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Sir Henry’s Haunted Trail in Plant City sits at exit 22 of I-4, about an hour from Orlando and half an hour from Tampa, and it enters its 13th season as one of the five best haunted attractions in the country by USA Today’s 10Best ranking. The nonprofit haunt is an HAA-certified Iconic Top Haunt, […]
After years of Freddy Fazbear haunting screens, theme parks, and every Halloween aisle, Spirit Halloween is finally bringing him home. The retailer’s first-ever life-size Freddy Fazbear animatronic from Five Nights at Freddy’s is real, priced at $499.99, and set to arrive when Spirit’s flagship store opens August 1, 2026 in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, […]
Costco has a lot of Halloween on shelves this year. The showstopper is a warehouse-exclusive 3.6-foot Mickey Pumpkin with Infinity Mirrors at $219.99. Around it: a returning 62-inch Giant Ground Breaking Skeleton with LCD moving eyes, a full slate of Disney Nightmare Before Christmas licensed decor, spinning Disney character lanterns, and giant animatronics stretching from […]
I’ve never seen a movie so completely and totally fucked by its trailer. It’s rare these days that movie trailers don’t spoil important plot points, if not give away the entire movie. An even worse sin is to spin a movie to appear as something it’s not. Before we go any further, watch the trailer: ...
Universal Beijing Resort’s autumn Halloween event, branded Scares at Universal (惊彩”环球, Jīng Cǎi Huánqiú), runs from September 4 through November 1, 2026, marking the resort’s 5th anniversary season under the theme “Infinitely Your Way.” The 2026 program is anchored by two new marquee haunted mazes based on major Chinese entertainment IPs: The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles […]
The best haunted houses in America carry a certification most visitors have never heard of: the Haunted Attraction Association’s Top Haunt status. It is the closest thing the haunt industry has to a seal of excellence, and the attractions that hold it include the biggest, longest-running, and scariest haunted houses in the country. This page […]
Rumors of an Ozzy Osbourne haunted house at Halloween Horror Nights 35 are heating up after an alleged leaked radio advertisement surfaced online, adding to months of fan speculation.
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Japan returns for its 15th anniversary from September 11 through November 8, 2026, running inside the wider Universal Extreme Autumn ~Discover U!!!~ umbrella event that opens September 10. The 2026 lineup adds a new Resident Evil Requiem: The Dive maze in partnership with Capcom, a 15th-anniversary retrospective stage show, […]
Midsummer Scream runs August 7 to 9, 2026 at the Long Beach Convention Center. Single-day passes run $42 to $60. Weekend and VIP Gold Bat passes are sold out. The largest Halloween and horror convention on the West Coast draws roughly 50,000 attendees for over 300 exhibitors, the Hall of Shadows dark zone, panels, and […]
Long Beach, CA — Midsummer Scream and Paramount Scares have announced a weekend-long celebration marking the 30th anniversary of Wes Craven’s Scream at the 2026 convention, bringing much of the original Scream cast, Ghostface voice actor Roger L. Jackson, and composer Marco Beltrami to the Long Beach Convention Center from August 7 through August 9. […]
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation has announced new Blair Witch: No Signal haunted mazes for the 2026 Halloween season, coming to Dorney Park’s Halloween Haunt in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Six Flags Great America’s Fright Fest in Gurnee, Illinois. The two mazes tie a licensed horror IP to Halloween events at two of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation’s […]
Orlando, FL — Universal Orlando has discontinued all of its “Fear with Express Pass” products for Halloween Horror Nights 35, ending the multi-year practice of packaging Universal Express access with the event’s multi-night Fear passes. The change affects guests who would previously have added Express access to the Rush of Fear, Frequent Fear, Frequent Fear […]
LEGO Icons Mayor Manor 11383, the first set from the Midnight Valley Collection. (Photo: The LEGO Group) Billund, Denmark, The LEGO Group has debuted a new adult-targeted seasonal building line called the Midnight Valley Collection, starting with a 1,420-piece haunted manor called Mayor Manor. The set is set number 11383, priced at $119.99 in the […]
Home Depot’s 2026 Halloween collection launched online and in the app on July 16, 2026, with an in-store rollout starting in late August. The 12 FT SKELLY returns with app-enabled voice modulation, a new 11 FT Mummy and 8 FT Perilous Plant Monster expand the giant roster, and animatronics from Disney’s Maleficent to Warner Bros.’ […]
To get a job at a haunted house, apply directly through the haunt’s website or social pages in August or early September, when most haunts hold auditions. You don’t need acting experience at most haunts, auditions are usually group exercises rather than prepared monologues, and hiring continues all season, so late applicants still get cast. […]
Last updated: July 17, 2026. The 2026 convention is this weekend. VIP passes are sold out, but General Admission passes remain available throughout the show. This guide will be updated in place each year. Irving, TX — The Texas Haunters Convention is a two-day, cash-and-carry Halloween and cosplay convention held annually in the Dallas–Fort Worth […]
The trailer for the upcoming found footage horror movie Sundown seeks to determine whether its haunting is demonic or dementia. The found footage nightmare is set to premiere at Mad Monster Party in North Carolina and Houston Horror Film Fest in August. In Sundown, “Mary, whose husband has recently died of dementia, claims his spirit […]
Blair James spoke to Dread Central about collaboration in costume design, her favorite looks and the Bear costume she loves to hate.
Home Depot‘s massive 12-foot-tall skeleton decoration went viral back in 2020 and has returned with fresh new upgrades every year since. This year, the 12-foot Skelly gets a voice! Two different versions of the 12-foot Skelly decoration are up for grabs this year, with the standard version selling for $299 and the app-controlled talking version […]
If your Halloween display isn’t terrifying the entire neighborhood, this might do the trick. HalloweenCostumes.com has unveiled an officially licensed […]