Texas runs one of the country’s deepest haunt seasons. Five Texas haunts hold current Haunted Attraction Association Top Haunt certification, three theme parks run separately
Lush Cosmetics has released its 2026 Halloween collection earlier than ever this year for “Summerween” enthusiasts. The collection went live on the Lush app on
Louisville, KY — Kentucky Kingdom is the new home of Jack O’ Lantern Spectacular, the illuminated hand-carved-pumpkin trail that is running its 14th year at
Poppy Playtime fans, you win Halloween 2026! HalloweenCostumes.com has released two full-size, officially licensed animatronics from the indie horror game franchise this year: a 7.5-foot
LEGOLAND is adding a new attraction called Brick or Treat Street at both LEGOLAND California and LEGOLAND Florida for the 2026 Halloween season, an interactive
Universal has announced Evil Dead Burn haunted houses at both of its United States Halloween Horror Nights events this fall, tied to New Line Cinema’s
Orlando, FL — Universal Orlando has put its Halloween Horror Nights 35 multi-night Frequent Fear passes on sale, and it has added a brand-new 5-House
The story of 2026 Halloween retail isn’t a single big-box winner or a viral 12-foot skeleton. It’s the fandoms. This year’s shelves and search bars
HalloweenCostumes.com has released its 2026 animatronics lineup, and it is the largest and most ambitious the retailer has ever put out. This year’s collection tops
Anthropologie’s Halloween 2026 collection is live with 439 pieces from $12 to $498, including new Icon glasses, cat stoneware, and illuminated vines.
Redlands, CA — After 45 years running Southern California’s largest pumpkin patch, Live Oak Canyon in Redlands is opening its first-ever haunted maze this October.
All six of Disney’s resorts are running Halloween now. Walt Disney World, Disneyland Resort, Tokyo Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris are in
Shanghai Disney Resort’s 2026 Halloween runs from October 4 through November 1 as part of the resort’s 10th Birthday celebration. Unlike the hard-ticket Halloween parties
Disney Halloween Time is back at Hong Kong Disneyland, and 2026 is largely a return of what worked last year. The villain-themed season, “Party Like
Disneyland Paris’s Disney Halloween Festival is running now, from September 26 through November 1, 2026, an earlier start than last season. The park’s pitch sets
Three of North Carolina’s best-known haunted attractions run on a single ticket this November. The Legendary Haunt Tour visits Lake Hickory Haunts on Thursday, Woods
Field of Screams in Mountville, Pennsylvania enters its 34th season as one of the biggest names in American haunting, an HAA-certified Iconic Top Haunt that
Pennhurst Asylum is the most-searched haunt on our Top Haunts list, and no haunt in America has a setting like it. The HAA-certified Iconic Top
Ten major Halloween events run overlapping calendars in and around Orlando each fall. Five theme park events run overlapping calendars from early August through November,
Sir Henry’s Haunted Trail in Plant City sits at exit 22 of I-4, about an hour from Orlando and half an hour from Tampa, and
Spirit Halloween’s first-ever life-size Freddy Fazbear animatronic is $499.99 and sold only in Spirit stores, with no online option. Spirit’s Freddy page still reads “Limited
Costco has a lot of Halloween on shelves this year. The showstopper is a warehouse-exclusive 3.6-foot Mickey Pumpkin with Infinity Mirrors at $219.99. Around it:
Universal Beijing Resort’s autumn Halloween event, branded Scares at Universal (惊彩”环球, Jīng Cǎi Huánqiú), runs from September 4 through November 1, 2026, marking the resort’s
The best haunted houses in America share one mark of distinction: Top Haunt certification from the Haunted Attraction Association. It is the closest thing the
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Japan returns for its 15th anniversary from September 11 through November 8, 2026, running inside the wider Universal Extreme
Fall at Walt Disney World Resort runs from early August through late November 2026, built around Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom, the EPCOT
Midsummer Scream 2027 runs August 6 to 8 at the Anaheim Convention Center, a move from Long Beach that the organizers announced at the 2026
Long Beach, CA — Update, August 11, 2026: the panel has taken place. See our recap of the Scream 30th anniversary reunion, where Paramount announced
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation has announced new Blair Witch: No Signal haunted mazes for the 2026 Halloween season, coming to Dorney Park’s Halloween Haunt in
Orlando, FL — Universal Orlando has discontinued all of its “Fear with Express Pass” products for Halloween Horror Nights 35, ending the multi-year practice of
LEGO Icons Mayor Manor 11383, the first set from the Midnight Valley Collection. (Photo: The LEGO Group) Billund, Denmark, The LEGO Group has debuted a
Home Depot’s 2026 Halloween collection launched online and in the app on July 16, 2026, with an in-store rollout starting in late August. The 12
To get a job at a haunted house, apply directly through the haunt’s website or social pages in August or early September, when most haunts
Last updated: September 24, 2026. The 2027 dates are set. Attendee registration opens March 1, and the prices, hours, and classes below are from the
Most haunted houses opened between September 11 and the first weekend of October 2026. Theme park events started much earlier, with Disneyland’s Halloween season beginning
Universal runs Halloween-season horror events at five parks worldwide, four branded Halloween Horror Nights plus Beijing’s Scares at Universal, and 2026 is a landmark year:
The Bay Area’s 2026 Halloween season spans immersive theater in a historic San Francisco mint, the narrative event at the Winchester Mystery House in San
San Diego’s 2026 Halloween season runs from mid-September through November 1, anchored by SeaWorld’s Howl-O-Scream and the Haunted Trail of Balboa Park, with LEGOLAND covering
Los Angeles runs more major Halloween events than any city in the country, with every theme park in the region staging one, plus professional haunts
California’s Halloween season stands out for its variety: every major theme park runs a Halloween event, professional haunts operate from San Diego to Sacramento, and
San Diego, CA — The Haunted Trail of Balboa Park returns to Marston Point for its 27th year on select nights from September 25 through
SLASHED: Return to Hellville turns you loose inside a 1980s slasher movie. Terror Vault’s 2026 production is a fully immersive, walk-through haunt built as a
Anaheim, CA — Wicked Lit returns for its first season since 2017 with 10 performances from October 29 through November 2, 2026 at a new
Pleasanton, CA — Pirates of Emerson is back at the Alameda County Fairgrounds on select nights through November 1, 2026 for its 36th season. The
Festival Fright Nights is open at the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, running select nights from Friday, September 18 through Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Los Angeles, CA — The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride is open in Griffith Park on select nights through Sunday, November 1, 2026, with the hayride,
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation’s Fright Fest returns for its 34th year in 2026 across the company’s park portfolio. The event runs on select nights at
Valencia, CA — Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain lets season passholders into its seven scare zones, five shows, and night rides at no
Nationwide — Howl-O-Scream, United Parks & Resorts’ hard-ticket Halloween brand, returned to all five of its US locations for the 2026 season on September 11.
SeaWorld San Diego has revealed the full Howl-O-Scream lineup for 2026, and it is the largest in the event’s history: six haunted houses, eight scare
Southern California — The Haunted Car Wash returns for its sixth season this October, expanding to four Southern California regions. The drive-through Halloween experience turns
