Can you escape the stalks?

ROUND TOP—Animatronics whir among the cornstalks, fog creeps low across Route 39, and somewhere deep in the cornfield, bloodcurdling screams mingle with maniacal laughter.

It's not a big-budget production trucked in from the city. It's the work of husband-and-wife team Tammy and Sean Rohr, a couple from Round Top who have turned their property into one of the area’s most elaborate Halloween stops.

This is their third year running the event, now known as TerrorHollow Farms.

For those who know them, it comes as no surprise. The Rohrs have long been Halloween enthusiasts, regularly participating in costume contests at the Palenville Firehouse, where Sean frequently took home top honors for best costume.

Tammy said that passion is evident in the details. Whether transforming into Pinhead from Hellraiser or Edward Scissorhands, the Rohrs go all out, creating elaborate costumes with painstaking attention to detail.

Sean and Tammy's daughter Amber recalls starting the project years ago with her father when it was just the two of them.

"Back then we had only one prop,” she says of her continued work at the attraction.

Admission is free, but donations are welcomed and appreciated, with dollars going toward making the event bigger and better each year.

But bigger also means more work. The elaborate displays require months of preparation, with setup beginning as early as August. And the work doesn't stop once everything is in place. The Rohrs take special care to protect their decorations from the elements, frequently moving them indoors and back outside as the weather changes—a labor-intensive task, particularly when it comes to the animatronics.

The result is a walk-through field that feels like a movie set. There is a station for visitors to receive candy guarded by a leprechaun with an ax. The couple's smokehouse has been converted into a cooking area for their diner girl "Shirley Stabs." Elsewhere in the field, the Headless Horseman, Beetlejuice, the Plague Doctor and Frankenstein’s monster lurk among the stalks, ready to give visitors a frightfully good time.

Joining the scary features this year are new animatronic gremlins from the 1984 classic of the same name.

"We get so many people that come from all over and plenty from out of state who are staying up here for the weekends in an Airbnb and find this place on a whim," says Tammy.

And that, she says, has become the best part of running it.

"We see groups of people having such a great time and we love that," she said. "We have even talked about getting a logbook for all of them."

But don’t let these creatures of the night scare you away. Despite its eerie atmosphere and occasional jump scares, this October attraction offers spooky fun for visitors of all ages.

"We let our two year old run around in there for fun," said Tammy.

TerrorHollow Farms is located at 99 County Route 39 and open every Friday and Saturday in October from 7-10 p.m.