Catacombs of the Pumpkin God 2012 Review

iSqFt Haunt – Catacombs of the Pumpkin God: Blue Ash, OH

This year’s Catacombs of the Pumpkin God haunt was the best yet and over the top scary as far as low budget haunts go. Gus and Todd are skilled haunt designers by anyone’s estimation and have created one hell of a haunt in just a couple of days time.

With the use of mostly home-made props and a few store bought animatronics and a large dose of creativity, the Catacombs of the Pumpkin God shaped into a great haunt with more scares and surprises than ever before and a quality of haunt that few home made haunts have dreamed of. The haunt takes approx 8 minutes from start to finish and each twist and turn brings new shocks, from the animated clown animatronic from “IT” to the bigger than life talking Pumpkin God, through the graveyard scene with it’s ghouls and skeletons, past the mad doctor and his sexy nurse/victim and even a very imaginative ghost hologram, the screams and the fun never stops until you’re out the door. The use of different levels of lighting and back backdrops gave the rooms an almost surreal feel and the music kept the mood and added to the creepy atmosphere. There was even a grill cooking a human leg that actually threw off heat like a real grill. The rooms were well done, the haunt long enough with enough twists and turns to disorient, and the actors frightful to the max! This haunt was well done and then some. It’s a shame that it’s limited to just the employees of iSqFt because it would make a really fun neighborhood haunt.

Bang for the buck – Free!
Rating: 10 – Excellent

Curb Appeal
Rating: 9 – Excellent

Scare Factor
Rating: 10 – Excellent

Actors/Professionalism
Rating: 10.5 – Frightmaster Candidate!

Audio Effect
Rating: 10 – Excellent

Lighting
Rating: 9.5 – Excellent

Overall rating: 10 – Excellent