Dead Time Dreams Haunted House

Looking at the Unilocal reviews made me really scared to come here, but my friends and I decided to suck it up and come here on Halloween night to experience a good scare. Honestly though, i felt like the mazes were pretty tame compared to what I thought they would be based off Unilocal.I went with 4 other friends and as we traveled through the mazes, we barely screamed. One of my friends was more scared than the rest of us, and the actors always went for her and followed her through the maze, but that was really all the scares that we got. Other than that, the scariest part of the maze was during the end of backwoods where one of the actors chased us out with a chainsaw. I ran out of there so fast lol
At one point, the actors were even singing, which was actually pretty funny. It made the maze much less scary though.
In the end, we still had a lot of fun. The actors had great costumes and the set up of the mazes were pretty good. I liked the three actors that were outside by the lines of people since they were pretty funny and friendly.

Loved it!
Both mazes had some really scary bits, plus some really funny bits! Overall really entertaining!
All staff were really into it and really nice. I really liked the 2 ladies on the pay desk, they were so nice!
I would definitely go again, everyone should go next year! Good Halloween fun!!!

We just got out of this place, and I want to write this review while the experience still is fresh.
Dead Time Dreams scared both my boyfriend and me a LOT, and it was so much fun.
The actors are excellent, and the mazes and overall layout make this place quite frightening for ADULTS.
Overall, we had a great time.
DO NOT BRING YOUNG KIDS HERE!
Happy Halloween! ;-)

I had heard good things about this haunted house and it was even better than advertised. The attention to detail was pretty impressive. Definitely worth the price. My girlfriend was so scared that she almost ran out an exit door. I highly recommend.

I highly recommend this haunted house! This is my 2^nd year in a row going and this year was just a good, if not better than last year. Went with a group of friends and my girlfriend. I just about had to drag my girlfriend through each room of these haunted houses because she was so scared. At one point I looked over at her and she had her head down and eyes closed. Hahaha!!! Definitely worth it!!! I’ll go back every year.

This haunt may be small but it is powerful! Coming into the place last night the first thing I noticed in the midway was fluid… and not a spilled drink mind you. If you are looking for a haunt to scare the fluids out of you this is it. The actors are on point, the props and maze design quite inventive to the point I gagged at one of the prop set ups and I have been doing haunts for 10 years now. Come face your fears, but be warned they watch over their own and care for the actors so any acting up or rule breaking and you will be talked to. Highly recommend people to check this place out and totally worth the $ 20 price!

Best haunted maze ever! A must see every Halloween… Design and actor costumes are always new and creative. We love it.

If you want a pg13 show then this isn’t for you!
Dead time dreams is a fully immersive haunt with plenty of tricks and unexpected turns. But watch out, many of us would rather take your souls than let you leave the grounds of dead time dreams

Went to both haunted attractions in 2014 and it was a ton of fun.
Very scarry and a high quality haunted attraction.

The best haunted house/​maze we have ever been to!
We were kinda skeptical at first because we never heard about it before and we decided to give it a shot! 2 haunted houses for a great price and totally worth the $ 15! This place earns my highest recommendation, truly wish more people knew about this! Amazing cast, amazing set up, amazing wait time, amazing price! Love everything about this place!

Pretty good set up !! Scary for all ages, saw two people crying before we even got in.

It’s about that time of the year when the weather dramatically changes. The sun turns its lights off early and the leaves turn into beautiful autumn colors. It is also the time of the season when all of those hair raising, blood curdling monsters come out of the shadows. I am a person who enjoys a good scare and who loves the Halloween season. See at Dead Time Dreams it doesn’t have to be Friday the 13^th for that guy with the ski mask to come out and play and there will be no part 2, 3 or 4. All your scares will come out in the first episode.
Don’t be deceived by the pumpkin patch you’re still at the right place. It’s a great place for the little ones to go out and play with rows stacked along with jumpers. Just keep on going and you will run into all of the sinister mayhem. As you wait there are characters roaming around frightening people. I am at a haunted house that’s what I initially came here for. I have to say their actors are on point they stayed in character 99% of the time. Now that’s dedication!
This year the themes are Backwoods, Hellsgate, and The Devils Sacrifice and while you wait to wander into the abyss of horror you have the pleasure to experience the Midway of Terror. The best part 2 attractions for $ 20. It was my first time at Dead Time Dream House and I have to say I enjoyed it. There are not that many good haunted houses around the Bay Area and the ones that are you tend to shed a pretty penny for a quick scare. To make things even more intense go in the houses by yourself (That’s what I did.) It makes the experience more gratifying. If you end up getting too scared just… Breathe in. Breathe out and tell yourself it was just your imagination, running away with me.

I really did enjoy Dead Time Dreams, but I am not so sure I would have loved it as much if I paid the full admission. Our friend got us greatly discounted tickets!
There are only 2 haunted houses, but like the other reviews said… the actors/​actresses are great. I like that it’s connected to a large pumpkin patch and coming here just gets you in the Halloween spirit.
I have been to the huge haunted mazes/​houses at Universal, Great America, Knotts and etc. so with just 2 mazes, it can not compare in size, but they do great with what space they are given.
I am banking on them expanding to 3 or even 4 mazes and that would make the admission worth it.
I LOVE that they space out the groups so you’re not all bunched together (it ruins the scare factor)! I also like how they put a max on the number of people in your group.

You got kids who love Halloween? Then this place is perfect for you. No kids? Not so much.
In a nutshell, if you have kids then come here for the rides and all the other goodies. I came here to get to the pumpkin patch as they share the same land so it was kind of a bonus surprise. I couldn’t really use most of the equipment as I’m too old/​large. Either way, if you have kids, bring ‘em.

We came here few days ago to check this place out. The tickets are $ 20.00 this is for two haunted attractions. One is hells gate and the other is a haunted house. Both where good.

Past the docile land of pumpkin patches and jumping houses lies a far more sinister delight. Dead time dreams is one of the better, if not the best San Jose attraction on a budget that will give you more than just a cheap scream or two this Halloween.
For $ 20 you’ll get to attend two very different mazes: The House and Hell’s Gate. The latter I recommend for last.
The sets are carefully designed and articulated, with each maze carefully planned out with the appropriate Actors designated to an area fit to terrorize their victims. The House is more tame between the two, filled with actors that take a little more time to chit chat with their guests, while Hell’s Gate is filled with terrifying surprises in every corner. I don’t want to spoil anything but if you’re an adrenaline junky I’d recommend saving the Gate for last.
The main area itself is awesome to wander around between the mazes. There is a miniature freak exhibit, a tarot card fortune teller ($ 5), a mini film room playing classic horror movies (bride of Frankenstein was the one we took a glimpse of), amongst others. All of the actors stay in character the entire time, and despite their ghoulish appearances, are generally very pleasant and accommodating when they aren’t trying to scare you half to death! :D
Both mazes take maybe 15 minutes each, and there is a maximum of four guests per group at a time. My group of friends were at 5 so we did a 2 and three split. If your first group goes in and walks slowly enough though, they’ll be able to catch up. :)
Overall, a charming delight for Halloween enthusiasts!

Love love love dead time dreams! Me and my gf come every year and this year was just as great as the last! Actors are funny, scary, and so interactive. We laugh we cry we scream… A really great haunted house with no hour long lines and annoying people! Can’t wait till next year.

I had no idea what to expect when I went to Dead Time Dreams. As we pulled up into the lot, we saw a numerous amount of inflatable slides, jumpy castles, and other kid-​like attractions. There was also a pumpkin patch that had both parents and children alike. My friends and I double checked the location just to be sure that we were in the right place.
We found a deal on Groupon which is where we got our tickets. After buying the tickets, I looked at the website and it wasn’t as well done as it could have been. It definitely could’ve given a little more information and been formatted a little better. As a result, my expectations weren’t very high but I decided to give the house the benefit of the doubt.
The two houses had different themes and my friends and I definitely enjoyed ourselves. There were some things that made me jump although I can’t say the same for my friends. They were looking towards the ground and trying to hide from the actors. I think that there are things that could be made better about the houses. All of the props were really good, and really helped set the themes of the houses. I personally felt that there could be a little less yelling inside. It seemed that there was a little too much yelling inside of the house Hellgate and eventually it just started to become annoying. I personally don’t get scared from yelling but I guess the actors had prior experience where the customers do get scared which is why they do it.
The entrance was a little hard to find but it was well themed. There were many items fit to theme of the place which was a dark carnival. The theatre, carnival games, and museum of oddities really set the stage. One of the arcade games fell down pretty close to one of the customers although the people working there handled it pretty well. Although it does make me worry about some of the customer’s safety for the arcade cabinet just fell over without anyone touching it.
Overall, this place was really great and I would certainly come again next year.

We didn’t know what to expect from Dead Time Dreams beyond the clever name, and we were shocked to drive up to a magical circus of tents, scary clowns, slides, and jumpy castles. Inside was even more fun with a gauntlet of carnival displays and smiling children. It turned out that the children were captivated by the pumpkins and inflatables while the lines for the haunted houses were filled with adults.
Two separate haunted houses each had their own style, and we enjoyed walking through the first while being taunted by a man sharpening knives. At one point the maze led us outside where a row of kids really got a kick out of the knife man chasing Wendy around. It was a little less fun when I found out later that Wendy was actually running in fear — «I did not like him! He looks like the devil!» Well now we have a keyword that means «this is serious, protect me you bastard!»
The best part, both inside and outside, was the creepy mannequins and animatronics. You would think they would be boring, but that’s what scares Wendy the most — people standing really still in corners. She spent five minutes staring at a mannequin with a fish mask asking «is he real? I mean is he a real guy? I think he’s swaying, is he real?» Truly freaked out in the funniest way.
«If that little girl moves, I’m going to pee my pants. I’m just going to stand here and start peeing.» — Wendy
There were a few moments where I jumped and smiled, but my favorite feature was an animatronic man that was repeatedly bending over and puking into a bucket — one stream after another. How cool is that?! I managed to snap one photo before a girl in a dirty wedding dress lunged at me and whispered in a creepy voice «no cameras.» Now that’s a classy way to enforce a rule, and it was just another nice touch in a really awesome attraction.

I have no idea why this place was soo hard to find but I am glad they were still open when I got there.
I“ve been to the worlds largest haunted house and this is actually bigger so I guess this is maybe the countries biggest haunted house.
I wish they had some memorabilia, y’know some shirts and what not because I really liked this place.
YOU get two whole mazes .
It was really cool, I loved the set up. It gave some great scares. some of the people I came with even fell to the ground cuz they got scared so much and I even found myself caught in a corner at times ha great stuff.
It was soo scary you could walk in there and end up with additional people clinging to you because they needed someone to hold onto.
Nothing like a nice haunt that makes you cling to someone in fear for there life ha .
Thanks to this haunt my night was made, you guys rock!
My night was so so before coming here.
It gave me plenty things in excitement to talk about afterwards.
I think the screaming lady really had a thing for my friend, she wasn’t bad looking either just a bunch of blood on her face but hey.
I love how this place brings you into a whole town of horror instead of just small little scenes .
I caught myself jumping a couple times.
It was pretty awesome.
I loved the cemetery and the guys crawling after me.
I loved the psycho barber. That guy was pretty awesome, honestly I kinda did feel like sitting in his barber chair. I guess I like taking chances.
Hey I suggest this place highly for fun and great scares.
They even have a pumpkin patch here.
They even have a cool antique tv out front.
The chills stayed with us because as I was walking to my car another guy was walking to his car too and my friends thought is was someone coming to scare us.
Hey I stand by the five star rating I am giving it.
THey make the most of it, the museum of odd, the lil movie area, they really do a good job making you wanna stay and making sure memories are made.