How Corn Mazes are Made - A Collection of Corn Maze Videos

It is October and that means we are on the road (Elm St.) to Halloween (How about some Halloween mazes?). That also means it is time for haunted houses - typically a type of labyrinth - think about it and also corn mazes. Let’s talk about corn mazes a bit. I spend a lot of time talking about what labyrinths you can visit around the US using the wonderful website Labyrinth locator. Well did you know there is also a website that features corn mazes ? The map can be found here on the mazeplay site. So, hopefully you can find a maze to visit near you !

Previously I went through my favorite labyrinth and maze videos (My Favorite Maze and Labyrinth Videos), and it included some really cool cats, a hamster and lots of information. I enjoyed it. But there was one thing that I didn’t cover in that post and that was Corn Mazes (or Maize Mazes). The reason ? Because there are a LOT of really fun videos to watch on the subject and I thought they needed their own post. This is that post.

My Favorite Corn Maze Videos

Let’s start with the back office look at how these get designed and made (or maybe more accurately plowed). But I love to see them being made ! Really amazing work. This video is of the Treinen Farm in Lodi, Wisconsin. You can plan a visit here and on their site I learned they had won an award as one of the 10 best corn mazes in the USA !

Here is a great story of a family farm with how they have used a corn maze to keep a farm in the family as an additional income stream. Located in Thurmont, Maryland at Lawyer’s Winterbrook Farm the farm also features 30 foot junkbots ! You can plan a trip here.

Here is a quick 3 minute conversation that speaks to how Maze Play uses GPS to cut a corn maze. This features a maze from Mark’s Melon Patch in Albany, Georgia. Their corn maze is open in October and November each year and you can plan a trip here or just visit to pick up some pumpkins !

And this shows some great aerial views of corn mazes that look like art ! Lots of variety and really interesting designs ! Features the work of landscape artist Will Sillin on Mike Wissemann's farm in Massachusetts.

And this is just a small sampling of what you can find about corn mazes on YouTube. Of course now your algorithm is changed and they will pop up for you automatically. Enjoy !! I find myself getting lost in this type of content and then it goes away for awhile….and then months later it is back !

a large difficult corn on the cob maze

A Corn Maze, but not the kind we are talking about today.

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Let's invent the scariest maze of all time

I have been thinking about what mazes a physical maze scary and I wanted to pull all of those elements together into a blog post to inspire the haunted house makers out there. Hopefully this does not inspire any of my enemies who read this.

The scariest maze of all time would contain a combination of physical and psychological elements to create a truly terrifying experience. I wanted an illustration for this post so I used Bing Image Generator and am impressed with what it came up with !

Scary Maze concept - by Bing AI Image Generator

Scary Maze concept - by Bing AI Image Generator

Physical elements:

  • Darkness: The maze would be pitch black in parts, disorienting visitors and making them feel claustrophobic. This section would end with a light leading you to an evil character. This would be executed best if you saw them from afar and knew past them was the only way through.

  • Uneven surfaces: The maze would be filled with uneven surfaces, such as rocks, roots, and holes, making it difficult to walk and increasing the risk of falling. Well, unless this is a business like a haunted house, then it would have sloping floors that are slightly uneven and lawyer approved with warning signs before you enter.

  • Narrow passages: The maze would have narrow passages, forcing visitors to squeeze through and making them feel claustrophobic.

  • Dead ends: The maze would have many dead ends, leading visitors to backtrack and making them feel lost and frustrated. Combined with narrow passages and groups of people this will create stress as people get crowded together. One thing about Haunted Houses is they are labyrinths with single pathways to take, but what if they were actually mazes ?

  • False Exits: A dead end is one thing, but how about we add a few false exits to frustrate and disorient the solvers ! This is almost cruel. A huge exit sign with a locked door. An exit that closes once you get within 12 feet of it would be fun !

  • No Exit: Not sure if it is still a maze if there is no exit…seems like more of a trap, but I'll leave it here for those horror movie fans.

  • Disappearing Entrance: You enter the maze and you entrance closes and seals behind you, making a quick exit back out impossible. Bonus points if you can figure out a way to make the entrance actually disappear.

  • Temperature Changes: I am not a fan of humidity, but a humid section, followed by a very cold section would be terrible. How about we add some steam coming out of vents.

  • Insects: I would prefer an Indiana Jones level of spiders but you can take this in many directions. Cockroaches ? Mosquitos would be so cruel. Some peanut shells on a dark floor crunching under your feet would be a nice trick.

Psychological elements:

  • Creepy sounds: The maze would be filled with creepy sounds, such as footsteps, laughter, and whispers, to unnerve visitors and make them feel like they are being watched.

  • Surveillance Cameras: I like the idea of cameras set-up showing you in the space, then having a character suddenly pop up behind you. Later you see what appears to be others in the maze on a monitor and things are going very bad for them (and might for you also in the future).

  • Unexpected surprises: The maze would be full of unexpected surprises, such as jumping out scares and strobe lights, to startle visitors and make them feel unsafe. Standard really for haunted houses.

  • Sense of danger: The maze would be designed to create a sense of danger in visitors, making them feel like they could be harmed at any moment.

  • Cryptic Symbols: Imagine a dark maze covered in writing scratched onto the walls from people who didn’t make it out. The eye of providence. Secret codes. Things written in old languages. A group of people that appear to be a cult performing a ceremony.

  • Clowns. Enough said.

  • A Lost Couple: A couple wanders the maze looking distraught and hungry asking everyone for food and water. They have been stuck for days inside….

In addition to these physical and psychological elements, the scariest maze of all time would also be themed to play on visitors' deepest fears. For example, the maze could be themed around a haunted house, a serial killer, or a natural disaster.

The goal of the scariest maze of all time would be to create an experience that is so terrifying that visitors will never forget it. It would be a maze that would haunt their nightmares for years to come.

Have fun with some Halloween Mazes, and this classic maze game !

Lavender (2016) Movie Review

Lavender (2016) IMDB AMZN

Lavender movie poster

So the storytelling in this movie revolves around a woman who as the result of an accident has amnesia. The amnesia also seems to shake loose some early memories of trauma she had as a young girl. Combine a slow recovery with moving to the country to the house you grew up in and it, well, hinders the recovery. As our main character remembers her past (and the secrets it holds) we get a tense, dark movie. Oh, and it takes place near a farm with a maze made of haybales (thought it was going to be corn, didn’t you !). Overall the story is ok. The acting is ok. It’s just ok all the way around.

I give it a 5/10.