Starting this weekend, haunted houses around Pittsburgh will begin rising up from the grave and coming to life again for this Halloween season. The Scare House, for example, opened Friday, Sept. 25 and received a phenomenal crowd to start its 2010 season. Scott Simmons, co-owner and creative director of the Scare House, felt the first weekend “seemed to go really well.” Simmons also said they have been working on these season’s sets for months now, and they were not completely sure of what the public’s reaction would be, but they “got some really nice reviews.”            For the past two years, the Scare House has been offering a 3-D feature. With this feature, guests put on their 3-D glasses, and things seem to take on different depth.”The 3-D feature was so popular last year, we expanded it,” Simmons said. “So many people seem to like it. It’s so unique.”            This year the Scare House is offering a new haunt-The Forsaken, which Simmons claims “is much more intense and darker than anything” else that they have ever featured at the Scare House.            Simmons also stressed that “the show is never the same twice.” People can attend it more than once because it always changes. Different actors are hired, and the effects are continually enhanced.            This year’s haunts include a thirteen-foot robot, a giant pig, a terrifying bunny, a variety of different lights to enhance the show and many other effects that will allow the Scare House to be at its spookiest.             The Scare House is open October weekends from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m., and it is also open on selected weekdays. General admission is $18, but with a group of 20 or more, tickets are $16. For advance ticket sales, call 412-781-5885, or check out their the Scare House’s: www.scarehouse.com.            Along with the Scare House, Kennywood’s Fright Nights have also been reopened. Jeff Filicko, the media contact at Kennywood, said this year’s Fright Night will feature “several haunts that have new rooms and entirely new layouts.” For those who have never been to Fright Night, but have been to Kennywood, Filicko said the “regular Kennywood is completely different.” The tunnel that guests walk through to enter the park is “filled with fog so thick, you can’t see in front of your face.”             “Halloween has been a huge event at Kennywood, and we’re looking forward to Fright Night this year,” Filicko said.            Fright Night opens Friday Oct. 1, and is open every weekend during the month of October. Tickets are $25.99, but can be purchased for $20 with a group of twenty or more. There is also a college night on Sunday, Oct.10 when Kennywood will host a buy one, get one free night for college students.            If these two frights are not enough, Pittsburgh offers many more houses to fulfill anyone’s spook needs. Other haunted houses include Bethel Park’s Hundred Acres Manor Haunted House and Monongahela’s Demon House, both open every weekend in October. Both houses also have dates and prices on their websites: www.hundredacresmanor.com and www.demonhouse.com.            Many Point Park University students are excited for this Halloween season.”I can’t wait to go,” said David Eigenbrode, a freshman sport, arts, and entertainment management major. “They both seem like a lot of fun.”