If your idea of fall fun includes heart-pounding scares and getting chased by monsters, then haunted houses in North Texas have you covered. Here’s a list of some of the haunted houses across Dallas-Fort Worth to check out this spooky season.
Remember to check each venue’s website or social media account for last-minute changes. You can find more things to do around North Texas using the Go See DFW calendar.
FRIGHT FEST
The annual Halloween tradition at Six Flags features terrifying haunted mazes, sinister scare zones and haunting live shows. Plus some Halloween-themed food and drinks.
DETAILS: Through Nov. 2 from 5 to 11 p.m. on Fridays, noon to midnight on Saturdays and noon to 10 p.m. on Sundays at Six Flags Over Texas, 2201 Road to Six Flags, Arlington. Admission starts at $30 per person.
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BOO!
An immersive spooky experience that takes place inside the BooMont Hotel. Guests who dare to enter will have the opportunity to explore the rooms and solve the 100-year-old mystery of the missing guests during the course of 1 hour.
DETAILS: Continues through Oct. 31 at Galleria Dallas, 13350 Dallas Pkwy., Dallas. Tickets range from $14.95 to $24.95 for children and $24.95 to $34.95 for adults.
HAUNTED SHADOWS LAKE TRAIL
A haunted trail walk that takes visitors through the woods off the shore of Lake Lewisville. Along the way, there will be werewolves, the Lady of the Lake and zombies from the Lakeside Cemetery.
DETAILS: Open Fridays and Saturdays from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. and Sundays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at TOCA Soccer Center, 7801 North Main, The Colony. Tickets are $29.95.
FOREST OF SHADOWS
Step into the darkness of the night and walk through a sinister forest while immersed in sights, sounds and mystery. It is an immersive one-hour Halloween experience for ages 10 and up.
DETAILS: Open Thursdays through Sundays from 7:15 to 9:45 p.m. at Trinity Forest Adventure Park, 1800 Dowdy Ferry Road, Dallas. Tickets are $22.90 for children four to 12 and $28.90 for 13 and up.
HANGMAN’S HOUSE OF HORRORS
The legend of Hezekiah Jones, aka “The Hangman,” has been scaring Fort Worth residents for over three decades. Come face-to-face with him at this haunted house, if you dare.
DETAILS: Opened Tuesday through Thursday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 8 p.m. to midnight and Sunday from midnight to noon and 8 to 10 p.m. at 4400 Blue Mound Rd, Fort Worth. General admission is $39.
CUTTING EDGE HAUNTED HOUSE
The Fort Worth haunted house is ranked as one of the scariest haunted attractions in the U.S., and it’s actually haunted. Inside the 100-year-old abandoned meat-packing plant in Hell’s Half Acre, visitors will see butchered corpses during the 55-minute walk-through.
DETAILS: Opened through Nov. 1 at 1701 E. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth. Tickets range from $29.99 to 49.99. Parking is $20 cash.
THRILLVANIA
Three haunted houses are located on 50 haunted acres of land. Visitors can go through Verdun Manor, which is haunted by a psychopathic werewolf and his vampire wife, or Cassandra’s house of Clowns. The last haunted house is Sam Hain’s Trail of Torment, where the delusional Sam Hain tries to lure humans into his trap.
DETAILS: Opened through Nov. 1 at Thrillvania Haunted House Park, 2330 Co Rd 138, Terrell. Tickets range from $29.99 to $44.99.
REINDEER MANOR
After 49 years of scaring visitors, Reindeer Manor is bringing fresh and creepy thrills and frights to its new location. This year, the haunted house will feature themed horrors, live scares, “Benny and Boneless Storybook Adventure” and ice-scream as guests wait to enter.
DETAILS: Open every Friday and Saturday from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. until Halloween at Reindeer Manor, 500 West Madison St., Waxahachie. General admission is $25.
RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT NIGHTS OF FRIGHTS
Explore three spooky adventures where visitors get scared by live actors inside the Haunted Mirror Maze, Wax Museum of Fear and the 7D Werewolf Ride.
DETAILS: Oct. 18 and 25 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Ripley’s Believe it or Not, 601 E Palace Pkwy, Grand Prairie. Tickets are $29.99.
THE PARKER HOUSE
Inside the Parker House, brave visitors learn the story of Mary Parker and her victims, who she would harvest for body parts to sell on the black market. Attendees can also check out Outbreak, which is an interactive ride where players go up against a zombie outbreak and the Psycho Circus under the big top.
DETAILS: Open till Nov. 1 on Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to midnight and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 8550 W University Dr., Denton. General admission starts at $30.
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CREEKSIDE MANOR
Four different realms of terror, which consist of The Manor, The Zombie Fallout, The CarnEVIL World of Clowns, and the T.W. Bass Insane Asylum.
DETAILS: Open Friday and Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to midnight at 2411 Plainview Road, Midlothian. General admission is $30.
DARK HOUR HAUNTED HOUSE
Frightening creatures lurk around every dark corner in this bloody manor. Or get an up close look at the monsters inside The Cryptid Museum: Where Legend Meets Reality.
DETAILS: Opened until Nov. 1 at 701 Taylor Dr, Plano. Tickets are $35 for kids 10 and up and $45 for adults.
J & F HOUSE OF TERROR HAUNTED HOUSE MAZE
A haunted maze that is different every year and features scary monsters around every corner. Try to escape before getting caught.
DETAILS: Open till Nov. 1 at J & F House of Terror Haunted House Maze, 455 Cedar Sage Dr., Garland. Tickets start at $26.50.
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