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Basement of the Dead

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  • Posted : October 24th, 2019

Basement of the Dead is located at  42 W New York St, Aurora, IL 60506. General admission is $30, VIP tickets are $45, and the Ultimate Package is $99 (skip all lines, go directly to the front door, and includes: a Free T-shirt, Lanyard, Shot Glass, Wristband, Coozie, & $5 off Concessions). For more information, please visit https://basementofthedead.com

First off, Basement of the Dead is unlike ANY other haunt I have been to. It’s like you walk up to an outdoor party. They have an INSANE amount of line actors that are constantly on the move, actors that get up in the second story planter next door and launch merchandise and candy into the crowd, a live DJ playing top hits at all times. They dance and entertain and spoil the heck out of their customers, and I love going there just for the environment!

All right, enough of the going gaga over their party scene, let’s talk about the haunt. Before going into the building you are informed of the rules. Walking in, you immediately walk down a few stairs. Now, instead of telling you about rooms they rearranged, I’m gonna tell you about what they COMPLETELY changed (pretty much the entire beginning). They redid the very first room you walk into. It’s now a room full of mannequins. These things were so well detailed, I kept looking for the actor that was gonna try to jump at me, and I never found them. Maybe I’m crazy, but I swear there has got to be SOMEONE in that room trying to pull that one! I’m gonna keep looking every time I go back there, I just know it. They also now have one of those carousel rooms with the spinning floor. They actually have it set up really well and I second guessed whether it was what I thought it was at first. Nevertheless, that door started to get further and further away from me
Another new room is their doll room. I don’t have a fear of dolls at all, but something about the atmosphere in that room just gives off this really creepy vibe. Maybe it’s something you don’t necessarily catch with your eye but you still see…I feel like it definitely had something to do with the scenery. 

Lastly, I would like to talk about at least one of their old rooms. They gave their church a major face lift. There are still nuns in this room, they just aren’t on the same level as you…and by that I mean look up. No, seriously, everybody in this room is dead and hanging from the ceiling now! I wasn’t expecting to see them up there honestly. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a haunt with a room full of JUST hanging people. It kind of made me stop for a second and take stock of my surroundings, I’ll tell you that.

Now this wasn’t a scenic walk in the park, I did get scared a few times. I think it was an actor with really good timing that got me this year. I tend to go through their spider room very slowly as the first time I went to the Basement of the Dead, I nearly had a panic attack in this room. The slower I go, the better for me. I think this is why the actor got to me. I was already tense and relaxed in the next room. I’m pretty sure he saw a prime opportunity as I came through that doorway with clenched hands and white as a ghost.

There is also a second attraction after the main haunt called Shattered. Shattered is a 3D clown based haunt and it has some of the best artistry I have seen in 3D haunts. Many things on the walls look like can reach out and touch them. It always gets me when I reach out to run my hand along the walls and there actually is something there that isn’t just painted. The only things you are given for this haunt are a pair of 3D glasses and a small black light. Most of the haunt is dark so there are plenty of places for actors to hide from you are a shining beacon with that flashlight, and trust me, they are going to come right for you if you give them the opening.

All in all, I love what they have done with the haunt this year. I loved it before and now there is even more to love, inside and out. When my friends ask me what a good I know of is, I usually have to include Basement of the Dead somewhere on the list. It’s got a little bit of everything, and even if I don’t get scared, I always know I’ll leave with a smile on my face. I highly recommend this haunt to anyone wanting to go out with friends for a good time and a lot of laughs and fun.