Remember Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" movie? So whimsical, so fun.Yeah, you'll want to forget all that when you wander into the Busch Gardens version of Wonderland at this year's Howl-O-Scream scare-tacular.Considered by many, including staff, to be the scariest haunt at the theme's park's annual Halloween event (there are six houses total), "Shadows of Wonderland" is a twisted take on the Mad Hatter Co.WATCH: An 'eek' peek at this year's scariest Howl-O-Scream AN "EEK" PEEK AT HOWL-O-SCREAMAdam Amore and his fiendish creative team have retooled the haunt from previous years, with Alice doing a heel turn.She's the villain now... and then some."She was kind of a bratty kid, so I really wanted to emphasize that," says Adam.Alice delivers plenty of off-with-your-head scares, but the best jump scare comes courtesy of really freaky twins Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. But you'll have to discover that jolt on your own. Howl-O-Scream runs until Oct. 31.After braving the Wonderland haunt, reporter Sean Daly talked with USF fear expert Tara Perreault about why we love haunted houses."Humans tend to have a penchant for benign masochism," says Tara. "That's why we love to eat spicy food. Being able to play with fear activates that for us."For Howl-O-Scream tickets, times and more, go here.For more Sean Daly shenanigans, go here. ...read more read less