Scary Business - Haunted Houses

Turning yards into haunted houses and haunted cemeteries is a long time tradition in the Los Angeles area, especially with so many kids dreaming of growing up to be special effects artists in Hollywood.

Here we present a mix of yard haunts, and their cousins, the haunted theater, haunted bank, haunted ship, haunted storefront, etc.  Most of the yard haunts are just for a night or two at Halloween, but the bigger haunts give you a chance to explore Los Angeles all October long for a chilling good scare of a time. 

Los Angeles Haunted Houses by Area

Please note, there are major shifts in the pro haunted houses this year.  Please check location's carefully and check their websites for latest updates.

Also, our webs are communications are tangled with both geocities and aol hometown shutdown many of the site address are changing.  Updating as fast as our carrier-bats get the new info.

Looking for reviews of LA Haunted Houses?  Check out Hollywood Gothique haunted house reviews.

Scary Burbank, San Fernando Valley (& northwest)

If you're hitting yard haunts on Halloween in the SFV, also check out Stuntacular Stunt Show and other eclectic events as part of your haunt crawl!

Spooky House - Haunted Theme Park

Spooky House is no more.  RIP 1990-2008

The Witecliff Road Haunted Manor

Note: 2009 is a yard display only, expect them back  in full haunt mode next year.

This years updates include a 50' tunnel.  Expanded pet cemetery and an electric chair with special effects. Never the same.  Strong strobe lights. Formally "the Van Noord Street Haunted House". Lower key local event for a weekday haunt.  Haunting since 1995.

Burbank Underground - Rotten Apple 907

 Rotten Apple 907 presents the Burbank underground -- the house where screams are made!  Experience what lives beneath.

Scare levels are adjustable for our younger guests.  Created by professional haunters.  Haunting since 1990.

Fright Fair ScreamPark & Harvest Festival - Pierce College

 Factory of Nightmares - Four dimensions of fear, 4 haunts in one.  Bring your own flash light to investigate the Haunted Trail in the pitch black.

The Halloween Harvest Festival and Corn maze turns into the Fright Fair Factory of Nightmares.  During the day it's kid friendly with farm animals, hay rides, bungee bounce, bounce house, rock wall, giant slide and pony rides.

After dusk venture through the Adventure Corn Maze, or  take a spooky journey into the Haunted House or discover the Creatures of the Corn Haunted Trail.   After dark gets extremely scary.

The House at Haunted Hill

   Magic Lantern Creations, Inc. presents their haunting of the San Fernando Valley with a high-tech home haunt with fully scripted story and original score. Created by Hollywood professionals and supported by fabulous friends and neighbors. Featured on HGTV .

Located in a dark neighborhood with no sidewalks and limited parking.  Carpool if you can, please.   Haunting since 2000. 

Ghost Train in Travel Town

  Playful Spooks invade the mini-trains ( 1/8 scale) at Griffith Park.  Evening rides feature 30 display around the track. Come ride a train!

The Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum has been demonstrates railroads in miniature, 3 different gages, for almost 50 Years.  It has been haunting since 2001.  Checkout pictures from other years.

Haunted Hike

 ???   “Revenge on Chaos Canyon”.  Seven scenes presented by docents at the Stough Canyon Nature Center in Burbank.  Events for adults and kids

The Infected!

???  The U.S. Government got word of a deadly and infectious disease. An emergency order sealing off an Urgent Care Medical facility in Burbank California was quickly put into place. A Military Patrol team and specialized physicians were sent to investigate the quarantined building. The Government has now denied any knowledge of the incident and the Patrol team was never heard from again. There were no explanations; there was no evidence, until now. Experience the truth for yourself when you try to escape.  A house haunt. (Formally 1401 Massacre Manor.)  Haunting since 2001, at this location since 2007.

The Jackson Manor

Taking a year off, back in 2010

   Yard haunt with elaborate props and decoration.   (Their website also has lots of good instructions for building your own haunted house and yard haunt.) Haunting since 2002.

The Haunt... With No Name Yet

 Yard haunt that chooses to use eerie lighting with an chilling atmosphere to turn a corner lot of suburbia into a haunted graveyard.  Classy, moody haunt, vs. scare.  Haunting since 1992.

Skull Kingdom Haunt Haunted House 

 On hiatus for 2010.  Working with the crew at Old Time Haunt

Behind the forbidding castle walls of Skull Kingdom, you’ll find a haunting collection of goblins, ghosts and monsters – all of which are trained to make your every nightmare come true.  Night time mega scary session for adults and the older kids. The family matinee daytime tour combines humor with spooky twists, making it the perfect option for family adventurers.  New for 2008.

Reign of Terror

  Evil is lurking! The Reign Of Terror award winning haunt will be over 2200 square feet  and full of new details and great scares at it's new location .  Complex animations and high set detail.   Haunting since 2002.

Haunted Mansion

??? Van Nuys Magnet High, nature conservancy club is displaying their  version of the "Haunted Mansion".  The display will feature  Madame Leota, the Bride with her "husband's head".  Your ghost host to greet and guide you.  It is not as much a scary experience as it is unique and interesting.  For 4 and up.   

Collecting empty cans and bottles for recycling as a donation.  There will be candy.

Curse of the Ghoul Mine - Heritage Haunt

 Enter the "Ghoul Mines" if you dare. It is a high end haunt using combined live action and animatronics to give you chills vs. lunatic scares.  This takes place at an historic mining location used in early cowboy movies.  The spooky environment surrounds you.  Take a tour through this Haunted house and witness its paranormal activity first hand.

Haunting this location since 2007.

Daytime activities on Saturday include a Pumpkin Festival from 11am-3pm Oct 24, 2009.  Come see the haunt in the daylight for a behind the scenes look.  

Molar Manor - House of the Dancing Dead

??? "The House of the Dancing Dead" is not your normal haunted house.  The manor is in a permanent location with rooms filled with scary mechanical props as well as spooky live monsters.  Over 9000 square feet of self-guided tour featuring the spooky prop collection of Dr. Ronald Singer.

New location as of 2006.  Haunting since 2001.

Los Angeles Haunted Hayride

 The Haunted Hayride, which aims to blur the lines between horror and reality, will send a tingle down the spines of Angelinos who aren’t used to being in the woods at night.  IT is a twenty-minute ride from start to finish down a trail comprised of 8 major scenes that are being referred to as “high octane” scares. In addition, there will be numerous smaller scenes to fill in the gaps, and a host of actors that are sure to be exactly where you WOULDN’T expect them.

Other attractions will include “Ghost Stories” around the campfire complete with S’mores, hot apple cider, candy apples, and many other nostalgic fall time refreshments. Select Ghost Story nights will feature Celebrity readers. There will also be a “Haunted Carnival” sideshow reminiscent of the antique carnivals that left spectators both entertained and disturbed.

The Pumpkin Patch Haunted Maze

 Exploring the atmosphere of the Day of The Dead, visitors of all ages can now enter the maze and experience a creative display of skeletons, aliens, and museum style scenes that capture the eerie spirit of Halloween.  This is not a haunted house event where people in costumes jump out to scare you. Visitors can enjoy this unique Halloween art display.  Pumpkin patch, petting zoo, magic shows.  

Day time tours are in full light and ideal for children who are scared of the dark yet still enjoy a spooky experience. The night display is a bit more creepy and mysterious. Both daytime and nighttime are kid friendly.

The Haunted House of Sylmar

Lots of lights and special effects, a maze, a haunted graveyard, the witches quarters (with a bubbling cauldron) and the crazy butchers block. There will be over 10 characters ready to terrify trick-or-treaters.

The lil ones that are too terrified to come in the gate will be greeted with candy by a kid-friendly character.  New haunt for 2009.

Art Rebel's Haunted Gallery

Guests in line will see old school horror films on walls, listen to ghost stories, and perhaps meet a zombie that teaches them the Thriller Dance Routine.  After 8 pm will be for guests over 13.  Once inside the Gallery will resemble the Night of the Museum where creepy things come to life... Some may enter but some may not leave.

Before 8pm, the Gallery will have a scavenger hunt for the younger guests to go through looking for the Golden Pumpkin with prizes to discover.  

Frightening San Gabriel Valley (& east)

Old Town Haunt

   Don't let the history scare you!  Explore the dark catacombs of Old Town Pasadena.  Find out the secret of the haunted bank in the Realm of Shadows!  Discover the real reason behind the bank failure, if you dare.

They have less scary children's matinee every Saturday and Sunday afternoon.  By the folks that brought you the San Fernando Valley's Spook House.  Haunting this location since 2005.

Altadena's Haunted Jail

 Set in the 1948 jail, scary in of its self, our visitors will walk through different zones where they will encounter our ghoulish ‘prisoners’.  Be prepared to be scared in 3D."  Haunting since 1998. 

Drama After Dark: A Night of the Macabre with Poe and Gorey - The Huntington Library

  Thrill to the tales of Edgar Allan Poe and Edward Gorey in an evening of chilling drama presented by the actors of the Guild of St. George. During the course of the evening, audience members will be able to see up to six out of the ten or more performances that are played simultaneously at various performance sites throughout the upper levels of the grounds.  Goosebumps guaranteed!  With the Guild of St George

Pomona Fairplex Haunt information <here>

Ghostly Los Angeles (& south)

Annual Hollywood Cemetery Walking Tour

  The stars are waiting for you on this tour of one of Old Hollywood’s most sought after "afterworld" addresses.  This gorgeous old site is the final resting place for a pantheon of performers, including Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Barbara LaMarr, C.B. De Mille,—and other high-flying Angelenos—and as the elegant (and eclectic) collection of monuments and mausoleums attest, our forefathers died as stylishly as they lived.  Tour and tales!

STAR ECO Station  

 The award winning STAR ECO Station is an official wildlife rescue center as well as  an award winning educational center.  The rescued animals are there in a great environment that allows kids (or anyone) to get up close and personal with them. 

Creepy Crawly Creature Feature

A Zany entomology expo for kids, with hundreds of bug, spider and butterfly species, outrageous edible insects, scientists and specialists! Turn your bug fears into fascination.

Enchanted Hallow's Eve

Join goblins & ghouls, witches & wizards.  "Live snakes, spiders, alligators and goblins, plus other creatures of the night. Two paths to choose, a real fright for the strong of heart or a safe and magical experience for the little ones." Choose Enchanted Hallow's Eve or the Infamous Haunted Academy for the fearless.

The Haunted Shack

A residential haunt and maze for Halloween Night.  Low on gore, high on startle and tricks.  Haunting since 1997.

Theatre 68's Haunted House

 The 68 Cent Crew Theater Company has transformed its space on Sunset Boulevard into a haven for ghouls, goblins and ghosts.  Anyone who dares is invited to enjoy a chilling tour through a “graveyard” and into a haunted house of otherworldly proportions.   Those who venture through will be met by many not-so-restful souls brought to life by actors from the theater company.  Haunting since 2006.

Satan's Chop Shop

On hiatus for 2009

   Hungry for a maze? A sick maze to scare the living s*%$ out of you. Satan's chop shop is designed by Hollywood movie artists and actually makes you feel in the environment, from the intestines on the walls to the live chainsaws of Satan's demented minions.

Nightmare on Beacon Street - Beacon House

   The annual Haunted House sponsored by the Beacon House Association of San Pedro and produced by the residents and staff of Beacon House. This year it's a "Nightmare on Beacon Street" a haunted maze and street festival for the entire family.  Other activities include; food, games, costume contest, dancing, karaoke, pumpkin painting, face painting.  Haunting since 1986.

The Realm of Terror Haunted Maze

Taking 2009 off, back for 2019

  A medium sized yard haunt this year but run by an experienced crew.    Doing their "greatest hits".  Low gore, acceptable for all ages. Haunting since 2000.   

The House of Restless Spirits

 What do you get when you mix a professional magician with an aerospace engineer and more technicians?  A highly technical haunt with complex chills and thrills.  Haunting since 1997.

Arrrrrre You Scared of Halloween?

???  Prepare to walk the plank during Halloween. The Bellflower Theater will be transformed into the spooky pirate town of Port Royal for the Youth Cultural Arts Foundation's annual Halloween Haunt.  The haunt will feature more than a dozen actors and its theme will center around a treasure hunt, a captain and his mutinous crew. Each tour is free and runs between 15 and 20 minutes.  Haunting since 2007.

The Midnight Monster Show & Haunted House

???  Welcome to an adult haunted house in Silverlake!  Featuring live bands, drinks and a Halloween Show.  See how hipster's do Halloween!

Revenge of the Ninja Maze and Block Party Fall Festival

 The ninjas awake to protect their domain. Try and survive your passage through this haunted dojo as the restless undead ninja of the Kage No Michi clan return to kill all intruders! This maze will surely put you to the test! Try if you dare, but remember: Vengeance is their legacy!

Festival includes snack shack, carnival style games, prizes, drawings, and more.

Trick or Treat at the Haunted Villa

??? Children of all ages are invited to enter the Haunted Villa¹s inner courtyard for tricks, treats and spooky fun on Halloween night.  It's a simple walk-though in a fun-filled spooky atmosphere.

The Insane House of Pain

The circus is coming to town... well sort of...

A high-tech amateur haunt built to professional standards.  Haunting since 1989.

Vampyr Inn's Bloody Ball

The ancient race gathers at the Vampyr Inn for the primordial gala in the moor of Hollywood.  The faithful gather for the bloody ball to renew their vows to the powers of the darkness that drives their thirst for immortality and blood.  It's a mixture of scares, theatre and effects will be used to scare the wits out of you!  2009 is their premier haunt year.

Chilling Orange County

George Newnam's Casa de Calaveras - House of Skeletons

The Hispanic Arts Council of The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art celebrates  El Dia de los Muertos.  View George Newnam's annual display of life-size Skeletons in the Casa de Calaveras - House of Skeletons special exhibit. --  A visual narrative of installations chronicling the spiritual journey of Jose and Gloria Calavera during Mexico's El Dia de Los Muertos, The Day of the Dead.  An educational, multi-cultural walk-through attraction featuring life-size fully dressed skeleton figures aided by black lighting, props and music.

Revel in one of Mexico's oldest traditions by honoring the spirits of our lost loved ones as they come back to earth on this special day. Dia de los Muertos is a celebration of life through music, dance, food and art. . Since 2004.   

The Terry Haunt - Clownz

  The family that Haunts together, ah... has a lot of fun together.  They've been converting their garage since 1997 creating a great neighborhood block party.  It's expanded quite a bit.  As always, eyeballs are steamed, not fried.  This year - "Clownz" .  Not all Clowns are friendly.  Not all Clowns like children.  Not all Clowns are safe to be near...  Come and visit our Circus this Halloween season.  We guarantee you will NEVER look at Clowns the same again.

As always, any missing limbs will be available for pickup in our lost and found department. Who doesn't love clowns?

Sinister Pointe

This is a multi-haunted house attraction venue featuring two attractions and one scare zone. The first attraction will be based on the popular video game and movie "Silent Hill. The other attraction is  "FEAR", an interactive experience that puts you against your worst fears. You will have to overcome your fears and solve problems to make it through the haunt. The scare zone is a post-apocalyptic town crawling with deformed monsters and creatures that scare our patrons as they walk up to the haunt as well as while they wait in line.   New for 2009, but buy the folks who been doing Tustin Haunt

Tustin Haunt

The Tustin Haunt Will Not Be Operating a "walk-though" haunted attraction in 2009. See Sinister Pointe , our professional haunted house in Brea, CA.

There will be a haunted graveyard display at our old location for those who wish to have something spooky to view on Halloween.  Amazing scenes, props, lighting, sound design, and animatronics.   Haunting at this location since 2003

Shipwreck Haunt

Reopening at a new location in 2010!  Read their MySpace blogs for details

Currently working on securing a new location in "Hauntington Beach" and are ready to take OC by storm! Over 100,000 sq. ft. Haunting since 1995 at the Queen Mary. Not able to secure a location for 2009.

The Haunting - Anaheim

  The Haunting, an Anaheim  yard haunt.  Haunting since 1997.

Nightmares and Beyond

???   Multi-room haunt.  Alien Room, Mothman Room, Clown Room, the horrors of Rosemary's baby, Michael Myers, Freddy, Jason, haunted illusions, floating monsters.  The dead will come alive.  Haunting in Mission Viejo since 1996.

"Pagliacci's Circus" - Phobia Productions

On hiatus for 2009 

   Pagliacci's Circus"  That's right...the circus has come to town and taken over! Clowns run amuck and you are the show...for us! See things you never thought you'd see before in vivid clown color. Maze built and run by professional haunters.  (Moved from Simi Valley in 2008)

Haunted Trails - City of Laguna Niguel

   A tornado ripped through Crown Valley Park dropping a “Lost Island” along the creek bed. Small groups will be escorted through the “Pirate Village” and wind through the “Jungle Maze,” avoiding the “Wild Animals” who live along the trail. Island cannibals will show you their village life as you wind through the tents and end up on the banks of “Lost Island.” Wear comfortable shoes to walk along the trail.    Haunting since 2001.

Boot Hill

  An elaborate yard display in Irvine, BOOT HILL rises from the fog.  The unearthly spirits from the old west town of Bridgewood will materialize for four short nights, transforming the residence at 16 Goldenrod into the old church and cemetery that once occupied the land.  Come if you dare...but beware the ghost of Jedediah Smith, he has been known to roam through the decaying grounds of Boot Hill. 

Haunting since 2000.

Dark Reams - The Haunt Worx

Off for 2009 due to permit and location issues, back in 2010 

  A 1,400 square foot maze with ghosts, goblins and more. Strobe lighting is used in the maze.   Admission: $5, part of the proceeds go to benefit CHOC.  Haunting since 2001.

The Empty Grave Haunted Attraction

50,000 square feet of terror! Can you handle what we have in store for you? New haunt for 2009.

Cook Haunt 

Taking 2009 off, back in 2010.

Scary neighborhood haunt.  Haunting since 1971.

Carn-Evil of Clowns Haunted Maze

Scary neighborhood haunted houses being held by the Tiedt Family in South Corona. Homemade scare-fest in front of their home. Beware the clowns!  The CarnEvil of Clowns is scary, but a PG version is available for younger kids.  

The haunted maze is produced by family and friends.   Scaring since 2008

More Orange County Haunting and Halloween Events and <here>

Terrifying Riverside & San Bernardino Counties

Nightmare at Scareview Farms  

  Brand new scare at the Pomona Fairplex.  Stumble into the Pirate of the Dead Seas where famous robbers of the sea are determined to capture you aboard their dilapidated pirate ship and spend eternity with you in Davey Jones’s locker.  Discover the chilling “cold ones” when you open The Vampire Vault and are welcomed in by blood suckers who can’t wait to have a drink from you, um…we mean with you. Visit The Haunted Cattle Barn where an ordinary day at the farm turns in to a night of fright.

Night of Terror at Columbia Point

???  This year's theme: the Haunted Circus.  Warning to parents... there will be clowns, scary clowns!  Free.  Haunting since 1990.

Chambers of the Mausoleum

 ???  Beneath the streets and homes of Riverside lies a network of tunnels and catacombs which were once used by the cloaked members of a secret religious sect for some unknown purpose. The darkness that dwells below has been clawing its way to the surface and will soon break through to roam the once hallowed grounds of the Castle Park Cemetery in the month of October. Come explore the hidden crypts and forbidden passageways, if you dare

Alien Infestation

  This traditional back-yard haunt takes guests through a backyard maze filled with various sci-fi sets, props, and effects where guests will encounter mutated creatures of all shapes and sizes. These creatures may leap out in unexpected places to startle passing guests. Though some blood will be present, the amount of gore is kept to a minimum.  The sci-fi themed event that utilize years of experience in creating effects in the film and television industry. creating a unique Halloween event to be enjoyed by people of all ages. Long time haunter, Haunting his backyard since 2007.  Formally The Bayou of Blood .

Da Graveyard

Our graveyard for haunts that have closed and have good websites, or may just be taking a year off....

Spooky House - Haunted Theme Park

RIP Spooky House - 1990-1908.   With Bob's death, serious haunting moves into a new era..  Visit http://www.spookyhouseforever.com/  and http://www.myspace.com/spookyhouse for more info and discover the new projects of his partners and the old crew.

Spooky House features 3 expanded and uniquely haunted attractions including the Spooky House Haunted Mansion, Haunted Forest, and Darkwater Haunted Asylum. Famously large undertaking that setups for Halloween each year in the San Fernando Valley.  One of the biggest in Los Angeles every Halloween.  Nightclub. Haunting since 1990.

Regular attraction recommended for 10 and over.  Rated: very scary. Young children can attend the weekend matinee, Spooky House Adventure.

Sea Side Haunt

RIP 2005-2008 - Seaside Haunt is twice as large this year. Two all new attractions: Mutiny to Purgatory - encounter zombie pirates through the corridors of a ghost ship;  Blood Beach Haunted Mansion -a very haunted mansion with 20 rooms of terror along the cliffs of the sea. It's a spooky walk through a haunted house at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

Family matinees also offered Saturday and Sunday afternoons.  Haunting since 2005.

Fearplex Haunted Theme Park  

The Fearplex has expanded into 2 all new attractions. Mangler's Haunted Asylum tours an old insane asylum where zombies rule the grounds. This site was discovered at the Fearplex when renovations on an old building uncovered a hideous section of a former insane asylum from the 1920's and 1930's. Secret tunnels, operating rooms and patient padded cells were discovered. And that's not all.... Terror Mansion is a chilling haunted house.  For fun, enjoy the Fearplex Midway with eats and games for everyone.

This new haunt creates 30,000 square feet of fear brought to you by Spooky House Haunted Production team. High end special effects and elaborate sets will provide thrills and chills for brave guests of all ages.  Largest haunt in the Inland Empire.  Haunting this location since 2007.

Also visit the Haunted Manor at the L.A. County Fair in September 2008. Open same hours as the Fair.  $5 day kids MATINEE and $7 night scary show starting at 5PM daily.

The Witch's Castle

Retired!  

 Mist swirls around the tombstones as thunder and lightning shatter the eerie stillness. You pass through a Gothic archway into the Witch's Realm, where skeletons speak, pumpkins fly, and the Witch herself is greeting visitors with treats....or tricks!

 The people behind The Witch's Castle have been creating yard haunts for over 20 years individually and have now combined their talents and resources to haunt Studio City!

The Haunted Cellar

 Put to rest, 2008.  Your greatest fears come to life in the new, fully interactive Haunted Cellar.  Redesigned for 2008.

Haunt Hotel

Closed as of 2008 because of one neighborhood grump

The Haunt Hotel includes a graveyard, caretakers house and the Haunt Hotel. The hotel has been known to have intermittent problems with the lights and air. Lights may flicker, chains may rattle, plates may fly, the undead may rise, fog may appear and the spirits may appear at any time.

The Haunt Hotel is designed for all ages - and has been created by a former Disney Studio employee and friends to give you a fun and entertaining evening - with just a hint of haunt.

Official SAW Live Action Haunt

  10,000 square feet of terror in an interactive walk-thru recreation of the SAW horror film.   Put your life in the hands of Jigsaw.  All new traps created just for you!  Not for the faint of heart. 

Maze of Mayhem

Closed as of 2008! This is a haunted maze created by the Clements family.  This year's theme is horror movies.  It is a short self guided tour.  Haunting since 2003.

Creepy Hollow

???  The haunt is 3,000 square feet of scary scenes, from the scarecrow to leather face sawing the heads off unsuspecting pigs.  They will customize your fear level, so be prepared!

Zombie Escape - OLA Haunted House

 Our Lady of The Assumption Church Presents The OLA Haunted House.  "The dead have begun rising from the grave, returning with an insatiable desire for "fresh meat." You and your group, along with your military escort, must make your way through the zombie infested areas that lie between you and safety"

Fright Factory Scream Park

 ??? Three mazes, rock bands, the Ride of Terror, Frightmares Film Festival

 The Karnival of Karnage 

??? Are you afraid of clowns???  Want to be??  Check out this yard haunt with a tent full of incredibly creepy and demented clowns.  First year of haunting.

Haunted Maze in Buena Park

??? Mazes this year include "Death Row," "Executioner's Chamber" and "Cranky Clowns"  Ghouls and serial killers are just dying to meet you.  Haunting since 1993.  Also check out their My Space video

Grimmstone Cemetery

 Not meant to be a "scare".  Instead, it "shows you the spookyness that Halloween has to offer."  Good for all ages. Haunting the San Fernando Valley since 1985. 

If you haven't caught their haunt, do it now... after 20 years, they're closing their haunting gates. 2006 will be it's last year.

Night of Terror at Columbia Point

???  This year's theme: the Haunted Circus.  Warning to parents... there will be clowns, scary clowns!  Free.  Haunting since 1990.

Hallowed Haunting Grounds

  This is a  wonderful home based haunting based on mystery not shock. They haunted for 32 years.  2005 was their last year. 

This was one of the best private haunts around.  The Studio City house was transformed into a grave yard with Hollywood magic effects. Quite a number of eerie special effects different than the standard fright house.  OK for all ages.  Their website still exists with loads of pictures and lots of history.

Scare the Children

On hiatus

A Studio City yard haunt that is mainly a graveyard scene, using props, many borrowed from  the Museum of Death.  Have a real antique Chinese coffin, tombstone, real flame torches and candelabras, fog machines & great lighting, voice processing and sound effects, and a human cast of characters all around the yard and seen thru the windows of the house, including: a gargoyle on the roof, a 6’7” tall “monster”, a ghoul, witches, zombies and various horned ghouls. It is both kinds of scary: eerie looking, and people-jumping-out-at-you shocking.  Haunting since 1998.

The Hollywood Hellhouse

Hollywood mocks it's own evil in the Hell House with comics and guest stars.  After you've learned what happens to you if you sin, please stay and party in the Youth Center for beverages, some snacks and a dance party with the youth groupers and the Snake Handlers. There will be bands, dancing and praising til midnight.

Halloween Special party: Snake Handlers perform. Costume contests and dancing throughout the abandoned Acapulco all night long. Food Drive

HauntsUSA Halloween Haunt

 The Haunt will rise up again out of the ashes to honor the King of Halloween: find your way out of his three haunted mazes, or lose your soul to Dominas and his evil brood.   Over 50,000 square feet of spooky thrills and chills as your worst nightmares appear out of the darkness at our THREE scream filled walk through Haunted Attractions.  And for the whole family, a rockin' great Fall Festival too!

Tamzen’s Creative Arts Academy

Halloween Maze

Come take a tour through Halloween Town with Princess Anabelle, as she searches for her lost kitty Fifibelle.  This delightful romp through our Halloween Maze was designed especially for goblins ages 2 – 6.  Come in costume and enjoy! Goodie bags included.  From 2 pm – 4 pm

Haunted Mansion

We will turn up the scare meter a notch, but just enough to keep it fun!! This interactive Haunted Mansion will keep ghouls ages 7 – 12 jumping! Come in costume and enjoy! Goodie bags included.  From 5 pm – 7 pm

Ultimate Nightmares Scream Park

  Closed for 2006 & 2007, may open again in 2008 with a new location

3 attractions at one location. Doubled in size this year, all new attractions. Haunted house and Code Blue are rated to scary for kids under 7.  3-D chaos is for all ages.  Haunted house will be open rain or shine.  Other events depend on the weather.  Haunting since 1995

Haunted Space Station

 "Due to staff being eaten...I mean staff cutbacks...we are taking anyone who is willing to go for interplanetary travel. ...

"Destination will be a habitable moon of Saturn, with awesome views of Saturn from the wind-swept surface where there is strange plant life studded with huge glowing crystals. The alien "animal" life seems friendly enough. They even have a book called "How To Serve Man". ..." (see their website for the rest of the story.)

Brought to you by some of the folks involved in SciFi Channel original productions, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, various propmasters, artists and our labor force, Haunted Space Station could be your destination for Halloween fun.

Saint Lucifer's Haunted Hospital of Lost Hope

Once you check-in, you'll die to check out!  Tour a hospital possessed by evil and operated by fear.  Live operation, psycho ward, witness an autopsy.

The Haunted Vineyard

While this haunted "house" has been going only since 2001, the builders have lots of experience in special effects and haunting.  The haunt is built in a mix of buildings, some more than 100 years old... so the standard feel of you "knowing" it's just plywood is missing, because sometimes, you're in the real thing.  Small groups go though unescorted, never knowing what to expect next because they change the show.

The  rural atmosphere, combined with the frightening special effects  blend seamlessly to fully submerse our visitors into a world of terror. A high horror, low gore attraction.  
 

Scareplex at Fairplex

Second year for this event. It's run by the same folks that run the Queen Mary Shipwreck.  This ran 2 years 2004-2005 only.  See Fearplex as it's replacment.

"A full night of fright as you make your way through four horrifying mazes. Put on your 3D glasses and risk the wrath of the "Reapers Revenge" in 3D. Up on haunted hill sits "Mayhem Manor" and the residents are dying to see you. Brave the grave as you travel through "Massacre Mountain" up on the glade. Escape evil as you explore "Voodoo Village" down below." Club Chupacabre, an all ages dance club, features special events, an elevated center dance stage and live DJ.

Unlike it's big brother at the Queen Mary, all ages are allowed.

Thousand Oaks Haunted House

Two attractions - the Circus of Screams - beware of the black big top, a 28 room & Haunted House. Beware of the clowns and other ghostly beings.
Also has a children's 1000 ghost 3-D matinee

Ellison Haunt - St. Hallentine's Day Massacre

Gangland Ghosts of Old Chicago. Ghostly gangsters, murdering mobsters and crooked cops are just a few of Chicago's finest souls waiting to take you on a tour.   Haunting since 1994.

The Haunted Zone  

3-D fright in Alhambra.  Two different levels of fright, depending on time.

Haunted Houses throughout California...

Check out "5 yard haunts not to miss"

Haunted House Reviews

Home Haunts in California

Haunted House Directories

Haunt directories will also have tips and resources for haunting your own house.

Real Haunts

Throughout the country...

Go to Haunted House search engines...

Castle Blood

And just to not leave out the east coast entirely... I had to mention the multi-award winning Castle Blood.  So, they're on the other side of the country... don't let that stop you.  People come from all over to see them.  If you want to see fantastically haunted costumes, check out the web site at www.CastleBlood.com.  

They have won national awards for their costuming... or and you can order costumes for them... for next year.  They also carry haunted makeup instructional DVDs.

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