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Fresno’s newest haunted house is the size of a Walmart — and there’s a good reason for that. It used to be one.
Scare Factory, 3680 West Shaw Ave. in Fresno, features 66,000 square feet of scares, from creepy clowns and serial killers to ghouls and ghosts.
There’s a spooky maze inspired by classic horror movie “Friday the 13th,” and an exorcism-themed escape room. Visitors can stroll through Killer Clown Town, break out of a psych ward or attempt to free chained-up prisoners.
Scare Factory is similar in design to the haunted house co-owner Jason Englebright used to build in his home, he said, but much, much larger.
“This is to a bigger scale,” he said. “We needed a Walmart to pull off what we were trying to imagine.”
Scare Factory is slated to open to the public on Friday, Sept. 27.
Here’s what to expect: