Those who enjoy a good scare around Halloween are in for a real treat.
The people have spoken, and the best haunted house in the state is right here in the Treasure Valley.
Nothing says Halloween like the sounds of sheer terror, and those who visit the three-story Requiem Haunted House in Caldwell, feel just that.
"It's hard to time it so you get different scares," said owner Krista Wood. "One at the beginning, one at the middle, one at the end...and that's the hardest part."
Requiem is only two years old, but it's been voted the best haunted house in Idaho by two different polls, two years in a row. We won't give all the scares away, but it's the actors who have a key role in making the house come to life.
"You get to learn timing -- what works for people, what doesn't work for a room," said Trinidy Wood, manager and actress at Requiem. "...and once you kind of get that system down, you're good to go."
Getting screams is the name of the game. It's a haunted house, after all.
"The poor girl, I scared her so bad, she fell onto the ground and I was worried that she had hurt herself," Trinidy said. "But she got up and she just ran."
But even though they scare, they care.
A majority of the proceeds benefit the "Don't be a Monster" campaign, which aims to stop bullying in schools.
"We go to schools and bring in a monster," said Krista. "He's the one being bullied, not doing the bullying, and we teach the kids to be upstanders, not bystanders, when they see a bullying situation happen."
Requiem is open Thursday through Saturday and Friday, Oct. 20, is Caldwell Firefighters Night. One dollar per ticket benefits the Caldwell Fire Stair Climb Team.
