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By light or night, FearFest a fright

By Charles Infosino Contributor

MASON - FearFest returns to Paramount's Kings Island to celebrate Halloween every Saturday and Sunday in October.

Park guests can enjoy the haunted attractions free with park admission. Kings Island offers "fun by day" attractions to amuse families and "fright by night" attractions to scare guests 12 years of age and older.

Fun by day

Wizards World of Wonder enables children to look through a crystal ball and see themselves in costumes. The Mini Maze of Mystery is a straw maze that allows children to slide down a chute. Boo's House is an inflatable haunted maze designed for some of the smallest guests. Trick or treating will be available to children between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. as well. The Kahn's Kid Costume Parade will be at 2 p.m. Oct. 23 & 24.

Pumpkin Patch Express returns this year. Guests board the train at Rivertown and ride to a special pumpkin patch.

Additionally, there will be children's activities at Hanna-Barbera Land, such as games, pumpkin decorating and face painting.

Fright by night

Paramount's Kings Island shows off its connections to Paramount's Pictures with Sleepy Hollow Horror. This new attraction, based on the movie, allows guests to walk through a replica of the Headless Horseman's town and risk confronting him.

"Friday the 13th," another Paramount film, comes to life as a show inside the Paramount Theater. Guests see the Camp Crystal Lake where Jason Voorhees does evil acts in a gory show not recommended for children or anyone with a weak stomach.

The Paramount FX Theater shows "Dracula's Haunted Castle" this year. This motion simulator ride brings riders up close to the Prince of Darkness.

At Curse of the Crypt guests trek through a dark crypt populated by the mummy, vampires, werewolves and other monsters.

The House of Darkness looks like a traditional Victorian manor outside, but horrors await guests inside.

Folks who love clowns make think differently after experiencing Circus of Horrors. It is a 3-D nightmare in a maze with a strong smell of popcorn and cotton candy that brings guests close to some very scary clowns.

Maze of Madness takes guests inside a loud asylum. PsychoPath is a haunted trail that features zombies and other ghastly characters.

Fun by Day takes place between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. The haunted mazes commence at 3 p.m. and most of Paramount's Kings Island's rides will be operating all day.

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