Ohio Valley Haunts
Ohio Valley Haunts
Industrial Nightmare
at Industrial Terrorplex
Category:  Professional Venue
Reviewed 10/3/15
RATING:
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Photos: 2015 Classic
LENGTH: - Duration 15 Minutes 7
ACTORS: - # 23
- Costuming 9+
- Dialogue
- Interaction 10
- Intensity/Delivery 10
SCARINESS: - Ambience 10
- Fearfulness 10
DESIGN: - Concept 10
- Flow 10
- Lighting
- Soundtrack 10
- Changes 5
PROPS: - Quality 10
- Quantity/Density
VALUE: - Cost $30 (4-haunts) 10
Industrial NightmareANALYSIS: "The mother of all haunts" gets underway through majestic double doors, and across a narrow bridge that traverses a cesspool of neon green seepage spilling down from above.   An immediate path-blocking altercation yields through a previously barricaded, dungeon-like door that swings open on its own encouraging progression onto scenes of limitless horror including a murderous torture chamber of dismembered human appendages, a blood-soaked autopsy room, vile medical exams, a deadly morgue of body vaults, and so on.  Deafening sounds, spiked walls, and loud pounding, guide progression into the clutches of stark raving mad lunatics that lick blood off of decapitated heads, and force passersby to kneel, crawl, and otherwise pay homage to their domain of atrocities.  Enraged monsters attack as the route dives into a murky swamp, and forges its way through claustrophobic passages only to be met and tormented by half-human Pigs!  Vicious acts of agony and suffering continue to mount through a freezer of preserved body bags into a CGI surprise, then past erupting sparks, grotesque lab experiments that utilize monkeys as test subjects, and some sort of ungodly ceremony until escape is eventually achieved through a fog-filled, siren-sounding Silient Hill-like fence maze.

Nobody does it like Industrial Nightmare!  Did you hear that?  NOBODY!  This place is a masterpiece in every sense of the word!  Sounds are horrific and loud - audio enhancement in the séance room makes your skin crawl, and elsewhere music sometimes morphs as initial moments of ever so brief tranquility give way to utter chaos, like the calm before the storm!  Connection zones are appropriately adorned with a variety of vacuum form panels.  Costuming is unique, and characters are soaked in blood, agitated in disposition, and even involve customers in the scares by forcing them to oink like pigs, and do other unimaginable things before permitting them to proceed.  Monsters attack out of the swamp water, and within the claustrophobic "marsh" itself, and "Silent Hill" nurses stalk the maze.  Impressive props include swamp monster, gushing water, red-eyed actor-tronic beast, CGI's, etc.   The attraction is limited only by its duration, and the fact that very few changes were justified from a design standpoint this year, as explained below.

Sadly, this is the final season of this attraction's 4-haunt home, Industrial Terrorplex.  The building's been sold, and 2015 marks your last chance to visit this amazing attraction that's dominated multi-venue Haunt of the Year Awards for nearly the last decade.  Let's hope a building and location can be acquired so this legendary attraction can live on other than as a memory.  One visit is all it takes to see why Industrial Terrorplex is known as America's Scariest Haunted House!

Ohio Valley Haunts
Dementions
at Industrial Terrorplex
Category:  Professional Venue
Reviewed 10/3/15
RATING: 8
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LENGTH: - Duration 10 Minutes 6
ACTORS: - # 9 6
- Costuming 8
- Dialogue 8
- Interaction 9
- Intensity/Delivery 9+
SCARINESS: - Ambience 9
- Fearfulness 8
DESIGN: - Concept 9
- Flow
- Lighting
- Soundtrack
- Changes 7
PROPS: - Quality 8
- Quantity/Density 8
VALUE: - Cost $30 (Combo) 9
DementionsANALYSIS: Dementions begins through a corridor of hanged clowns, then crosses a wooden sway bridge enabling the attack of a hideous-looking Stalk-about Troll.  Eluding the grasp of his elongated arms, the course takes advantage of converging walls and claustrophobic passageways to introduce a series of demented scares that include a spooky cemetery featuring a mechanical skeleton bursting through previously closed shutters; a snowy, blood-soaked Christmas spoof starring a slenderized Santa, and the triumphant return of Wacko Jacko, who bursts out of hiding to the tune of Michael Jackson's I'm Bad and Beat It waving a pair of underpants he attributes to the nearby corpse of Subway's Jared, then refocuses his attention on passing groups.   Other twisted sights consist of an evil bunny overseeing an electric chair execution, a medical mishap highlighted by a Humanoids From The Deep claw-like invasion of a disemboweled cadaver, and a lethal torture chamber of shackles, chains, mutilations, and an inverted cross that provokes vengeance from a blasphemous chainsaw assassin that reignites the interest of not-so-jolly St. Nick for the annual obligatory chainsaw chase-out of Dementions.

Troll, claustrophobia, converging walls, and graveyard surprise are appreciated, and excellent sounds and lighting continue to set appropriate moods.  Haunted Network style morph is present in the torture chamber, where slower, suspenseful music perfectly sets up the emergence of the scene's villain, who remains hidden, and doesn't make his presence known until he's cued by the soundtrack, at which time he commandeers the scene, and all Hell breaks loose.  On the down side, this particular haunt has suffered since its 3 sister attractions received major overhauls a few seasons ago, and this being the final year for Terrorplex (at least at this location) doesn't help its cause, as last year's shortcomings weren't addressed.  Shower was unoccupied and surprise was missing, surgeon is AWOL, and chainsaw chase-out pales in comparison to The Black Blessing.  Cast size in general isn't populated enough to adequately staff all the scenes. Santa, bunny, blasphemous chainsaw assassin, and the return of Wacko Jacko are positives, and a few minor tweaks have taken place here and there, but for the most part Dementions  has been neglected now for far too long.

Ohio Valley Haunts
Infected
at Industrial Terrorplex
Category:  Professional Venue
Reviewed 10/3/15
RATING: 9
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LENGTH: - Duration 12 Minutes
ACTORS: - # 20 8
- Costuming
- Dialogue 8
- Interaction 9
- Intensity/Delivery 9+
SCARINESS: - Ambience 9+
- Fearfulness 9
DESIGN: - Concept
- Flow 10
- Lighting
- Soundtrack
- Changes 6
PROPS: - Quality
- Quantity/Density 9
VALUE: - Cost $30 (Combo) 10
InfectedANALYSIS: Infected begins with an immediate encounter of authoritative figure barking out instructions over a megaphone while an emergency news broadcast reports the outbreak of an unknown viral infection that's, "returning the dead to life."  A sudden break in an overhead pipe leaks a contaminated mist, and progression into a detection area confirms suspicions that everyone in the group is now testing positive for the ambiguous disease.  Lights fail upon release into a nearby transport elevator that thrashes and shakes about before restoration exposes the presence of a contemptible, drooling, infected Gimp that has somehow made his way into the confinement, touching, violating, terrorizing, biting, and defiling, everyone in sight in the most disgusting and horrific ways imaginable!  Eventual escape leads the route across an unstable sway-bridge, to a restricted area that houses advance stage sufferers of the treacherous epidemic. Perseverance beyond skeleton-lined walls and claustrophobic passages elicits various skirmishes with zombie-like antagonists including a terrifying altercation with lady clutching onto a deceased newborn singing a distortedly wicked version of Hush Little Baby; a space-invading run-in with a mutant, red-eyed beast; a visit to The Sticky Floor Gentleman's Club; and an infinite zombie hallway that evokes the wrath of an undead walker chase-out of Infected.

Lots of outstanding props are on display at Infected including virus detection screen, elevator, red-eyed monster, infinite zombie hallway, gator gnawing on a human arm, living statues, CGI's, bridges, etc.  Accompanying soundtrack is once again loud and atrocious, morphs in the elevator upon emergence of the burlap-sack masked Gimp, and gives everybody the creeps with its distorted rendition of Hush Little Baby, the latter of which is a much stronger scene because of its revised audio enhancement.  Character appearance is consistent with the centralized theme, and while dialogue declines beyond the opening scene, zombies don't speak, so this isn't a major flaw.  Gimp is the top performer by a landslide, and the course is cleverly designed to exit into a holding room at the entrance to CarnEvil.

Ohio Valley Haunts
CarnEvil 3D
at Industrial Terrorplex
Category:  Professional Venue
Reviewed 10/3/15
RATING: 7
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LENGTH: - Duration 9½ Minutes 6
ACTORS: - # 20
- Costuming 9
- Dialogue
- Interaction 8
- Intensity/Delivery 7
SCARINESS: - Ambience 8
- Fearfulness 5
DESIGN: - Concept 7
- Flow 9
- Lighting
- Soundtrack 8
- Changes 4
PROPS: - Quality 7
- Quantity/Density 7
VALUE: - Cost $30 (Combo) 7
Carnevil 3DANALYSIS: CarnEvil begins in a colorfully painted room of doors that access a spinning vortex initiating entrance into a world of fluorescently-painted walls and three dimensional décor.  Honking horns and disorienting music accompany the adventure across rainbow bridges; through "endless" portals; past drop-down wall panels; down a slide; through a tilted hallway; and into a brief, multi-colored, skull-lined wall entrapment that features a hidden door escape.  Playful clowns and Little People terrorize the adventure playing with hula-hoops, shooting confetti, zipping across overhead, blowing bubbles, making suggestive remarks, and misdirecting groups along the wrong path, making them climb on purple steps to avoid walking on the floor, and engaging them in various games like locating a pink skull with green eyes among the hundreds of differently hued designs.  Red, green, blue, orange, yellow, purple, and gold barrels and crates are everywhere, and 3-D glasses wreak havoc with one's depth perception as a glowing-eyed monster asserts itself into the path biting at passersby!  Arrival at a pick-a-door segment magically opens a previously concealed route that's guarded by gargoyles and a living surprise just ahead of the antics of a clown on a swing, and the eventual chainsaw chase-out of CarnEvil 3D.

As far as clown themed haunts go, this one boasts more unique designs and paint schemes than its competitors, mandating navigation through various circular portals, etc.  But attractions of this nature are always short and seldom scary without a cast of killers, or a plethora of mechanical animatronics/actor-tronics.  While CarnEvil 3D does indeed house its very own monster, clown demeanor remains playful.  Hats off to the clown with the high-pitched voice, who worked his big red nose off to insure everyone had an enjoyable experience from start to finish.  He lured groups into the wrong tunnels, joked and conversed with them throughout, and lengthened overall duration by engaging them in various activities.  While this venue is elaborately decorated and detailed, its theme is doomed from the start, and best enjoyed as a colorful funhouse, unique to the Louisville area, as opposed to thinking of it as a more traditional haunted house.

INDUSTRIAL TERRORPLEX - OVERALL EXPERIENCETerrorplex has dominated the competition as Ohio Valley Haunts' multi-venue HAUNT OF THE YEAR season after season, having earned that honor 7 times!  Combo admission went up a dollar, but $2 per ticket is being donated to New Hope Services.What a shame it would be for this storied legacy to tragically end when the doors are shut for good at the conclusion of the 2015 season.  These guys need to find a new home so the tradition of America's Scariest Haunted House can live on. 

OVH said it best years ago by stating "The Haunted Network sets the standard by which all other attractions measured."  This still holds true today.  Don't miss the opportunity to visit Industrial Terrorplex in its final season.  You won't leave disappointed.

Industrial Terrorplex
LOCATION & ADMISSION INFO:
835 Spring St., Jeffersonville, IN  47130
(812) 284-2122
$20 ($30 VIP) for Ind. Nightmare & Dementions OR Infected & CarnEvil 3D
$30 Combo ($45 VIP) includes ALL 4 Haunts
Sept 18 - Oct. 31; Fri/Sat 8 PM - 1AM
Also open 8 - 11 PM Thurs/Sun beginning Oct. 18th & Weds. Oct. 28th 
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