Haunted Attraction Association Certifies 67 Top Haunts for 2025

The Haunted Attraction Association (HAA) has announced its 2025 Top Haunts, recognizing 67 attractions across the United States and beyond. This year marks a significant expansion of the program, introducing Gold and Silver tiers to recognize excellence at various stages of growth within the industry.

Expanded Recognition for 2025

Since its inception, the Top Haunts program has been the benchmark for professionalism and safety in the haunted attraction industry. Traditionally, only attractions with a decade or more of operation and at least 10,000 annual guests were eligible.

For 2025, HAA broadened the program to include:

• Iconic (Platinum): 10+ years in operation and 10,000+ annual guests

• Gold: 5+ years in operation and 5,000+ annual guests

• Silver: 2+ years in operation and 3,000+ annual guests

This expansion allows newer and mid-sized attractions to be recognized for meeting the same high standards of safety, education, and industry leadership as their more established peers.

What It Takes to Be a Top Haunt

Every certified Top Haunt—regardless of tier—must meet a set of rigorous requirements that go beyond entertainment value. These include:

• Active HAA membership and operation as a commercial haunted attraction

• Proof of at least $1 million in general liability insurance

• Completion of the C.H.A.O.S. safety program

• Registration and inspection by state and local authorities

• Staff training with employee handbooks and documented emergency programs

• A commitment to reinvestment, professional conduct, and raising industry standards

Background checks for staff are also strongly recommended.

Honoring 67 Top Haunts

This year’s 67 certified Top Haunts include 53 Iconic (Platinum), 7 Gold, and 7 Silver. These attractions represent the best of the industry—setting benchmarks for safe operations, immersive experiences, and community leadership.

2025 HAA Top Haunts Honorees

Iconic (Platinum) Haunts

• Akron Haunted Schoolhouse and Haunted Laboratory – Akron, OH
• Boone Hall Fright Nights – Mount Pleasant, SC
• Creepy Hollow Haunted House – Rosharon, TX
• Dark Hour Haunted House – Plano, TX
• Dark Prison – Carson City, NV
• Delusion – Los Angeles, CA
• Dread Hollow – Chattanooga, TN
• Factory of Terror – Canton, OH
• Fariston’s Haunted Forest and Myrtle’s Manor – London, KY
• Fear Factory Haunted Attraction – Salt Lake City, UT
• Fear Farm – Scottsdale, AZ
• Field of Screams – Mountville, PA
• Field of Scream MT –  Victor, MT
• Fright Nights at the South Florida Fairgrounds – West Palm Beach, FL
• Fright Nights WV  – Daniels, WV
• Frightland – Middletown, DE
• Frightmare Farms Haunted Scream Park – Palermo, NY
• Ghostly Manor –  Sandusky, OH
• Halloween Nights of Eastern State Penitentiary – Philadelphia, PA
• Haunted Hollow – Rockwood, Pa
• Hobb’s Grove – Sanger, CA
• House of Torment  – Austin, TX
• Haunted Hunt Club Farm – Virginia Beach, VA
• Headless Horseman Hayrides & Haunted Houses – Ulster Park, NY
• Hundred Acres Manor – Pittsburgh, PA
• Hysterium – Fort Wayne, IN
• Legends of Fear – Shelton, CT
• Los Angeles Haunted Hayride  – Los Angeles, CA
• Nashville Nightmare – Nashville, TN
• Niles Scream Park – Niles, MI
• Pennhurst Asylum – Spring City, PA
• Realm of Terror – Round Lake Beach, IL
• Reapers Revenge – Blakely, PA
• Scaregrounds PDX – Portland, OR
• Shocktoberfest – Reading, PA
• Sinister Tombs Haunted House – Eastview, KY
• Sir Henry’s Haunted Trail – Plant City, FL
• Spook Hollow – Marquette Heights, IL
• Spooky Ranch – Columbia Station, OH
• Terror in the Corn – Erie, CO
• Terror on the Fox  – Green Bay, WI
• The Castle of Chaos Haunted House – Midvale, UT
• The Dent Schoolhouse – Cincinnati, OH
• The Devils Attic – Louisville, KY
• The Haunted Farm – Hendersonville, NC
• The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor – Long Beach, CA
• USS Nightmare – Newport, KY
• Wiard’s Orchards’ Night Terrors– Ypsilanti, MI
• Woods of Terror – Greensboro, NC
• 13th Floor Haunted House Chicago – Chicago, IL
• 13th Floor Haunted House Denver – Denver, CO
• 13th Floor Haunted House Phoenix  – Phoenix, AZ
• 13th Floor Haunted House San Antonio – San Antonio, TX

Gold Haunts

• 13th Floor Haunted House Houston – Houston, TX
• 13th Floor Haunted House Jacksonville – Jacksonville, FL
• Cinema of Horrors Haunted House – Kelso, WA
• Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns Denver – Denver, CO
• New Orleans Nightmare – New Orleans, LA
• Terror Manor – Roanoke City, VA
• The Old Joliet Haunted Prison – Joliet, IL

Silver Haunts

• Aura Haunted House – Peoria, IL
• Black Water Grave – Bartow, FL
• Festival Fright Nights – San Jose, CA
• Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns LA – Los Angeles, CA
• Milltown Haunt – Lovettsville, VA
• Nightmares on the Rogue Haunted Attraction – Medford, OR
• The Haunt PA – Schaefferstown, PA

About the Haunted Attraction Association

The Haunted Attraction Association (HAA) is the only official association in the haunt industry, representing owners, operators, designers, vendors, and enthusiasts. Through trade shows, supplier partnerships, and educational programs, the HAA champions excellence and growth in this multi-million-dollar industry. Membership is open to anyone involved in the haunted attraction industry, from home haunters to large-scale attractions.

Learn more at hauntedattractionassociation.com.