Arts & Entertainment
New Haunted Attractions Opening at 'Scream Park' This Weekend in McHenry County
The Harvard scream park will include three haunted attractions and will also who scary movies on a giant outdoor movie screen.
If you are looking for a scare, a new haunted park will be opening this Friday in Harvard.
ScaryTown Scream Park will offer three haunted attractions -- Deadwoods Haunted Trails, Camp Zombie and Terror Under the Big Top -- at Plum Tree National Park, 19511 Lembcke Road in Harvard when opens to the public on Oct. 14.
The main attraction, Deadwoods Haunted Trails, is a mile-trek through the woods where visitors face their “darkest fears,” which will include scenes from the Old West, Salem witch trials, a swampland full of “killer rednecks” and much more, according to the ScaryTown Scream Park website.
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The next attraction, Camp Zombie, is built around the following premise: “A small rural city just outside of Chicago, has been under a military enforced quarantine after a devastating new virus spread through the entire town threatening all of its residents and a refugee camp has been set up next to ChimChem Labs facility outside of town.”
And if creepy clowns are your thing, the final attraction at ScaryTown is for you. Terror Under the Big Top pits clowns against clowns.
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“When the traveling circus comes to town a group of clowns from a rival circus group invade the circus grounds looking for clown blood,” according to the ScaryTown website. “No matter who wins, you lose.”
At ScaryTown Square you can buy snacks, refreshments, hot chocolate and beer or cocktails for those 21 years and old. There will be live music and scary movies showing on ScaryTown’s giant outdoor movie screen. You can also visit Shiann, the ScaryTown psychic.
ScaryTown opens to the public at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14. The park will be open Fridays through Sundays through Oct. 30.
Tickets are available for purchase online at the ScaryTown box office, which opens at 6 p.m. An all-park-pass will cost you $30, which provides admission to all attractions in the park, but you can also pay $15 for just the Deadwoods Haunted Trail or $12 to take part in either the Terror Under the Big Top or Camp Zombie attraction.
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