During the Asylum House event you will interact with actors, props, and animatronics in full-contact, weapons-grade horror . You may get wet or dirty during this event. Be aware that there are uneven grounds, loud noises, strobe lights, and dark areas. In some instances there may be minor electric shocks. Please wear appropriate attire and shoes for this event. Some materials in The Asylum House may not be appropriate for children under the age of 13.
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The Graveyard Stompers will be playing 8pm-11pm on October 11th, 18th, and 25th
Freakshow Foley Satuday's Oct. 11,15,25
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Saturday Nov 1 2008
8pm - Midnight
Ron's Halloween
West Side Location
1314 South Highschool Rd.
Indianapolis, In
317-381-0529
Ron's Halloween
East Side Location
8829 East Washington St.
Indianapolis, In
317-869-0589
2007 Asylum House Commercial
2006 Asylum House Teaser
Fan Reviews
2008 Asylum House Review by Nuvo
The creative plot and characters make this haunted house not only scary, but also entertaining. It touches base with almost every type of horror genre, from traditional scary movie villains to mad clowns and doctors. This isn’t one of those places where you wait longer in line than it takes to go through the haunted house. The Asylum House includes the main haunted house, a walk through the woods, a cemetery and more. I was jumping from start to finish. Gate opens at 7 p.m. on weekend and weekdays, but note that some content may not be suitable for children under 13. Through Nov. 1; $19; www.theasylumhouse.com. —Sarah Collins
Repeated screams & nervous laughter - INDY.COM
I love being scared ... and so do my two teenagers. That being said, it stands to reason that we would have a serious fondness for haunted houses.
Saturday night I experienced what had to be the BEST haunted house ever! The Asylum House here in Indianapolis (on South Meridan Street in German Park) is more amazing that I can begin to explain. We got there soon after complete darkness had fallen and the wait in the line outside was about 40 minutes. While we waited we were occupied by The Graveyard Stompers (a live band dressed to suit their name) ... and Freakshow Foley (a sideshow entertainer with a myriad of talents, not the least of which included fire eating).
Admission to the haunted house was $19 and knowing that there were four additional areas besides the house itself, I thought it would be well worth the price. I was not disappointed ... and in fact, screamed so often that my throat was raw and at one point I almost needed a rescue inhaler.
There was one distinctive difference between this haunted house and any other I had ever experienced ... "full contact, weapons-grade horror".
The ghouls and monsters at The Asylum House eagerly draw you into the realm of horror, interacting with you personally. Numerous times, at least one of us was drawn aside, captured, or cornered for individual attention (at one point 'Freddie Krueger" pinned my daughter and me into a corner of the outside maze for several long minutes).
The scares were repeated ... and intense. At one point in the house itself, there was a pitch black maze. We had to advance slowly (with me being in the lead of course) and it was almost as if I was proceeding with my eyes closed. With my hands in front of me ... feeling my way ... I screamed at my initial contact ... and it wasn't even a monster that I touched, but the wall itself. LOL! My son was behind me, urging me forward but all I could do was scream back "wall!". This happened several times, leaving me alternately screaming and laughing.
In fact, that would be an appropriate description of our experience ... repeated screams, peppered with spurts of nervous laughter. My heart was racing, my pulse pounding, and my belly knotted with fear.
Anything you could imagine in a haunted house can be found at The Asylum House and it's assorted areas ... so if you're looking for a haunted house in the Indianapolis area ... this one is really worth the price of admission.
I have been to a lot of Haunted Houses, from the east coast to the west, from Hayrides, Church Fundraisers, Universal & Disney attractions to Family Farm Productions and Child Friendly Headless Horsemen Patrols so trust me when I tell you Asylum House Rocks.
If you are going to a haunted house this season, go to this one - it's worth every penny! It's truly the perfect experience for the season: from the Fire Breather and Grave Stompers Band entertaining the crowd while waiting inline to the great set design and character costumes inside. Its interactive, which was completely unique for me and as I said before I've been to A LOT of haunted houses in A LOT of different cities and states. These people really know what they are doing. The actors are GREAT. Their timing and lines are both scary and funny as they pull you in and make you apart of their show entertaining you exactly how a haunted house should.
I really can't say enough good things about this place. If you enjoy Haunted Houses or are just looking to visit one this year, you WILL have a heart thumping, exciting night at German Church Park.
"America's Best Haunted Houses" needs to be notified because I KNOW this one would make their cut.
A personal favorite, largely because I appreciate the ridiculously involved construction and the in-your-face attitude of the actors. (Plus it has a real spanking-by-evil-witches dungeon; go ahead and make your Club Dominion jokes now, line forms on the left.) If the main house was all Asylum offered, it would still be worth the price: Spooky sets and actors specializing in full-contact, weapons-grade horror. Most houses put some distance between you and the actors; the Asylum crew is likely as not to put you in a barber chair for some quality time with Sweeney Todd.
But that’s far from all; Asylum has expanded considerably this year, adding a more elaborate outdoor Crystal Lake woods walk, two external cemeteries, and a Hellraiser-themed maze to the mix. Plus they’ve got mind-bending 3-D sections and freakishly complex psychedelic painting. It’s one of the longest single houses out there, and probably the most intense.
They bill themselves as "Fear and Fetish in the Dark," and Asylum House definitely lives up to that billing with a decidedly R-rated approach. I can't be sure, but I think that this house tops the list for sheer size and scale in a single event, packing an enormous amount of stuff into its warehouse layout and then spilling out into a Crystal Lake-esque woods. Asylum House is by far the most theatrical of the haunted houses, with many actors on hand who really, really get into their roles. It's a page right out of the forbidden horror magazines of the the 1950's, with beautiful captive damsels, evil cackling tormenters and diabolical torture chambers. (And everyone plays their cackling and screaming to maximum decibelage!) Add to that a 3-D maze and several other themed sections and you've got the best Grade A+ bang for your hanted house buck in the city. Through Oct. 31;www.theasylumhouse.com. - PFPP
The production values are impressive, with elaborate sets and costumes and a cast of actors who really throw themselves into their roles. No half-hearted scares here; their scream queens let out ear-splitting shrieks at the slightest provocation, and the requisite bloodied killers wandering the halls will stalk you for minutes at a time, especially if you find yourself lost in the labyrinthine wooden maze at the house's heart. It gets top marks for creativity, with no detail spared in the prop and set design. The action sprawls outside into the woods, with a Camp Crystal Lake theme, and finally into Screamers Cabin that's a tiny masterpiece. Through Oct. 31; www.theasylumhouse.com. -Paul Pogua
THE ASYLUM HOUSE German Park. Walking through the Asylum House it's hard to believe that its most impressive monsters are hand-made. Even harder to comprehend is that such a twisted little funhouse was built to raise money for two Southside charities. While this year's theme, "Fear and Fetish in the Dark."falls a bit flat, what it lacks in kinky thrills is made up for in classic screams. The over 5,000-square-foot maze of well-staged frightening scenes and foreboding passages was as frightening as promised, but it was really the superb acting by some of the participants and the hand-crafted monsters by Asylum House creator Patrick Greathouse that made the Asylum House stand out. The very professional and well-costumed actors drove and directed us through the house's seemingly endless twists and turns without leaving character. The threat of a dominatrix younger than most of the visitors elicited little fear, but although it lacked thrills, the overall look of the room and the concept behind it was as well-executed as the rest of the house. The end is a partially chaperoned trip to Camp Crystal Lake, home to psycotic murder Jason. While this last outdoor segment comes like a suprise bonus after a very complete indoor section, the pacing of the trip through the wood seemed to quick to build suspense and the acting by our counselor" seemed forced - more comic than scary. Untill the chainsaws began, of course. For those looking for a realistic movie monster experience it doesn't get more realistic than that. The entire experience was worth the $12 admission price, if only to see some of the most impressive hand-sculpted monsters this side of Hollywood. For the last weekend of the month, admission will also include a performance by local Halloween hardcore band Per vertebrae. Though Oct. 31; www.theasylumhouse.com, -Anna McCleary
S.R. 135 and Fairview. The Asylum House certainly knew what it was doing when it set out to scare the bejeezus out of the attendees of Monster Mayhem. My wife confided in me on our way home; “Just when I thought I could get through it without screaming again, something else jumped out and it started all over.” A man dressed in scrubs and a straight jacket led us to the giant gates of the Asylum, where we could hear screams of torment and anguish from within. Inside, what I didn't expect was the massive amount of time and attention to detail in the pitch-black labyrinth of terror. You really get your money's worth with this place. Complete with a terrifying encounter with two famous movie monsters, this haunted house delivers the scares. The haunted house resides in an old Marsh Supermarket building, with the words “ Explicit Content” written on the window. This is not a place for children. Through Oct. 31; 979-9347 – Thomas D. Brown II
