KILLEN-Arx Mortis Haunted Attraction in Killen, Alabama, has made the “10 Best: Spookiest Haunted Houses in the USA” list in USA Today.
The article reads: “Slated as the largest haunted attraction in Alabama, Arx Mortis lives up to its spooky reputation. Providing guests with 50,000 square-feet of nightmare-scapes, animatronics and professional actors, this haunted house is sure to rouse any personal phobias and even create a few. Staged at the Covington Clinic, The experience brings the dark history of this abandoned psychiatric ward to life. While making your way through, keep an eye out for the werewolves and dark figures following you around the haunted grounds.”
It joins other spooky attractions in the country: 13th Floor Haunted House – Denver Colo.; Darkness and Creepy World, St. Louis, Mo.; Haunted Mayfield Manor, Galveston, Texas; Nightmare on 13th, Salt Lake City, Utah; Chamber of Horrors, Fall River, Wis.; Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio; The Beast, Kansas City, Mo.; Terror Behind the Walls, Philadelphia, Pa.; and the only other Southern attraction, Spookywoods, Archdale, N.C.
The Killen attraction is open on selected dates in September and October, with a special “Bloody Valentine” edition for Valentine’s Day.
Arx Mortis will be open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday through November 1, 2014. It is also open Sunday, October 26 and Wednesday, October 29. Doors open at 7 p.m. each night.
A $20 admission fee covers the entire haunted house. Visitors may pay a $10 upgrade for VIP fast access and $7 for Ataxia Extreme Laser Tag. November 1 is a special “Flashlight Night.” On that night only, all lights inside the attraction will be turned off. Each group gets one small flashlight to tour the facility.
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See the USA Today story here:
https://www.usatoday.com/experience/america/best-of-lists/10best-spookiest-haunted-houses/16807577/
Visit the Arx Mortis web site here:
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