Welcome back to another edition of HH365! Today we will continue our Haunt Reviews for the 2019 season. This one again was completed by John Morris one our trusted friends and Haunt Aficionado. Let us continue on to his review of Scary Rotten Farms for 2019.
It was the Friday before Halloween and my two friends and I were driving around trying to figure out what attraction we were going do tonight since the season is coming to a close and we have been to most Haunts. We decided to hit Scary Rotten Farms in Brick NJ.
I am not too sure about how long The haunt has been at this
location but I remember hearing about them a few years backs and finally decided
to check it out. I remember the first time I heard about this place and I heard
that they only have 2 attractions. Now a couple of years later they have 3
attractions. They also have a farmers market and two food trucks. I didn’t see any escape rooms
or any other activities for people to do if they don’t want to partake in the
haunts. So, the midway area is lacking a lot.
We arrived to the haunt about a half hour after they
opened and from the parking lot and the walk from the parking lot the haunt
seemed very promising.
The first attraction of the night we did was Twisted Tales.
This is their newest attraction at Scary Rotten Farms. It had a lot of potential
but it just fell flat. This type of attraction is starting to pop up a lot in
the past two years or so but some haunts take the idea and then takes it to a
whole different level but at this place it turned out pretty basic. You have you’re killer Snow
White, Rapunzel and Belle from Beauty and the beast. The actors were pretty good
whenever you didn’t see a repeat actor. Also, there were some dead space, it
wasn’t too too bad but it was very noticeable. The attraction just ends
abruptly out of no where. Now, My friends and I didn’t know if we missed a turn
or something and we asked one of the ladies at the ticket both and her answer
was the attraction is only 4 minutes at best. So Twisted Tales wasn’t bad but
it just could’ve been a lot better with more actors and longer because
they had a lot of space. A lot of the scenes were also pretty cool but basic at
the same time. The one that stuck out to me was Rapunzel's castle. Let us get to the scoring.
Overall:
The next attraction of the night was SINISTER SNEED'S
CHAOTIC CARNIVAL OF CHAOS.
This attraction was pretty good but once again it suffered
the same problems as Twisted tales as it was also very short, a noticeable amount of dead space.
The actors here tried really hard to work with what they had in this attraction
because you can tell that this attraction was either rushed or they didn’t have a
lot to work with. The props here were
pretty cool, Scenes were your basic carnival scenes. Once again this attraction
ends abruptly but at least this time you knew the end was coming once you saw
the lost and confused people walking out of the first attraction.
Overall:
The last attraction of the night was The Blackend “The
Plague”.
This was the last attraction of the night. Now after the two
other attractions I was sort of let down and I just wanted to leave. This is your basic trail though the woods, but you encounter a village that was hit
with the Plague. This attraction sort of made up for the past two attractions due
to the fact that this had to be the longest attraction, most actors, amazing
scenes, and pretty good props. I guess they wanted to put all their attention
on this attraction for whatever reason. The best part of this attraction had to
be when your walking through a junkyard and they separate you and your whole
group and make you go down different trails. Actors here were good. This was a very long attraction as I think we were in there for close to twenty minutes.
Overall:
My time here at Scary Rotten Farms started off pretty weak
but it got better when I hit the last attraction. They need to try and fix that
dead space problem that is in most of their attractions and if they fix a few
of the things I spoke upon it could have been a better experience. But it really
wasn’t that bad of a place they just need to put their focus on the other 2
attractions and make the midway more like a midway feeling. More food, and
more things for people to do. So that was my time at Scary Rotten Farms. Thank
you for reading. Let us get to the Overall for this Haunt:
Thank you John for your 2019 account of Scary Rotten Farms. Make sure you keep checking in everyone as we still have a few more reviews to get in including HHN from both coasts. So keep it here to HH365! Where Every Day Is Haunt Day!
