Terror Behind the Walls more for children than stalwart adults
Eastern State Pennitentiary 's history spookier than the actual Terror Behind the Walls tour
Elisa Bermudez
Issue date: 11/5/04 Section: Entertainment
Happy Halloween! Why not pay $15 to wait a half-hour in a line to go on a haunted house tour made for children, whose history is more interesting and spooky than the actual Halloween tradition.
The Terror Behind the Walls show is located in the former Eastern State Penitentiary, on 22nd Street and Fairmount Park Ave, (about five blocks away from the Art Museum). Today it is a museum and historic landmark, a place of architectural pioneering made popular by its former inmates such as famous gangster Al Capone.
Tickets cost $15 for adults during weekdays and Sundays, $20 on Fridays and $25 on Saturdays. Children's tickets cost $10 any day except on Fridays and Saturdays, when tickets are $15. For schedules and other information, you can go to www.easternstate.org/halloween.
Terror Behind the Walls is ranked the 9th best haunted house in the country, according to the webpage. It is certainly a place to get scared, but I was expecting to scream like crazy, run, laugh out loud and wet my pants. Buying the tickets was really quick but my friends and I spent nearly and hour and a half waiting to get in the tour.
As we waited, the line was so long that some of the characters would come outside to scare people. And they did! The makeup was great, as was as their performance. There are also TVs placed high up in the corners of the penitentiary with a documentary about this place, claiming that it is really haunted, and also instructions of what NOT to do once you get inside.
As we were waiting, we heard people screaming. We did not know if it was part of the show, or if it was the people inside getting scared.
Unfortunately, apparently I was the only one being scared about the whole thing. I also thought for a moment that this was going to be too much for children, but it turned out to be a "mild" creepy show for adults.
My friends and I were in the middle of the tour group. A father and his daughter were in front of us and a couple behind us, who kept scaring me at times. Part of the problem was that the ones up front and in the back were getting frightened by the monsters. We missed almost everything.
The Terror Behind the Walls show is located in the former Eastern State Penitentiary, on 22nd Street and Fairmount Park Ave, (about five blocks away from the Art Museum). Today it is a museum and historic landmark, a place of architectural pioneering made popular by its former inmates such as famous gangster Al Capone.
Tickets cost $15 for adults during weekdays and Sundays, $20 on Fridays and $25 on Saturdays. Children's tickets cost $10 any day except on Fridays and Saturdays, when tickets are $15. For schedules and other information, you can go to www.easternstate.org/halloween.
Terror Behind the Walls is ranked the 9th best haunted house in the country, according to the webpage. It is certainly a place to get scared, but I was expecting to scream like crazy, run, laugh out loud and wet my pants. Buying the tickets was really quick but my friends and I spent nearly and hour and a half waiting to get in the tour.
As we waited, the line was so long that some of the characters would come outside to scare people. And they did! The makeup was great, as was as their performance. There are also TVs placed high up in the corners of the penitentiary with a documentary about this place, claiming that it is really haunted, and also instructions of what NOT to do once you get inside.
As we were waiting, we heard people screaming. We did not know if it was part of the show, or if it was the people inside getting scared.
Unfortunately, apparently I was the only one being scared about the whole thing. I also thought for a moment that this was going to be too much for children, but it turned out to be a "mild" creepy show for adults.
My friends and I were in the middle of the tour group. A father and his daughter were in front of us and a couple behind us, who kept scaring me at times. Part of the problem was that the ones up front and in the back were getting frightened by the monsters. We missed almost everything.
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Nick
posted 10/23/06 @ 8:31 PM EST
I went to Terror Behind the Walls this past Saturday, 10/21/06. I agree with this review of the place. The characters were great but the actual walk-through went way too quick and was not at all scary. (Continued…)
mattagogo
posted 10/14/08 @ 12:18 AM EST
I went to Terror Behind the Walls this past Saturday, 10/11/2008. A friend and I were expecting to immediately be in line for the next group to go through. (Continued…)
Marshall
posted 10/17/08 @ 12:58 PM EST
I currently work here, and see a lot of people upset about not getting in right when they arrive. Your best bet is to go several days in advance and purchase tickets for the night you want to go. (Continued…)
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