West Berlin, NJ — At Diggerland USA, kids can trick-or-treat, decorate a pumpkin, and drive a full-size construction machine in the same afternoon. The park
Darkness Rising, a Long Island haunted house that has run for nearly two decades, has canceled its 2026 season just weeks before opening night. The
Davis, CA — Davis is raising a zombie horde for Halloween, and it is free. The 8th annual Zombie Bike Parade Halloweekend Festival takes over
Long Beach, CA — The Queen Mary has opened three new haunted staterooms that guests can book overnight, year-round. Called Paranormal Passage, the rooms are
Miami, FL — The Horrorland opens its 2026 Halloween season on September 10 at Jungle Island, rebuilt with six all-new haunted houses, five scare zones,
Pigeon Forge, TN — Rocky Top Mountain Coaster is running its ride after dark this fall with live actors on the hillside. Zombie Invasion, new
Toverland, the theme park in Sevenum in the southeast of the Netherlands, runs its Halloween season from October 3 through November 8, 2026, and it
Kansas City, MO — Edge of Hell and The Beast are cutting their 2026 calendar from 23 nights to 13, all of them in October,
Two Six Flags parks will not run Fright Fest this year. Six Flags Darien Lake, in Corfu, New York, has confirmed it is dropping the
Halloween Horror Nights opened at Universal Studios Hollywood on September 3, and this year the food is spread across 15 themed stands, carts, and bars
SCARowinds returns to Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, on select nights from September 11 through November 1, 2026, presented by Snickers. It is a full-scale
Thorpe Park has set out its full Fright Nights 2026 lineup, and leading it is Tenement, a new walk-through the park is billing as its
PortAventura World, the resort near Barcelona that brought Halloween to Spain back in 2000, is running its 2026 season from September 19 to November 15,
The Buford Trail of Terror is coming back for 2026. After the sale of its original haunting grounds and a two-year hiatus, the fan-built Georgia
Alton Towers is betting that Halloween guests will pay to sit inside the scare instead of walking past it. New for Scarefest 2026, Dine with
Universal has brought back its “Deathly Afraid” lanyard for Halloween Horror Nights 35, and this opening weekend it became one of the most talked-about items
House of Horror Haunted Carnival, the longest-running haunted attraction in South Florida, is marking its 25th year with a new home. The 2026 event moves
The best way to appreciate a Halloween Horror Nights house is to see it in the dark, with a scareactor lunging at you. The second-best
If Hellraiser is the house that wants to unsettle you, H.R. Bloodengutz is the one that wants to make you laugh while it does it.
Most guests will meet the Hellraiser house in the dark, in a fast-moving conga line, with a Cenobite breathing down their neck. I got to
Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns is back at South Coast Botanic Garden in Palos Verdes for 2026, a family-friendly, all-ages Halloween walk lit by more
Movie Park Germany is bringing Jason Voorhees to Europe. The Bottrop theme park has added a new Jason Universe haunted house to its 2026 Halloween
Premium Scream Night is the priciest and most exclusive way into Halloween Horror Nights, and after doing it this year, the pitch holds up. We
Halloween Horror Nights 35 is open at Universal Orlando, and this year’s Infernal Carnival of Nightmares runs 10 haunted houses. We walked all of them
Halloween Horror Nights 35 at Universal Orlando does not stop at the mazes. The event’s dessert cart is themed just as carefully, with each sweet
Camelback Resort is giving its summer waterpark a very different second season. The Pocono Mountains destination is launching a new Halloween haunt, The Curse of
John Murdy, creative director of Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood, walked through the event’s Sinners haunted house with the lights on and laid out how his
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party has pulled a handful of characters straight out of the Haunted Mansion for 2026, and they came ready with material. The
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party has a new pirate show for 2026, and Captain Hector Barbossa is running it. The Pirates of the Caribbean villain storms
Universal Orlando is adding a members-only bar to Halloween Horror Nights 35. The Keyholder Bar is a limited-entry spot open on HHN event nights from
Nocturne Theatre is giving Frankenstein a musical sequel, and this time it is Victor Frankenstein himself, not his Monster, who is brought back from the
Kings Island Halloween Haunt, presented by Snickers, returns on select nights from September 25 through October 31, 2026, in Mason, Ohio. New mazes JASON: Blood
The Scare Factor, the haunted house review directory that has sent trained review teams into haunts for more than 20 years, has launched Haunt Advisor,
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London is bringing back Nox, its after-hours Halloween event, for three nights this October: the 29th, 30th, and 31st, 2026. Tickets
Creep It Real OC, billed by its organizers as Orange County’s largest Halloween festival, returns for its seventh year on Friday through Sunday, September 11
ORLANDO, FL — Universal Orlando is bringing the darker side of magic back to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter this fall. Dark Arts at
Kings Dominion Halloween Haunt, presented by Snickers, returns on select nights from September 18 through November 1, 2026, in Doswell, Virginia. The big new addition
Dorney Park Halloween Haunt returns on select nights from September 18 through October 31, 2026, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The big new addition this year is
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL — A Petrified Forest opens its 19th haunt season on Oct. 2 with “Chaos Reigns,” a new theme built around five new
Jason Universe has since gone international. See our coverage of the Jason Universe haunted house at Movie Park Germany. Jason Voorhees is getting his own
I spent Premium Scream Night at Halloween Horror Nights 35 eating my way through the entire menu, every savory item, every dessert, and the specialty
Jason Universe has since gone international. See our coverage of the Jason Universe haunted house at Movie Park Germany. Jason Voorhees is stalking Six Flags
Alton Towers turns into one of the UK’s biggest Halloween destinations each autumn, and Scarefest 2026 leads with a brand-new scare maze, Final Exhibit. The
Thousands of carved pumpkins, a glowing 40-foot pumpkin tree, and a hillside of luminous owls turn Dollywood into one of the country’s biggest family Halloween-season
Orlando, FL — Hotel Transylvania’s monsters are checking into SeaWorld Orlando this fall. For the first time, Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania joins Spooktacular, the
Evil Intentions Haunted House will not open for the 2026 season. The haunt’s planned move back to Elgin, Illinois has fallen through over building-permit issues,
West Mifflin, PA — Kennywood’s Phantom Fall Fest returns on select dates from September 12 through November 1, 2026. By day the event stays family-friendly,
San Jose, CA — Festival Fright Nights at the Winchester Mystery House is dropping the linear, one-way haunted-house route it ran last year for an
Los Angeles, CA — The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride is adding a new maze that turns guests into a doomed 1980s rock band, bringing back
Long Beach, CA — The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor is entering its 13th year with 13 icons roaming the ship, and it plans to kill
Long Beach, CA — Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood is hiding a character somewhere in the park this year, and finding her is part of the
