Hades Haunted House

This is not as good as Fear City, but it is still kinda spooky. If you are choosing between the too, take your money to the Fear City Haunted House, it will be a much better time spent!
Most of the house is all black, and the sense of anticipation is what gets to you, not even the fear of people jumping out. After a while the darkness just gets a little annoying though. Gosh I don’t even recall much else from this house. That’s bad, means nothing else made an impression…
This is a much shorter/​smaller house than the fear city.
Take your money to Fear City.

The experience was scary, but frustrating at the same time (as fellow Unilocaler, Christine L, states) because it was pitch black and we were basically trying to feel and touch things in order to find where to walk…
after going to Fear City… the Hades Haunted House experience was quite short. and not as satisfying.
costs: ~$ 25.
I don’t think I would go again.

Most of this haunted house is walking as a group around in the pitch dark, while they whisper or growl at you. For me, it was less scary and a little frustrating — trying to reach out and find a wall, not knowing which way to go, getting uncomfortably close to one of the employees (sorry, I couldn’t see!).
The areas where there was some light and you could actually see stuff was not quite as scary as much as it was a little strange. There’s the spinny room, where they circle around the group while you stand there, not quite knowing what you’re supposed to do. And then there was the black light/​neon tribal area where they jump around and reach out at you.
Overall not quite as scary as Fear City, but still semi-​entertaining.

Unfortunately we were not given the option of starting with Hades and then going to Fear City. Having to go through Hades after experiencing the amazingly well-​done Fear City was just setting it up for failure.
I’m not a fan of walking through long, pitch black hallways while the people behind me keep stepping on my feet and those in front of me keep stopping. Our group was far too large, which definitely made Hades less enjoyable. I did think that having actors hidden in the dark and whispering things was creepy… well, until I started bumping into actors (I think I even hit one in the face… oops).
The overall theme of Hades wasn’t nearly as cohesive as Fear City. There was darkness, a weird spinning room that barely fit our entire group, then two neon rooms with zombie dancers (actually, I’m not even sure what they were).
If I had to do it again, I would NOT spend the extra money for Hades. It was hugely disappointing after being so enthralled with Fear City.

After Fear City, I was expecting amazing things from Hades Haunted House and I’m sorry to say it disappointed.
You’re brought through Hades in a big group which takes away some of the fear. Half of the haunted house is in the complete dark with people bashing into you & whispering in your ears. It freaked me out a bit that I’d be talking to my friend and some random person would whisper a response all creepy in my ears. Yuck!
Hades still had me scream a few times, but it’s much shorter, less frightening and just overall not as well designed as Fear City. If you have to pick one of the two, go Fear City!

Ehhh, after spending 30 – 45 mins walking through Fear City, Hades just couldn’t compare.
This Hades is how I remember haunted houses from back in the day. Walking through pitch black rooms/​hallways and people randomly jumping out and following you… all the reasons why I don’t particularly enjoy haunted houses. I’m pretty sure this is how it was back at the Odeum.
The first half you are just walking through pitch black rooms. You can’t see squat and the people you are with are constantly grabbing your back because they don’t know where they are going. The spinning white room was a bit odd. They trapped us in there for a few minutes, not sure why. Then the «rave room» where the actors were dancing in neon outfits was just bizarre. When it ended you did get to walk down that same cool hallway as Fear City. That was the best part.
I think if you buy a pass for both, I suggest going through Hades first because it just doesn’t compare to Fear City. Although I am not sure you can do Hades first just based on the entrance set-​up.

I know the reviews of this are not as favorable as it’s twin Fear City but I still enjoyed it. Maybe because in our group, we were the first in line so I compare it to being in the front car of a roller coaster.
There was nothing but darkness and it was difficult to navigate but still added to the fear of the unknown.

If you’re deaf, and you’re afraid of dark spaces because it leaves you feeling deaf AND blind, this will probably freak you out. If it wasn’t for the fact that my husband was in front of me while I held onto the back of his shirt, I probably would have been left crying alone in the dark. Just for the first couple minutes, though.
And that’s all I can say about the scare factor. Endless wandering through the dark, bumping into walls and people. If there had been some random flashes of light with bodies appearing and disappearing, that could have made this worth the walk. But, it just wasn’t. The only cool thing was the giant dog-​puppet that we briefly walked by. After a weird cage-​like room and a room with neon people/​flies/​Hades minions dancing around, we turned around and went back through where we came from, this time, with the lights on. Bummer.
I appreciated the fear that came from wandering in the dark half of the time and the theatrics in the couple rooms we saw. However, this house could not stand alone as the only attraction, if that were to happen. I emerged from Hades feeling incredibly confused. I also wish I had gone through this one first so that I didn’t leave the whole thing with a «meh» feeling. One suggestion to make this better: don’t make everyone wait twenty minutes after Fear City to enter this house. It wasn’t worth the wait. It would have been a lot more acceptable if there was no wait and we were ushered into one house quickly after leaving the other.

I would not waste money on this house even with the free tickets Unilocal gave me. It was short and in pitch black. There were very few scares and the path was not very clear. You went in with 30 people and you kept bumping into each other. I would skip this!

I wish I had more to say… but there really wasn’t much to say about this place.
You start by exiting the Fear City venue and then are told to wait for a group to form. When there are about 25 people they tell you to go ahead. After a brief introduction we enter ‘Hades’, which is apparently pitch black. You end up bumping into walls and each other as once in a while someone in a mask screams. Then after more lack of visuals you get to a room which looks like a metal cage and a bunch of ghouls start to chant ‘avi’. Then you leave and you go through more darkness. You end up going into a room that looks like it has some rejects from World of Warcraft doing a war dance.
It is not worth it, even though I got free tickets through Unilocal

TERRIBLE… dont waste your money on Hades! We waited for 30 minutes to go in with about 30 people and it was awful! Don’t waste your time or money!