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Media Credit: Courtesy Twisted Big Top

Halloween is back and haunted house masters are doing it up with this year’s spectacle – Twisted Big Top, a super scary haunted house at the Westgate City Center in Glendale.

Warning: if you’re afraid of clowns, this haunted house will probably be your worst nightmare, but we say go for it anyway. Part of the Halloween season is purposely scaring yourself, right?

The Twisted Big Top experience beings in the faux funeral parlor with a sit-down show, something you rarely see in haunted houses and a first for Arizona. Then you proceed to re-live the twisted circus nightmare of a young girl as you travel through this maze of horrific rooms.

The pros from Scare Parts and Skulltronics have really outdone themselves with this one, as this bone chilling experience includes a 14-foot very creepy mechanical killer clown, motion detecting surprises, live actors and all the top special affects.

The best part is that you get your money’s worth since it takes a while to go through – and we don’t care who you are, this spooky circus nightmare will scare anyone.

Twisted Big Top, Westgate City Center, Loop 101 and Glendale Avenue, Glendale, www.twistedbigtop.com, daily until Saturday, November 1, Sunday through Thursday, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m. to midnight, $13-$45

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