Get your scare on in Grovetown
Bianca Cain
Issue date: 10/27/09 Section: Arts & Life
If you haven't been successfully scared this Halloween, then you obviously haven't been to Plantation Blood. No matter what scares you, Plantation Blood is guaranteed to have it.
John Carter, owner of Plantation Blood, has been in the haunted house business for awhile, opening this one in 2000, according to the Plantation Blood Web site. However, after three years, he put the haunted house business on hold to go to New Orleans and help with the clean up following hurricane Katrina.
While there he got the opportunity to visit 13th Gate, the No. 1 haunted house in America, which only furthered his itch to reopen Plantation blood, bigger and better.
If the 65-70 actors dressed in full costume aren't enough to scare you, then what about the fact that Plantation Blood is really haunted?
Carter said that there have been two deaths in the plantation home and that ghosts have been reportedly seen standing outside and on the balcony. There's also an old slave quarters where Carter and some of the actors reported seeing spirits.
But you're probably wondering what to expect.
First off, when you arrive at Plantation Blood, be prepared to wait. The line seems endless (but well worth the wait) as droves of people wait eagerly to see the many monsters, ghouls and goblins that wait.
After finally reaching the front of the line, a group of 12 will meet two team leaders who will lead the group through a house specifically constructed for the event, a barn, a graveyard and a swamp.
Leaders will warn against having an unsecured cell phone, long earrings and, of course, against punching any of the monsters.
Guests are also told that if things do indeed get too scary, they can leave at any time by letting their group leader know. Interestingly enough, when my group went through, six of my group members refused to finish the tour when we were only 15 minutes into the hour-long tour. Convinced yet?
During the tour, don't be surprised to run into iconic characters from movies like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Friday the 13th," "Nightmare on Elm Street," "Halloween" and "Night of the Living Dead." Not only will you run into some of these characters, you might even walk through their neighborhoods.
John Carter, owner of Plantation Blood, has been in the haunted house business for awhile, opening this one in 2000, according to the Plantation Blood Web site. However, after three years, he put the haunted house business on hold to go to New Orleans and help with the clean up following hurricane Katrina.
While there he got the opportunity to visit 13th Gate, the No. 1 haunted house in America, which only furthered his itch to reopen Plantation blood, bigger and better.
If the 65-70 actors dressed in full costume aren't enough to scare you, then what about the fact that Plantation Blood is really haunted?
Carter said that there have been two deaths in the plantation home and that ghosts have been reportedly seen standing outside and on the balcony. There's also an old slave quarters where Carter and some of the actors reported seeing spirits.
But you're probably wondering what to expect.
First off, when you arrive at Plantation Blood, be prepared to wait. The line seems endless (but well worth the wait) as droves of people wait eagerly to see the many monsters, ghouls and goblins that wait.
After finally reaching the front of the line, a group of 12 will meet two team leaders who will lead the group through a house specifically constructed for the event, a barn, a graveyard and a swamp.
Leaders will warn against having an unsecured cell phone, long earrings and, of course, against punching any of the monsters.
Guests are also told that if things do indeed get too scary, they can leave at any time by letting their group leader know. Interestingly enough, when my group went through, six of my group members refused to finish the tour when we were only 15 minutes into the hour-long tour. Convinced yet?
During the tour, don't be surprised to run into iconic characters from movies like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Friday the 13th," "Nightmare on Elm Street," "Halloween" and "Night of the Living Dead." Not only will you run into some of these characters, you might even walk through their neighborhoods.
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