The Halloween & Costume Association has named 24 finalists for its third annual Spooky Awards, and they range from a $25 Demon Slayer mask to
Enchanted Parks is running Halloween at six parks this fall, from ValleyScare at Valleyfair to Diggerfest at Diggerland USA, and four of them pair a
Worlds of Fun Halloween Haunt runs select Fridays and Saturdays through October 31 in Kansas City, plus Sunday, October 25, with six haunted mazes, four
ValleyScare runs Friday and Saturday nights through October 31 at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota, with five haunted mazes, four scare zones, and six shows. This
Americans plan to spend $13.5 billion on Halloween this year, $115.14 a person, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey, up from last year’s
Haunted Soiree, the two-hour Halloween party with drinks and immersive theatre at the Nocturne Theatre in Glendale, takes on true crime for 2026. Its new
TransWorld Trade Shows is launching an Escape Room Summit on Monday, February 22, 2027, in St. Louis: one day of advanced education, hands-on learning, and
Hersheypark is bringing one of its Dark Nights haunted houses into Christmas. The Estate of Evil, a 13-room mansion whose staff killed off every previous
Fall is officially here, and I’m giving you permission to enjoy it. I’ve been off my feet this week recovering from a gout attack, and
Nike’s Halloween Air Force 1 borrows from Scream without saying so: a slashed Swoosh, a tongue logo in the movie’s lettering, and a tiny cordless-phone
Cinema of Horrors opened its 10th season on Friday, September 25, in Kelso, Washington, with two new haunted houses built inside a former movie theater:
Hidden Valley turned its ranch black for Halloween. Spooky Ranch, launched September 24 at $3.97 and sold only at Walmart, is the brand’s Original Ranch
Cup Noodles is getting spooky this season with a new Halloween flavor. The Vampire Noodles, out since September 24 for $1.18 at Walmart, is a
The Nightmare Before Christmas returned to theaters October 2, and it comes with a light-up Jack Skellington popcorn bucket. AMC started selling it that day
Six Flags Magic Mountain added 11 limited-time dishes for Fright Fest this year, from Cajun frog legs to a Worms in Dirt funnel cake, and
At Clarabelle’s Enchanted Halloween Dinner, Clarabelle Cow and her friends come to your table in fall outfits while you eat from the buffet at Storytellers
The 2026 gingerbread house in Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Holiday is a music box more than 10 feet tall. As its Santa Jack key turns, it
Haunted Little Tokyo is a Halloween season put on by the Little Tokyo neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles, with ghost tours, a free family scavenger
Costumed dogs march through the East Village again on Saturday, October 17, at the 36th annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade. Registration to march opened
KPop Demon Hunters is getting an immersive experience where fans sing with HUNTR/X, fight demons across a neon-lit Seoul, and meet Derpy Tiger. KPop Demon
Dairy Queen’s first Halloween collection comes with a purple ube-flavored Oreo Blizzard, a sparkling blood orange lemonade that foams as you stir it, a ghost
Reign of Terror Haunted House in Thousand Oaks opened its 2026 season on September 25, adding two new walk-through sections, Backwoods and The Blue Bayou
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop has brought back its Halloween “Draco” menu for 2026, and this year it adds a new item: the Draco’rrito. The seasonal lineup
The house where Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother were killed in 1892 still stands at 230 Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, and it is
This fall, the pet aisle is full of Halloween. Glow-in-the-dark dog harnesses, viral ghost-dog yard decorations, and bacon-shaped treats have all arrived for 2026, and
Frightworld packs five haunted houses under one roof inside a former North Buffalo Kmart, and for its 2026 season it has built a new one.
Urban Death Tour of Terror “Ultra” walks guests through a dark maze, into a theatre for a live show of wordless horror vignettes, and back
The beauty of Halloween is its duality: it has traditions, but it’s also the only holiday that encourages novelty. SeaWorld Orlando’s Just One More Chapter
Woods of Terror, the haunted attraction in Greensboro, North Carolina, is mourning a member of its family. Laurie, whom the attraction called “a very special
Barnes & Noble is giving away a free LEGO Halloween build at more than 470 of its stores the weekend of October 9 to 11,
The Great Big BOO, Gilroy Gardens’ family Halloween event, returns Sept. 25 – Nov. 1, 2026, turning the theme park into an after-dark world of
Tweetsie Railroad’s Ghost Train, a long-running family Halloween event in the North Carolina mountains, returned Friday, September 25, and runs Friday and Saturday nights through
AMC Theatres is running a five-film horror series called Welcome to Horrorwood at about 300 U.S. locations this October, screening a classic on Friday and
A24 has put out a teaser for a horror film called Slayground, first shown in theaters ahead of Resident Evil and now posted publicly on
Erebus Haunted Attraction in Pontiac, Michigan, opened its 2026 season on September 18 with a new attraction, Primordium, that tells the origin of the time-travel
Shocktober Fest, the Halloween attraction that started as a single haunted house on a West Sussex farm in 1996, turns 30 this year, and it
Purina’s Beggin’ has three new limited-edition Halloween dog treats out now, all made with real bacon and shaped for the season: ghost-shaped Ghoulish Ghosts, pumpkin-shaped
Terror on the Coast, a 40,000-square-foot haunted attraction in Gulfport, opened its 2026 season September 18 and runs select nights through October 31. The Mississippi
Regal Cinemas is putting a horror movie back on the big screen every night this October, from The Shining and The Thing to Halloween and
A free, immersive Scream pop-up ran in Manhattan on October 2 and 3, letting fans 21 and older step into the franchise for its 30th
Seven of Jellycat’s 19 Halloween plush are sold out, and on eBay only one of them costs much more than it did new: Hocus Crow,
The Haunted Attraction Association (HAA), the only official trade association for the haunted attraction industry, has certified a record 74 haunted attractions across the United
Fright Fest at Six Flags Over Georgia adds two new haunted mazes for 2026: Infestation, a condemned home overrun by spiders and mutant vermin, and
Six Flags Fiesta Texas builds its 30th Fright Fest around a new The Conjuring Universe maze in 2026, part of a six-maze lineup that also
Fright Fest at Six Flags Great America returns for 2026, its 50th anniversary year, with five haunted mazes, two of them new: Blair Witch: No
Fright Fest at Six Flags Great Adventure returns for 2026 with nine haunted mazes, four of them new, including JASON: Blood Reign, the first Friday
SeaWorld San Antonio’s Howl-O-Scream marks its 25th year in 2026 with three all-new haunted houses, including one based on the I Know What You Did
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay’s Howl-O-Scream returns for 2026 with six haunted houses, an all-new Anaconda maze, and the return of its fan-favorite show Fiends. The
Betsey Johnson’s new Halloween purse is shaped like a haunted house, complete with a small front window that opens to reveal a mirror, for $148.
Blood Prison, the haunted house that takes over the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield each fall, returns for 2026 under a new theme, Apocalypse. It
Sandbox VR’s newest experience, Deadwood Origins, sends groups of up to six into a jungle overrun by the undead. The full-body zombie-survival adventure opened September
