The Haunted Attraction Network’s annual Hauntathon is back for 2023! This year, the event will feature over 60 haunted attractions from around the world. Visitors can learn about the creative process behind some of the world’s most famous haunted attractions, or get a behind-the-scenes look at how they are made.
Halloween Horror Nights Orlando 2023 is back with a terrifying lineup of new mazes, scare zones, and more. This year, guests can experience all-new mazes inspired by The Exorcist, Chucky, and Universal Monsters: Unmasked. They can also explore new scare zones inspired by Latin American folklore and the Conjuring. And of course, no Halloween Horror Nights event would be complete without its signature live entertainment, specialty food and beverages, and more.
Midsummer Scream 2023 is a Halloween event for horror fans. It takes place at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California from July 28th to 30th. The event features over 350 vendors, panels, presentations, performances, and haunted attractions.
Halloween Horror Nights 2023 is coming to Universal Orlando Resort for 48 nights of terror! This year, the event will feature a new Stranger Things haunted house, as well as returning favorites like The Walking Dead and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The Texas Haunters Convention is the ultimate Halloween and cosplay experience. With over 50,000 square feet of family-friendly vendors, events, demonstrations, and classes, there’s something for everyone. Learn from the pros, meet the people who make Halloween happen, and get inspired for your own haunt.
The Mall of America (Bloomington, MN) and American Monsters are set to open a new haunt this Halloween season: “Onionhead’s Revenge”. The 45,000 square foot immersive haunt will bring together dozens of live scare-actors and legendary creatures in terrifyingly evocative sets, combined with media-based scare moments, theatrical lighting, special effects, and an original soundtrack that will transport guests into a never-before-experienced realm of horror. The attraction will also feature specialty bars with themed cocktails and food.
The Last of Us Halloween Horror Nights is a new haunted house experience coming to Universal Studios Orlando and Hollywood this fall. Based on the popular video game, the haunted house will take guests on a journey through an abandoned Pittsburgh, where they will face off against infected clickers and hunters. The haunted house is set to be one of the most immersive and terrifying experiences ever created at Halloween Horror Nights. With its realistic sets, special effects, and actors, The Last of Us Halloween Horror Nights is sure to leave a lasting impression on guests.
The Midwest Haunters Convention is the premier event for haunted attraction professionals and enthusiasts alike. Take part in educational seminars, meet with industry experts, and experience some of the scariest haunted attractions in the Midwest.
Get ready for Halloween Horror Nights 2023 auditions at Universal Studios Hollywood! Scareactor appointments available on May 31st and June 1st. Don’t miss out on the chance to showcase your scare abilities. Plus, check out the winners of the 2023 Scare Awards (SCARs) by ScareCON. Midwest Haunters Convention tickets selling fast, with Early Bird Discounts ending soon. Join the action-packed weekend of haunting fun, exhibitors, parties, and more. Dark Hour Haunted House yard sale coming up, and Centralia Halloween Parade announces the 2023 theme winner. Exciting times ahead!
Dark Night Halloween World, Long Island’s Haunted pop-up event, is set to return to the Bald Hill Amphitheater in Farmingville, NY, starting on Friday, October 13th. This highly anticipated event will run every Friday through Sunday until Halloween, featuring a thrilling lineup of haunted mazes, scareactors, and scare-zones. The organizers, Co-Owner & Marketing Director Aidan P. Finnegan and Co-Owner Mort Spuccenskrëm, have made significant investments to make this year’s event even more immersive and unforgettable.
The world of horror and haunts is bustling with activity, as various theme parks, events, and attractions gear up for the upcoming Halloween season. Universal Orlando Resort is currently seeking scareactors, stilt walkers, and puppeteers for Halloween Horror Nights, while Fear Factory SLC in Salt Lake City paid off outstanding school lunch balances for local children. Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group in North Hollywood invites audiences to experience a full-contact, immersive show called Mother, exploring generational trauma and its effects on family. Meanwhile, The Abbey in Orlando will present a candlelit evening of Halloween classics, featuring the Listeso String Quartet. In other news, the Baldwin Asylum Haunted Attraction in Rantoul, IL, is now publicly listed for sale, and the Texas Haunters Convention has sold out all 138 vendor spaces. Lastly, the trailer for the upcoming horror film, Haunt Season, shot at Realm of Terror Haunted House in Round Lake Beach, IL, has been released.
Join the spooky festivities at the Southeast Hollows Haunt Convention from May 5th-7th in Savannah, GA, featuring exhibits, contests, seminars, and a Masquerade Ball. Get your tickets online starting at $20 for 1-Day passes and attend exciting seminars like Hot Wire Foam Factory – Basics of Foam Cutting and Pashur Body Paint Artist Presents – Glow to Hell. For Cleveland Haunt Club members, don’t miss the Halfway to Halloween Trivia Fun Night on May 18th, and for Haunted Attraction Association members, join the online mixer on May 27th focused on Youth Safety, hosted by Jim Werner. Details available in the HAA members-only Facebook group.
Don’t miss out on the Spooky Swap Meet happening this weekend at the Heritage Square Museum in LA. With over 60 vendors, fortune-telling, and a new walkthrough haunt by Fear Farm, it’s sure to be a spooktacular time. Trick-or-treat at the seven decorated manors and dance the night away with LVCRFT and Skeleton Sam. Get your tickets now starting at $18 for General Admission. And mark your calendars for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World Resort and Oogie Boogie Bash at Disney California Adventure Park. The Halloween fun never stops!
Disney Parks are celebrating Halfway to Halloween with special events, including behind-the-scenes tours and limited-time Halloween treats at both the Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort. Meanwhile, Disneyland Paris has canceled its traditional Halloween and New Year’s Eve parties, opting to extend park hours and offer “unique moments to share” for all attendees. The park’s general Halloween festivities will run from October 1st to November 5th, with Enchanted Christmas taking place from November 11th to January 7th.
Enter the dark and spine-chilling world of Paranormal Cirque – a mesmerizing fusion of circus, theatre, and cabaret. Don’t miss out on the 2023 tour, get your tickets now to witness jaw-dropping abilities and a truly unique experience!
Get ready for creepy Easter events across the US! Check out Rottentail’s Revenge, Hidden: A Haunted Egg Hunt Experience, and more in our “Sprint Haunt” section. Plus, experience the immersive art of Otherworld in Philly and the Crimson Carnival haunted house in Gainesville, FL. Reign of Terror Haunted House celebrates Half-Way to Halloween, and the Scarborough Renaissance Fest features the Mythical Monster Museum. Don’t miss out!
Hey, thrill-seekers! Looking for some spooky fun this spring? Check out Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Scream Break event, featuring haunted houses, scare zones, and more! Watch Philp & Emily from the Haunted Attraction Network take on every maze and scare zone to prepare you for your visit.
Escape IT offers fans two multi-room escape adventures that bring to life IT and its sequel, IT Chapter Two, through interactive rooms, special effects, lighting, animatronics, and live actors. The experience spans over 30,000 square feet and also includes carnival-styled midway games and an IT-themed retail store.
Experience a truly terrifying St. Patrick’s Day weekend at various haunted attractions across the US, from Dark Hour’s “Leprechaun Lights Out” to Brighton Asylum’s “St. Patrick’s Slay” and more. Will you survive encounters with banshees, leprechauns, and other sinister creatures lurking in the shadows? Get your tickets now for a chance to win prizes and exclusive behind-the-scenes experiences.
Get your passes now for Midsummer Scream 2023, featuring the new theme ‘Ghoulish Games’ celebrating horror in gaming, at the Long Beach Convention Center from July 28th to 30th. Explore creepy board games, toys, and video games that feature zombies, monsters, and terrifying creatures.
Add some vitamin SCREAM to your day at Six Flags Magic Mountain’s new after-hours “Scream Break” haunt event, with 2 haunted attractions, 3 scare zones, thrilling rides, delicious culinary treats and drinks, and exciting nighttime entertainment. Encounter ghouls and monsters with exclusive access to two haunted mazes and three scare zones, all with a chilling Spring Break twist.
The Midwest Haunters Convention (Rosemont, IL) announced the haunt destinations for the Pre-Convention Bus Tours, taking place on Thursday, June 8th, and Friday, June 9th.
Madd Hatters Haunt (Union Gap, WA) offers Scareytines – Valentine’s Day cards delivered by your favorite horror movie characters. These killer valentines are hand delivered by your choice of Sam (Trick ‘r Treat), Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Ghostface, or The Joker.
This past Saturday the Haunted Attraction Association rolled out the black carpet and recognized attraction owners, vendors, and others who have excelled in the haunt industry with the annual OSCARES awards ceremony.
TransWorld has created the marketplace for the haunted attractions industry, where haunters can network, learn, gain inspiration, and purchase the newest products from industry vendors.
Experience three Valentine haunted houses plus three secret bars with new Valentine’s Day-inspired drinks: Cupid’s Cosmo, Box of Chocolates, Bloody Valentine, and Love Potion #666.
The new attraction will bring to life Universal’s library of horror films with a variety of unique, immersive experiences, bars and restaurants, seasonal events, and merchandise. The horror experience is set to be the anchor tenant in a new expansion of Area15.
The new year equals new fear at Dark Hour Haunted House (Plano, TX) with the launch of their newest event, “Dead by Dark Hour”. This survival-themed haunted attraction will transport guests into the world of 1980s-style slasher films, where they must outwit, outrun, and outlast the Slashers stalking the halls.
TJ Mannarino, Vice President of Art & Design, Entertainment Division at Universal will be teaching 3 seminars at this year’s show: Emerging Trends in the Haunted Attraction Business, Universal’s Great Movie Escape: Story is the Adventure, and Horror is Universal.
Unlock an otherworldly wonderland of amusement, art, and entertainment on December 31st with HUSH Haunted Attraction’s Legendary 2023 NYE Bash (Westland, MI). The party will be set on HUSH Haunted Attraction’s ‘mini’ Bourbon Street featuring soaring 2+ story facades, balconies and realistically-themed architecture and decor.
Transworld’s Halloween & Attractions Show recently posted their seminar offerings for 2023 featuring many highlights like safety seminars, growing your haunt, costume making, makeup, and many more.
Netherworld Haunted House (Stone Mountain, GA) may have finished its 2022 haunt season, but there’s one more opportunity to see The Undying Horror and Parasitic before they are relegated to the Netherworld history books.
Celebrate the holidays with chills and thrillls as Season’s Screamings, the holiday event from the team at Midsummer Scream, returns to the Pasadena Convention Center this weekend (December 2nd – 4th).
A Haunted Hotel dark ride will debut at Funtown Splashtown USA (Saco, Maine) in 2023. The park has teamed up with Sally Dark Rides to create the Whispering Pines Hotel, an interactive ride-through attraction.
Universal Studios & Blumhouse Productions celebrated their partnership with the first-ever in-person Blumfest. The event featured screenings, film panels, and a Halloween Horror Nights Q&A with Universal Orlando Scenic Designer Dylan Kollath, Show Director Charles Gray, and Creative Director Michael Aiello.
It has only been one week since the end of this year’s Halloween Horror Nights, but the HHN team already has its sights on 2023. In a video posted to the HHN Youtube Channel on Halloween, Universal announced their first haunt of the 2023 lineup – “Chucky”.
Erebus Haunted Attraction (Pontiac, MI) is offering “Fun Without the Fear Tours” on Fridays & Saturdays from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. for the rest of October. These weekend matinee shows allow guests to experience the sets, illusions, and sound effects without live actors.
SHAQTOBERFEST, the new Halloween Festival, opened this weekend next to the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. SHAQTOBERFEST includes six thrilling Halloween-themed areas for guests to explore, each featuring Halloween trails, games, live entertainment, food and beverage vendors, and more.
ScareHouse (Pittsburgh, PA) offers fright fans a night of chills and thrills at their new location at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills.
For the first time, Disney fans will learn about the creation of the sell-out event, Oogie Boogie Bash at “AN OOGIE BOOGIE AFTERNOON.”
Universal Orlando Resort’s Halloween Horror Nights sold out for the first three nights of the event. The Haunted Attraction Network was there to experience all the spooky fun.
The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride (Los Angeles, CA) will return to Griffith Park on select nights from September 23rd – October 31st. Guests can expect a return to Midnight Falls – a strange town that’s Halloween year round, featuring fan-favorite mazes including the Hayride, Trick or Treat, Midnight Mortuary, and (S)Laughterhouse – a newly revamped maze for 2022.
Universal Orlando Resort’s Halloween Horror Nights released more gruesome details about this year’s event, featuring 10 haunted houses, 5 scare zones, and 2 shows based on everything from horror legends and pop culture heavy hitters to ghastly original stories that offer a terrifying twist on traditional Halloween haunts.
Howl O Scream returns to Seaworld San Diego with three ‘reimagined’ houses. Nightmare Experiment, Simon’s Slaughterhouse, Death Water Bayou.
The upcoming Halloween Horror Nights Tribute Store at Universal Studios Florida is planning a mausoleum-themed corridor, and guests can be part of it! Guests at Universal Studios Florida can get their photo etched onto a mausoleum monument in the Halloween Tribute Store.
Multi-award-winning artist The Weeknd is joining forces with Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights to inspire all-new, terrifying haunted houses based on his record-breaking “After Hours” album
Midsummer Scream will take place this weekend, July 29th – 31st at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.
The all-new frightfully immersive haunt experience, Dark Nights, is coming to Hersheypark Halloween Event this Halloween season
Paranormal Cirque II’s unique blend of horror, acrobatics, and comedy. And haunt events happening this weekend: 15 – 17 July 2022.
Haunters Against Hate: The Event will take place this coming weekend – July 8th – 10th – at the Clarion Center North in Lexington, Kentucky. The event features vendors, workshops, competitions, drag shows, HAH Awards, and more.
Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights in both Orlando and Hollywood will feature a double dose of terror with “The Horrors of Blumhouse” haunted house.
