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Let the madness begin! Ozzy Osbourne is officially coming to Halloween Horror Nights 2026 at Universal Orlando Resort!
Universal has announced the last haunted house for Halloween Horror Nights, and as anticipated, it will be based on the twisted mind of Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy Osbourne Haunted House Thanks to a Pandora ad that was shared by a user on Reddit, we learned that one of the houses for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights ... Read more
New Hampshire has 7.86 Spirit Halloween stores per million residents, more than any other state in America. California, which has the most stores of anywhere by a wide margin, ranks 20th. Raw store counts just track population. Eleven stores in New Hampshire hits harder than 142 in California, and the per-person view is where the […]
Spirit Halloween has 1,299 locations listed for 2026 across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. Below is every state, how many stores it has, and which of them open in August. Every Spirit Halloween location listed for 2026. Data: Spirit Halloween store locator, July 29, 2026. The 2026 numbers Locations listed 1,299 United States […]
Spirit Halloween is opening 85 stores this season in buildings that used to be Party City, the party-goods chain that liquidated last year. It is not the biggest number on the list. JOANN accounts for 137. Spirit’s store locator went live on July 29, and most listings quietly name the business that was there before. […]
Funko has four new Halloween Pop! figures coming, each one a stitched-together ragdoll version of a Burton or Addams character. All four are $14.99, and none of them are orderable yet. Figure Item number Height Price Pop! Coraline (Patchwork) 93231 3.8 in $14.99 Pop! Beetlejuice (Patchwork) 93233 4.4 in $14.99 Pop! Emily (Patchwork) 93234 4.0 […]
Stone Mountain, GA — Netherworld runs 35 nights for its 30th Season of Screams, opening Friday, September 18 and closing Saturday, November 7, 2026. The Atlanta-area haunt has not yet announced this year’s house themes or ticket prices. Every night of the 2026 season Netherworld published its 2026 calendar as an image with no dates […]
Federal Way, WA — 2026 is the final season of Fright Fest at Wild Waves Theme & Water Park because the park is closing for good after the fall season. Fright Fest opens for 15 nights, October 2 through November 1, Fridays through Sundays. Every remaining night Fright Fest runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only. […]
The Attractions Podcast: Harry Potter, ‘Home Alone’ part of new ICE! Experience, plus latest theme park updates from Attractions Magazine.
Hansel & Gretel’s Halloween is an upcoming horror fantasy feature film from Devilworks that puts a trick or treat spin on the classic Grimm fairy tale. We recently gave you a taste of the Halloween horrors that await horror fans when we shared the exclusive teaser trailer premiere. Now, we're back with a new clip […]
Johanna Parker’s new Halloween ceramics are in stores now, and the collection is spread across multiple stores. The 2026 collection spans three dozen new designs, and is in HomeGoods, Marshalls and TJMaxx. If you have picked up a grinning black cat mug or a blush-cheeked ghost shaker in the last few years without knowing whose […]
Grandin Road released its Halloween Haven 2026 collection online, with some items already showing a low stock warning. Unlike Home Depot and At Home, Grandin Road is the premium end of retail, featuring sculpted resin lifesize figures and lit yard pieces. Prices on our picks run $69 to $699. Here are the 13 worth your […]
Mattel has revealed the latest additions to its Monster High Skullector line of collectibles, including an officially licensed Halloween II
Halloween is coming to Mossy Bottom Farm. After nearly a decade away from the big screen, Shaun the Sheep returns […]
The upcoming horror-comedy Bad Karaoke is set to make its world premiere at Tubi FrightFest on August 30, 2026, bringing a blood-soaked twist to an activity that’s already terrifying for some. Directed by Chris Lightbody and Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., the independent feature will screen at London’s ODEON Luxe West End as part of the ... Read more
The most expensive animatronic in Halloween retail this year is HalloweenCostumes.com’s 13.75-foot Lord of the Rings Balrog, at $24,999.99. The most expensive piece in Distortions Unlimited’s entire 2026 collection is an 11-foot gorilla called Kong, at $8,890. The most expensive thing Poison Props sells is a $6,910 animatronic toilet. Both companies build for professional haunted […]
The Halloween bucket hunt has been the retail story of the month, and it now has a second front. Petco is selling Halloween-printed buckets in two sizes starting at $1.50, they ship, and the cheap one undercuts the $2.98 bucket everyone has been chasing at Home Depot by nearly half. Here is what Petco is […]
The annual Tricks, Treats and Trends report from Mars confirms a lot of what we have been tracking in the haunt industry: the season is stretching well past a single night, there is real appetite for intense and textural Halloween food, adults still want to trick-or-treat, and discovery has moved to social while purchase has […]
Count Chocula, Boo Berry, and Franken Berry hit shelves nationwide later this month, marking the trio’s 55th anniversary. General Mills is running the Jim Henson Company puppet designs again, on all-new box art. The new part: every box doubles as a build-your-own puppet. The cardboard is printed with cutout designs that turn the empty box […]
Mondo’s Over the Garden Wall Chapter 2 Figure Set is available now, and it brings the Pottsfield Pumpkin People from Hard Times at the Huskin’ Bee into plastic. The standard set is $120 and ships in August 2026. Before you go looking: of the five Over the Garden Wall figure sets Mondo has put out, […]