Spider webs and leaves scattered the floor as officers dressed in scary costumes filled the room that was once Mr. Zlotnick’s classroom.

On Oct. 27-28, the Spanish Club and Business Professionals of America hosted a haunted house in T-22 afters chool until 5:30 p.m. Tickets were sold for $5 the week of and at the door.

To promote the event, actors from the haunted house walked around dressed up in their costumes during lunch on Friday.

“It was fun scaring people during lunch and seeing their reactions to our masks and costumes,” Guevara said. “We spread the word about the haunted house and that’s when we sold the most tickets.”

Senior and Spanish Club member Mohamed Shaheen played the role of Jason Vorhees from the “Friday the 13th” series.

“The experience was actually really fun. Hearing different people’s reactions was funny and I enjoyed playing the character,” Shaheen said. “It felt weird being on the other side of a haunted house, where I was the one scaring instead of being scared.”

The turnout was successful with Friday holding the majority of guests.

“Thursday had a little less people but on Friday there was a huge line that wrapped around the building and I was really surprised people were actually coming,” junior and Spanish club member Oscar Guevara said. “I knew we sold a good amount of tickets before the haunted house, but a lot of people bought at the door too.”

Students like freshman Paloma Alvarez said the event was a good experience.

“It was very well put together and it was actually scary,” Alvarez said. “My favorite part was when you first walked in because they closed the doors and it became very dark and you couldn’t see, so it made it scarier.”

Although the haunted house was successful, some things didn’t go as planned.

“People sometimes couldn’t see and would walk the wrong way which would destroy the decorations,” Guevara said. “That would set us back because we’d have to take a break and fix everything before letting more people in.”

Another issue actors faced was getting touched by guests despite explicit instructions not to. Guests were asked at the door whether or not they would be comfortable with being touched by actors.

“Surprisingly, a lot of people got a little out of control,” Shaheen said. “It was annoying when they would put their hands on us and especially when they would push us out of the way.”

Despite these inconveniences, guests were pleased with the haunted house. Freshman Paloma Alvarez said the haunted house was a good experience.

“It was very well put together and it was actually scary,” Alvarez said. “My favorite part was when you first walked in because they closed the doors and it became very dark and you couldn’t see, so it made it scarier.”

“I really liked it and I hope this continues the next few years,” Alvarez said. “The clubs did a really good job of putting it together and making it a success.”