Several haunted houses are located just a short drive away from Starkville to start a Halloween night adventure.
Alabama is home to two haunted attractions: Sloss Fright Furnance and The Atrox Factory.
According to the Sloss website, this entertainment venue occupies an old oil factory. Sloss offers options to make your experience especially frightful. The first is called “Furnance Trail,” which is about half a mile long, and the second option, “Woods Trail,” is shorter. It is $20 to do both routes.
Sloss also offers a waiting area environment, called RoadKill Café, with all sorts of activities,including palm readings, fire-eaters, illusionists and horror movies shown on a 25-foot screen.
The Atrox Factory, in Leeds, Ala., is $18 a ticket and $23 on Halloween night.
Caitlyn Atkins, sophomore biological engineering major, has been to both Sloss and Atrox.
“Atrox was definitely scarier because it was more realistic. They can also reach out and grab you, where at Sloss this is not the case,” Atkins said.
 Atkins said both experiences were overlaid with eerie music and horror films playing in the background.
“If going to Sloss, make sure to research it first, because it’s in an old factory and they incorporate parts of the history of the building into the experience to make it more creepy. It scared me, but I still want to do it again,” she said.
She said the most intense part of Sloss was when participants ventured down into the underground area. “It is such an adrenaline rush, and everyone should give it a try. You don’t have to go to an extreme house; there are plenty of options that are more fun than scary,” Atkins said.
The House of Shock in New Orleans, La., is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and it was featured on Good Morning America earlier this month. It is $25 a ticket. According to its website, the House of Shock offers an Outdoor Halloween Festival open all October long. They serve food from Hell’s Kitchen and have a variety of music acts lined up for each night.  On Halloween, Jason and the Krugers are set to perform their unique genre horrorcore.
Chattanooga, Tenn., presents Ruby Falls Haunted Caverns which charges a $23 entrance fee and is located 250 feet underground, creating a terrifying attraction.
Devil’s Dungeon in Nashville, Tenn., extends over 25,000 square feet of spooky action, guaranteed to give everyone who dares to enter an unforgettable experience.