Gravensteen Haunted Productions

Well, this is unfortunate. Decided to try this place with a group of friends on Halloween night based off of reviews (and the fact that it is the only haunted house within 40 minutes of DC). The line situation was extremely disorganized, but once we were able to show our e-​tickets we were escorted to the front of the line — skipping a massive line — because we spent an extra $ 15 a ticket on the «fast pass» option.
This place has a ton of space, but hardly any actors to fill it up. It was very brightly lit and we would often see the actors before they saw us (at one point we decided to scare them because it was getting so frustrating).
Overall, this was a complete waste of money (50 $ a ticket for fast pass – ridiculous!!!) and time. Such an anticlimactic Halloween. Sigh.

I really enjoyed my experience the haunted house is large and you will definitely get your monies worth. Good actors and alot of twist and turns.

This was the most wildly inconsistent haunt I’ve ever visited. From set design to the caliber of the actors, I’ve never seen such stark contrasts in the same house.
For instance, we entered an area designed to look like some sort of dining room. This was convincing due to the detail in design, from wilted wallpaper to the antique furniture. The actors in this room were top notch. Prime scares and wonderful costumes made this a highlight of the evening. Actors stuck to their characters to make for a convincing experience.
Now for the other end of the spectrum: At one point there were no actors to be found and nothing but a banquet table to walk by. There were times the house reminded me more of an empty VFW hall than a haunted mansion. Some of the actors were wearing nothing short of jeans and black hoodies. One actor started laughing when he botched the opportunity for a scare. The end of the house was anti-​climactic, simply being guided to the exit after roughly 2 minutes of no scares.
All in all, this haunt can’t make up its mind if it wants to be a serious contender for a great haunt, or a local town charity event. I’d love to see improvement with this haunt, because I think it has a lot of great potential. But for now, the spookiest part of the evening was the price.

Ok I don’t get scared easily. BUT HOLY CRAP!!! This place was great haha. I went with my boyfriend who gets more scared than I do! AHHH i dont wanna give anything away but if you have anything like… Coulrophobia, perhaps, you will pee your pants. I ended up on the ground because i was so spooked. I was kinda embarrassed and almost cried XP but it was great. goGoGO!!!

I decided to visit a lot of haunted houses with my bother this year and this place made my list because it seemed like a great deal livingsocial.
When we got there, we were confused at first since it seemed like an abandoned warehouse and it seemed sketchy. I parked on the street and did not know I could Park on their lot because their lot did not open before the event.
We got there super early and didn’t know where to go, so we went up tne stairs and through the doors since that was the address and the street number was above the door.
We waited half an hour before they told us that the entrance was actually at the truck entrance of the building and we went from being first to the end of line just like that.
(-1 stars)
Then they opened up like 15 minutes late, imagine me getting annoyed at this point but hey, as long as I got what I paid for (considering this was one of the cheaper ones, I did but see the rest of this review).
When they opened, we went inside and they validated our livingsocial voucher and then we got into another line where they sent in a group (max of 4) every 5 minutes. It was terrifying for my brother as he clutched me had and started whispering and begging me to stop joking around with the strangers and the owner that the monsters could touch him and I would be fine with with, with banging at the entrance every time he started trying to tell me something.
Overall it was great and a good scare in some parts (no spoilers you fools), the acting was great but I was a little disappointed because it became predictable with no real hiding spots. Just fake walls and you’d know where to expect a lot of them.
The best part is when my brother would miss one of them, I would signal them to sneak up on him and scare him HAHA.

This place was a lot better than I had expected. The actors were perfect and the atmosphere was pretty good. The jump scares were on point as well.

This place is great, the price is worth the jumps and screams you are going to have. I went to this place last year and this year as well and I must say they have improved a lot for only a 2^nd year haunt.

This haunted house is not bad. There is a lot of space in here and they’ve done a good job with decorating. I especially liked the arrows on the ground that direct you to where to go.
That being said, it is fairly short, 15 minutes is about right. My only real complaint is that their theme is nonsensical. This year, its called «The Curse of Frau Mueller» and well, I still have no idea why it is called that. If they could connect the scenes together somehow themewise, or storywise, this would be a big contender for 5 stars.

THE PRICE IS SCARIER THAN THE PLACE ITSELF. We paid $ 30 dollars for a 15 minute experience, which they claim is a 25 – 30 minute tour in a haunted warehouse.
With a group of 5 girls, we decided to get our scare on, and try the Frau Mueller’s Live Experience. It wasn’t until after we had paid we realized that this tour was just one haunted tour, and wasn’t a series of mazes, or haunted houses. I will have to blame myself for not reading up on it beforehand.
The warehouse is filled with spooky people that chase and come out at you, however you will notice that the same people will continue to scare you, and there wasn’t that much spooky décor. The production seemed to be on a pretty tight budget, considering I didn’t sense much Halloween décor, at all, except for one area that had dangling chains.
The ending was completely lame it kind of just ends and then you have to exit to a creepy back alley!
If you have a STUDENT ID they give you a discount. SCARY, but honestly way to expensive for the price.

Found this place from a DC area list of creepiest haunted houses. It’s great that it’s in the city and was able to just walk over after dinner in Logan Circle (20 min walk). I used a Groupon deal ($ 20 for 2 tickets!) and didn’t have to pay full price of $ 35, which was pretty steep in my opinion. For the price I paid this place was okay. I would’ve been pissed if I paid full price. The haunted house is not the whole warehouse as they keep mentioning in their ads and website. I don’t want to give details and ruin the experience for other people but it’s not as scary as it could’ve been. The end of it was pretty anti-​climactic. Too bad because the space has so much potential!
I’m not sure if the background story about the curse of this place is true or not but it definitely added to the creep factor.
This is their first year so hopefully they learn from this year and make it better and scarier in the future!

I thought this haunted house was really fun, and totally worth it for the Living Social deal price! It was a good way to kick off Halloween. Parts were scary, and they spaced people out well. I’d recommend it if you are looking for a fun Halloween event!

For the price we paid (Living Social deal), this was ok. It could have been so much better though. The setting, a three-​story warehouse (note that although the warehouse is three stories, the only part of the haunted attraction on the first floor is a single room where you go up the stairs to the second floor), was great, but there was too much dead space (areas where all you did was walk without anyone or anything trying to scare you) throughout. The actors were scary, but given the space, they needed a lot more. The kids said that this was as scary as Markhoff’s, but less scary than the Nightmare Manor near Frederick.

Wow surprised there’s no reviews for this place. Gravensteen is located a few blocks from the NoMa metro station in a 50,000 square foot warehouse. I bought a coupon online and only had to pay $ 15. This is my second Haunted House, the first was Bennett’s Curse which was much larger but also had a ton of tacky dated décor. I think that gravensteen could use more blue/​green lights to illuminate their decorations so I can really appreciate it. Their actors were frightfully scary, especially the guy with the huge axe! It seems like the end of the maze wasn’t finished, not much there at all. Then it ends letting you out in an alley behind some houses which was a little uncomfortable for me at night.