Midnight Terror Review 2023
Midnight Terror Review 2023
On Friday the 13th, we visited Midnight Terror! Midnight Terror is located at 5520 W. 111th St, Oak Lawn, IL. 60453. There is no parking at the haunt anymore. The haunt has buses and a parking lot that is 8 mins from the location. As soon as you pull up the parking attendants are going to hand you a flier to show you where the parking lot is. The parking garage is the Metra Parking Garage located at 9525 S. Tulley Ave. Oak Lawn, IL. and the shuttle bus will be waiting outside. The shuttle buses are still operating on the following days this month: October 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31. Do not use GPS. When we used GPS, it took us to the back of the garage and we were circling the backstreets for 10 minutes trying to get out. So make sure you follow the flier’s instructions to get on 95th and follow the signs. For tickets, it is $5 cheaper if you buy them online than at the box office. For exact prices on days you are visiting go to https://midnightterrorhauntedhouse.com
As we arrived, we saw the Lord of Midnight Terror walking around on stilts. When we went, it was raining a little, but don’t worry, they have a tent for the outdoor waiting area. The other part of the queue is inside the haunt. In the tent, they had a DJ playing music from out of a coffin and a couple of actors working the line as we waited. One actor had an eyeball on his tongue, which was disgusting! As we walked into the indoor part of the queue, we met a couple of more actors waiting to make us their next victim. On the walls, they had tvs with the rules of the haunt, which was interesting to see because not many haunts do that. Most have a designated person or an actor tell you as you are ready to enter the haunt. Midnight terror switches it up, putting it on the TVs instead.
Once we entered Midnight Terror, the first room we entered was a cave. Inside the cave, a huge demon creature comes out of the wall! We loved seeing this huge wall creature! As we turned the corner, we were met by the Lord of Midnight Terror standing above us. Smoke surrounded him as he stared down at us like peasants and pointed the way to the terror that we were about to face. After the cave, the first part of the haunt had a factory vibe…It’s hard to describe. The Actors were all around us, popping out of walls, trying to attack you from above, and peeking around corners. There was nowhere we could run. One of the rooms had toilets stacked on top of each other like an archway you had to walk under. This is an amazing design by the Midnight Terror crew!
In the second part of the haunt was Black Oak Grove High School. As soon as you walked into the school, it felt like the school went to ruins. Books out of place and damage everywhere. Chairs stacked on top of each other…it looks like the apocalypse happened. One of the things I want to point out is the barber selection. As you enter a hallway, you can see hair blocking your path. You must walk through the hair which was disgusting! The hair was dirty and matted. We were then met by the barber who had a customer in his chair. He begged and screamed for our help, but as soon as we walked out of the room, I turned to look back and I saw the barber shave his hair. You don’t see many actors keep acting as you leave the room, so to see this put a huge smile on my face. One more room we want to talk about is a living room where a girl is standing on a fireplace, acting all possessed. Then all of the sudden, the room lights up with writing all over the walls with the floor lit up red like hell was underneath you!
Midnight Terror is testing the waters with trying new stuff, like the whole having the haunt rules on the TVs in the queue instead of someone telling you. When you go to multiple haunts, you hear the same stuff over and over. Midnight Terror realizes that. Another thing they worked on is acting. Not every room has to have someone screaming, “Get out!” and just screaming. They put on a show for people, talking with you and having dialogue, creeping you out and when you’re not paying attention, another actor pops out of nowhere and scares the pants off of you! This happened to us. An actor was talking to us, then out of nowhere we got scared because we were too busy to realize another actor was setting us up to scare us. We don’t want to give too much away or give too many details about what happened because the scare was that good. Midnight Terror also did a great job on keeping out conga lines. Conga lines are when your group runs into another group and now it is this huge line walking through the haunt. No one likes conga lines, so Midnight Terror makes sure that that doesn’t happen by giving time between sending people into the haunt and then also adding a small break between the two sections. They want to make sure you get the scares that everyone wants when walking through a haunted house. From the first time we visited Midnight Terror to now, they have evolved so much and it’s made the show better over the years. They used to have nothing at the end of the haunt. Now, they have a whole midway with drinks, an escape room, the gift shop and now a small carnival with games to win prizes! The crew loves feedback! They want to give you the best show they can, and that is what we love about Midnight Terror. They want to make the money you pay for a ticket worth your while. They give you a hell of a show, and we can’t wait to come back next year for more!
