Friday night I attended with a few friends. I have heard amazing reviews from everyone who has been there so I was extremely excited to go! I had been warned about the wait time so I knew what we were in for. Unlike the MANY other haunted houses I've been too you DON'T have to wait on a long line. You are given your ticket with a number and you are able to walk around, go to the bar or get food while you wait for your number to be placed on a board. It makes the wait very enjoyable. While your waiting it's nice to hear everyone that has come out already talking about how scared they were. Upon entering you are giving a background story. Keep in mind this is a theater that has been around for years so you are getting the best of the best when it comes to acting. It's not like most other haunted houses where they have 13 year old kids running it. The make up on the artist were beyond exceptional and the effects were unlike anything that I've ever seen. There was not a single part of the gateway playhouse that was unused! You walk outside, inside, in the attic, the basement and the theater, sometimes leaving you distorted about where you are. I normally don't get scared but I have to admit that myself and the group that I went with were scared. Be prepared to wait if you are going on a weekend that you WILL have a long wait, so sit at the bar, have a drink and enjoy till your ready to go in. It's well worth it!

Took my kids age 13 and 11 last night and everyone had fun. There was lots
of atmosphere, dark and unsure trails. Actors were fine although having a group
in front spoiled the suprise. I would say a cut above the others I've been to. Also
its about 20-25 min so its longer.

last year was my first time coming to the playhouse, really downplaying what my expectations were considering it was a theatre. last year I left impressed, and this year even more so...from changing up the haunted path to extending the amount of time spend. it was completely opposite of "GENERIC" as others seem to be every yearr... A+ in my book!

best haunted house i've ever been to!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

ABSOLUTELY INSANE....... THIS WAS NUTS LEMME TELL YOU NUTS..... BLOOD MANOR SOON LETS SEE THE BEST

they did an amazing job on this one, great special effects, and actors were all great. the best thing about this though was the scenery. absolutely amazing, you never know what is around the next corner, and you will be extremely surprised. the last room was the only bummer, besides that though, absolutely incredible

It's well worth the $13 to get in, it takes about 20 mins to go through and has lots of stuff going on. You're inside and outside on this horror adventure and it changes every year. If you like getting scared you love this one.

Holy shit! I went to the $10.00 preview they had for oct 1st and 2nd (I went on the 2nd) and was blown away. This place "buries" the other long island haunts. I'm definitely going back for their full opening, I cant wait to see what new things they have, although I don't know how it can get much better.

No joke several people in my group were crying during, and well after the haunted house walk which took us close to 35-40 minutes (FOR 10 BUCKS!), and one woman who walked with us literally couldn't stand by the end. We were all laughing at each other by the time we got out.

So many good scares. so much misdirection, and so many unique things that I've never seen at any haunted houses (and I go to all of them all over the country) this is my new favorite local haunted house! I recommend to all, you wont be sorry!!

I hope the other places have raised the bar as well, if they did this is going to be a phenomenal halloween season!

like the other posters I just read, i thought the whole thing was really done well. great theme. the actors are better than usual, they have scares everywhere and unique set ups, two real theaters, two mazes, one in this wooded location. the bus was freaky. the girls were too scared to finish. they grabbed onto us and looked down near the end to get thru it. our trip through was somewhere between 15-20 minutes. there was a very short wait, but since it's new, that may change once word gets out. plenty of parking, definitely worth the trip, and a great price. we may go again halloween weekend.

This is the best haunted house on Long Island, I have gone all three years and this year was by far the best and it was only the first weekend! The actors are so scary but not in a cheesey way. I dont wanna give anything away but the bus, the tunnel and the body bags were by far the freakiest parts! I dont scare easily but they scared the heck out of me! If you love haunted houses you must go to the gateway!! don't miss it!

it was cool the actors were great they di a good job with it but it could be a little scary

OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDD!!! WHAT A GREAT HAUNTED HOUSE! I SAW IT LAST WEEKEND AND I STILL seeTHE PICTURES OF THOSE SCARY THINGS IN MY HEAD THAT I SAW!!!
this was much scarier than any movie or haunted house i've been to. i've been to many in new york city but none even COMPARE to the gateway haunted house! I have never seen that many people scared in my entire life. I want to go back every night! The actors were amazing, very real!

1000000000 STARS!!!!
I suggest going every single night!

I visited with a group of 6 and I was so excited as I had went to the house last year and expected even more this year but was sadly disappointed. I'm not saying they lost their touch with their sceneries... oh no, these were still great and very realistic but their actors WERE NOT as great as they were last year. In fact, they were very boring. This sucked because I had my friends come out from Nassau County to join me for a "scary" time and instead we got a museum experience. Even the guy in the strobed chainsaw room was not as good as the sweaty half naked man they had last year. Now that guy was SCARY! I would also give brownie points to the people in the scene where he shoots his wife then shoots himself. I was standing in the front row and it really felt like I got sprayed in her blood. Disturbing!!!! The actors in the pallet maze did try their best especially the tall guy who looked like a strange lanky scarecrow. You were scary man! Unfortunately, I will not be suggesting this haunt this year because it really wasn't scary. Nevertheless, I will return next year and try again as you guys do put a great level of effort into decorating. Hopefully, it will be decorated with great actors too next year. So I guess this year you walked away with $140 between 7 of us so you guys are laughing all the way to the bank on our account but I promise this could've been more if this were better this year.

It was deffinitly worth the trip from bayshore i really enjoyed the haunt the actor really got into there roles and did an amazing job

HOLY $*&@! The actors were amazing! I went with my friend and she cried before we even got in! The get super close to you,my friend kept pusing me into them and hte folllowed us the whole way! But this id deff a 5 out of 5 stars, I would go back 1000 times it was totslly worst $20. This is not rated for kids under 13

10/17/2009 - gateway's haunted playhouse was extremely well done -- great scenes throughout the playhouse, no boring animatronics, good actors who didn't overdo it, and overall it was very unique compared to others I've been to. For those who have been to some others on LI, this was 10 times better than Bayville scream park, blew away Mills Pond house of horrors, and 100 times better than the Schmitt's farm corn "maze" (don't know about the Schmitt's haunted house though, I didn't go through it after the corn maze).

In terms of how scary it was, it depends on the type of person you are - I find it all to be entertaining, rarely do they get me to jump etc, so I liked it just because of how well it was done. My sister and my fiance were screaming the whole way through though.

It's not just the "boo!" parts that were good, but the unique scenes of grotesque murder, twisted mad scientists, etc, they just did a really good job. On top of that the price was better than many others and there was absolutely no line, although maybe we were just lucky.

Overall the whole thing was very impressive, especially in comparison to the other hyped up boring ones I've been to over the past few years.

i went last weekend for the preview and it was just AWESOME! i thought last year was great, but this year is even BETTER! the actors reallyyyy get into what theyre doing which makes it SCARY, not cheesy like some other haunts i've been to. They have elements in their haunt that i have never seen at other places! Cant wait to go again! GREAT JOB GATEWAY!

THIS WAS AMAZING.
I can't wait to return later in october to see it again!
Best haunted hosue I've been to in a while. (And I've been to A LOT on Long Island.)

I went with a group of friends and one kept saying she went before and it was scary. After waiting for a hour and a half we finally got in!! I get scaried very easily and i was waiting to be scared!! Most of the time we just walked though with nothing happening and then someone would walk over and just stare at you and some were just standing there not doing anything!!! I was very disappointed. The only things i liked about it was the little girl while you get your tickets inside and it had a planning go into setting it up but just not scary!!!!!!!

Don't trust the reviewer who can't even spell the word 'Just'. This is the best haunted house I've been to, and I've been to many across the country.

The Gateway Playhouse put on an exceptional show. We went on tuesday 10/2709 and there was no line at all. We've been to several other haunts on the Island and this is one of the best. The actors are very very good, the sets are spectacular, the scare factor is outstanding (I jumped several times throughout the haunt and I usually do not get surprised enough to jump often). Great atmosphere, spooky history, different than all of the other haunts I've been to. Very highly recommend, great time, great price ($15.00, $20.00 for fast pass) great haunt.

It was a good haunted house it had alittle of everything personally i thouhgt it was too short the esimated time was between 20-30 mins and we were through it in about 10 but never the less it was professionally done and a good time original

Although the story which they tell you was different from last year which was awesome, this year, the actors were not as "in your face". The constant screaming in your face and interaction from the actors was not as intense as last year which made it not as scary for me. Although I was anticipating what I was going to see next, I felt that I got thru it faster this year which was about 25-30 minutes. The entire walk thru is amazing and the make up and scenes were as well. The electrocution room at the end was not as good as the pych ward ending from last year which was very disturbing. I would still recommend it, but was expecting more from the actors as last year. I also did like that refreshments were available while you wait on line, which was 1 hour from the time we got there. It was worth the drive and I would do it again.

by far the best haunted attraction we have been to and the longest about time you can get your moneys worth and then some cant Waite to bring my mother in-law

i went tonight expecting to be scared! while waiting a little ghastly girl , creepy man , runnig monnster romed the crowds as everyone waited for sure i thought inside awould be crazy the set up was amazing by far the best setup iv'e seen but i kept waiting for something to startle me or jump out and for me to be scared... it never happpend? there wer eamazing charctrs every where but they just stood or sat there at points they leaned towards you but never to the extenet that you'd be scared maybe it was an off night for them but i was extremly disssapointed i was really expecting to levave with goosebumps but the whole time i was just waiting for something that never happend.... =[