The Lemp Brewery Haunted House appealed to me because of its location. I'd never been in the space…read moreand was wanting to check it out... Even if it would be covered by decor, distorted by light, and filled with people. The $25 price is a little high for what you get. It took us just a few minutes to get through the line to start. We had only about 25 minutes in there. I guess that's a fine amount of time, but another 5-10 minutes would have been all the better. You have to pay to park in the lot. It's only $5, but if you arrive early enough or don't kind a walk, you can just park on the street. I didn't see or hear anything about the Lemps (except for some props). That's probably a good thing--rhey were real people. There were some nods to the Victorian (I suppose) era early in the route. The spiral staircase at the beginning was one of my favorite parts... Because they were old and real. No scare factor there. They let you take photos as long as you don't use a flash. They got a few decent shreiks out of me. Would have had more but my friend walked ahead of me. I won't talk about the parts I liked--no spoilers here. I wish they'd had a bit more variety, though. It was mostly dungeon/undead. I'd have liked some vampires or scary clowns. I did the Darkness a few years ago and that was a bit better. I'd like to try Creepyworld next year. No regrets about going to Lemp, though.

Let me start off with saying the only reason this is 4 stars and not 5 is that it feels too short,…read moreespecially for only being $5 less than Creepyworld. We did all three Scarefest attractions in three consecutive days. The Lemp Brewery was our very first night of scares and it was a great way to kick off the weekend. This year the Lemp Brewery Haunted House took on an occult theme, which is not my typical cup of tea, but it was done well. For those not familiar, the Lemp family history is pretty bleak and the Lemp Mansion is said to be haunted. Nearby is the Lemp Brewery, which is where this Haunted House is located. So this attraction is touted as a "real" haunted house. (This is a haunted house attraction, not a ghost tour.) The natural setting is pretty great. When you arrive, large brick grain elevators tower above you. Across the parking lot from the grain elevators is another old brick building, the Lemp Brewery. Once inside you descend down two long stories of spiral staircase until you're underground. This descent helps create a bit of nervous anticipation, paving the way for the scares to come. This haunted house might be short, but it's pretty intense. It does an excellent job of confusing and disorienting through strobe lights, darkness, and hidden doorways. More than once we found ourselves going in circles in the dark unable to find the way out. The logistics: There's a large paid parking lot attended by the attraction's employees. It took about 30 minutes to go through. It's located pretty close to The Darkness, so you could probably do both in one night (assuming it's not too crowded).

Great Scare! Just ask my wife, whose heart was beating probably 180 bpm when she exited. These…read moreactors were really on their game the night we went. Jump scares around every corner. Haunted house very well decorated. Highly recommended.

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This haunted house was pretty unique in the fact that it was in a brick basement of an old,…read moresupposedly real haunted, brewery. We got the fast pass so we didn't have to wait longer than 20 minutes to actually get in. The first 5 minutes of the haunted house was awesome, extremely intense, and scary. They have it dark as hell in there with very little lighting. There are these red lights that is at eye level that is blinding that keeps your eyes constantly out of focus. It was a really nice touch. However...this haunted house is like all the others, they let it too many people at a time with not enough of a gap between. In less than 5 minutes you're with the people ahead of you who caught up to the people ahead of them and it's just one long single file line through where you don't get the scares and it's just annoying. meh...

I have been to several haunted houses and this was the worse. I think I was more scared standing in…read moreline waiting to enter. Walking through the underground haunted house, it was so dark, a little too dark. I was concentrating on trying to find my way through that the monsters, zombies or whatever wasn't a factor. I slammed my hand, busted my knee and wasn't scared at all. I understand that making the experience dark helps the scare factor but it was so dark you couldn't even see what was in front of you or the props they had out. It felt like I was in an old basement trying to find the light switch... With no luck! For $25.00, I should've been scared, uncomfortable or frighten at least once. This sucks balls. I will NEVER come back to this place again.

Fabulous location! The atmosphere is wonderful for families too! Highly recommend the carriage…read moreride.

This was amazing! I was upset at first. I paid $44 and sat in a bumper to bumper stop & go line for…read morean hour....IT WAS WORTH IT! My husband gave it a 2/10 "because it wasn't scary enough." I thought it was scary. Go after dark. Turn your headlights off. Drive a Jeep Wrangler with the top off, convertible, or car with a moon roof. Let your kids stand up on the seats! It won't let me post video, but there is a radio station with creepy sounds, fog machines, and realistic smoke/fire. High quality spookiness. Ten stars!!

It was so much fun!!! Kids loved it! Staff was friendly and helpful. Shooting zombies with…read morepaintballs was definitely everyone's favorite.

This was such a fun addition to our town! Something to do with the kids, or by ourselves. I can't…read morewait to see what the Riling Ranch of Horror has to offer next season!!

Before you read my review please see how unprofessional the owners response is to this review how…read moreare you gonna fight with customers after I paid your establishment money and time for a full experience? I mean, really!?!? I had an incredibly disappointing experience at Creepyworld St. Louis on Saturday, October 7th. My group had timed entry tickets for 8:00 pm. However, upon arriving on time, we were herded into the General Admission queue and waited for over 2 hours just to enter the first house. To make matters worse, there were multiple lines even after this long wait, AND the power went completely off three separate times for prolonged periods of time. The mismanagement, extended wait times, and power outages made our visit a complete nightmare. We eventually decided to leave the event early.

My friend and I went to CreepyWorld the monday before Halloween. We bought speed passes and waited…read morein line less than 5 minutes before beginning in our first house. The houses themselves were decorated really well. I was disappointed in the amount of actors in the houses. It really seemed like there were way less than previous years and this took away from the experience.

The escape rooms are amazing! The puzzles were well thought out. The staff was friendly and…read morehelpful. If you are looking for a fun activity I definitely would recommend Chittyville. We will definitely book another escape room adventure here!

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