SCarowinds 2021

Haunted Houses

 * Depths of Darkness: For your sake, we hope you’re not afraid of the dark. We hope you have a good sense of direction. We also hope you don’t mind that there’s a serial killer on the loose. Here. Inside SCarowinds. Quick! Duck into our room for cover. It’s closed and confined – hopefully safe – but you get a vibe that something’s just not right. The area is nothing but pitch-black darkness, so you’re both sightless and powerless. The air feels thick. As time passes and you feel your way around, your sixth sense kicks in and you just know that someone or something is in the room with you. Who is it? What is it? Why does it feel like the walls are closing in? Where’s the door to this place? How can I get out of here? Enter this haunted maze if you’re brave enough, daring enough, and maybe reckless enough.
 * Silver Scream Studios: Condemned: You and some friends decide to check out a creepy old building you found on the internet. The rumors say that failed horror movie director Von Hellsburg tried to make a memorable film by actually killing the actors! It’s been twenty years since this once infamous studio was filled with screams of victims. Now abandoned and crumbling, the halls still echo with screams of torment. Grab a flashlight and take this last chance to explore the madness. Be cautious as you walk through the remains of the studio's structurally unsound buildings can lead to injury or even death.
 * Slaughterhouse: The Final Cut: We just don’t understand the vegetarian craze. People say it’s healthy. But backyard burgers are so tasty. Hot dogs on the grill are heavenly! Everyone knows life isn’t complete without bacon. What makes some meat so tasty? Is it the seasoning? The prime cuts? Come to our slaughterhouse to get a hog’s eye view of where your delicious protein comes from. We offer delicious fresh samples – free! Don’t mind the bloody walls, bloody butchers, bloody knives, bloody everything. Step around the carcasses and maimed creatures. Try to ignore the grinding sounds and bloodcurdling screams. It’s all part of how the magic happens in commercial meat production. On the tour, you’ll discover what we add that makes our meat the most flavorful around. Or, more accurately, who we add. Mind your manners on our haunted maze tour, or you’ll be our next added ingredient.
 * Tooth Fairy: Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy? You better, or you might be the next donor to her vast collection of human teeth – and various other body parts. Our Tooth Fairy seeks out parents who don’t believe in her. Is this you? Poor fool. Prepare to be snatched from your warm, cozy bed and dragged to her underworld clinic. Trapped within blood-stained walls, all you can hear are whirring drills and ear-piercing screams. The Tooth Fairy’s dental assistants – gassers, extractors, grinders, and taxidermists – grab their crusty, rusty tools and come at you, hungry to begin your “treatment.” Will you find your way out of this haunted maze? Or will you suffer the fate of non-believers who came before you? If only you had believed in the Tooth Fairy…
 * The Reaping: In a normal world, scarecrows protect treasured corn crops from murders of crows. (If you didn’t know, a group of crows is called a “murder.”) But in our world, scarecrows prefer to preside over a different kind of murder. In this corn maze, no one is safe when scarecrows and looming towers of corn close in all around you. No one gives you a kernel of truth as to how to escape. Ears are everywhere, but all are deaf to your screams for help. As you race through this haunted maze straight from the underworld, you never know what you will encounter. Will you find husks of corn or the husks of adventurers who came before you? What’s around the next CORNer in a place where you’re continuously STALKed? You’ll be aMAZEd just to get out of this tangle of death.

Scare Zones

 * Bloodyard: (Thrill Zone) It's late - way too late to find yourself on the wrong side of town inside a junkyard. Lurking among the rusty metal scraps and greasy tires, you feel as if you're being watched. "Hello! Is anyone there?" No answer. All you hear is a dog barking in the distance. A bottomless pit grows inside your belly. You see a sign that's written in what looks like red paint. It reads, "Trespassers Will Be Killed On-Site." It's time to turn back now. You've gone far enough. As you turn around, you catch a glimpse of a shadow out of the corner of your eye. You try running, but your legs are too heavy to move, and you fall to the ground. As you stand up, you notice that you're surrounded by a very unfriendly group, but these aren't your average villains. These are vampires, and they look thirsty - thirsty for blood. There's no sense in trying to escape. You're in the wrong place, at the worst possible time. If only there were a way out...
 * CarnEVIL: (Crossroads) Not all carnival clowns are happy and want to make you laugh. Some clowns want nothing more than to make you cry. And scream. And run for cover. Our clowns were cheerful in a former life, but something snapped. The bright face paint, big red nose, kooky wigs, and colorful clothes cleverly disguise the wicked nature of these mischief-makers and their deep, dark secrets. If you get intertwined with these menacing jesters, just act like you love their corny acts and maniacal laughs. It’s safest for everyone that way. Trust us that at this scare zone, there’s no clowning around. Just pure fear.
 * Ripper Alley: (Nighthawk Pathway) There's an old English tale that says ghosts only appear in places that have known either great misery or great happiness. In Ripper Alley these days, it’s more of the latter. In this part of London that prosperity forgot, evil spirits of tortured souls hover in the air like the city’s thick fog. Fear of demons, death, and destruction consume the minds of those still living - if you can call it that. The morphed, crazed residents seem to come after normal humans – like you – so try not to get near or even look at them. If curiosity killed the cat, you’d surely find yourself at the bottom of the Thames River.
 * Dead Man's Landing: (County Fair) Take a stroll through a bustling town full of seafarers, merchants, and scrappy ruffians that rival the ports once visited by Blackbeard himself. It may look innocent on the surface, but inexplicable terror lies beneath, where lost treasure and the song of the siren have put even the strongest, sturdiest pirates in a watery grave. Legend has it that these lost souls are looking to add to their bloodless, cadaverous pirate crew…
 * The Hollow: (Carousel Park) When most people think of pumpkins, they recall memories of cheery, plump, orange orbs placed on front porches. They think of gathering around with family and carving their pumpkin into a silly jack-o-lantern for Halloween. That is not the case with our pumpkins at SCarowinds. Not cheery. Not silly. These gory gourds are sick and tired of their fellow pumpkins being carved, gutted, and morphed into creatures that look nothing like they once did. In a wretched twist, these pumpkins seek to carve, gut, and dismember anyone or anything who crosses their path. These bloody, wicked squash want nothing more than to squash you into their own version of a pumpkin pie.
 * Grave Walkers: (Carolina Boardwalk) Some guests never want to leave Carowinds. We totally understand. But some stay for a lifetime – and beyond. When nighttime falls, these gory guests, smelling of the rotting flesh they’re clothed in, ramble throughout the park on a mission for nourishment: YOU. Want some advice? Try your best to give these zombies the slip, lest you become their next meal.
 * Outlaws Revenge: (Crossroads Gazebo) Card games in Wild West saloons rarely ended peacefully, particularly when the players were surly scoundrels and rotten outlaws. Somebody cheated and somebody’s gonna pay – let’s just hope that body isn’t yours. With double-crossers and reckless bandits sliding in around you from all sides and looking for revenge, your best bet is to vamoose as soon as possible.
 * Raven's Nest: (Crossroads Near Afterburn) You stumble upon a park. It’s dark as pitch, but if you look hard enough, you’ll see the remains of a once-beautiful garden. The nearby Victorian architecture looks charming but, as you’ll soon realize, hides the forsaken park’s wretchedness. You see a raven, or as poet Edgar Allen Poe described in “The Raven”, a “grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore.” Not just one ominous bird, but an entire conspiracy of ravens. The foul fowl, with jet black feathers and fiery eyes that burn into your core, seek to taunt you, to haunt you. Round and round they go in this wicked scare zone, encircling you, and screeching in high pitches that are sure to wake the dead. Do these feathered friends wish for you to return their grisly garden? Quoth the ravens, “Nevermore.”

Shows

 * Ghouling Pianos: Enjoy a tasty spirit with our musical spirits! When you need to take a break during SCarowinds, rest your weary bones with the sublime Ghouling Pianos in the FEAR Garden (the undead’s version of a beer garden). Sip a delicious brew with your favorite goblin and sit back to enjoy our duo of dueling piano players from the underworld. Performing favorite Halloween tunes and your requests, our ghouling ghouls are a monster mash-up of quick wit, sass, and fun.
 * The Queen's Ball: You are cordially invited to The Queen’s Ball, a decadent affair everyone is DYING to attend! Equal parts beauty and brute, this larger-than-life matriarch leads a life of decadence and debauchery, treachery, and torture. Her current desire is to ensure there is no confusion about who is boss. How to do it? An extravagant event, of course! With her Duke serving as master of ceremonies and her Duchess attending as Queen Sceleratus’ right hand, Her Royal Majesty throws a Halloween show like no other. The Royal Court of talented dancers, mesmerizing acrobats, and side-show acts entertain and delight all who watch. But as guests enjoy The Ball’s entertainment, something strange happens to them. A hypnotic trance takes hold, and they give in to her every wish. Be strong and withstand her power, lest you fall into her evil grip, too.
 * hard’t BEATZ: The naughty comes out at night at hard’t BEATZ, SCarowinds’ all-new Halloween show. Hearts pound and bodies pulse when dancers return from the dead and overtake the street in a raucous party. Our possessed performers are singularly focused on satisfying their innermost desires – those that balance the fine line between pleasure and pain. The DJ is at their mercy, pumping out the hottest beats to keep them appeased. A bit steamy and a bit risqué, Halloween entertainment has never been quite like this!