Hallowscream, a haunted house attraction at York Maze, opened its doors earlier this month.
As the first and biggest Halloween scare event to open in Yorkshire, Hallowscream opens its doors for 18 nights a year to a crowd of up to 2,000 visitors with five haunted houses.
Speaking to The Press on Wednesday night, owner Tom Pearcy said: “We’re pretty much sold out every night so far. Halloween is still as popular as ever and Hallowscream is going from strength to strength.
“Most of our visitors come from within a two-hour drive time - a lot of people from York, Hull, Leeds, Newcastle. We’ve got quite a big draw and quite a lot of people stay over for the night, so it adds to the tourist economy of York.”
The first version of the event came about in the early 2000s, when Tom was checking over his fields on a dark autumn night to ensure that nobody was hiding amongst the corn – something he described as ‘terrifying’.
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