Haunted Houses
Fear Fest Directions
Directions to Fear Fest from RBHS:
Fear Fest and its 3 attractions are located 3-miles west of Columbia at exit 121 (Fayette exit), at the bottom of the hill on the right with free parking.
6402 W. HWY. 40 Columbia Mo. 65202
Fear Fest and its 3 attractions are located 3-miles west of Columbia at exit 121 (Fayette exit), at the bottom of the hill on the right with free parking.
6402 W. HWY. 40 Columbia Mo. 65202
- Start out going north on South Providence Road toward Peach Way. 0.3 mi
- Take the first right, just past Peach Tree Drive
- Sophia’s is on the left – if you reach East Nifong Boulevard, you’ve gone a little too far
- Take the first left onto MO-163 N/S Providence Rd. If you reach the end of South Providence Road, you’ve gone a little too far
- Turn left onto East Stadium Boulevard/MO-740.E Stadium Blvd is 0.2 miles past Research Park Drive. If you reach East Brandon Road you’ve gone a little too far 4.0 mi
- Merge onto I-70 W/US-40 West via the ramp on the left toward Kansas City.
- Take the US-40/MO-240 exit, EXIT 121, toward MO-UU/Fayette. 0.3 mi
- Turn slight right onto US-40/MO-240. 0.2 mi
- 6402 HIGHWAY 40 West. Your destination is 0.1 miles past West Cunningham Drive
- If you reach North Ivy Lane, you’ve gone about 0.3 miles too far
Necropolis Directions
Directions to Necropolis from RBHS:
- Start out going north on S Providence Rd toward Peach Way
- Take the first right.
- Take the first left onto MO-163 N/S Providence Rd.
- Turn left onto S College Ave/MO-763.
- Turn left onto Rogers St.
- 1207 Rogers St. (Necroplanet) is on the right
Ticket Prices
FEAR FEST:
Sarah’s Legend & Slash Masters: $18.00, includes only two houses
Both haunted houses proved to be well worth the money. 20 minutes of pure terror for $18 may seem like a rip-off, but once you’re out of both houses, the memories of your daunting experience will live on for as long as you do – my friends and I still tell haunted house stories of Fear Fest from five years ago, and I have no doubt that this time will be no different.
Sarah’s Legend & Slash Masters VIP: $25.00
This is worth it if you can’t stand long lines or the sometimes prickling chill of fall air. I would advise roughing it out because the wait will not only entertain you, but also allow you to prepare for what is to come. Basically anything that says “VIP” just means you get to stand in a shorter line and are able to get in faster. I would say the cost isn’t worth it.
Zombie Safari Hayride Paintball: $18.00
Unless you are passionately in love with paint-balling, don’t waste your money. The two haunted houses end the night on the What does this mean? perfectly dissonant note. Although I enjoyed shooting at zombies with a paintball gun and them being able to shoot back, the Zombie Safari Hayride proved to be more comical than creepy.
Zombie Safari Hayride Paintball VIP: $25.00
Combo Ticket: $27.00, includes all three attractions
VIP Combo Ticket: $40.00, includes front of the line to all three attractions
NECROPOLIS:
The standard $20 price for a ticket covers your entrance to all three attractions- Necropolis Haunted House, Chaos in 3D and The Pit. Breaking this down to a little under $7 for each attraction individually, about the price of an individual movie ticket, I wouldn’t say that the experience was necessarily worth the money. Although Necropolanet certainly left me frightened and was a fun activity for the Halloween season, the only attraction that was worth its share of the ticket price was probably the haunted house. Neither Chaos in 3D nor The Pit were so spectacular that I would deem them worth the equivalent of a full-priced movie ticket. Overall, the cost was steeper than the quality of entertainment itself.
Sarah’s Legend & Slash Masters: $18.00, includes only two houses
Both haunted houses proved to be well worth the money. 20 minutes of pure terror for $18 may seem like a rip-off, but once you’re out of both houses, the memories of your daunting experience will live on for as long as you do – my friends and I still tell haunted house stories of Fear Fest from five years ago, and I have no doubt that this time will be no different.
Sarah’s Legend & Slash Masters VIP: $25.00
This is worth it if you can’t stand long lines or the sometimes prickling chill of fall air. I would advise roughing it out because the wait will not only entertain you, but also allow you to prepare for what is to come. Basically anything that says “VIP” just means you get to stand in a shorter line and are able to get in faster. I would say the cost isn’t worth it.
Zombie Safari Hayride Paintball: $18.00
Unless you are passionately in love with paint-balling, don’t waste your money. The two haunted houses end the night on the What does this mean? perfectly dissonant note. Although I enjoyed shooting at zombies with a paintball gun and them being able to shoot back, the Zombie Safari Hayride proved to be more comical than creepy.
Zombie Safari Hayride Paintball VIP: $25.00
Combo Ticket: $27.00, includes all three attractions
VIP Combo Ticket: $40.00, includes front of the line to all three attractions
NECROPOLIS:
The standard $20 price for a ticket covers your entrance to all three attractions- Necropolis Haunted House, Chaos in 3D and The Pit. Breaking this down to a little under $7 for each attraction individually, about the price of an individual movie ticket, I wouldn’t say that the experience was necessarily worth the money. Although Necropolanet certainly left me frightened and was a fun activity for the Halloween season, the only attraction that was worth its share of the ticket price was probably the haunted house. Neither Chaos in 3D nor The Pit were so spectacular that I would deem them worth the equivalent of a full-priced movie ticket. Overall, the cost was steeper than the quality of entertainment itself.
Legends
Fear fest:
Not long ago, the haunted house of Fear Fest was a funeral home, where a Mortician worked and was friends with a family just down the road.
A young girl named Sarah was from this family, and the Mortician cared for her very much because she would go to his house to visit often. This was odd for the Mortician. He didn’t get many visitors because of his job.
During that time, a giant snow storm hit mid-Missouri from the north that no one saw coming. The Mortician knew Sarah would not come and see him that day, given the conditions. The same evening, the Mortician heard a knock at the door. It was Sarah’s parents asking for Sarah. That’s when things changed.
Sarah’s parents told the Mortician that Sarah had left the house before the storm hit to visit him, and never came home. But the Mortician hadn’t seen her all day. Worried and frantic, Sarah’s parents and the Mortician traced the steps and path Sarah usually took to get back and forth between the two homes. Halfway between the two homes was an old funeral home, which is now the haunted house of Fear Fest. While walking through the blizzard, Sarah’s parents and the Mortician found Sarah near the funeral home, frozen to death.
Sarah’s parents were devastated. So was the Mortician. To him, Sarah was the little daughter he never had. And it was his job to bury her.
After that, the Mortician was barely seen by anyone. As time went on, he shut down the funeral home because some say he heard Sarah crying outside of it. After that, no one ever saw the Mortician again. He seemed to have disappeared.
Necropolis:
Chaos in 3D is supposed to mimic a post-apocalyptic nuclear haze where pockets of nuclear waste and radiation leave behind a bizarre and muddled wonderland.
Necropolis haunted house is disguised as a lone factory among the rubble of the dead world, filled with evil spirits eager to prey on living souls. Legend has it, even the malicious cannibals of the apocalypse are stricken by terror too deep to approach the factory.
The Pit is adorned with the legend of a gang of deranged cannibals who have taken up residence in this utter darkness, looming in the black abyss ready to devour you mercilessly.
Not long ago, the haunted house of Fear Fest was a funeral home, where a Mortician worked and was friends with a family just down the road.
A young girl named Sarah was from this family, and the Mortician cared for her very much because she would go to his house to visit often. This was odd for the Mortician. He didn’t get many visitors because of his job.
During that time, a giant snow storm hit mid-Missouri from the north that no one saw coming. The Mortician knew Sarah would not come and see him that day, given the conditions. The same evening, the Mortician heard a knock at the door. It was Sarah’s parents asking for Sarah. That’s when things changed.
Sarah’s parents told the Mortician that Sarah had left the house before the storm hit to visit him, and never came home. But the Mortician hadn’t seen her all day. Worried and frantic, Sarah’s parents and the Mortician traced the steps and path Sarah usually took to get back and forth between the two homes. Halfway between the two homes was an old funeral home, which is now the haunted house of Fear Fest. While walking through the blizzard, Sarah’s parents and the Mortician found Sarah near the funeral home, frozen to death.
Sarah’s parents were devastated. So was the Mortician. To him, Sarah was the little daughter he never had. And it was his job to bury her.
After that, the Mortician was barely seen by anyone. As time went on, he shut down the funeral home because some say he heard Sarah crying outside of it. After that, no one ever saw the Mortician again. He seemed to have disappeared.
Necropolis:
Chaos in 3D is supposed to mimic a post-apocalyptic nuclear haze where pockets of nuclear waste and radiation leave behind a bizarre and muddled wonderland.
Necropolis haunted house is disguised as a lone factory among the rubble of the dead world, filled with evil spirits eager to prey on living souls. Legend has it, even the malicious cannibals of the apocalypse are stricken by terror too deep to approach the factory.
The Pit is adorned with the legend of a gang of deranged cannibals who have taken up residence in this utter darkness, looming in the black abyss ready to devour you mercilessly.
Other Attractions
The Darkness has been scaring its visitors in St. Louis for 19 years, and promises to offer anyone “a great time and great memories.” This year, they added an animated band to the mix as well as a dancing zombie flash mob.
http://www.scarefest.com/haunted_house_in_stlouis_missouri_thedarkness/home.cfm
The Beast describes itself as “Kansas City’s most elaborate haunted house”. It is owned by Full Moon Productions, one of the country’s leading entertainment development companies, and promises a fright for anyone brave enough to enter its doors.
http://www.kcbeast.com/
Show Me Fear, located in Sikeston, portrays a rural farm with a dark and gruesome past and many spooky surprises in store. It spans over 400 acres of terror and warns visitors with their catch phrase “Only fear grows here!”
http://showmefear.com/
http://www.scarefest.com/
The Beast describes itself as “Kansas City’s most elaborate haunted house”. It is owned by Full Moon Productions, one of the country’s leading entertainment development companies, and promises a fright for anyone brave enough to enter its doors.
http://www.kcbeast.com/
Show Me Fear, located in Sikeston, portrays a rural farm with a dark and gruesome past and many spooky surprises in store. It spans over 400 acres of terror and warns visitors with their catch phrase “Only fear grows here!”
http://showmefear.com/
Reviews
Fear fest review:
The sharp chill of fall air stung our faces as my friends and I got in the atrociously long line to enter the haunted house. Fear Fest. Made up of three attractions: Sarah’s Legend haunted house, Slash Master’s Asylum and a Zombie Safari hayride, Fear Fest has never failed to be the perfect combination of unnerving and grotesque.
My friends and I had all been to haunted houses before. It’s kind of our annual tradition, but we hadn’t been to Fear Fest in about four or five years. We had forgotten about how many people actually went to this haunted house; waiting in line was only bearable because I was with some of my best friends.
Fear Fest did offer some in-line entertainment. A tall, distorted looking man with his spinal cord popping out of his back, “greeted” people as they walked through the line. Reaching out with his boney, gnarled hands, he got a few screams and squeals out of the more vulnerable ones of us in line. Aside from that, there were fire blowers, throwers, hula-hoopers and people doing all other types of fire stunts imaginable to distract us from the lull of the long line. As I looked around, everyone was entranced by the fire entertainers as if they were possessed. Ha. Good one, Fear Fest.
But, there was still an ungodly number of people there, and after timing how long it was since we first got in line until we nervously mounted the stairs to enter Sarah’s Legend, it ended up being a grand total of one hour and twenty minutes – a little too long for my taste.
When we finally reached the steps of Sarah’s Legend, we weren’t ready for what was to come. When you enter the house, the door closes behind you and an old portrait screen on the wall in front of you tells you about the mystery of Sarah. When he finishes, you are to enter down the hall toward the darkness where the 10 minutes of utter horror will begin.
Complete with clowns, disgustingly severed body parts, intense strobe lights with faces jumping out at you every time the light flashes on, skeletons, coffins, insanely loud train horns, and werewolves, Sarah’s Legend exceeded my expectations. It was after we shuffled our way out of Sarah’s Legend in a less-tense fashion because we thought the petrifying terror was over when we heard it: the loud, gnawing buzz of a chainsaw.
After Sarah’s Legend, a worker escorts you into the line for Slash Master’s Asylum – another haunted house, asylum-style. This line wasn’t nearly as long, and before you know it, you’re entering into what looks to be a broken down hospital, welcomed in by a nurse with an eerie disposition. She tells you to open the door. Then you meet up with another nurse who rushes you down a hall into an elevator, and that’s when everything goes crazy. Literally. The insane asylum was more disturbing and gruesome than Sarah’s Legend. Body parts are mashed around the rooms, and blood is smeared and splashed over everything. It was wonderful.
The last attraction is the Zombie Safari, which is a bit of a waste of money. It costs $18 just to ride in a hayride and shoot zombies as they pop out of the woods and corn. Don’t get me wrong, it was amusing for my friends and me but kind of took away from the fright of Fear Fest.
All in all, Fear Fest gave my friends and me the perfect adrenaline rush and is just the right level of spook for anyone of any age.
“Things move, you hear things, you see hallucinations, and things just do not make sense all the time. Come out, see for yourself.”
By Julia Schaller
Necropolis:
There was no doubt in my mind as I pulled into the crowded parking lot of Necroplanet that I was in for a scare.
The setup was smaller than I thought it would be. Behind the ticket booth lay a neat cluster of several buildings, centered around two white tents with roped-off areas for visitors to wait in line. Neon strobe lights danced across the pavement, accompanied by an obnoxiously loud cacophony of top 40 dance remixes that reverberated off of my eardrums and left me more frightened of severe hearing damage than whatever spooky experience lay before me.
As expected, the line for the first attraction – Chaos in 3D – was fairly long. Although the DJ was supposed to be making the delay more tolerable with his blasting of awful rap music, it only irritated me further and left it impossible to make small talk with those around me without awkwardly shouting “WHAT DID YOU SAY?” every few seconds. When the wait was finally over after about half an hour, a worker dressed in a gruesome costume handed me a pair of cardboard 3D glasses and ushered me through a heavy wooden door into the daunting darkness before me.
Chaos in 3D is set up similar to a maze, where black walls stand, splashed in 3D paint color, which made navigation confusing. Occasionally, a character decked in the same glowing paint would pop out and startle you, but for the most part, the experience was more trippy than it was terrifying.
The next attraction- Necropolis Haunted House – was connected to the previous one, leaving only a brief 5-10 minute delay in between. I ditched the flimsy 3D glasses and a security guard escorted me through the doors of the legendary Necropolis.
As I wandered the winding halls of Necropolis, my heart jumped out of my chest over and over again when characters dressed as deranged and bloody spirits greeted me with giddy screams, ready to pounce on me at any minute. These creatures followed me and frequently pretended to prod me with their serrated weapons or slash me with their razor-sharp hatchets. The ghoulish display within the haunted house was up-to-par with the well-versed actors who continued to giggle satanically at my raging fear.
When I finally reached the end, my body was trembling uncontrollably, and my last stop, The Pit, had me shaking in horror at its entrance. Upon entering The Pit, I felt as if I had gone blind. Encased in a blanket of blackness, I tried my best to navigate through the maze, only to constantly smash into the rock-hard wooden walls or walk straight into one of the cannibalistic creatures.
After stumbling out the exit, I was disoriented and blinded even by the dim moonlight that shone eerily off of the blacktop in the night. Finished with my trek of terror, I ran trembling to my car, locking the doors immediately and rolling out of the parking lot in a frightened frenzy.
Although I will be hesitant to admit it in person, not willing to risk ruining my fearless tough-guy facade, Necroplanet left my adrenaline pumping for days to come. However, this did not compensate for the overpriced tickets. Overall, the experience- although spooky and fun during the Halloween season- was not worth the money.
By Anna Wright
The sharp chill of fall air stung our faces as my friends and I got in the atrociously long line to enter the haunted house. Fear Fest. Made up of three attractions: Sarah’s Legend haunted house, Slash Master’s Asylum and a Zombie Safari hayride, Fear Fest has never failed to be the perfect combination of unnerving and grotesque.
My friends and I had all been to haunted houses before. It’s kind of our annual tradition, but we hadn’t been to Fear Fest in about four or five years. We had forgotten about how many people actually went to this haunted house; waiting in line was only bearable because I was with some of my best friends.
Fear Fest did offer some in-line entertainment. A tall, distorted looking man with his spinal cord popping out of his back, “greeted” people as they walked through the line. Reaching out with his boney, gnarled hands, he got a few screams and squeals out of the more vulnerable ones of us in line. Aside from that, there were fire blowers, throwers, hula-hoopers and people doing all other types of fire stunts imaginable to distract us from the lull of the long line. As I looked around, everyone was entranced by the fire entertainers as if they were possessed. Ha. Good one, Fear Fest.
But, there was still an ungodly number of people there, and after timing how long it was since we first got in line until we nervously mounted the stairs to enter Sarah’s Legend, it ended up being a grand total of one hour and twenty minutes – a little too long for my taste.
When we finally reached the steps of Sarah’s Legend, we weren’t ready for what was to come. When you enter the house, the door closes behind you and an old portrait screen on the wall in front of you tells you about the mystery of Sarah. When he finishes, you are to enter down the hall toward the darkness where the 10 minutes of utter horror will begin.
Complete with clowns, disgustingly severed body parts, intense strobe lights with faces jumping out at you every time the light flashes on, skeletons, coffins, insanely loud train horns, and werewolves, Sarah’s Legend exceeded my expectations. It was after we shuffled our way out of Sarah’s Legend in a less-tense fashion because we thought the petrifying terror was over when we heard it: the loud, gnawing buzz of a chainsaw.
After Sarah’s Legend, a worker escorts you into the line for Slash Master’s Asylum – another haunted house, asylum-style. This line wasn’t nearly as long, and before you know it, you’re entering into what looks to be a broken down hospital, welcomed in by a nurse with an eerie disposition. She tells you to open the door. Then you meet up with another nurse who rushes you down a hall into an elevator, and that’s when everything goes crazy. Literally. The insane asylum was more disturbing and gruesome than Sarah’s Legend. Body parts are mashed around the rooms, and blood is smeared and splashed over everything. It was wonderful.
The last attraction is the Zombie Safari, which is a bit of a waste of money. It costs $18 just to ride in a hayride and shoot zombies as they pop out of the woods and corn. Don’t get me wrong, it was amusing for my friends and me but kind of took away from the fright of Fear Fest.
All in all, Fear Fest gave my friends and me the perfect adrenaline rush and is just the right level of spook for anyone of any age.
“Things move, you hear things, you see hallucinations, and things just do not make sense all the time. Come out, see for yourself.”
By Julia Schaller
Necropolis:
There was no doubt in my mind as I pulled into the crowded parking lot of Necroplanet that I was in for a scare.
The setup was smaller than I thought it would be. Behind the ticket booth lay a neat cluster of several buildings, centered around two white tents with roped-off areas for visitors to wait in line. Neon strobe lights danced across the pavement, accompanied by an obnoxiously loud cacophony of top 40 dance remixes that reverberated off of my eardrums and left me more frightened of severe hearing damage than whatever spooky experience lay before me.
As expected, the line for the first attraction – Chaos in 3D – was fairly long. Although the DJ was supposed to be making the delay more tolerable with his blasting of awful rap music, it only irritated me further and left it impossible to make small talk with those around me without awkwardly shouting “WHAT DID YOU SAY?” every few seconds. When the wait was finally over after about half an hour, a worker dressed in a gruesome costume handed me a pair of cardboard 3D glasses and ushered me through a heavy wooden door into the daunting darkness before me.
Chaos in 3D is set up similar to a maze, where black walls stand, splashed in 3D paint color, which made navigation confusing. Occasionally, a character decked in the same glowing paint would pop out and startle you, but for the most part, the experience was more trippy than it was terrifying.
The next attraction- Necropolis Haunted House – was connected to the previous one, leaving only a brief 5-10 minute delay in between. I ditched the flimsy 3D glasses and a security guard escorted me through the doors of the legendary Necropolis.
As I wandered the winding halls of Necropolis, my heart jumped out of my chest over and over again when characters dressed as deranged and bloody spirits greeted me with giddy screams, ready to pounce on me at any minute. These creatures followed me and frequently pretended to prod me with their serrated weapons or slash me with their razor-sharp hatchets. The ghoulish display within the haunted house was up-to-par with the well-versed actors who continued to giggle satanically at my raging fear.
When I finally reached the end, my body was trembling uncontrollably, and my last stop, The Pit, had me shaking in horror at its entrance. Upon entering The Pit, I felt as if I had gone blind. Encased in a blanket of blackness, I tried my best to navigate through the maze, only to constantly smash into the rock-hard wooden walls or walk straight into one of the cannibalistic creatures.
After stumbling out the exit, I was disoriented and blinded even by the dim moonlight that shone eerily off of the blacktop in the night. Finished with my trek of terror, I ran trembling to my car, locking the doors immediately and rolling out of the parking lot in a frightened frenzy.
Although I will be hesitant to admit it in person, not willing to risk ruining my fearless tough-guy facade, Necroplanet left my adrenaline pumping for days to come. However, this did not compensate for the overpriced tickets. Overall, the experience- although spooky and fun during the Halloween season- was not worth the money.
By Anna Wright
