Haunted Happenings: 'Scream City DC' Opens Friday

Las Vegas-based Steelhead Productions, known for its scary “Field of Screams” in Olney, Md., is expanding its bloodcurdling business into DC-proper.

”Scream City, Washington, DC,” a fully enclosed, 40-minute walk-through “haunt experience,” will be located in the parking lot of RFK Stadium and open Friday (see map below). The attraction is recommended for ages 13 and older (read other warnings here).

Scream City is artfully constructed, the company says, using carefully crafted back-stories that build the foundation of these experiences, which play off the spectrum of human fear. The haunted houses offer multiple inter-attraction activities. In Olney, Field of Screams is an outdoor experience comprised of four unique fright areas that last year won cable TV channel A&E’s national haunted house design/build competition.

Scream City is completely enclosed indoors with two major ”terror zones.” Concessions are available onsite for purchase at both locations. Attractions are smoke and alcohol-free, with a clean safety record since inception of operations in 2000.

Details

• Scream City, DC: 2400 E. Capitol St. Washington DC 20003; one block from the Stadium/Armory Metro (RED line). Open every Friday and Saturday from Friday, Oct. 2 to Nov. 1 and most Thursdays and Sundays. Visit www.screamcity.com for full schedule.
• Price: Tickets to Scream City DC are $35.55 (when we checked online Monday). Buy tickets here. General Admission ticket prices gets you a haunted house experience — a walk through two separate but back to back high-end state of the art haunted houses. One ticket buys you access to both the Exorcism Estate Haunted House and the Slaughter Factory. You cannot buy a ticket to just one.A “VIP/Demon Pack” provides you with a General Admission ticket, plus faster access to both haunts through much shorter lines at an additional $10.
• Hours are 7-10 p.m.
• Field of Screams, Maryland: 4501 Olney Laytonsille Road, Olney Md. 20832 – 30 minutes from the DC. and Northern Virginia. Open every Friday and Saturday, through Nov. 1 and most Thursdays and Sundays. See www.screams.org for full schedule.