Cutting Edge Haunted House is a

haunted house A haunted house, spook house or ghost house in ghostlore is a house or other building often perceived as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased who may have been former residents or were otherwise connected with the prope ...

attraction located in an abandoned

meat packing The meat-packing industry (also spelled meatpacking industry or meat packing industry) handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of meat from animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock. Poultry is generally no ...

factory in

Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...

. It was opened in October, 1991. It utilizes old machinery from when the building was a meat packing plant as part of its attraction.

Guinness World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...

recorded the attraction as "The World's Largest Haunted House" four times. The attraction received a record in

for "World's Largest Walk Through Haunted House."

Description

Outside drummer at Cutting Edge Haunted House

Cutting Edge Haunted House was built in a 100-year-old abandoned meat packing plant in a section of

Fort Worth Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...

that had once been referred to as "Hell's Half Acre." The meat packing equipment is still in use as a "two-story human conveyor system".

Mannequins A mannequin (also called a dummy, lay figure, or dress form) is a doll, often articulated, used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, window dressers and others, especially to display or fit clothing and show off different fabrics and textiles. Pr ...

are hoisted up to the second level and brought through the entire meat packing process until the

conveyor system A conveyor system is a common piece of mechanical handling equipment that moves materials from one location to another. Conveyors are especially useful in applications involving the transport of heavy or bulky materials. Conveyor systems allow ...

brings the "butchered

corpses A cadaver or corpse is a dead human body that is used by medical students, physicians and other scientists to study anatomy, identify disease sites, determine causes of death, and provide tissue to repair a defect in a living human being. Stu ...

" back to the first level. It includes live sets,

animations Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anima ...

, and dozens of live actors inside and outside the building. The average duration of the experience is 45 to 55 minutes. The attraction totaled around linearly as of 2009.

Awards

Guinness World Record

In 2009, Cutting Edge held the

Guinness World Record ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...

for the "Longest Walk-through Horror House". A Guinness judge measured the distance of the attraction and validated it as the longest walk-through

on record. Cutting Edge was again awarded Guinness Records in 2015, for both the longest and largest haunted house.

Other awards

*2021 #1 for ''

USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...

'' Best Haunted Attraction. *2015, 2016 Voted "Top 13 Haunted House" by HauntedHouses.com. *2015 Fifth scariest haunted house by

Fox News The Fox News Channel, abbreviated FNC, commonly known as Fox News, and stylized in all caps, is an American multinational conservative cable news television channel based in New York City. It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is owne ...

Travel. *2014 Fifth Craziest, Scariest Haunted Attraction by

E! Online E! (an initialism for Entertainment Television) is an American basic cable channel which primarily focuses on pop culture, celebrity focused reality shows, and movies, owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of NBCUniversa ...

. *2012 Fourth longest haunted house in America by Hauntworld.com. *2009-2015 Voted number 8 in "Top 13 Haunted Houses in America" by Hauntworld Magazine. *2008-2015 Voted "Top 13 Haunted House In America" by Hauntworld Magazine. *2008-2015 Voted number 5 in the nation of "The 13 Best Haunts for Halloween" by

US Airways US Airways (formerly USAir) was a major United States airline that operated from 1937 until its merger with American Airlines in 2015. It was originally founded in History of aviation in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh as a mail delivery airline called ...

Magazine. *2007-2015 Voted "Top 5 Haunted House in America" by HauntedHouseRatings.com *1991-2014 Multiple winner of "Texas Best Haunted House".

References

External links

* {{coord, 32.7464, -97.3103, type:landmark_region:US-TX, display=title Haunted attractions (simulated) Tourist attractions in Fort Worth, Texas