Denver Haunted Houses | 2010 Haunted House Season

There is a lot of excitement centered around the upcoming 2010 Haunted House Season in Denver.  Here at HauntedRatings.com we have been receiving several emails about new haunted houses that are planning to open up their doors this coming season.  We have also gotten updates from several different Haunts that you enjoyed last year.   The 13th Door Haunted House, Curse of Slaughterhouse Gulch, The Haunted Mansion, The 25th Hour Haunted House, The Butcher Haunted House and the City of the Dead Haunt are among the many that will be returning for 2010.

New this year to HauntedRatings.com we will be adding a new feature called HOME HAUNTS.  A Home Haunt is one that is usually set up in a garage, back yard, driveway and in some cases, a Home Haunt can utilize the entire home.  They can run for 1 or 2 days up to several weekends.   There usually isn’t a charge to see them, but donations are appreciated.  A person who runs a Home Haunt spends hours and hours putting it together and does it for several different reasons.  Some do it for a specific charity while others do it for a neighborhood activity, but all of them do it because of their love for Halloween.  Several of Denver’s Home Haunters have gone onto run some of the best Pro Haunts in Denver.

So, while the rest of the country is depressed, Haunters in Denver are feverishly building and painting walls, constructing props and figuring out the best way to scare anyone who is brave enough to enter their establishment.

We will begin updating listings for HauntedRatings.com in mid August.  If you have a haunt that you would like to have listed, you can send me the information at hauntmaster@hauntedratings.com or call me at (720)261-0570.  I will have a form online that you can fill out or you can just send me the information and I will take care of it for you.  Remember the listings are FREE! Feel free to contact me with any questions.  I just love to talk Halloween!!

Denver Haunted Houses l Zombies Alive in Littleton

Zombies do like to eat

The first and hopefully annual Zombie Crawl was held in downtown Littleton Saturday, October 03. The plan was to show up at the Woodlawn shopping Center and meet at the Adventures in Dance Studio. As the Zombies started to arrive, you could feel the excitement in the air.

Zombies were invited by Dance Instructor, Holly to get on the dance floor and learn the dance steps to Michael Jackson’s THRILLER. As a crowd of less co-ordinated Zombies watched, their more co-ordinated counterparts began to recreate one of the most popular dance routines for the undead, one thing became very clear.  Most Zombies don’t have rhythm.  I would guess it is difficult to keep up with the steps when you are constantly having to drag ones foot.   Once the Zombies conquered enough of the dance, it was time for the Zombie Crawl to begin.

Greg Reinke, owner of the Haunted Mansion, explained to the group the route they would be taking and a zombie with a bullhorn made sure all the Zombies could hear all the instructions.  A New Orleans Funeral Band started to play and the Zombies Crawl began.

As the Zombies began to move, crowds gathered to watch them drag along Littleton Blvd. heading for Downtown Littleton. Diners who happened to be eating at one of several outside restaurants were offered severed hands and legs by some of the more generous Zombies.  Several people in the crowd watching were offered a chance to become a Zombie.  The only catch being that they would have to die first. 

As cars would pass by the Crawl they would honk their horns in support of the Zombie cause.    The crawl took approximately one hour to complete, with the Zombies ending up at the Haunted Mansion.  The studio representatives promoting the new movie, ZOMBIELAND, were on hand to pass out t-shirts, hats and posters to all those who participated in the crawl. 

This years Zombie Crawl unearthed zombies from the Stormbringers, Klingon House, City of the Dead Haunted House, 25th Hour Haunted House, Starland and some Zombies that just happened to be in the neighborhood.  A truly dead time was had by all.

Denver Haunted Houses l Littleton Zombie Crawl – Oct 03

This is a quick reminder about the upcoming Littleton Zombie Crawl to be held in Littleton Colorado Saturday, October 03 at 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Featuring CASH prizes, photo opportunities, Movie Studio Prizes, and Zombie Shopping Cart Floats. With the opening of ZOMBIELAND the night before, it seemed only natural to kick off the Haunted House season with Zombies. Zombies from some of the local Denver Haunted Houses will also be attending including Zombies from the new City of the Dead Haunted House at the Mile High Market Place and the 25th Hour Haunted House at C-470 and University Blvd. The entire parade will be lead by a New Orleans Style Funeral Jazz Band. It could quite possibly be the biggest Zombie Event ever held in the Littleton.

PRIZES:
GRAND PRIZE: 6 person limo tour of the Best Haunted Houses in Denver provided by Sunset Limo.
BEST ZOMBIE: $100 First Place, $75 2nd Place, $50 3rd Place.

ZOMBIE SHOPPING CART FLOATS: Movie Studio Prizes and posters for all entrants.

The Littleton Haunted House Zombie Crawl will start at the Adventures in Dance store at the Woodlawn Shopping Center (1500 West Littleton Blvd). Crawlers will proceed West down Littleton Blvd to Main to S Rapp St. Then the parade will head South to W Alamo Ave, then East to S Prince St., then North to Reinke Bros. Haunted Mansion. The entire route is about 1.2 miles.

ZOMBIE INSTRUCTIONS:
Show up in costume, ready to crawl, at Adventures in Dance at 1:00pm. The Adventures in Dance studio is located at the Woodlawn Shopping Center on Littleton Blvd. The Kick off to the crawl begins at 1:30pm.

ZOMBIE CART INSTRUCTIONS:
We have 20 shopping carts available for decoration. They must be brought back after the parade in the same condition you get them. They can be picked up at the Reinke Bros. Haunted Mansion during their regular hours of operation. If you plan to supply your own shopping cart, please don’t tell us and make us a party to your larceny.

Brought to you by: Scared.com, Reinke Brothers Haunted Mansion Haunted House, Hauntedratings.com,
Starland.com, Sunset Limo and Adventures in Dance.

Don’t just sit there, it’s time to get your Zombie on at the Parade. For more details go to the Reinke Bros. Haunted Mansion website or call (720)261-0570.

Denver Haunted Houses l Haunted Houses, Zombies and Movies, Oh My!

There is no escape!

This year seems to be the year of the Zombie. At least 2 Zombie Parades are planned. They are actually called Zombie Crawls because everyone knows that Zombies can’t actually march in a straight line. they’re dead afterall. The first Zombie Crawl is scheduled for Saturday, October 03 in downtown Littleton.

Touted as the First Annual Littleton Zombie Crawl, this event promises to have something for every Zombie lover. Zombies and Zombie-wannabes are to meet at the Adventures in Dance studio in the Woodlawn Shopping Center at 1:00pm. Zombies are to be in full Zombie costume, ready to begin the Crawl. A New Orleans Funeral Band will lead the way. The Crawl will proceed West down Littleton Blvd to Main and then onto S Rapp St, The Crawl will then head South to W Alamo Ave and East to S Prince St with the final destination being the Reinke Bros. Haunted Mansion.

Reinke Bros. are also providing shopping carts that can be used as floats. You can pick up one of the carts at the Haunted Mansion before the Crawl so that you have time to decorate it Zombie Style.  There will be cash prizes, Limo tour for the winner of Best Zombie Costume and lots of Zombie goodies will be given to those who participate. 

The Fourth Annual Zombie Crawl is scheduled for Saturday, Oct 24.   Join other Zombies dressed to scare at the Denver Pavilions and walk ever so slowly down the 16th st mall a mass of the half dead. Makeup artists will be there to make you into a zombie or you can do it yourself. There is no cost for this event
 
The Crawl begins at the Denver Pavilions at the corner of 16th and Glenarm at 5pm. Those needing blood, makeup, blood, torn clothes, blood… ect can prep before the event. The walk begins at 6 (heading west on 16th to Market st).

Looking for more Zombies?  One of  the Denver Haunted Houses, The City of the Dead Haunted House at the Mile High Marketplace is going to be filled with them.  Watch out for Judge Graves as he sentences you to eternity within the City of the Dead. As you venture through Dolly’s Donuts café, the Biker Bar, Scalpies Barbershop, and the Dentist, watch out for the hoodlum Zombies who feed on the living. Don’t waste time as you move through Mein Vein’s house, he and his wife will be sure to have you for dinner. Or maybe it’s the Asylum or Retirement Home that you may ultimately call home. After this trip through the scariest City that lives, you just might! Be prepared for the scares of your life!

Still looking for more Zombies?  Sony Pictures offers up the ultimate in Zombie overload.  ZOMBIELAND will be released in theaters on Friday, October 2.  Starring Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg this film takes you on an exciting trip as a team of Zombie Killers tries to rid the world of Zombies.  

This Halloween is turning out to be a Zombie lovers paradise.

Denver Haunted Houses l HauntedRatings – Halloween Ready

Gone are the warm Summer days and nights we have been enjoying. September 22 marked the official beginning to the Autumn Season. With the temperatures dipping in the low 40′s it is time for jackets, hot chocolate and the Denver Haunted Houses.

No matter where you live in the Denver Metro area, there is going to be a Haunted House near you. Denver has an abundance of incredible Haunted Houses to choose from. In Denver you can visit The Butcher Haunted House -experience the world through the eyes of a serial killer- or the new 25th Hour Haunted House -a cursed stolen necklace, a deadly virus, welcome to the world of undead zombies. The longest running Haunted House in the entire Denver Metro area would have to be the Haunted Mansion Haunted House (opening this weekend on September 25) in downtown Littleton. Celebrating its 36 year, the Haunted Mansion is a filled with scary eye-candy sure to excite any Halloween goer. As a bonus, when you exit the Haunted Mansion you open the door to the Reinke Brothers costume shop. If you ever wondered what it would be like to be die and go to Halloween Heaven, than I am sure it would look like this.  Filled to the rafters, literally, with props, costumes, makeup and every other thing you would need to celebrate the Halloween season. 

The 13th Door Haunted House (voted the scariest Haunted House on America’s Best Haunts) and Slaughterhouse Gulch Haunted House - a rogues gallery of who’s who in terror - will be opening on October 03.  Also new to the Denver Metro area this year will be the City of the Dead Haunt at the Mile High Marketplace on I-76.  In the City of the Dead you guessed it, there are a lot of dead people.  A nice place to visit if you’re a Zombie -not so nice if it turns out you’re going to be lunch. 

The first Littleton Zombie Walk is scheduled for Saturday, October 03 to start at the Woodlawn Shopping Center.  Prizes, goodies and more will be awarded to the Zombies with the best costumes, and shopping cart floats.  For more information about the Zombie Walk go to the Haunted Mansion website.

There are over 20 haunted houses in Denver plus cornmazes, home haunts, garage haunts and more.  HauntedRatings.com lists all the Haunted Houses in the Denver Metro area.  Several of the Haunted Houses are also offering discounted tickets, limo tours and more.  Group discounts are available at almost all of the haunted houses as well.

The economy may be down right now, but the Halloween Season is alive and well, I mean undead in Denver.

Denver Haunted Houses l LITTLETON ZOMBIE CRAWL – October 03

Announcing the first ever Haunted House Zombie Crawl in Littleton Colorado to be held Saturday, October 03 at 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Featuring CASH prizes, photo opportunities, Movie Studio Prizes, and Zombie Shopping Cart Floats. With the opening of ZOMBIELAND the night before, it seemed only natural to kick off the Haunted House season with Zombies.  Zombies from some of the local Haunted Houses will also be attending including Zombies from the new City of the Dead Haunted House at the Mile High Market Place and the 25th Hour Haunted House at C-470 and University Blvd. The entire parade will be lead by a New Orleans Style Funeral Jazz Band. It could quite possibly be the biggest Zombie Event ever held in the Denver Metro area!

PRIZES:
GRAND PRIZE: 6 person limo tour of the Best Haunted Houses in Denver.
BEST ZOMBIE: $100 First Place, $75 2nd Place, $50 3rd Place.

ZOMBIE SHOPPING CART FLOATS: Movie Studio Prizes and posters for all entrants.

The Littleton Haunted House Zombie Crawl will start at the Adventures in Dance store at the Woodlawn Shopping Center (1500 West Littleton Blvd). Crawlers will proceed West down Littleton Blvd to Main to S Rapp St. Then the parade will head South to W Alamo Ave, then East to S Prince St., then North to Reinke Bros. Haunted Mansion. The entire route is about 1.2 miles.

ZOMBIE INSTRUCTIONS:
Show up in costume, ready to crawl, at Adventures in Dance at 1:00pm. The Adventures in Dance studio is located at the Woodlawn Shopping Center on Littleton Blvd. The Kick off to the crawl begins at 1:30pm.

ZOMBIE CART INSTRUCTIONS:
We have 20 shopping carts available for decoration. They must be brought back after the parade in the same condition you get them. They can be picked up at the Reinke Bros. Haunted Mansion during their regular hours of operation. If you plan to supply your own shopping cart, please don’t tell us and make us a party to your larceny.

Brought to you by: Scared.com, Reinke Brothers Haunted Mansion Haunted House, Hauntedratings.com,
Starland.com, Sunset Limo and Adventures in Dance.

Don’t just sit there, it’s time to get your Zombie on at the Parade.  For more details go to the Reinke Bros. Haunted Mansion website or call (720)261-0570.

DENVER HAUNTED HOUSES l Real Denver Haunted Houses

Ghosts

Real Haunted Houses – every city has them according to the website: RealHaunts.com. Denver is no exception to the rule. Here are just a few of the more notable places that are said to be the home of some very interesting ghosts.

THE MOLLY BROWN House in Denver. The unusual activity in this house has been reported by several employees. Hauntings include dark shadows moving about rooms when there is no light to produce them, and piano keys moving on their own, but making no sound. In this building, many people report the pungent smell of fresh cigar smoke; Mr. Brown was known to be an avid smoker of cigars.

The home has been restored back to the way Molly Brown had it when she lived in Denver. The atmosphere in the home is rich with the past. The thought that she or her husband might still be taking care of the home make you believe that they are only there to welcome you as guests rather than trying to scare you away.

STATE CAPITOL BUILDING. The Colorado State Capitol Building is connected to several others by a series of tunnels. Originally, these tunnels were used to move coal from place to place for heating purposes. One female apparition who wears long turn of the century style dresses is known to haunt the area. She has been seen in all of the buildings and the tunnels themselves. Very inquisitive, the woman is said to have been seen reading over the shoulders of employees.

Politics are scary enough, ’nuff said.

BROWN PALACE Hotel in Denver. Also connected to the series of cold tunnels, this building is plagued by the incessant sound of someone coughing. It is also frequented by the same ghost that haunts the capital.

Maybe she is hoping the news is better at the Hotel. The food certainly is.

BUCKHORN EXCHANGE Restaurant. Presently a restaurant, when the fur trade began, This building was one of the first trading posts in the area. It is said that the building is haunted by many of the traders. There have been reports of tables moving suddenly. Also, many have reported hearing voices and footsteps when no one is talking or there.

The problem with a Real Haunted House is that the ghost has to be in the mood to scare you. You could be waiting a long time before you actually see something. To get immediate scares try visiting one of the many Denver Haunted Houses in the area. Some of the best Haunts known for their scares include: 13th Door Haunted House, Slaughterhouse Gulch Haunt, Haunted Mansion, 25th Hour, City of the Dead and The Butcher.

With the Halloween Season only a few weeks away, here is your chance to see some real and not so real ghosts.