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Opened: 1995

HISTORY & INFO

Lagoon's annual autumn event began in 1995. The brochures printed in early 1995 refer to it as the Halloween Haunt. It was changed to Frightmares by the time it opened. Here's what Amber from Clearfield, Utah remembers about the first Frightmares at Lagoon:

"I worked the first Frightmares in 1995 they only had the one spook alley (the one with the two scary clowns on the front) when you went in at the beginning they gave away free toy prizes for anyone who would stop to play the gruesome games and a little fun fact in the room that they called the "Mirror Maze" room (which really was not a maze at all it was only a small room with foil glued to the walls and floor made to look like broken glass) it had the original old fun house mirrors in it placed up against the walls."

Below are the Frightmares attractions for this year and past years. You can find more information at Lagoon's official Frightmares page or at the information booth near the entrance.

CURRENT ATTRACTIONS

FUN HOUSE OF FEAR

Opened: 2004

Location: Davis Pavilion

One of the bigger spook alleys which shares half of the Davis Pavilion with the Nightmare Midway.

HAUNTED HOLLYWOOD

Opened: 2006

Location: Gaslight Terrace

This is a new spook alley for 2006 taking place of the old Labyrinth which focuses on scenes and stars from horror films.

NIGHTMARE MIDWAY: HAL O. WEEN HIGH

Opened: 1995

Location: Davis Pavilion

The Nightmare Midway is the original spook alley although it has changed a lot. The Hal O. Ween High theme began in 2005.

PSYCHO DAVE'S JUNKYARD

Opened: 2005

Location: Between Jet Star 2 and the Davis Pavilion.

A maze filled with all kinds of junk ranging from a school bus to oil drums. In 2005, an old passenger car from the Wild Kingdom Train was even included. It is located just east of Jet Star 2 in the area where the Tri-Star operated.

SPOOK-A-BOO WALK-THRU

Opened: 1997

Location: Scamper Bumper Cars building.

A kids only walk-through where they can also get candy.

CURRENT ENTERTAINMENT

HACKENSLASH CHAINSAW DEMONSTRATION TEAM

Opened: 2004

Location: Carousel Theatre, Meadow Terrace, Game Time

This strange and dangerous group of dancers performs at different venues and is also known to chase park visitors around. This year, the show is being billed as Hackenslash Chainsaws, Inc.

THE HYPNOTYSM

Opened: 2004

Location: Meadow Terrace

Comedy hypnotist Alan Sands "The SandMan" is the first hypnotist at Frightmares after a few years without one.

MADAME NITROUS, THE HAPPY MEDIUM

Opened: 2004

A fortune teller located just inside the doors of the old Opera House. This is the first time the Opera House has been open to park visitors (even if only just inside) since 1989.

STALK-ABOUTS

Tall creatures that walk around the park towards the end of the evening and often chase people all over the Midway.

THE WAILIN' WITCHES

Opened: 2005

Location: Carousel Theatre

WINDY THE WITCH'S HAUNTED STORY TIME

Opened: 2005

Location: The Big Shoe in Kiddie Land.

Windy the Witch tells not-so-scary stories for kids.

ZOMBIE MAMBO

Opened:

Location: Game Time

A small stage is set up in front of the Game Time building for this show.

OLD ATTRACTIONS

JUNKYARD MAZE

Closed: 2003

Location:

This maze had its last year in 2003. FS Member Ryan explained it as, "Basically a short maze through a junk yard filled with Michael Meyers, Freddy Kruger and various spooks."

THE LABYRINTH

Closed: 2005

Location: Gaslight Terrace

This spook alley included about 15 rooms of surprises.

SCARY & CROW'S STRAW MAZE

Closed: 2005

This is a maze for kids made of straw bales. It was located in Kiddie Land in front of the Lagoon-A-Beach entrance. Sky Fighter and Bulgy were removed during Frightmares to make room for it. It did not return in 2006 because of the two new rides in that spot - Dinosaur Drop and Ladybug Bop.

UTAH TROLLROAD

1995-2000

Location: Speedway, Sr.

The Trollroad was the old Speedway, Sr. ride where trolls would jump out at passing cars and scaring riders. This Frightmares attraction closed, of course, when the Speedway closed.

OLD ENTERTAINMENT

MONSTER CLASSICS

Closed: 2004

Location: Carousel Theatre

PHOTOS

LEFT: A large ghost floats around Sky Coaster as fog fills the cold autumn air during Frightmares. RIGHT: Large illuminated trees, ghosts, jack-o-lanterns and tombstones are scattered throughout the park.

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