Franco Center offers Halloween-themed crypt walks this week

Costumed actors will guide guests through the haunted walk at Fright Night, which will be held Oct. 25-27 at the Franco Center in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

LEWISTON — The Franco Center plans to open its crypt for Fright Night on Oct. 25, 26, and 27, at 46 Cedar St.

The guided walk will be open from noon to 5 p.m. each day, cost is $6 per person. During this time, the walk will provide less of a scare than the nightly walk, according to a news release from Denise Scammon, marketing and development director.

Each night from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., trained and costumed actors will play the parts of ghoulish and scary characters in the indoor crypt walk. The cost will be $10 per person.

“These actors on our scream team will provide nightly entertainment while watching to keep people safe and moving along,” said Franco Center Production Manager Jake Hodgkin. He described the special lighting and sound effects that will accompany the decorations as creepy.

“Thrill seekers will have to walk past staged nightmares,” he said, “prepared to be scared.”

Season and media sponsors include Maple Way Dental Care, Bennett Radio Group, the Sun Journal, Turner Publishing, and Uncle Andy’s Digest.

Parking is available in the mill lot. The building is handicap accessible on the Lincoln Street alley side.

Tickets can be purchased online at francocenter.org, by calling 207-689-2000, or at the box office between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.