Thousands of Lowcountry Halloween enthusiasts paid good money this month to get the living daylights scared out of them at haunted houses in North Charleston and Mount Pleasant. We asked photographer Ashley Rose Stanol to snap some behind-the-scenes pictures as actors prepared to throw buckets of terror at visitors. She also grabbed sobering photos of guests encountering everything from a weird and frightening rabbit creature and flesh-eating baby to bloodthirsty zombies and monsters wandering with dripping chainsaws.
At the Southern Screams Haunted House at Holy City Brewing in North Charleston, guests took part in a story that placed them in a backwoods West Virginia house filled with unexpected twists and turns. “Obviously scary, but meant to be fun,” Stanol said. “The actors freakin’ love their jobs.”
There was more gore and thrills at Boone Hall Fright Nights where a younger crowd enjoyed a zany, freaky production replete with a haunted house as well as a freak show and hayride. “Both venues had characters walking around the lines trying to scare people in line, which was fun,” said Stanol, who was taken off guard more than once while working to capture the pure fun of Halloween terror.
Southern Screams is open through Nov. 4. Boone Hall Fright Nights is open until Oct. 29. Check websites for more information.
Southern Screams Trapped at Holy City Brewing
Boone Hall Fright Nights
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