Many from the community remember the local haunted house in Calhoun called Edge of Madness.

This local attraction was very popular until it shut down a few years ago. Evil Visions is the new popular attraction students are talking about.

“I’ve been to Edge of Madness several times and I’ve missed it since it shut down.” said Breaunna Ross, a senior health studies major. “I’m really excited to have a new haunted house in Monroe that college students around here can easily go to.”

Evil Visions is now the only haunted house in north Louisiana. This is the second year its been open to the public.

The house has a variety of different scares and is described as “bigger, darker and more twisted than before.”

Evil Visions is three times bigger than the first year of its opening. Think back to scenes from horror movies with numerous villains to asylums, clowns, chainsaws and more.

Evil Vision’s job is to scare everyone regardless of what their biggest fear may be. Every room customers roam through provides a different scare.

“I’m really terrified of Haunted Houses since I’m scared of the dark,” said Anna Cross, a sophomore psychology major.

“The only thing that could make me go is if I was in the middle of a big group of people.”

Evil Visions offers a “maize like” warehouse for customers to walk through.

They also offer a simulated coffin ride that lasts for three minutes hoping to “scare you to the grave.”

“I initially thought it would be lame, but it turned out to be pretty scary.” said senior toxicology major Mitch Welling.

“My favorite part was probably the pitch black room were you couldn’t see anything and didn’t know what was about to happen.”

Evil Visions is located at 501 Desiard Street and is open on weekends from 7-12 pm. The cost for the haunted house is $16.50 and the coffin ride is $5.50.

They also offer a fast pass for the option of both, which costs $33.

Customers have the option of buying the tickets online.

Evil Visions will be open on Halloween up until their final night for the season on Nov. 4.

Evil Visions will also offer a Halloween costume contest on Halloween night at 8 p.m.

The first place winner will win a $200 tattoo from Lucky Seven; second and third place will win a free piercing from there as well.

Participants must buy a ticket to enter and must be at least 18 years old. Judging begins at 8 p.m.