Don't want to spoil the haunt for anyone who is planning on going Thursday, 11/1 -- with actors (or Fri. 11/2 when they are disassembling), so only showing the exterior tonight. Will add more photos later. The Boo Crew on Church Drive is minutes from Almaden Shopping Center on Hwy. 85 in South San Jose.
Arrived and waiting in line at 8:45pm...we were all the way at the other end of Church Drive from the actual haunt. The street is shut down to anything but foot traffic but you can enter from Electra Way into the Church's parking lot if space is available or park on the side streets around there. It took us 45 minutes to get to the entrance but the wait wasn't bad. Nice weather. Lots of people in interesting costumes. My husband liked the Alien inflatable costume?! and I saw a Troll who was in a great costume and makeup. Kind of mean looking like I would expect a troll to be. For some reason he stood out above a lot of other great costumes I saw. Sorry I didn't get a photo of him. The actors for the haunt were in great makeup and costumes too. I especially liked the white haired witchy lady as you first entered. Aged faced makeup looked great.
The youth group for Church of the Chimes across the street was selling chili, popcorn, beverages and snacks for their fundraising. There was a porta potty available in case anyone was wondering. Nice evening and the line would advance as a group would go in. And as usual the fire department was there with their ladder trunk should they be needed--so safety is followed, and everyone was well behaved.
Well Boo Crew didn't disappoint. The tree was massive and apparently alive! An eye-popping detail I hadn't noticed when I drove by before. All the greenery, rocks and pumpkins around the roots of the tree helped filled in the landscaping. I don't know how they did all this work in the few days they had since l was last there on Sunday. I'm still in awe of how they managed to visualize all this space and plan and execute it so well. Plus they started much later in the season than they usually do.
What you don't see above because I didn't time it well enough to capture it, was a witch on her broom flying past the blood red moon...a key to what lay inside the tree and "underground".
Reached the gated entrance (had originally thought this was going to be the exit) at 9:30pm and ready to enter the tree and witches den. Note "underground" you will find low-lying fog in case that is an issue for anyone planning on going.
Not revealing what lay inside the many underground passages you traverse but eventually found our way outside again, 9:40pm. Encountered a few scares along the way. So much detail and great lighting too. I only wish I could have taken more time to slowly walk through each area to see all that they did.
And the lines of people keep coming even though it was getting close to 10pm. The haunt is open until 11pm. Thursday, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm is no scare time for the kids and from 7pm - 11pm the witches are out in full force. These are updated times showing on their facebook account from those posted earlier above in a post.
https://www.facebook.com/HauntedHouseChurchDr/
They had barrels out for Second Harvest Food donations (canned and dry goods only. No glass.)