ARE YOU READY FOR SOME DARKNESS? St. Louis' scariest haunted house   opens Friday, September 18 for the 2015 season St. Louis -- September 14, 2015 -- The Darkness, located in St. Louis' historic Soulard neighborhood, opens Friday, September 18 for the haunt season.   Additional September dates include Saturday, September 19 from 7 to 11 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 25 and 26, from 7 to 11 p.m.   The Darkness also will be open on October 2, 3 and 4;  October 8, 9, 10 and 11; October 15, 16, 17 and 18; and daily from October 22 through 31. After Halloween, The Darkness opens on November 1, 6, 7 and 13. Opening times vary.  Visit www.Scarefest.com for details.  The Darkness is located at 1525 S. 8th Street, St. Louis, MO 63103. This year, The Darkness features an all-new outdoor Scream Zone populated with monsters and zombies that will terrorize guests while they wait for their turn to enter the haunted attraction. The new Mega Scream outdoor movie wall will show classic horror movies. Bands and food trucks will add to the frightful fun. Visitors can take free photos with their favorite monsters to share on their social media feeds.  Inside, The Darkness is longer and scarier than ever with new scenes and animations providing surprising frights on both floors. On the first floor, ancient ruins are filled with demons, monsters and a never-before-seen man-eating worm. The second floor is the abandoned, haunted mansion of everyone's nightmares and includes a library filled with evil spirits, zombies and demons.  The Terror Visions in 3D area of The Darkness is alive with crazed clowns. (Beware of the clown that springs down from the ceiling and leaps out of sight with his victims!) A Monster Museum inside The Darkness displays horror collectibles and memorabilia and a new live action game where guests operate on a body. Fail and be attacked by your living-dead patient.  The Darkness' evil siblings, Creepyworld and The Abyss at the Lemp Brewery, will open for their seasons on September 25 and 26 and October 2nd and 3rd, respectively.  Visit www.fearticket.com to purchase a Trilogy of Terror Ticket (all three haunts), Double Combo (any two haunts) or any single ticket to  The Darkness, The Abyss or Creepyworld. Individual tickets are $23 for children and $25 for adults. Fast passes are available for purchase for fright fans who would like to skip the lines. Group tickets are available online for groups of 20 or more.   To learn more about The Darkness, Creepyworld or The Abyss at the Lemp Brewery, visit www.Scarefest.com. Follow Scarefest.com on Facebook.com/stlouismissourihauntedhouses.