Park Transformation
While Knott's Berry Farm is a year-round theme park, the entire acreage is modified to fit the Halloween motif. Rides and other attractions are converted into macabre themes. Over 1,000 seasonal workers are specifically employed to play the roles of "vampires, clowns, ghouls, werewolves, and monsters", roaming the 160-acre (0.65 km2) park in four terrifying scare zones, amidst haze produced by giant fog machines. Charlene Parker has been the "green witch," since 1982, and is the longest serving of all the 1,000 "monsters" who scare the guests at this event.
The park has constructed 13 mazes and 4 scare zones as well as performing live shows. The controversial "Hanging" live show is a staple of the Haunt that lampoons celebrities and persons in the news through a series of staged hangings. The Hanging has been an annual event since the 1979 Halloween Haunt.
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