Metro-Detroit has always been a hot spot for haunts, and this year the competition has become even more thrilling, with the opening of the much-publicized Eloise Asylum at the beginning of Oct. To help fans of Halloween plan their spooky adventures, The Connection’s Matthew Kern and Alex Hawthorne visited both the newly opened Eloise Asylum, and The Scream Machine, a classic Metro-Detroit haunt and each provide their take on the value behind the scares. Here’s their personal account on both haunted houses.