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,
Hershey has announced its 2026 Halloween lineup, which the company calls its largest and most diverse to date, with more than 20 innovations across chocolate,
Randy Bates, the longtime owner of The Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, and a founder of several of the haunted attraction
West Elm’s 2026 Halloween Shop is live, and two new collections stand out. The retailer’s in-house Frankenstein line turns ceramic and glass into a set
IHOP is bringing its pumpkin lineup back on August 24, 2026, and adding two new items. The returning Pumpkin Spice Pancakes are joined by a
Target has announced its 2026 Halloween assortment. The lineup covers decor, costumes, treats and family activities, with Hyde & EEK! Boutique decor starting at $5
Walt Disney World’s 2026 Halloween popcorn buckets and sippers add up to six designs across the parks, the water parks, and Disney Springs. Two are
West Mifflin, PA — Kennywood’s Phantom Fall Fest is back on select dates from September 12 through November 1, 2026. By day the event stays
Long Beach, CA — The original Scream returns to select theaters on October 30, Paramount announced during the film’s 30th anniversary cast reunion at Midsummer
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 — Midsummer Scream, billed as the world’s largest Halloween and horror convention, is leaving its longtime Long Beach home. The event will
Long Beach, CA — Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood is hiding a character somewhere in the park this year, and finding her is part of the
Long Beach, CA — Slash wrote the music for a new Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood haunted house, and its villain sings. At Universal’s Midsummer Scream
Long Beach, CA — Art the Clown is taking over the Terror Tram. At the Halloween Horror Nights panel at Midsummer Scream, creative director John
Home Depot’s 7 FT Grave & Bones Animated LED Plague Doctor is a $199 animatronic in the retailer’s 2026 Halloween collection, and it has become
Krispy Kreme’s newest fall treat is Churro Doughnut Dots, eight cinnamon-sugar bites of its doughnut dough with a dulce de leche dip, in shops since
Gideon’s Bakehouse built its August 2026 menu around peanut butter and espresso, led by a new Peanut Butter Cold Brew Cookie. The gothic Orlando bakery,
Entenmann’s and Little Bites brought back their fall and Halloween treats for 2026, and the lineup has one new item: Entenmann’s Apple Cider Donut Holes.
Lake Buena Vista, FL — Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar, the Indiana Jones-themed bar at Disney Springs, brings its Halloween overlay back on August 11 with
Spirit Halloween’s 6-foot-8 Alien Xenomorph animatronic costs $449.99, holds a 4.94 rating from 90 ratings, and cannot be ordered from the website. Shipping is listed
Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, the restaurant at the center of the Five Nights at Freddy’s games, is being built for real. American Dream in East Rutherford,
Spencer Spirit Holdings, the company behind Spirit Halloween, has signed a definitive agreement to buy Hot Topic, Inc. and its three brands: Hot Topic, BoxLunch,
Six Flags has confirmed the full details of its Diablo haunted maze. DIABLO: The Infernal Path, a new maze based on Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo video
Update, August 17, 2026: Six Flags has now revealed the four new IPs. They are JASON: Blood Reign, Final Destination: Death’s Playground, Blair Witch: No
Spirit Halloween’s 2026 Ghost Face collection runs from a $7.99 pack of mystery figures to a $279.99 animatronic that stands just over six feet seven,
Ghost cows, 6′ skeleton roosters, animated deviled eggs, and other farm-inspired items headline Tractor Supply’s 2026 Halloween collection. This year’s “Halloween Out Here” collection is
Build-A-Bear’s 2026 Halloween collection, dubbed “Spooky Stuff You Love,” stars a Jumping Spider plush. On August 28, Build-A-Bear grew the collection with a Sanrio Halloween
Regal will sell a popcorn container sculpted as the Lipstick-Face Demon, the red-faced character on the artwork for Insidious: Out of the Further. It reaches
Orlando, FL — HamiKuma, the gut-spilling teddy bear Universal Studios Japan created for Halloween Horror Nights in 2021, is at every Universal Studios park this
Orlando, FL — Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights 2026 merchandise reaches stores over three weeks this month, and most of it lands in the parks rather
Osaka, Japan — A popcorn bucket shaped like a Licker went on sale at Universal Studios Japan on Wednesday, September 9, and the official product
The Disney and Starbucks fall collection is out at both American resorts, and the mug says the quiet part out loud: “enjoy pumpkin spice.” Starbucks
New Orleans, LA — Registration is open for Halloween & Party Expo 2027, which runs January 11 through 13 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention
The Haunted Mansion’s Hatbox Ghost is becoming a popcorn bucket on both coasts. At Disneyland Resort, per Disney’s D23 Day announcement, the Haunted Mansion Hatbox
Universal City, CA — Universal Studios Hollywood has announced Killer Klowns from Outer Space as a haunted house for Halloween Horror Nights 2026, the seventh
Oreo Ghosts have started turning up in Halloween aisles, and the thing worth knowing before you go looking is that they are not a ghost-shaped
Fall officially arrives at Starbucks on Tuesday, August 25 with the return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte. Alongside it come three new pumpkin spice beverages,
Every 2026 date of Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is sold out, according to Disney, and the party’s food and merchandise are sold only to guests
Disneyland’s 2026 Halloween menu covers dozens of new treats, snacks, and drinks across Disneyland Park, Disney California Adventure, Downtown Disney, and the resort hotels. Most
The Monster Cereals have made it to the Halloween tree. Old World Christmas, the Spokane, Washington ornament maker hand-blowing glass since 1979, is selling Boo
Hershey has a name for the economy we’ve been describing all year: Treatonomics, “a consumer trend in which people prioritize joyful, memorable experiences and generosity
Two weeks ago I asked whether summer had become the new shoulder season. Last week, Universal’s earnings confirmed it: summer is on sale, and the
Sandusky, OH — Cedar Point has posted the full HalloWeekends 2026 lineup. The season runs select days and nights from September 17 through November 1,
Hershey has released its Unwrapping Halloween: State of the Season report, built on a Morning Consult survey of 3,026 US adults fielded July 8 through
Six Flags St. Louis is now Mid America Adventure, and its Fright Fest 2026 runs select nights from September 12 through November 1 in Eureka,
Disney Store’s Halloween Shop is up for 2026 with 537 items across costumes, apparel, plush, ornaments, pins, and home decor. That is a lot of
The short answer for anyone typing this into a search bar: no. Hobby Lobby does not carry Halloween decorations, and the company formally discontinued the
Old Navy has launched Haunted Harvest, a Disney collaboration built around Mickey and Friends in fall and Halloween mode. The collection page lists 45 items
Universal City, CA — The Purge: Dangerous Waters is returning to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood for 2026, its fourth consecutive year. Universal
