Local News

Stolen Signs

Stolen Road Signs

Ah the Halloween season is upon us once again, I can tell because the leaves are changing, the air is cooler and the low lifes are creeping around in the wee hours of  the night stealing our billboards.  Heading into our fifth season out here at DarkSyde, I would have imagined that  people would grow up, but apparently that is not the case. We have made police reports the past four years, This year we will be pressing charges against the group of individuals responsible.

Our Apologies

DarkSyde Acres Haunted House and Attractions would like to apologize to our neighbors, who may be inconvenienced by the lack of signs directing our guests to our front driveway, We put them up and the thieves steal them.  The  group of thieves have gotten very Bold this year , stealing signs from our front driveway.  DarkSyde Acres would also like to apologize to our guests that may have difficulty finding our attraction due to the lack of road signs, please remember you can google map us directly off our website, and be sure to use the front entrance on Mosherville road. DarkSyde acres is only 2 turns off of US12 as well as 2 turns off of I94.

Its a Felony

Note to the Thieves, just in case you aren’t aware of the fact that this isn’t petty crime, this is a Felony and you will be prosecuted as such. Our Digital Art billboards are NOT CHEAP.  After 4 seasons and thousands of dollars wasted for your amusement, I look forward to seeing you guys in court.

 

Wyandotte Jaycees Haunted House ROBBED

Local  Jaycees Haunted House Robbed

The Wyandotte  Jaycees are a community based service organization who have been devoting their time to build a haunted house  in Wyandotte like they do every year. Someone broke in Tuesday night and stole over $9,000 worth of tools and materials from the inside of the Nightmare Sanctum Haunted House located at 1096 Biddle Avenue , Wyandotte, Michigan 48192. Most of the members have full time Jobs and volunteer after work to build the Haunted House, and Many leave their tools behind.  Local Police say that most likely the Break In was not a random crime and that the thief  knew the tools would be left behind.

Haunted House will still Open

The Wyandotte Jaycees are still determined to open on time on October 4, 2012, regardless of this setback. These guys put on one heck of a good show. I have many fond memories from my youth visiting their haunted houses. be sure to visit them if  you are in the area, and tell them DarkSyde Acres said Best wishes this Halloween season!

Note to The thief

Dear Lowlife scum of the earth Thief. I’m sure Life must suck bad enough for you, that you would have to resort to a life of petty crime to support whatever habit you are enjoying at the moment. Being a petty thief is pretty low, but you have managed to drop it one step lower by stealing from a charity group, that only wants to better their community. Best wishes in your career choice.

Best Haunted House in Jackson ~ Lansing Area!

Best Haunted House In the Jackson ~ Lansing Area

2012 has been a whirlwind at DarkSyde Acres Haunted House and Attractions.  Going into our fifth season, it seems as though people are crawling out of the woodwork  and promoting local Haunted Houses. DarkSyde was nominated as the the Best Haunted House in the Metro Detroit area earlier this year in the WDIV  Click on Detroit vote 4 the BEST contest and Thanks to our Fans, we claimed that title. Now heading directly into the Halloween season and DarkSyde Acres has been nominated as the best Haunted House in the Jackson ~ Lansing area on the MLIVE contest. This hits closer to home and we appreciate the Nomination.

 Go Vote for your DARKSYDE!

Now is your Chance to Vote for YOUR favorite Haunted House in the Jackson ~ Lansing, Michigan area.  Whether it be  the Corpse Barn, Jackson’s Underworld, Wrong turn haunted attraction, The Boneyard, or our DarkSyde Acres Haunted House and Attractions get in their and let the world now where your Favorite Halloween Haunted House is. Visit MLIVE at http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/jackson/index.ssf/2012/09/michigans_best_vote_for_the_ja_1.html. and remember that you can vote once a day for the next 6 days.

 Thanks to all of our Fans

Just wanted to close with saying thank you to all of our fans for your continued support of DarkSyde Acres Haunted House and Attractions. Without YOU it wouldn’t be possible to do what we love.

 

Halloween Stats

Halloween spending on the rise!

While Watching the Fox 2 Morning news out of Detroit, I seen a wonderful segment, that claimed Halloween spending is on the rise for 2012.  Thats GREAT NEWS!  Halloween is the second most popular Holiday next to Christmas and the Second highest revenue generating Holiday just under Christmas.  Sources were projecting 9 million dollars in sales for the 2012 Halloween season!  Fox 2 reported that the average person will spend nine dollars more this year on halloween than in 2011, thats an amazing growth. Ive gathered a collection of Stats online for the 2011 halloween season. I bet you will be surprised at some of the numbers generated by Halloween and Haunted Houses.

The numbers

41 Million Trick or Treaters  between the ages of five and fourteen are estimated to take part in the Halloween tradition of going door to door to receive tricks or treats, that may seem like a large number but now add in the Trick or treaters that are under the age of five and older than the age of fourteen, heck I didnt stop trick or treating until I was 17.  As Large as that Number is, it pales in comparision to the number of estimated Houses that the Tot’ers can visit, There are a estimated 116.7 million occupied homes in the U.S all potential stops for those costumed clad lil beggars. On each of those porches sit Pumpkins which add up to 1.1 BILLION pounds of  pumpkins per Halloween season.

Costumes and More

Parents buying costumes for the children will spend a whopping one billion dollars, while spending another 1.21 Billion on buying costumes for themselves, BUT thats not all People will spend over THREE MILLION dollars buying Costumes for their pets! 22.9% of Americans will visit their Local Haunted House this year generating between 300 and 500 Million dollars, a HUGE boost to any Local economy Im sure…. Be sure to get our there and visit your Local Haunted Attractions!

 

Old Man Cox's First SURPRISE DEAL!

Old Man COX Surprise OFFER!

Old Man Cox has Gone CRAZY! He’s Offering Free Passes to The Labyrinth OUTDOOR maze with Purchase of  the 3 Indoor Haunted House Combo at DarkSyde Acres Haunted House and Attractions for the First FIFTY Guests during our SPECIAL preview opening for the 2012 season Tonight September, 22, 2012! Just say I LOVE OLD MAN COX and Come on out and  be the first of your friends to see all the new stuff we’ve been busy working on for you!

FREE PASSES

Thats right I said FREE PASSES to the Labyrinth Outdoor Maze at DarkSyde Acres!  Just because Old Man Cox is feeling Frisky and wants to fill his Bodybags! Remember DarkSyde Acres Haunted House has over 5000 square feet of Indoor waiting  to keep you out of the weather as well as keep you entertained during your wait to enter our 70,000 square feet of in your face extreme Haunted Houses.

Free Passes!

Remember first fifty guests will receive free passes to the Labyrinth outdoor maze with purchase of indoor Haunt combo ticket.

Kalamazoo Record Breaking ZOMBIE Festival

DarkSyde Acres Sponsors Attempt to break world record

DarkSyde Acres Haunted House and Attractions in Jonesville, Michigan is proud to announce that we will be a sponsor for the Kalamazoo Zombie Festival on October 20, 2012, where Zombies from all over the tri-state area will converge in an attempt to break the current worlds record for largest ZOMBIE Gathering. According to the Guinness Book of world records, the current record is 4,093 zombies in New Jersey. I’m sure with a little zombie love , Kalamazoo Michigan can break that record with 2 dismembered arms tied behind their backs!

RED CROSS BLOOD STATION and MORE!

All dressed up like a zombie and feeling a lil run down? Be sure to stop by the Zombie Red Cross Blood Station while at the zombie festival to learn your Blood type,  and learn some health tips from this sponsor of the Kalamazoo Zombie Festival. Plastic Fantastic will be performing LIVE on stage to keep all of the Zombies entertained while taking part of this HUGE Zombie event.  How many Zombies does it take to break the current world record? 4094! Thats right just one more than the current record holders. There will also be many activities for the children, so be sure to bring them along.

For more information be sure to visit http://www.zombierecord.com and tell em DarkSyde sent ya!

Special Preview of the 2012 Season

2012 Haunted House  Special Preview

Come join us on  Saturday, September 22, 202 as we open up our doors for the first time to kick off the 2012 Halloween Haunt season at DarkSyde Acres Haunted House and Attractions during a special Preview. Our Ghoulish crew of you know whats has been working feverishly around the clock  to bring you the best Haunted House ever for 2012!  The box office opens at 7:30 pm and Closes at 11:00 for this special preview opening.

 3 Haunted Houses and MORE

Our 3 indoor Haunted Houses, Zombie Massacre Paintball Challenge , the Labyrinth outdoor maze, will be open for your special previewing pleasure. come on out and see why Metro Detroit voted us the BEST Haunted house for 2012 and help us KICK off the 2012 Halloween season with a bang!

Chances to WIN DarkSyde Prizes at Jack town Derby Girls match

Chances to WIN DarkSyde Prizes at Jacktown Derby Girls match tonight!

Go Support  the Jack Town Roller Derby Girls tonight! These Girls are the Baddest Girls out side of DarkSyde Acres Haunted house, they will put a SEVERE Beat down on you if you get out of line. While you are there enter to win some awesome DarkSyde Acres prizes and Tickets to our Haunted  Houses and attractions!  Look for Dr.Ickk, and His Lovely assistant Judi for Raffle Tickets!

Be sure to watch for the Jack Town Rollers at DarkSyde very soon. I have a feeling things are going to get messy really quick once they get here.  Good Luck Girls, crack some heads tonight and bring me a prezzy! Remember Nothing says we love you like nice mushy fresh BRAINS!

 

 

DarkSyde Acres Voted BEST Haunted House in Metro Detroit

DarkSyde Acres Voted BEST Haunted House in Detroit

2 Months ago WDIV Channel 4 click on Detroit , started a contest to pick the BEST local businesses in Metro Detroit. There were many category’s with hundreds of sub catergory’s and even more choices after that. After 2 months of  collecting votes, the VOTE 4 THE BEST contest announced the winners. DarkSyde Acres Haunted House and Attractions is very proud to announce that we were voted the BEST Haunted House in the Metro Detroit  area for 2012! Coming in a close second was the Terrorfied Forest and Manor out of Pickney, Michigan and the Erebus Haunted Attraction in Pontiac, Michigan took Third place. Many of you may recall Erebus was once the Worlds largest walk thru haunted House.

DarkSyde Acres Thanks everyone

 

The Staff and Crew, of ghoulish misfits at DarkSyde Acres Haunted House in Jonesville, Michigan would like to thank each and every one of you that voted for us and help promote our event. YOU are the reason that we continue to do this year after year, well you and the fact that some of the staff really loves to smell your poopy pants. “note to self” stock up on air freshener for Halloween season. We Have added a lot of really great effects and scare zones this year at DarkSyde, so be sure to tell us that YOU voted for us in the Vote 4 Best contest so we know to give you the EXTRA treatment when you come thru. Thank you all AGAIN!

Be sure to visit the website for more information on the upcoming haunt season at DarkSyde acres Haunted House!

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://4thebest.clickondetroit.com/place/11163-darksyde-acres

DarkSyde Sponsors 2 ZOMBIE DASH events

Darksyde Sponsors 2 Zombie Dash Events in 2012

DarkSyde acres Haunted House is proud to announce that they will be sponsoring both the Holly and the Grand Rapids 2012 ZOMBIE DASH this fall.  Zombies are HOT right now and the infection is spreading rapidly, The Zombie Dash has been promoted as the World’s MOST TERRIFYING night race. Participants can choose to be Survivors/Runners or Various stages of Infected Zombies in this unique themed version of capture the flag. I’m not sure which role I would like to be in this race but it sure sounds like a lot of FUN!

5 Kilometer race against darkness

On October 13th, 2012 Zombies and Survivors will converge on Holly , Michigan  at the Holly State recreation Park, between Detroit, and Flint to take part in the first of two Zombie Dash’s scheduled in October, Hosted by Michigan Adventure Racing.  Runners will Race a 5.75 kilometer course through  a dark wooded trail, in the Holly State Recreation park, while being chased by infected zombie participants. There well be a Zombie Costume Contest and Awards ceremony after the race. On October 27, 2012, Zombies and Survivors will again converge , but this time in Grand Rapids, Michigan to take part in a 5 kilometer race. The Participants will be meeting in Ah-Nab-Awen Park, in downtown Grand Rapids. Survivors will run through the Quarantine Zone within Down Town Grand Rapids attempting to avoid the Zombie Hordes. Once again there will be a zombie costume Contest and awards ceremony afterwards.

Hope to see you there

Hope to see you all there, as a Zombie or as a survivor, Im pretty sure you know which one I will be! check out www.thezombiedash.com for more details