Illinois Haunted House Named One of the Best in America

USA Today just dropped its 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards for haunted houses and attractions.

An expert panel nominated the haunted attractions before readers voted for their favorites, considering things like actors, set design, special effects, and overall value.

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USA Today Ranks America's Best Haunted Attractions

Those are all things that, even if one is off, can make the whole haunt feel pretty bad. I can't say I'm an expert by any means, but I have been to enough haunted houses in my life to know the difference between a good one and one where I wonder why I paid $30 to have some teenager in makeup scream in my face.

Turns out, we have one of the best in America. It's not the very best, as Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth, Texas, took the top spot, but a haunted house in Illinois did land in the top ten.

Illinois Haunted House Ranks 3rd Best in America

Massacre Haunted House in Montgomery ranked 3rd, ahead of a few more nationally known haunts, like the Netherworld Haunted House in Georgia and Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.

Their website, fearthemassacre.com, touts Massacre Haunted House as 35,000 square feet of horror, with a new 3,000-square-foot asylum this year.

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Massacre Haunted House Is a Short Trip From Rockford

So if you've seen all the haunts in the area and you're not about to book a flight to Texas, a trip to Montgomery isn't far from Rockford, and who knows, it might be a frightfully good time.