When fall makes its way around the corner, teenagers think of many different things: candy corn, apple cider, pumpkins, leaves changing color and fun or scary costumes. In my world, during fall, I get excited for haunted houses. This year, I decided to dedicate almost every single one of my October Saturday nights to haunted houses. One weekend, I did some intense research on some Halloween-based attractions around the area and found many that I had never even heard of before. So, after my birthday dinner, my friends and I went to Hundred Acres Manor. This was, by far, my favorite haunted house yet. I’d encourage you to go onto the website and read about this house. Expect almost every single thing you read about this house to be true. Imagine the ideal spot for a haunted house: a dreary, hidden, dark, middle-of-nowhere piece of land. We followed a spotlight in the sky until we arrived at the parking lot. Typically, when you’re waiting in line, it ends up being pretty boring. To keep us entertained, people in costumes and make-up walked through the line to spook us. They even have a concession stand. This attraction consists of five houses in one: Massacre Manor, Brine Slaughterhouse, The Maze, The Family and South Valley Hospital. It took us a whole 45 minutes to walk from beginning to end. The Maze was the most unique, but it isn’t just a corn maze. This maze was constructed out of walls, complete with frightening ghouls and dead-ends. It was so complex, it took us between 15 and 20 minutes to get through. I was expecting the separate houses to be really gory, and I wasn’t disappointed. It was apparent at the entrance of the South Valley Hospital, which was also grotesque and original. The smell was rancid, almost like three-week-old road kill. It was nasty, but it really made me feel like I was sniffing around in guts and gore, so be prepared for that. This house also had a number of motion-censored objects, which scared everyone in our tour group. Even though some things were gross, the house contained really cool and pretty scenery. There is a waterfall part with vines hanging, and the water looks so pretty on top and next to you. Another unique part was that the walls were close together and had people popping out of them. One thing you should be prepared for is that you do get wet. You get a bit misted when you walk under the waterfalls and through vines. The part you should really be prepared for is the very end. You get water dropped on your head. A really unique thing I found was that this haunted house is totally non-profit. They donate all the money to local Pittsburgh charities. You can also buy a glow stick necklace at the beginning of the line for $1 and all of that money proceeds to help neglected and abused animals. I would totally pay to walk through this haunted house again. You can tell they put a lot of money and time into this attraction. Let me tell you that it is worth all of the $18 you pay in order to scream your head off.