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Cheetos has teamed with the horror studio Blumhouse for a Halloween snack designed to do more to your mouth than just flavor it. The new Cheetos Sweet Phantom Heat Puffs, branded “The Flavor of Fear,” start sweet and turn hot, and reviewers who tasted them early say they leave your mouth fizzing, tingling, and numb. […]
Evil Intentions Haunted House will not open for the 2026 season. The haunt’s planned move back to Elgin, Illinois has fallen through over building-permit issues, and owner Mike Fitzpatrick told the Daily Herald he is now looking to return in 2027. The haunt said it is not closing. Why the Elgin Move Fell Through The […]
Hershey has announced its 2026 Halloween lineup, which the company calls its largest and most diverse to date, with more than 20 innovations across chocolate, sweets, and salty snacks. What is new this year includes a Witch shape joining Kit Kat’s returning vampire Count, a Reese’s Sweet & Salty assortment, an Amazon-only Reese’s Pumpkin Bowl, […]
From returning fan favorites to brand new cannibals and aliens, here are the original houses coming to HHN Orlando this year.
Randy Bates, the longtime owner of The Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, and a founder of several of the haunted attraction industry’s professional organizations, died on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at the age of 68, following a battle with cancer. His death was announced by his family and confirmed in statements […]
Final Destination 3 famously opened with a harrowing roller coaster catastrophe at a theme park, which makes new haunted maze Final Destination: Death’s Playground the perfect addition to this year’s Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Fright Fest operates on select Thursdays through Sundays, from September 18 to November 1, offering 25 nights of […]
Our favorite horror icons have been all over the place in recent years, with Jason Voorhees and Ghost Face joining forces with Angry Orchard, Chucky and Michael Myers taking center stage on bottles of Fanta, and Godzilla stomping his way into the world of Pabst Blue Ribbon. For Halloween 2026, Michael Myers now has his […]
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is celebrating Halloween with upcoming immersive exhibit “The Horror Show,” as well as recognizing the contributions of horror master John Carpenter this October. Carpenter is among this year’s honorees at the museum’s annual fundraising gala, Deadline reports, co-chaired by Robert Rodriguez, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, and set for October […]
The Halloween International Film Festival returns to the historic and haunted Outer Banks of North Carolina for its 7th incarnation
The first trailer for AMERICAN HORROR STORY Season 13 has arrived, revealing the return of plenty of fan-favorite characters.
Universal Studios Hollywood announced El Circo de la Muerte (The Circus of Death), another scare zone for Halloween Horror Nights 2026. El Circo de la Muerte This traveling circus is host to all sorts of atrocious acts, from the mind-bending to the monstrous. Come see for yourself and you’ll leave forever changed. That is, if ... Read more
Halloween is closer than ever, and Hershey's starting the party early with a new line of spooky snacks. Get all the details here.
Hershey has just unveiled their 2026 Harsheyween Halloween candy lineup, including Reese’s pumpkins, Jolly Rancher gummies minis, LesserEvil pumpkin spice
Between Midsummer Scream and earnings week, this issue is dense. Disney, Six Flags, and United Parks dropped earnings, and the news is positive overall for our industry. Universal has a strong reputation, but Six Flags now operates the most haunted mazes in the world: 107, added to parks that already have infrastructure and passholders. HHN Hollywood is leaning into independent films where they have more leeway, with an original Slash score, the event's first-ever singing villain, and a twisted children's storybook Terror Tram scored by Ice Nine Kills. In this issue: - Q2 Theme Park Earnings and What They Tell Us About the Consumer - Six Flags Plans 107 Haunted Houses for Halloween 2026 - Slash Scored HHN Hollywood's Killceañera House - Art the Clown Takes Over the Terror Tram With "Every Day Is Artmas" - HHN Hollywood Adds Hidden Character From Curry Barker's "Obsession" - The LA Haunted Hayride Adds an '80s Rock Maze and Brings Back Elvira - Queen Mary's Dark Harbor Will Murder One of Its 13 Icons Live - Midsummer Scream Moves to Anaheim for 2027 - Spirit Halloween's Owner Is Buying Hot Topic - A Real Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Opens at American Dream in 2027 - Diablo Mazes Land at Cedar Point and Kings Dominion - Six Flags Magic Mountain's Fright Fest Adds Final Destination https://mailchi.mp/hauntedattractionnetwork.com/quality-vs-quantity-universal-and-six-flags-split-halloween
West Elm’s 2026 Halloween Shop is live, and two new collections stand out. The retailer’s in-house Frankenstein line turns ceramic and glass into a set of oddities shaped like disembodied body parts, and a limited-edition Petite Plume collaboration brings a whimsical kids assortment of felt ghosts and glow-in-the-dark bedding. Here is what is new, with […]
Universal Orlando Resort shared details of Halloween overlays at their hotel lounges, including a new Universal Monsters hideaway and the first Halloween decorations for Stella Nova and Terra Luna Resorts. Universal Monsters Laguna Lounge Jake’s American Bar at Loews Royal Pacific Resort will transform into the brand new Universal Monsters Laguna Lounge, a classic monster ... Read more
Kennywood's Phantom Fall Fest returns for select nights from Sept. 12 - Nov. 1, 2026, and this year the West Mifflin, Pa., park is turning one of its year-round rides into a haunt.
One of our favorite Halloween horror films of the 2010s is definitely writer/director Justin M. Seaman’s The Barn, an insanely
IHOP is bringing its pumpkin lineup back on August 24, 2026, and adding two new items. The returning Pumpkin Spice Pancakes are joined by a new Pumpkin Spice Milkshake and a new Pumpkin Cheesecake Pancake Tacos, which folds small pumpkin pancakes into a taco shape around a cheesecake filling. The Two New Items The Pumpkin […]
Halloween Horror Nights Creative Director and Executive Producer John Murdy took the stage at Midsummer Scream this past weekend, offering fans a closer look at what’s coming to Universal Studios Hollywood for Halloween Horror Nights 2026. While much of this year’s lineup had already been announced, Murdy used the annual panel to pull back the [...]