Team Cleaverland is a haunted house review team for TheScareFactor.com covering haunts mostly in northern Ohio
06/08/2025
Nah we're not okay, there's probably something wrong with us ...resulting in all these awesome haunts! Bring it buckeye state attractions, let's gooooo!!!
🏚️ OHIO, are ya'll okay?
We have 139 Halloween haunted house attractions listed in Ohio! That makes them the state with the most... again!!
Happy day!! This means September is right around the corner!
We hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July!
18/06/2025
We had such a fun time at Factory of Terror Haunted House’s Slasher Weekend! (June 13-14) FOT just keeps on improving with age. It seems to be bigger and better each time we visit.
Slasher Weekend more than lived up to its title. Of course Jason and Freddy made appearances, but the sizable cast dug into some deeper cinematic cuts that all proved to be very satisfying. We caught sight of Jason’s mom, Ash, Toxic Avenger, Otis Firefly, Patrick Bateman, Jame Gumb/Buffalo Bill, Predator, Sam from Trick ‘r Treat, and probably a couple others we are forgetting. All very well costumed up and entertainingly performed.
Once you get through the entrance line, the whole massive interior is a knockout with a tremendous amount of quality props, scenery, and photo ops everywhere. Plus games, boozy bars, thumpin’ dance floors, snacks, indoor plumbing, an axe-throwing annex, and a lengthy and tricky mirror maze.
The haunted attractions themselves are first-rate. Terrific effects, lighting, sets, animatronics, and actors, as well as a fast and fun ride down a slide! The exit of the pirate-themed attraction gave way to an eye-popping buccaneer shanty town. Top flight stuff.
It looked like everyone was having a great time in there. We sure did. There was a whole helluva lot to do and fun galore for the base $25 ticket price. We recommend you get to their next show whenever you can, whether in the fall or for an off-season event!
15/06/2025
It's Father's Day, Bedelia! Hope all you daddy-o's enjoy your cake
To all of you out there, even the fur baby and haunt Dads!
14/06/2025
Fantastically fun times at FOT's Friday the 13th show!! More details later...
13/06/2025
And he'd fit right into the Stanley Cup being played right now. Machete in lieu of a hockey stick, we would pay to see that! Find a Friday the 13th show near you on TheScareFactor.com's off-season listings. As for us, we will be checking out the action at Factory of Terror Haunted House tonight!
It's Jason's Birthday!
12/05/2025
Hope y'all had a great one!
🖤🌸🥀
30/04/2025
Ah Yeeeaahhh on its way!!!
Happy Halfway to Halloween 🎃🦇
16/02/2025
Always a good show and cool new stuff to look at here! More of a date night kind of experience at the Valentine show, as the theming, decor, and music evoked a fun/funky alien dance party. Many of the ET and astronaut actors tried to get us to boogie on down to the thumpin' beats. Great time!
08/12/2024
Tremendous job on the holiday show here! Excellent seasonally themed actors, super festive decorations, and they leaned hard into the holiday-ness with props like giant nutcrackers, effects like lights simulating a snowfall, and homages to the Rudolph cartoon (Bumble!), A Christmas Story (yeah Ralphie shot his eye out and there it was dangling on his face), and Krampus. The two bars had fabulous drinks and were set up as the Griswolds' house complete with fried cat silhouette staffed by Cousin Eddie and an ice cave inhabited by a Jack frost barkeep. One of the best Christmas haunts we've been to. Fantastic job!!
07/12/2024
Visiting Fright Nights WV tonight for their The Fright Before Christmas show. Also been enjoying all the other fabulous things they have here at the site, Resort at Glade Springs. Pool and hot tub, massage spa, yummy meals, holiday movie screenings, trail of lights, very nice!!
23/11/2024
It’s awards time! Our actor shout-out for Trail of Terror goes to Mike McFarland as the Power Plant Worker. The utility laborer covered a lot of ground in one of the largest rooms in the power plant set, a multi-floor deal with stairways and metal catwalks. Power Worker addressed us from afar when we first entered the room, didn’t like what we replied, and ran up to us threatening us and making hilariously rude comments and off-color jokes. It delivered a great blast of energy right near the end of a very long walkthrough that had us smiling and chuckling on the way out!
And, we give our 2024 Most Intense Walkthrough Award to Trail of Terror on behalf of The Scare Factor. Superior actors, heart-stopping scares, and a sfx tour de force of sets, props, lighting, and audio formed the basis of a stunningly designed, laid out, and executed trail. We are still thinking about scenes from our visit, from a twisted cartoon village of monstrous Smurfs and a realistically industrial power plant to an impressively novel pumpkin distillery and picture-perfect recreations of scenes from Halloween and Terrifier movies.
From our review: “Between the awe-inspiring sets and the intricate design of the walkthrough, we never knew what would be coming around the next corner; and there were lots of corners in this crazy quilt labyrinth of a walkthrough, as well as actors doing their thang. We were not prepared for the scope, quality, and sheer volume of scenes, props, and effects. The nonstop parade of sensational sets had us stunned, staggered, and stupefied. Masterful positioning, elaborate detailing, and a highly skilled use of space led to an extraordinary presentation. Reviewing the comment card for choosing your favorite area, we counted no less than 27 scenes! It’s difficult to express in words the amazing sets and effects work that must have taken an immense amount of effort, and truly displayed an ingenious creative spark and dedication to design and ex*****on. We hope The Scare Factor can capture video here in the future. For now, we would direct you to YouTube recordings of past years to get an idea of the walkthrough, although we have to say it doesn’t even do justice to being there in person, and only scratches the surface of what’s on display. Seriously, Trail of Terror was simply incredible in the SFX department. We’d have to go back and look at all our other reviews to know for sure, but it’s likely this is the highest effects score we’ve ever given. Trail of Terror is a must-see for any true haunt fan.”
We would also like to mention the immense value Trail of Terror delivers, with a mere $25 providing nearly 50 minutes of top-flight entertainment. And, it’s a charity haunt that has donated millions in its 30-year history and somehow recruits up to 200 volunteer actors who do a great job. Truly incredible!
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Team Cleaverland Haunted House Reviews
Team Members: Steve Drazdik (Team Leader) & Stephanie Drazdik
Normal Coverage Area: Ohio
Steve and Stephanie are lifelong residents of Cleveland, Ohio, and longtime horror hounds.
Stephanie, ever a precocious reader, devoured Stephen King’s It in 3rd grade and never looked back. Steve cut his teeth on Hammer, Godzilla and other scary flicks presented by the many Cleveland-area TV horror movie hosts of his childhood. He also caught an early glimpse into the haunt industry by virtue of his brother being involved in the creation of a long-lived Cleveland haunt.
When they’re not traveling far and wide to awesome haunts, Stephanie provides logistics planning for a mineral distribution company and Steve does communications for a university. They invite you to come along and discover the creepiness in “Cleaverland”!
For more information, please visit their team page on The Scare Factor HERE.