DAYTIME
The event runs from noon to 3 PM instead of during normal nighttime haunt hours.
Family Frights lets kids experience a real haunted-house environment with the fear turned down and the Halloween fun turned up.
Choose Your NightRealm of Terror normally runs as an intense nighttime haunted attraction. Family Frights is a completely different daytime production designed for families.
Friendly monster guides, trick-or-treating, altered lighting, adjusted effects and a playful presentation change the way the attraction feels without turning it into a generic fall festival.
See Family FrightsThe physical haunted-house environments are still there.
The event runs from noon to 3 PM instead of during normal nighttime haunt hours.
Actors, sound, lighting, effects and pacing are altered for the family event.
Some younger or especially sensitive children may still find parts of a real haunted-house environment spooky.
Realm of Terror is in Lake County, making Family Frights especially convenient for families coming from Gurnee, Libertyville, Grayslake, Vernon Hills, McHenry County and the northern suburbs.