Terror Field

Our Story

Terror Field Productions started in 1999 with Brandon Struzyk and Gary Larizza in a small carport that boasted a completely huge four rooms.

The reality of doing a haunted house was slim, but light was shining down on us. Brandon's Grandfather who always believed in him and thought he was the center of his universe, passed away from kidney failure. The day of his funeral, we started to build Terror Field to keep Brandon's mind off the subject. "This is why I put so much effort into Terror Field because I know my grandfather would be proud. I also love to see people being entertained and scared, the screams, the scared looks, and then the happiness for when it is over. Not to mention Halloween has always been my favorite time of year." Brandon remarked.

With just the word of mouth and running only Halloween night the little haunt that took only two minutes to go through, brought in about a hundred people.

In 2000, we utilized a three-acre lot of woods with a structure set in the dead middle. We carved trails through the woods and used nature to offer its own spookiness amid the moon light and the building to create a 10-minute adventure. Again, with no real advertisement, just a web site and a posting on Hauntworld.com and senecafallsonline.com we drew visitors from 30 minutes away and had a few hundred people for the four nights we ran.

2002 Terror Field took over a 30' X 40' garage on Butler Ave in Seneca Falls owned by William Struzyk. We maze out this space created a 10-minute haunt. This time we advertised with a few posters around town, our website, post on hauntworld.com and senecafallsonline.com, and brought in a few hundred patrons to the free haunt. Over the next few years, we created our own props, animatronics and scenes. For several years, we utilized this same space and saw attendance consecutively grow while maintaining a strong repetitive customer base. We also asked for donations for a 10-month-old little girl named Sarah Miller who we had heard of having Leukemia. Terror Field raised $600 for that little girl and reunited with her a few years latter for her second birthday presenting her with a build-a-Bear and hearing of her positive health condition brought a lot of joy to the Terror Field Family.

After a two-year hiatus, we did a small home haunt in Waterloo, but still looked for the perfect spot to Launch a professional Haunt.

2013 - Abandoned Taylor House In Lyons, NY (Also the old Lyons community Center). The Taylor House which was once a Mansion to the Founder of United States Steal and After retiring from business in 1938, Taylor was sent by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a refugee conference in Évian-les-Bains, France, as head of the American delegation. Here we grew our production with state-of-the-art effects, props and scares

2017 Terror Field sadly lost the Lyons Lease and we scrambled to purchase a new building and get it inspected by the state. Terror Field then purchased property in Clyde, NY and worked on our detail sets. Within two years we became a top 10 Haunted Attraction in New York State.

All this work was done just for Halloween, but because of Facebook and word of mouth, lines would wrap around the block for the best show in town and we had to grow to meet demand.