Haunted Nashville

An honest and unbiased review.. Let me start out by saying a bit about myself. I'm a pretty modern girl that has worked in the entertainment industry for for over 6 years. Indeed, I didn't leave the industry until the man who introduced me to it past away. I just lost my love for it.

Fast forward 11 years when I got an email that Haunted Nashville was looking to hire people for their show. "Show?" I thought. "Never heard a haunted house call itself that before." My next thought was that I had never heard of the place before. I've worked over the years for several Haunts in this area but never heard of Haunted Nashville. Come to find out, I just missed them. As I left to move to another state for a few years, they were just getting started. This was in 09.

So I show up for auditions and I was simply floored. Even as the haunt was building new ideas, I had never in my life been to a haunted house that looked like I just strolled onto a horror movie set. It was unreal. The attention to detail was simply unmatched and as a former entertainment professional, I could see the pain staking detail and all the time that must have gone into the attraction.

I did my audition, left and decided regardless if I get a call back, I am positive to come back and go through. I just had to see it fully operational and staffed.

As luck would have it, I did get a call back and I now work for this Haunted Attraction. So how can I be unbiased and yet still work there? Because I have nothing to gain by lying. I don't get paid according to what HN makes or doesn't make. Its not thousands of hours of my life vested in it. I do what I do for the sake of the art and my total love for my character. It would be easier to just not speak at all then waste time on a lie.

I read people say that all the good reviews are written by staff. To my knowledge only The owner who posted before me, and myself have written to this board. Something no one seems to consider is the compition who write bad reviews to keep people away so they spend their money else where. Its bad form, but its happened.

Also, people mention the lack of chainsaws a lot. Well I know I myself mention there are no chainsaws when people first enter. Its fresh on their mind and so very many people never miss the loud things. I personally never found a chainsaw with no chain being weilded by someone who can't touch you as being scary.

Nathan Hamalton is brilliant in the way he gets inside your head and not only scares you external, but also gets you to scare yourself mentally. He works feverishly everyday to ensure the best possible guest experience and I can tell you from talking to hundreds of our guests after the show, that he delivers.

As you go out this Halloween season and try to decide how to spend your entertainment dollars, you need only to ask yourself this: Do I want a mindless shock show with no story, people dressed up as movie monsters, played by untrained actors that depend only on overloading your senses with blood, gore and chainsaws, or do I want a show that has a story that's engaging, trained actors, an experience that leaves you scared long after the show is over and memories you can take with you as a lone seeker or a family outing (because haunted Nashville is family friendly).

Many Haunts may well try to copy this style in the future but there will always be only one Haunted Nashville. I for one am very proud to work and have experienced (I've gone through the whole show 3 times) such an amazing attraction. Check us out for yourself!

Most sincerely,

Olivia…

Awesome Attraction. One of the best Haunts I have ever been to. Coming from a theatrical background and past Haunted House actor, I can honestly say this was the classiest haunt ever! Be sure to check it out before October runs out...muahahahahah.…

What a great place!. We were there on Saturday night and they were incredibly busy. Based on the REAL reviews (there's so much unhelpful bad garbage to sort through) and having seen it in person, I can see why they are so busy...this place was unbelievable!

We were kept entertained as soon as we walked in the door. They have more actors walking around keeping people in line entertained than most haunts have in their attraction.

We saw all kinds of people too waiting to go in....old, very young, teens, families, and just average haunted house enthusiasts. The families is what kind of floored me because you don't see families at other haunts very often. This place is marketed as family friendly and it is. Lots of security, staff, and cops were there too.

So anyway, yes there is some waiting involved, all haunts have them, but just soak up the environment and you'll be inside the first attraction before you know it. The scenery and sound in this place is INSANE! Look around on the internet for pictures and you'll see what I'm talking about. It was like walking THROUGH a movie the whole time we were there.

After we had our picture taken in the salon, the first attraction is an old house called Turbidite Manor. It was awesome. We felt like we were walking through an abandoned home as if the family just up and left one day. There was that much detail! And the actors played logical roles that made sense. We appreciated the marriage between actors and scenery. Imagine walking through a house that was just simply abandoned 100 years or so ago and that's what this first attraction was.

After that we had to wait to get into the second attraction. While waiting though in addition to all the actors and staff talking to us in line there was this freakin' HILARIOUS stage show up on an old gypsy wagon. You've just got to see it. The guys up on the stage are peddling some medicinals. They'll pick on you and tease with you and they definitely want the teasing back at them. It was a great way to kill time and VERY entertaining.

The second attraction is called The Vault. This is kind of the control center (yes WE paid attention to the story...) of the whole attraction. Basically the premise is that you're not supposed to be in there. Once again, I've got to mention the sets....there were broken pipes gushing water everywhere, electric lines sparking, a green house, and other really cool scenes. The actors rocked it out in this one too. This haunt is new for this year. Last year this particular one was Epidemic. There was NOTHING about this place (the vault) that reminded me of last year's attraction (epidemic). Some serious cash went into this one. Take time to soak up the scenery and interact with the actors.

The third attraction is called House of Distortion. This one is just a flat out old school haunted house attraction at it's finest. The actors were unrelenting....we loved that. They were everywhere. Dead spots annoy me unless they serve a purpose. There weren't any dead spots here. This one (house of distortion) was genuinely creepy. It was. It was just creepy. We talked to some of the staff after we went through the place and they said that some of the actors that worked there didn't even feel comfortable in House of Distortion. So if you want a good old fashioned scare, that should tell you something. And once again, the scenery was like walking through a movie, and the sound was too wild. It sounded like pipes were being thrown at us in one place. The sound is that convincing. Once again, it's a mish-mash of everything "recovered" from the world's fair in Tennessee. So in short, you're going to see all kinds of stuff that you didn't expect.

We're going back! We all agree we've got to see this one again this season. You'll feel welcomed, safe, and entertained at Haunted Nashville. Go check it out.…