What could have easily been a cheap gimmick instead provides the foundation for one of the best horror films so far this year ...

The biggest scare factor in this house is the Invisible Man, from the bandaged face to the creepy voiceover that sounds too sane to actually be sane ... not to mention the strobe lights that ...

Irvin ship is also one of the world's scariest haunted "houses," according to Forbes ... including objects thrown at them, sounds of footsteps when no one is around and unexplained shadows.