This dispatch comes to you from the Haunted Angelus House in Hudson.

We spent time hiding along the hay ride of horror trail on the 25 acres of land --that I  am formally proclaiming the scariest spot in Pasco County.

At one point, I was crouched down behind a tree in the pitch black darkness watching two ghost soldiers from the 1800's shove a screaming clown from into a crematorium.

I didn't want to interrupt the scare. And I was slightly unsettled by the actors' devotion to their characters.

You'd think they were getting paid scale. 

But they aren't -- they are all volunteers.

You'll see several stops along the hayride- one creepier than the next.

I'll say one thing.

Watch out for the train.

And also the maze at the end - there is no getting off easy.

Everyone goes to jail and has to navigate their way back to humanity.

The kind of humanity that breaths fire.

Yes, in between the hay ride and freak show of a haunted house there is fire dancing.

Consider it a palette cleanser between the two activities.

Introduction to the house

Approach the house ready for the scare.

It stars with a bullhorn announcement that goes like this:

"Alright everybody here comes a couple of newbies." 

"Night Terrors" is half  3-D part, half classic gore and all awesomely horrific.


Before the sun sets at the Haunted Angelus, they are prepping barbecue for patrons. (Virginia Johnson, staff)

Wherever you are in the house, it is also 100 percent accessible.

"It doesn't matter the condition you are in, whether you're in a wheelchair, whether you're three-years-old, whether you are a hard-core haunter you can do it all here," said Donald Surenkamp, Haunt Director.

You see on this temporarily scary land sits the permanent residence for disabled persons.

And about 10 years ago, Donald Surenkamp donated a fireworks display. 

"Then I came out here and I found out what wonderful work they do and just kind of fell in love with the place," said Surenkamp.

 It's his love that has made this accessible fear possible. 

And along with the love of hundreds of creepy volunteers, they increase the fear every year. 

They are in a decade deep now.

 Patrons Steven Carde and  Michael Clark came out to Hudson from South Tampa.

Carde said it was 3-D in the house that really got to him.

Clark attributed the chain saw wielding psychopath maybe zombies to his breaking point.

"I was terrified," said Clark of the house. "I went through the hay ride. I wasn't so scared but this-- I was running across into a corner begging for my life.

Now for the little ones, there is a cute three little piggies village and a balloon Minion pumpkin patch of your children aren't ready for the intense aspect of the house.

Every year, money raised at the haunted  attraction goes back to the Angelus House and their residents.

In 2015, they raised about $10,000.

Haunted Angelus is open Thursday, October 27-October 31.