Unleash Your Inner Thrill-Seeker with These Haunted Easter Events Across the Country

Springtopia Fest is a new event in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles, CA. Occupying 200,000 sq. ft. of space, Springtopia, presented by Valley Fright Nights, has 7 themed lands (including a “Spookyland” section with two haunted houses), rides, games, and food. Philip and Emily of the Haunted Attraction Network spent an evening exploring the event. From scares to Santa to Emily’s harrowing escape from a man-eating shark, watch our exciting adventures through the 7 lands of Springtopia Fest 

Ohio’s futuristic immersive art experience, Otherworld, is partnering with Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group to open a second venue in Philadelphia, PA. Founded by Jordan Renda, who has a background in haunted houses and escape rooms, Otherword mixes large-scale immersive art and mixed-reality playgrounds. The new location will feature more than 55 rooms, mixed reality playrooms, and art installations, as well as cutting edge tech solutions including holograms, holodecks, more than 150 projectors, motion tracking cameras, and over 10km of LEDs. According to the press release, guests will experience “iridescent creatures and primordial monsters, crawlable tubes and infinite expanses of light, and alluring art with depth and a captivating narrative”. The new location is set to open in May 2023 and will be operated by Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group. For exclusive access to discount presale tickets, sign up for their mailing list on their official website. 

April 13th – 15th, 2023 come visit the University of Florida’s first ever on-campus haunted house, Crimson Carnival, presented by “Swamp Haunters” (Gainsville, FL). Swamp Haunters is the first and only team at the University of Florida focused on designing and building a haunted house. Their project brings together students from different disciplines to design and construct a themed haunted house completely from scratch, giving members valuable hand-on experience. These students develop their teamwork, professional communicative, and leadership abilities, whilst gaining the unique opportunity to network in the themed entertainment industry. Crimson Carnival is a 1,200 square foot haunted house that will feature seven rooms, live actors, animatronics, special effects, and more. “Our goal as a team is to take the level of detail you’d see at other regional haunts and deliver that on a smaller-scale package in Gainesville,” said Josh Kesten, one of the design team captains at Swamp Haunters. “We plan on using this ‘Halfway-to-Halloween’ event to work out our operational kinks before our fall event.” Tickets are on sale now for $5 each. 

It’s time for Half-Way to Halloween at Reign of Terror Haunted House (Thousand Oaks, CA). The haunt will open for two nights – Friday, April 28th & Saturday, April 29th – to celebrate the halfway point to their favorite time of year. See a ton of big changes since 2022, including: huge new creature characters to encounter where you least expect; renovated themes and twisted walk-through paths that keep you guessing; premiering massive special effects to leave you breathless; and a new darkly disturbing Forest of Fear. Tickets are on sale now starting at $35 for Regular Admission and $60 for Immediate Access Tickets. Onsite tickets will be cash-only.

Vampires, trolls, mermaids, and monsters of all descriptions await you in the Mythical Monster Museum of Raptus and Krane at the Scarborough Renaissance Fest (Waxahachie, TX) April 8th – May 29th. This walk through attraction is filled with all manner of monsters, from tiny fairies to mighty dragons. See the equipment and weapons used to slay and capture these creatures and behold the preserved remains of these monsters- as well as several beasts that have been captured “alive” (or – in some cases – undead). Admission to the Mythical Monster Museum is $5 and all guests must have valid festival admission to attend. Festival tickets are on sale now starting at $32 for an Adult One-Day ticket or $150 for an Adult Season Pass.