These 5 Central Jersey Halloween attractions are packed with spooky thrills

Jenna Intersimone, MyCentralJersey.com
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Halloween may be on a Tuesday this year, but for fans of everything that's creepy, chilling and gruesome, all that means is that we have horror-packed weekends to celebrate one of America's favorite holidays.

Here in Central Jersey, we have plenty of haunted attractions lurking in the darkness, armed with fake blood, costumed monsters and bloodcurdling screams.

Scare Farm, Hillsborough

For more than a century, Norz Hill Farm has grown seasonal produce, beef and pork products, eggs and more for the Somerset County community, as well as offered family-friendly activities throughout the year.

But on weekends through Oct. 29, Norz Hill Farm transforms into Scare Farm for only the bravest of teens and adults.

The Halloween attraction includes four connected experiences, including two haunted hayrides (Slayride and Madderbaby Lane) and two haunted walking trails (Atrum Manor and Chaotica).

Throughout the one-hour adventure, visitors – if they dare – will experience classic Halloween thrills like spiders and scarecrows, as well as creepy clowns and a spooky manor.

Go: 120 South Branch Road, Hillsborough; $50; norzhillfarm.com/scare-farm, 908-371-2697.

Oasis Island of Terror, Robbinsville

No haunted house is needed at Oasis Island of Terror, which is at the home of Oasis Family Farm. Instead, the 30-minute Woods Have Eyes 1-mile walk-through attraction, known for its realistic scenes, is designed to heighten your inner fears and senses.

Tickets also include admission to the 15-minute Blackout, where groups wade down a dark trail with no lights equipped with just one glowstick.

Go: 3 Circle Drive, Robbinsville; $45 per person; oasisislandofterror.com, 609-259-7300.

Haunted Red Mill, Clinton

For the past 32 years, the Red Mill Museum Village of Clinton has put on its own type of Halloween costume.
For the past 32 years, the Red Mill Museum Village of Clinton has put on its own type of Halloween costume.

For the past 32 years, the Red Mill Museum Village has put on its own type of Halloween costume, transforming from an educational 1810 historical wool mill museum into the Haunted Red Mill, which includes 10 acres of fright consisting of the corridors of the haunted mill, a haunted hayride, a terrifying trail and a dark maze.

The theme of this year's haunted village is The Dead Don’t Die, which also has kid-friendly Happy Haunts from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 14, 21 and 28.

The village will also host behind-the-scenes tours on Oct. 19 and 26 at 7 p.m. for $10 per person. The Haunted Red Mill is the nonprofit Red Mill’s largest fundraiser of the year.

Go: 56 Main St. in Clinton; $30; theredmill.org/haunted-red-mill; 908-735-4101.

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Field of Terror, East Windsor

Lots of haunted attractions in Central Jersey set their scary stages on a farm, but Field of Terror at Kyle Family Farm uses the farm as inspiration. According to Field of Terror folklore, Farmer Frank wanted to develop a new form of human life, so he attempted to cross the genetics of the local people with some of his crazy vegetation, resulting in the failed catastrophes that now inhabit the land.

On the 120 acres of the Field of Terror, visitors can check out the Kornfield of Karnage, Creepy Carnival paintball ride, Haunted Hayride to Terrortown, Timmery Manor and the Karnival.

Go: 831 Windsor Perrineville Road, East Windsor; $20 for a single attraction, $35 for two, $45 for three, $50 for four or $65 for all five; fieldofterror.com; 609-758-7817.

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Farm of Horrors, Flemington

At Schaefer Farms’ Farm of Horrors in Flemington, visitors will ride, walk and maybe then run for their lives with the farm’s four experiences.
At Schaefer Farms’ Farm of Horrors in Flemington, visitors will ride, walk and maybe then run for their lives with the farm’s four experiences.

At Schaefer Farms’ Farm of Horrors, visitors will ride, walk and maybe run for their lives at the farm’s four experiences that last 45 minutes in total and include a haunted hayride, trail and corn maze.

On the Hayride of Horror, visitors will ride through 200 acres of madness before walking through the Trail of Terror haunted graveyard. Then, they’ll attempt to make their way through the MassAcre Maize, which is haunted by an ancient tribe of cannibal zombies with an attraction to power equipment. Finally, they’ll enter the Carnevil of Chaos.

Go: 1051 County Road 523, Flemington; $38; farmofhorrors.com, 908-782-2705.

Jenna Intersimone.
Jenna Intersimone.

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