More than 120 Southern California homes opened as Halloween attractions in October 2026, from skeletons on the front lawn to backyard mazes with live scare actors. The SoCal Haunt List counted 127 home haunts across the region as of September 28, and only one of them listed an admission price. This page keeps the 2026 numbers and the home haunts I’d drive for, and I add the 2027 listings when the SoCal Haunt List posts them.
Southern California’s Home Haunts by the Numbers
A home haunt is a Halloween attraction someone builds at their own house, usually open only a few nights a year. The SoCal Haunt List, where haunt owners post the listings themselves, had 127 of them for 2026 as of September 28:
- 70 yard displays
- 47 walk-throughs
- 10 haunted shows
Another 15 listings were paid attractions and theater shows, which I didn’t count here. Only one of the 127 home haunts listed an admission price, $10, and 107 were listed as fine for all ages.
The list files each haunt under the area its owner picks:
| Area | Home haunts listed |
| San Fernando Valley | 36 |
| Santa Clarita and beyond | 24 |
| Inland Empire | 21 |
| Orange County | 18 |
| Los Angeles | 16 |
| Simi Valley | 9 |
| San Gabriel Valley | 3 |
By city, Santa Clarita had the most, with 13, and Burbank was next with 11. Five more were in San Diego County, filed under other areas. The list itself started in 2013 as a homemade flyer of nine houses.
For trick-or-treating, Reese’s list of the 150 best trick-or-treat streets in America has four in the Los Angeles area: W Clark Ave. in Burbank, Motor Ave. in Los Angeles, E Alegria Ave. in Sierra Madre, and Diamond Ave. in South Pasadena.
How to Visit a Home Haunt
These are people’s homes, and most open for a few hours on a few nights. You can see yard displays from the sidewalk whenever they’re lit. Walk-throughs have a line and a set window, and most of the ones below open at 7 p.m.
In 2026, three of the walk-throughs below, Rotten Apple 907, Terror on Laura Street, and Hellizondo Haunt, were open only four nights each, all on the last two weekends of October.
Park like a neighbor. The Gershon Dungeon, an Orange County home haunt, asks visitors on its site to “be considerate of neighbors when parking on street” and to “pickup trash!”
Bring a donation. Most home haunts are free, and some pass donations to charity. Rotten Apple 907 gives 100% of its donations to a charity, and Gothic Hills Cemetery asks for non-perishable food or pet supplies.
The 2026 Home Haunts I’d Drive For
Every detail below comes from the haunt’s website or ticket page.
San Fernando Valley and Burbank
Rotten Apple 907: Twisted Yuletide (Burbank). Rotten Apple 907 has built a new themed haunt at its Burbank home most years since at least 2003, and in 2026 Halloween Town threw a Christmas party in Twisted Yuletide. The haunt started as a child’s birthday party, and the Meyer family and a crew of volunteers now build it. It welcomed more than 4,000 people in 2021. It’s free, and all donations go to a charity, in 2026 the Volunteers of Burbank Animal Shelter. It was open October 24, 25, 30, and 31. I covered its 2017 haunt, The Portal, and filmed its 2022 walk-through:
Burbank’s other home haunts, including Circus of Nightmares, the Buena Vista Haunt, and the Wicked of Oz house, are in my 2025 Halloween night video at the top of this page.
Hellizondo Haunt: The Rift: 1906 (Canoga Park). Hellizondo set its 2026 walk-through on a wrecked San Francisco wharf after the 1906 earthquake, where “something ancient has awakened” from a rift under the bay. It was free, with live actors, strobe lights, fog, and music, and new scenes in 2026, open October 24, 25, 30, and 31, 7 to 10 p.m., at 21024 Arminta Street. The haunt spent 13 years in Simi Valley before moving to Canoga Park in 2020.
Spooky Hollows: The Cult of Mr. Sticky (Van Nuys). The Cult of Mr. Sticky was a 15-minute haunted show watched from the sidewalk, and its makers stressed that it was not a walk-through. It ran on a loop from 7 to 10 p.m., with a five-minute break between shows, on October 23, 24, 25, 30, and 31 and November 1, at 16418 Gilmore Street. The crew behind it has been haunting together for more than two decades.
Santa Clarita and Beyond
Santa Clarita had more home haunts on the 2026 list than any other city. Beware the Dark Realm opens my 2025 video, the year its walk-through was a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne.
In 2021, I talked with the builders of two Santa Clarita home haunts, Coffinwood Cemetery and Somber Cemetery, for a podcast episode on home haunting.
My 2024 Halloween night tour covers two of Santa Clarita’s walk-throughs, Beware the Dark Realm and Nightmare on Linda Vista Street, plus four more across the Los Angeles area:
Orange County
Haunted Mansion Haunt (Trabuco Canyon). For its 20th anniversary in 2026, this home turned into Disney’s Haunted Mansion with a scarier edge. Its site promised Madame Leota, the Singing Busts, the Hitchhiking Ghosts, full-size jumping animatronics, and former Knott’s Scary Farm actors. It was aimed at adults and teens, but for families with little ones, its actors “maintain the fun and friendly atmosphere this attraction is known for.” It was free, with reservations on Eventbrite, on 22 nights from October 3 through November 1, 7 to 9 p.m. (9:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays), at 28322 Millwood Road.
Terror on Laura Street (La Habra). This walk-through was open four nights in 2026, October 23, 24, 30, and 31, starting at 7 p.m., and it stayed open “as long as we have a line.” Its owners said they wanted to break their attendance record in 2026.
Inland Empire
Gothic Hills Cemetery (Riverside). Gothic Hills is a haunted cemetery and pumpkin patch run by the Gothic Hills Foundation, which its team formed to give back to the community through the free event. In 2026 it could be seen from the street every night from 6 to 10 p.m., October 1 through November 2, and walked through Thursdays through Sundays, except Saturday, October 24. It was free, and it asked for non-perishable food or pet supplies for its charity partners. It moved in 2026, to 11109 Middleborough Road. It won Best Animated Prop and Best Static Prop at the 2019 Home Haunter Awards.
Los Angeles, Simi Valley, the San Gabriel Valley, and San Diego
The 2026 list had 16 home haunts filed under Los Angeles, 9 under Simi Valley, and 3 under the San Gabriel Valley, plus five in San Diego County, all with dates and a map on the SoCal Haunt List.
Ticketed Haunted Houses Nearby
For paid haunted houses, see my Los Angeles haunted houses guide, my Haunted Houses in California guide, my San Diego haunted houses guide, and my list of when every haunted house opens. For home haunting beyond Southern California, see my story on the Epic Home Haunts documentary.
Where These Numbers Come From
The counts in this story come from the SoCal Haunt List, which home haunter and content creator Derek Young started in 2013 and Midsummer Scream sponsors. Haunt owners submit the listings themselves, and its map has every haunt with dates and hours. The counts are as of September 28, and new listings were still being added that day. Details on each haunt above come from that haunt’s website or ticket page.
Last updated: November 5, 2026.
