Kennedy Gordon

Take your kids out to Buckhorn this weekend and force them, force them, I say, into the Haunted Barn. It is without a doubt the scariest, spookiest, weirdest place I’ve ever experienced, and I’ve been to Tennessee. Organizers have converted a decrepit old barn into a winding labyrinth of pitch-black terror; we were greeted by this guy at the start (the only flash photo I shot) before being lost in the gloom.

At one point, my kids realized the person walking beside them wasn’t me — it was Michael Myers from the Halloween movies. A great moment.

You’ll find it at Buckhorn Berry Farm’s Pumpkin Fest, which has plenty of other fun Halloween things to do, and the best fries in the Kawarthas at Duffer’s chip truck. After the kids have calmed down from the horror barn, they could use some fries.