The Official 2011 Top 13

The witching hour is close at hand. And before we say farewell to another Halloween season, it is time to unveil Haunted House Chicago's Official 2011 Top 13, as chosen by our Review Team.

After visiting and experiencing 36 attractions and traversing 2,704 miles this season, here is our list of the best around:

1. Statesville Haunted Prison & City of the Dead in Crest Hill, IL
2. Wisconsin Feargrounds in Waukesha, WI
3. Realm of Terror Horror Experience in Round Lake Beach, IL
4. Basement of the Dead in Aurora, IL
5. Amhurst Asylum Haunted Attraction in Valparaiso, IN
6. Asylum Xperiment in Villa Park, IL
7. Niles Haunted House Scream Park in Niles, MI
8. Lake Hills Haunted House in St. John, IN
9. Fear Itself at Legend Park in Mishawaka, IN
10. Spook Hollow & MC Manor in Marquette Heights, IL
11. The Haunted Infirmary at Bartonville Insane Asylum in Bartonville, IL
12. Dream Reapers Haunted House in Melrose Park, IL
13. Fear City in Morton Grove, IL

Please join us in congratulating these outstanding haunted attractions!

The 2011 New Haunted Attraction of the Year

Congratulations to The Haunted Infirmary at Bartonville Insane Asylum in Bartonville, IL, for being chosen as Haunted House Chicago's 2011 New Haunted Attraction of the Year!

Halloween 2011

Hello Halloween! We have been waiting for you! Whether this night & season was about trick-or-treating, haunted housing, dressing in costume, carving pumpkins, or parties, we hope that it was everything that you hoped for and more!

Thank you for joining us this and every season! We hope you enjoyed our website as much as we enjoyed making it!

From all of us at Haunted House Chicago to all of you and yours, we wish you a very safe, haunted, and Happy Halloween!

The 2011 Jim Warfield Acting Award Recipients have already been announced. But, stay tuned for the 2011 Top 13 Haunted Attractions!

The 2011 Jim Warfield Acting Award Winners

The HauntedHouseChicago.com Review Team has named their 2011 Jim Warfield Acting Award winners! They are David Raue as "Vladimir" and "Mad Dog" from Statesville Haunted Prison in Crest Hill, IL and Emma Leigh Smith as "Nancy" from Niles Haunted House Scream Park in Niles, MI, and Wisconsin Feargrounds in Waukesha, WI.

Congratulations to you both, and thank you for making all our lives a little bit scarier! The 2011 Top 13 Haunted Houses will be announced later tonight!

Watch Days of the Living Dead Season 3 Episode 7 NOW!

As Statesville Haunted Prison® enters the second week of the Halloween season, the Zombie Army team & crew pull together as the inherent stress of the job pulls at their sanity!

Get 41% Off Your Ticket at the Abyss on Saturday

The Abyss is running a 41% Off special Saturday night (the 29th) - details HERE.

People's Choice Vote Terminated Due to Cheating

Due to the fact that certain haunted houses simply can't resist the urge to try to cheat and stuff the ballot box in their own favor (yes, we know who you are), HauntedHouseChicago.com is doing away with the People's Choice Vote. The idea was to let the public vote for their favorites; what we're seeing are haunted houses paying people to do a technical end-run around our system. HauntedHouseChicago.com would rather kill this feature than see it abused to mislead our users.

You can still use the Skull Rating feature and write reviews for the haunted houses listed on this site, but from now on, only the HHC Official Review Team will be rating the top haunted houses each year.

Nightmares: Basement of the Dead Video

Do you have a 2011 video for your haunted house? Send the link to spirits@hauntedhousechicago.com!

Massacre Haunted House Video

Do you have a 2011 video for your haunted house? Send the link to spirits@hauntedhousechicago.com!

Dark Summit Haunted House Video

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RISE of the STRIPPING DEAD

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Other Scary Fun in Chicago This Halloween & Beyond!

While HauntedHouseChicago.com is devoted to All Things Halloween & Haunted House in Chicagoland, it's only one of several websites that are devoted to bringing you spooky Chicago fun & events all year long!

• Like us on FACEBOOK & follow us on TWITTER to stay up to date on the latest contests, giveaways, horror movie sneak peaks and more!
• http://ChicagoHorror.com | Horror movie premieres & ticket giveaways, scary stage performances, dark book signings, spooky art exhibits - if it's dark-themed and it's in Chicago, it's here, complete with a calendar of events!
• http://ChicagoZombie.com | All Things Zombie in Chicago!
• http://ChicagoVampire.com | All Things Vampire in Chicago!

And head over to http://DarkChicago.com for a quick overview of what's going on with all of the sites above, plus many other Chicago-based dark businesses, stores, websites & companies!

Watch Days of the Living Dead Season 3 Episode 4 NOW!

In this week's episode, it's getting down to the wire, with only a week before Statesville^® Haunted Prison and City of the Dead open. See how the Zombie Army crew has bonded... which mostly means, see how they creatively torture each other! WATCH NOW!