Monster Manor Open Until Halloween Night

BEST HAUNTED ATTRACTION IN SAN DIEGO

Monster Manor rises from the depths to take its place in San Diego as the Best Haunted Attraction. Voted as Best of San Diego in the 2009 Union-Tribune/SignOnSanDiego.com reader’s poll, each year the ghoulish, cursed home of the Ghastleys rises up in Mira Mesa. Inside the brooding old Victorian mansion, the former tenants return to try and scare away all who enter their abode. Well, not quite ’cause there’s always “Room for One More.”

“Our volunteers are what differentiate us from everyone else in town,” Cast Director Trey Barkley said. “No one here gets paid to do this. We all do this because we love Halloween and scaring people, and I think everyone who goes through our haunted house senses it.”

Each year, Monster Manor is completely rebuilt and redesigned so that the attraction’s experience is different from year to year. With a team of over 200 volunteers, the Haunt’s scares and effects are unique from all the other haunted houses. Monster Manor is also the ONLY haunted house in San Diego County that caters to young children and families. During select days, the Manor transforms into Never, Never Land with Wendy, Tinkerbell, Peter Pan and the rest of the gang.

Lite Frite: Peter Pan and the Search for the Missing Shadow, as the daytime attraction is called, is designed for toddlers to preteens. It is a non-scary alternative to the nighttime attraction. In Peter Pan and the Search for the Missing Shadow, as Peter Pan sets off on his way home, he realizes his Shadow no longer trailed behind him. Parents and children will enjoy themselves as they encounter pixies, Lost Boys and other lovable characters that we all are familiar with. Guests, however, will find themselves face-to-face with those dastardly pirates, always seeking to stop do-gooders in their tracks.

Monster Manor opens now until Halloween. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 per person.

Lite Frite is open on Halloween day from Noon until 4 p.m. Tickets are $5 person.

For more information, visit www.monstermanor.org or call (858) 222-4815. Mira Mesa Theatre Guild’s goal for Monster Manor is two-fold: to provide a safe, family-friendly environment for the community to celebrate Halloween and to serve as a fundraiser for local charities and the community.

All the proceeds for the daytime and nighttime haunts go to support the community. During the past eight years, Monster Manor has raised more than $75,000 in support of groups such as Boy Scout Troop 648, Friends of Ericson Elementary School, Mira Mesa Scripps Youth Football, Mira Mesa Youth Baseball, Poway High Ag Partners, Sandburg Elementary School — just to name a few.

The success of Monster Manor can be directly attributed to the involvement of the entire community. Designed, built and operated completely by a small army of 200-plus volunteers, the 4,000-plus-square-foot haunted house is an inter generational experience, with teens working alongside seasoned professionals, gaining valuable work experience. The Manor’s core group has more than 75 years combined experience in motion picture effects, theatre, and haunted-house production.

A true community project, all costs associated with putting up Monster Manor are paid for with the help of more than a dozen local businesses. Corporate sponsors for this year’s haunted house include: AT&T, Frazee Paint and the Target Shopping Center. Stop by before the Monster Manor vanishes for another year.

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