Elitch Gardens Fright Fest
2000 Elitch Circle
Denver, CO 80204
The Suffering
The Suffering is basically a redress of brutal planet, only a little less so (some of the budget seems to have been shifted to the second haunt). It was, in a word, underwhelming. As with any haunt, there were a couple of good scares, but the timing of the animatronics was off, and the sets themselves pretty much just amounted to wooden corridors with some paint. I do have to give credit to the actor who pretended to be animatronic, and to the surprise hidden inside the air-cushion tunnel, but for the most part, the design and implementation of this haunt just seemed lazy.
4/10
Bloodlust: The Homecoming
This haunt, on the other hand, was a little more like it. It is built into the locker room building for the water park, so transforming it into a ravaged high school wasn't too much of a stretch. As a result, the whole thing felt much more real than The Suffering. The actors seemed to be a bit more on their game as well. It wasn't anything special, but definitely the superior of the two haunts and worth visiting.
6/10
Of course, you can't get into the haunts without buying a ticket to Fright Fest, and getting access to the entirety of Elitch Gardens for the night. The whole place is seasonally decorated, with fog machines, gravestones, and red-tinted water. They also have several actors roaming the park to provide scares. I've always found something magical about amusement parks after dark, and during Fright Fest, it's just that much better. Even with underwhelming haunts, Fright Fest as a whole is a terrific experience.
Fright Fest
9/10
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