much more they could do with it. I say spend your money wisely and go to Nightmare forest it is worth it!
I messed up my rating I give it five stars!
Went last night and had the time of my life… the wait in line was well worth it and it honestly was worth my time and money….. the entire thing made my skin crawl as i was trying to avoid actors scaring the living world out of me…. Very greatly put together and I would have to say that the maze scared the life right out of me…. But then again everything had me screaming in fear because i didn’t know what was next… I highly recommend checking out Nightmare Forest if your into true horror..
I havn’t been to a haunted house in ALONG time and my friend nick told me about some place in otter creek so he dragged me to Nightmare forest and it was epic, he was screaming n crap i think my favorite part that scared me was the room with the pumpkin tvs? lol so i totaly give this haunt at 5/5
I Dont care what these other people say about nightmare forest it is by far the best haunted house ive been to this season. The part that stood out to me most was the section after freddy. Im not sure what its theme was but there was one guy in there that really did his job. Its the guy pretty much in the back of the sight with the chin strap facial hair and tattoos. That guy was awesome he had me in the corner and was all in my face and would not let me by. I think i peed a little. So trust me I will be back and i’ll be sure to bring my friends as well.
OK me and the hubby and sum friends went to waverly hills sanatorium and field of screams waverly hills was good, field of screams sucked the haunted hay ride was anything but,the field was crap the only scare I got from there was the corn I kept stepping on,the barn such a joke and one of the actresses bruised my arm with a damn chainsaw!!!!!!! I do not recommend field of screams at all!!!!!!
Forgot to put we loved nightmare forest!!! We’re going again this wkend!!!
Very Very disappointed at this haunt. I travel to a lot of haunts…..First and foremost they advertise 3 attractions, yet 1 attraction is movies playing on a big screen. The video preview says almost 40 minutes worth of walk? Does this include 20 minutes of standing in line? We were in and out in under 20 minutes and that included the Horror Movie part and the sad 6-7 minute walk through Trail of Terrors. There is no reason to advertise this as 3 attractions. Such false notions
Next, audio for a haunt of this caliber was ridiculous. Most scenes sounded like boom boxes or small audio devices, the transitions were silent.
Acting and Makeup was very sub par. Masks were cheap store bought with not much detail. How come a haunt that’s been around this long isn’t using silicone and more latex applications? Actors barely had blood on clothing… very disappointing. Actor dialogue very limited as well.
The only thing i enjoyed about the haunt this year is the actual location. The woods are creepy. Overall i rate this a 5.5/10. The potential is there but i would compare this to a first year haunt. The thing i think that kills this haunt is the fact they have to tear down and rebuild every year acting is if they were not there. The haunt is limited from the time it begins to build…..
Nightmare Forest was one of the scariest places I’ve been to. Yet, some of the actors were horrible and looked really fake, but it really didn’t matter to me as long as I got scared. I think that if they owned there own property and wouldn’t have to tear it down every year it would be MUCH better.