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Location: Screams is on FM 66, 1.6 miles east of I-35, in Waxahachie. The address is 2511 FM 66 Waxahachie TX, 75167. Screams is about 30 minutes south of downtown Dallas and downtown Ft Worth. Screams is just off of I-35, on the Scarborough Faire grounds. Directions to Screams are here.
Screams Halloween Theme Park enters a new season with major improvements in all of it’s five main attractions, including a full redesign of Terra Mythica Castle. Time’s Up Maze has also been redesigned and can take up to 20 minutes to exit. Time’s Up Actors are clearly having a good time misdirecting the guests. Bootlegger’s Bayou is outstanding this season. It has some new props, but it’s the actors who have driven most of the improvement. Klownz in 3D is fun and creepy at the same time, and is another haunt where the energy of the actors elevates the overall quality. Zombie Wasteland Apocalypse provides an intense outdoor experience. In addition to the haunted houses Walk through attractions Cool Ghoul Boulevard and Rottingwood Cemetery are back, with changes of their own.
The walk through time is 10-15 minutes per main attraction, except for the maze, which can take over 20 minutes. The combined total walk through time for all five main attractions is over an hour. You can go through the haunted houses and walk through attractions as many times as you want. Fast passes are available online and cut the wait time in line for haunted attractions significantly on crowded nights. Fast passes can be purchased here.
Hell Dollz return on the main stage, while new stage entertainment has been added at Taboo Tavern. Hell Dolls is a 30 minute show featuring acrobatics, fire swallowing, and fire twirling. The Hell Dolls are made up of three stage performers, and much of the act involves synched routines with all three performers working with fire simultaneously. Check their schedule in front of the main stage early in the evening as it may vary nightly. Their link tree is here.
Queen Anne’s Lace from Scarborough will be singing songs in the Halloween spirit at the Taboo Tavern Stage opening weekend only. Ghouls Line Is It Anyway and Halloween themed trivia will be nightly at Taboo Tavern. End of the World Parade will march October 11,12, 18, and 19. Scary-Oke returns on Merchant’s Row near the park entrance.
Several new vendors have been added, including food trucks close to the main stage and Coco’s Sweet Treats. A screen showing classic horror movies is up at Headless Horseman Tavern, which has the coolest setting at Screams, and covered seating. Jack-O-Lantern Tavern is enlarged and is on the side of the main stage. Taboo Tavern is at the back of the food court, while Morgue Tavern is on the side of the food court next to Full Moon. Spiders Web Bar is next to Taboo Tavern. Bag of Bones has a good location between the entrances to Terra Mythica and Bootleggers Bayou. In all, there are seven pubs and taverns to choose from, each with it’s own style and decor. Additionally, roaming vendors have jello syringes with vodka and rum.
The full list of alcohol offered at Screams is below. Not all taverns and pubs will have the full selection.
Beer & Ciders: Blake’s Carmel Apple, Blake’s Original Hard Cider, Blake’s Triple Jam, Bud Light,
Dallas Blonde, Deep Ellum IPA, Estella Jalisco, Left Hand Milk Stout, Mango Cart, Michelob Ultra,
Monster Beast (various flavors), Nasty Beast Hard Tea (various flavors), Neato Bandito, Paulaner
Oktoberfest, Spaten Oktoberfest, White Claw Black Cherry, Ziegenbock, and assorted variety of
specialty beers.
Wines: Alexander Valley Chardonnay, Brut Champagne, Cupcake Muscato, Ferrai Crano Fume
Blanc, Rebellious Red, White Zinfandel-Peach Sangria, and more.
Other: Cherry Noir Mead, Scarborough Mead
Jell-O Shots: Cherry, Lemon Lime, Coconut Lime
Full Moon Cafe and Bar has been revamped for 2024, and has two new bartenders, plus food service again. In addition to the newly added Banana Pudding, old favorites return in Bacon Cheese Potato Wedges, Buffalo Wings, Meat Pies with Corn Salsa, Toasted Ravioli, Raspberry Fontina Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Bottled Dr Pepper products & Water, Coffee, & Hot Chocolate. Full Moon has a full bar, covered seating, very good bartenders, and a cool location in the park.
The main food court has faire/carnival staples. Their full list is below.
New offerings: Baked Potatoes, Brisket Baked Potatoes, Jalapeno Sausage-on-a-Stick,
Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, Broccoli Cheese Soup in a Bread Bowl, Red Beans & Rice in a Bread
Bowl, Garlic Bread, Cheesy Garlic Bread, Frozen Dr Pepper & Big Red
Returning for 2024: Chicken Tenders & Fries, Corn Dogs, French Fries, Funnel Cakes, Pretzel
Bites with Cheese, Bubba’s Bacon, Sausage-on-a-Stick, BBQ Brisket Sandwich on Texas Toast,
BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich on Texas Toast, Smoked Turkey Legs, Elote, Beef & Chicken Fajitas,
Frito Pie, Nachos with Cheese, Beef & Chicken Nachos, Hot Dogs, Pizza, Bottled Dr Pepper
products & water, Fresh Lemonade & Iced Tea, Root Beer Floats, Coffee
You can get barbecue, sliders, nachos, fajitas, tacos and more from three food trucks.
The food trucks are:
Big Red Trailer
Sausage-on-a-Stick, Cowboy Pepper (smoked chicken, cheeses, jalapeno, wrapped in
bacon), Philly Cheesesteak, Brisket Sliders, Pulled Pork Sliders, Brisket Tacos, Smoked
Chicken Tacos, Pork Tacos, Nachos: cheese, chicken, brisket, or pork
El Taquito de Luna
Traditional Mexican Tacos made with fresh high quality ingredients: pork, brisket,
chicken fajita, Volcano plus Refreshing Fruit Waters
Missing Links BBQ
Boudin: chicken, seafood, or spicy pork; Sausage: Alligator with jalapenos, spicy beef,
Cajun beef; Sausage Hoagie
Kettle corn is sold close to the main stage, and 13th Hour Bakery has a wide variety of sweets, tea, hot cocoa, and coffee. 13th Hours full menu is below:
Skull Pastries, Cookies, Cheesecake, Cannoli, Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Apple Crisp, Turnovers,
Popovers, Gourmet Brownies, Hot Coffee, Cold Brew Coffee, Iced Chai Tea Latte, Iced Green
Tea, Hot Tea, & Hot Chocolate with specialty flavors
Coco’s Sweet Shop has cotton candy, chocolate dipped bananas, cheesecake, iced apple cider, and 17 flavors of shaved ice.
A wide variety of games can be found around the park, including Heads and Hoops on the side of the food court next to Bootlegger’s Bayou, Zombie Paintball next to the Mythical Monster Museum, and Drop of Doom by the food court. Additionally, Test of Strength, and Axe, Knives, & Stars Throw Games are around the park.
The Mythical Monster Museum is open during Screams for the first time in a decade, and it has lots of new monsters to examine. You can find the MMM behind Taboo Tavern, next to Time’s Up Maze.
Rottingwood Cemetery is a walk though attraction at the park entrance. It’s decor and props have improved this year and will usually have actors in the area. It’s well decorated and is a good way to begin and end the evening.
Cool Ghoul Boolevard is a walk through light show, with synched music. It’s very photogenic and looks good at either twilight or in the dark. Take a right at the park entrance and look for the lights just before Headless Horseman Tavern. The light patterns have changed this year, alternating between dark lights and a pattern that is almost Christmas like.
Returning vendors include Creepy Coasters, Henna Tattoos, and Dead Dave Designs. Wares from merchants include the following:
3-D printed items, Halloween themed pumpkins, dragons, knights, Pokémon, dice towers, alter &
meditation practice tools, crystals, palm stones, trinket boxes, sage bundles, natural oils, horror themed
crochet plushies, witch starter kits, healer kits, drink coasters with classic horror & sci-fi movie themes,
dream catchers, moons, jewelry, doll art, skull art, mugs, incense, handmade clocks, coasters, kitchen
knives, neon lights, mystery bags, studio products, men’s grooming products, Halloween soaps, hair
clips, fairy gardens, charm bottles, prints & canvas art, moss art, crafts with bone, and more. Most merchants are on the main row close to the park entrance, but others are scattered through the park, with several in the back of the park near Coo Ghoul Boulevard.
The park opens at 7pm, and closes at 1am, but the ticket office closes at midnight. This is a massive park, so arrive as early as possible. I spent two nights reviewing Screams, to give you an idea of how much there is to do at this park. If you know that you will arrive after 9, you may want to consider buying a fast pass, especially if you want to go through the haunted attractions multiple times.
It helps to go through the haunted houses first, then eat and drink. I begin my night at Screams with Terra Mythica Castle first. This has the longest lines later at night, so see it early. When you enter the park, take a left past Rottingwood Cemetery, walk down Merchant’s Lane, and you will see the entrance to the Castle ahead. Once you exit the Castle, take a right, then another right and begin walking uphill, back to the shops. After a few yards you will see the entrance to Bootlegger’s Bayou on your right. This is lots of fun and also has long lines later in the evening. After Bootlegger’s, take a left, walk past the food court and games, and go into Time’s Up Maze. Once you are out of the Maze, walk past the food court, past the main stage, and look for the entrance to Zombie Apocalypse Wasteland. After Zombie Apocalypse, look for Klownz in 3D, which is close to the entrance to Zombie Apocalypse. After exiting Klownz, you will have seen all five major attractions and then it’s time to eat, drink and shop. On your way around the park you can walk through Cool Ghoul Boolevard and Rottingwood Cemetery.
Screams is on the Scarborough Faire grounds and is natural terrain, so remember to wear comfortable shoes, and don’t wear high heels. If the weather cools down, you may want to take along a light jacket, just in case. Wearing costumes, Halloween type masks, or face paint into Screams is not allowed
Remaining Screams dates are:
2024 Screams Dates
October 5th
October 11th and 12th
October 18th and 19th
October 25th and 26th
November 1st and 2nd
All nights are 7pm-1am. Admission to the park closes at midnight.
Online Ticket Prices are:
$42 General Admission for Friday ($45 at ticket office)
$52 general admission for Saturday ($55 at ticket office)
$30 for Friday fast pass ($33 at ticket office)
$40 for Saturday fast pass ($43 at ticket office)
$40 group tickets for Friday, $50 for Saturday. Parties of 15 or more to qualify. Online only.
$165 season pass. Available online only.
Monster Museum $5 + tax and fees online, or $7 at the door.
Buy tickets here
Ticket prices do not include taxes and fees.
Parking is free.
There are 4 ATMs onsite, including one in the souvenir shop. While all taverns and most food sellers accept credit cards, games are still cash only.
Flush Toilets are available between Scary-Oke and Terra Mythica Castle. Several porta potties are located though the park.
Screams is the only real haunted theme park in North Texas and is the best value around. At other haunted attractions, you drive to the haunt, wait in line, and spend 10-35 minutes inside. Then you leave. Some of the haunted houses in DFW are good, but Screams is the only place where you can go through each attraction as many times as you want, eat, drink, and shop. It is easy to arrive at 7 and stay until 1. I was at Screams this Friday, arrived at 7, and left around 1. I wasn’t able to see everything, so I’m going back tonight. Another unique feature is that there is something for everyone at Screams. Even if you aren’t into haunted houses, you can have a great time in the park. You can fill your evening by having dinner, trying the various pubs and taverns, seeing Hell Dolls, checking out the new stage entertainment at Taboo Tavern and Scary-Oke, shopping, playing games, and going through the walk through attractions.
Screams looks great in 2024, with a major redesign of their haunted attractions, new food and drink, and a great cast of actors. The crew went all out in preparation for this season, in another summer of punishing heat, and their effort shows in the attention to detail in the houses, trails, and in the park grounds. Be sure to see Screams at least once this season, and remember, arrive early, and stay late!
Central Texas
October 12
Rocky Creek Maze and Trail Moulton Tickets online only, entrance gate closes at 9pm
Houston Area
October 11
Texas Zombie Hunt Richmond 7pm-10pm
East Texas
October 11
Delusions Scream Park Bryan 7pm-11pm
South Texas
October 11
Toluca Ranch Haunted House Weslaco 8pm-Midnight, ticket sales stop at 11:30pm.
Louisiana
October 11
The Devil’s Knot Haunted Trail Haughton 8pm-Midnight
Oklahoma
October 11
Noble Scaregrounds Noble 7:30pm-11pm
Times are for opening night only, unless otherwise noted.
North Texas
September 13
Cutting Edge Haunted House Ft Worth 8pm-10pm
Dark Hour Haunted House Plano 6:30pm-Midnight
Six Flags Fright Fest Arlington 6pm-11pm
September 21
Thrillvania Terrell 8:30pm-10pm
September 27
J&F House of Terror Garland 8pm-10:30pm Blackout weekend. Tickets online, cash only in person.
Moxley Manor Haunted House Bedford 8pm-11pm
Hellbilly Acres Woods of Terror Alvarado 7pm-Midnight
Hangman’s House of Horrors Ft Worth 8pm-Midnight
Haunted Mead Manor Alvarado 8pm-Midnight
September 28
Haunted Shadows Lake Trail The Colony 7:30pm-Midnight
October 4
Screams Halloween Theme Park Waxahachie 7pm-1am
Creekside Manor Midlothian 7:30pm-Midnight
The Parker House Denton 8pm-10pm
Zombie Safari Forney Sold out until October 18. 7pm-10pm. Tickets are selling fast for the season.
The Unknown Cleburne 8pm-11pm
October 5
Ripley’s Nights of Frights Grand Prairie 7pm-11pm
Central Texas
September 13
Scream Hollow Smithville 7pm-midnight
House of Torment Austin Tickets on sale from 7pm-9:15pm
American Scare Grounds Haunted Attraction Elm Mott 7:30pm-Midnight
September 27
Silo of Screams Temple 8pm-10pm Low Scare Opening Night
September 28
Bat City Scaregrounds Austin 7:30pm-11pm
Silo of Screams Temple 8pm-10pm Full Scare Opening Night
October 12
Rocky Creek Maze and Trail Moulton Tickets online only, entrance gate closes at 9pm
Houston
September 13
Purgatory Scream Park Houston 8pm-11:30pm
13th Floor Haunted House Houston Tickets on sale from 7pm-9:15pm
September 20
Houston Terrordome Houston 8pm-11pm. Buy one ticket get one free weekend.
September 27
Creepy Hollow Haunted House Rosharon 7:30pm-Midnight
September 28
Phobia BW-8 Houston 8pm-11pm
Phobia Kemah Boardwalk Kemah 5pm-10pm
Redrum Fear Park Richmond 7pm-11pm
P-6 Farms Fall Fest Montgomery 10am-6:30pm (last admission at 5:30pm)
October 4
Haunted Drive Cleveland 7:30pm-11pm
Haunted Trails Cypress 8pm-11:30pm
October 5
Terror Isle Haunted Attraction Texas City 7pm-11pm
October 11
Texas Zombie Hunt Richmond 7pm-10pm
San Antonio
September 13
13th Floor Haunted House San Antonio Tickets on sale online for 7:30pm-9:45pm
September 21
Freakshow Farms Nightmare in the Woods Spring Branch 8:30pm-10pm
September 27
Terrorland Haunted Adventure San Antonio 7:30pm-Midnight
East Texas
September 27
Graystone Manor Haunted House Longview 7pm-11pm
The Haunted Hotel Beaumont 7pm-11pm
Haunted Hallows at Coppergate Ranch Mt Pleasant 8pm-11:30pm
September 28
World of Khaos Haunted House Tyler 7pm-Midnight
Yesterland Farm Spooktacular Nights Dark till 10pm
October 1
Zip-line with Zombies Diana October 1-Halloween. Reservations required, call 903 968 6924.
October 4
Doc Wilkes House of Horrors Longview 7:30pm-Midnight
Afterlife Haunted Attraction Talco 8pm-11pm
The Asylum Haunted House Talco 8pm-11pm
Dr Mangle’s Murder Manor Jefferson 9pm-Midnight
October 11
Delusions Scream Park Bryan 7pm-11pm
West Texas
September 13
The Haunt at Sundown Amarillo 8pm-Midnight
September 27
Haunted Daze El Paso 8pm-Midnight
Nightmare on Main St Vernon 7:30pm-10pm
September 28
Amarillo Scaregrounds Sneak Peek night, ticket booth from 7:30pm-9:30pm
Haunted Houses of Terror East El Paso 7pm-Midnight
Nightmare on 19th Street Lubbock 7:30pm-11pm
October 3
Forbidden Acres Haunted House El Paso Thu and Sun 8pm-10:30pm Fri-Sat 8pm-11pm Cash Only
October 4
6th Street Massacre Amarillo 7pm-Midnight
The Blackness Haunted House Plainview 7:30pm-11:30pm
October 5
Haunted Houses of Terror West El Paso 7pm-Midnight
October 18
Bloody Bill’s Haunted Attraction Odessa 8pm-Midnight
South Texas
All Year
Haunted Mayfield Manor Galveston Fri-Mon 11am-9pm, Tues-Thu 1pm-9pm
September 27
The Hauntings of Boogeyman Haunted House Corpus Christi VIP Weekend, buy online, begins at 8.
October 4
Fright Night Haunted House Corpus Christi 7pm-11pm
Haunting on the Blue Ghost Corpus Christi 7pm-10pm
The Hauntings of the Boogeyman Corpus Christi Regular opening 8pm-Midnight
October 11
Toluca Ranch Haunted House Weslaco 8pm-Midnight, ticket sales stop at 11:30pm.
Louisiana
September 13
The Mortuary New Orleans Opens at 7:30pm
Necromanor Haunted House Bossier City 7pm-Midnight
Haunted Forest Downsville 8pm-Midnight
New Orleans Nightmare Tickets on sale for 8pm-10:15pm
September 27
13th Gate Baton Rouge 6:30pm-11:30pm
Fright Trail Lafayette 7pm-11pm
September 28
Rise Haunted House Hammond 7pm-10:30pm
October 4
Dark Woods Adventure Park Natchitoches 7:30pm-11pm
Evil Visions Haunted House Monroe 7pm-Midnight
October 11
The Devil’s Knot Haunted Trail Haughton 8pm-Midnight
Oklahoma
September 13
The Asylum Haunted Attraction Nowata Special night, 9pm-11pm
September 27
Castle of Muskogee Halloween Festival Muskogee Opens at 5:30pm, ticket sales end at 10pm.
Newcastle Nightmare Haunted Attraction Newcastle Ticket window open from 7pm-11pm
The Mad House Haunted Attraction Oklahoma City Dark to 11pm $15 Cash only
September 28
Guthrie Scaregrounds 7pm-midnight
The Asylum Haunted Attraction Nowata regular opening 9pm-11pm
Nightfall Haunted Attraction Oklahoma City 6pm-11pm
October 3
Nightmare Warehouse Enid 7:30pm-10:30pm weeknights 7:30pm-11:30pm weekends
October 4
Hex House Tulsa 7pm-11pm
Psycho Path Haunted Attraction Sperry 7:30pm-11pm
Haunted Plantation Coweta 7pm-11pm
October 5
Nightmare in the Country Woodward 8pm-11pm
DCP Haunted Trail Yukon 7pm-10:30pm
Mad Jack’s Haunted House Ardmore 7pm-11pm
October 11
Noble Scaregrounds Noble 7:30pm-11pm
Wicked Forest of Terror Oklahoma City 7pm-11pm
New Mexico
September 27
McCall’s Haunted Farm Albuquerque Area 7pm-Midnight
October 4
Horror Hall Haunted House Tularosa 7pm-10pm
October 5
Haunted Scarecrow: American Horror Theater Albuquerque Doors open at 6pm
Arkansas
September 13
Haunted Hotel of Arkansas Little Rock 7:30pm-12:30am
September 27
Nightmares Haunted House Bentonville Dusk-11pm
The Reaper Haunted House 7pm-11pm
Fields of Terror Mountain Home Dark until 10pm
September 28
The Asylum Haunted House Cave Springs 7pm-11pm
Fear Factory 501 Jacksonville 7pm-11pm
October 4
Carpenter’s Mortuary Spook House Gentry 7pm-11pm
Warehouse of Fear Siloam Springs Ticket booth opens at 6:30pm, park opens at 7pm, last ticket at 11pm.
October 19
Scantling Haunted House Booneville 7pm-9pm
North Texas
Screams Waxahachie
Cutting Edge Fort Worth
Thrillvania Terrell
Parker House Denton
Texas Scaregrounds Mineral Wells Closed for 2024
Creekside Manor Midlothian
Haunted Shadows Lake Trail The Colony
Moxley Manor Bedford
J&F House of Terror Garland
Hangman’s House of Horrors Fort Worth
Dark Hour Haunted House Plano
Zombie Safari Forney
Six Flags Fright Fest Arlington
Haunted Mead Manor Alvarado
Hellbilly Acres Alvarado
The Unknown Cleburne
Ripley’s Nights of Frights Grand Prairie
Central Texas
American Scaregrounds Haunted Attraction Elm Mott (Formerly Waco Haunted Houses)
Scream Hollow Halloween Park Smithville
House of Torment Austin
Fatal Fear Haunted House Austin Closed in 2024
Bat City Scaregrounds Austin
Silo of Screams Temple
Rocky Creek Maze and Haunted Trail Moulton
Houston area
Phobia Haunted House BW-8 Houston
Houston TerrorDome Houston
Houston Screamfest Houston
Purgatory Scream Park Kingwood
Redrum Fear Park Richmond
Haunted Trails Cypress
Creepy Hollow Haunted House Rosharon
Phobia Kemah Boardwalk Kemah
P-6 Farms Fall Festival and Corn Maze Montgomery
Haunted Drive Cleveland
Forest of Fear Drive Cleveland Closed in 2024
Horror Trails Houston Closed in 2024
13th Floor Haunted House Houston
Texas Zombie Hunt Richmond
Terror Isle Haunted Attraction Texas City
Galveston
San Antonio
Terrorland Haunted Adventure San Antonio
Freakshow Farms Nightmare in the Woods Spring Branch
13th Floor Haunted House San Antonio
East Texas
Graystone Manor Longview
World of Khaos Thrill Park Tyler
Doc Wilkes House of Horrors Longview
Terror Trails Yantis Closed in 2024
Afterlife Haunted Attraction Blossom
The Haunted Hotel Beaumont
Terror at the Oaks Vidor Closed in 2024
The Asylum Haunted House Talco
Zip Line with Zombies Diana
Yesterland Fright Farm Spooktacular Nights Canton
Delusions Scream Park Bryan
Haunted Hallows at Coppergate Ranch Mt Pleasant
Dr Mangle’s Murder Manor Jefferson
West Texas
Haunted Daze El Paso
Haunted Houses of Terror El Paso
Forbidden Acres El Paso
The Asylum El Paso
Nightmare on 19th Street Lubbock
Amarillo Scaregrounds Amarillo
6th Street Massacre Amarillo
The Haunt at Sundown Amarillo
Old Midland Trail of Horrors Midland Closed in 2024
The Blackness Haunted House Plainview
Nightmare on Main Street Vernon
Bloody Bill’s Chainsaw Carnage Odessa
South Texas
Haunting on the Blue Ghost Corpus Christi
Fright Night Haunted House Corpus Christi
The Hauntings of Boogeyman Haunted House Corpus Christi
Toluca Ranch Haunted House Weslaco
Louisiana
13th Gate Baton Rouge
The Mortuary New Orleans
New Orleans Nightmare New Orleans
Rise Haunted House Hammond
Dark Woods Haunted Attraction Natchitoches
Necromanor Haunted House Bossier City
The Devil’s Knot Haunted Trail Haughton
Fright Trail Lafayette
Haunted Forest Downsville
Evil Visions Haunted House Monroe
Oklahoma
Hex House Tulsa
Wicked Forest of Terror Oklahoma City
Guthrie Haunted Scaregrounds Guthrie
The Asylum Haunted Attraction Nowata
DCP Haunted Trail Yukon
Nightmare in the Country Woodward
Psycho Path Haunted Attraction Sperry
Nightmare Warehouse Enid
Mad Jack’s Haunted House Ardmore
Newcastle Nightmare Haunted Attraction Newcastle
Noble Scaregrounds Noble
Trail of Fear Haunted Scream Park Lawton
The Castle of Muskogee Halloween Festival Muskogee
Haunted Plantation Coweta
Mad House Haunted Attraction Oklahoma City
Nightfall Haunted Territory Oklahoma City
New Mexico
Purgatory Haunted House Albuquerque
McCalls Haunted Farm Albuquerque area
American Scarecrow: Haunted Theater Albuquerque
The Horror Hall Haunted House Tularosa
Arkansas
Haunted Hotel of Arkansas Little Rock
The Expelled Haunted House Huntsville Closed in 2024
Fear Factory 501 Jacksonville
Nightmares Haunted House Bentonville
Reaper Haunted House North Little Rock
The Asylum Haunted House Cave Springs
Banshee Manor Haunted Attraction Fayetteville Closed in 2024
Warehouse of Fear Siloam Springs
Scantling Haunted House Booneville
Carpenter’s Mortuary Spook House Gentry
Fields of Terror Mountain Home
AMC Fearfest Countdown to Fearfest begins on September 28. Fearfest begins on October 1. AMC’s daily schedule is here.
SYFY 31 Days of Halloween Countdown to 31 Days of Halloween begins on September 3. 31 Days of Halloween begins on October 1. SYFY’s daily schedule is here.
TCM October Horror The Countdown to October Horror begins on September 9. October Horror begins on October 2. TCM’s star of the month for October is Bela Lugosi. TCM’s daily schedule is here.
Movies! Channel Friday Night Frights has a double feature of horror movies every Friday night through the year, beginning at 7pm CST. Movies! frequently has additional horror movies on after Friday Night Frights, sometimes running until 5am. Movies! is a free over the air channel. Their site is here, check it for how to view Movies! in your area. Movies! daily schedule is here.
Comet Channel Horror and Sci Comet is an all genre channel that airs movies mostly on Saturday afternoon and evening, and genre TV shows the rest of the week. Comet’s daily schedule is here.
Svengoolie’s Halloween BOOnanza begins on October 1, on the MeTV network. Svengoolie is a horror host who has a weekly Saturday night show on MeTV. Svengoolie has special programming through the month of October. MeTV’s site is here. Check for how to view MeTV in your area and for your local schedule on their site.
Shudder 61 Days of Halloween began on September 1. Shudder is a streaming service. You can subscribe directly at Shudder, or through Amazon Prime.
Travel Channel Ghostober will begin on October 1. Travel Channel’s daily schedule is here.
Freeform 31 Nights of Halloween Begins October 1. Freeform’s daily schedule is here.
Disney Channel Calling All Monsters Countdown to Calling All Monsters begins on September 3. Calling All Monsters begins on October 2. Disney Channel’s daily schedule is here.
Food Network Halloween begins on September 16 with the Halloween Baking Championship season premiere. Food Network’s daily schedule is here.
Hallmark Channel Halloween begins on September 10. Hallmark Channel’s schedule is here.
Halloween Movies on TV is a great site that I link to. They update throughout the season, so check them frequently.
Spirit Halloween has opened most of it’s locations, with some set to open later in September. For additional info, check out their FB page here.
New Releases in Theaters
Beetlejuice 2 Opens nationwide September 6
Speak No Evil Opens nationwide September 13
Meanwhile on Earth September 13
The Substance September 20
A Different Man Opens NY and LA September 20, nationwide October 4
Azrael Opens nationwide September 27
Terrifier 3 Opens nationwide October 11
Smile 2 October 18
New Releases on Streaming
Here After Digital/VOD September 13
Apartment 7A Streaming on Paramount+ September 27
Hold Your Breath Streaming on Hulu October 3
V/H/S/ Beyond Only on Shudder October 4
It’s What’s Inside Streaming on Netflix October 4
MadS October 11 on Shudder
Time Cut Streaming October 30 on Netflix
Salem’s Lot The long delayed remake will stream on Max in October
Theaters Showing Vintage Horror Movies in October
Texas Theater also has the Texas Horror Cult Film Festival on October 28, from 7pm-10pm
The Rooftop Cinema Club Ft Worth
The Rooftop Cinema Club Houston
Sundown at the Granada List of their movies on the rooftop here
Theaters Showing Vintage and First Run Horror Movies in October
Free Movie Showings
Haunted Mansion shown outside in Downtown Dallas October 18, 7pm-9pm
Pictures on the Plaza in Grapevine October 12 (Coco),19 (Hotel Transylvania) ,26 (Haunted Mansion)
October 11
Witches and Wizards Mixer and Dance Social in Farmer’s Branch 7:30pm-11pm
October 17
Halloween Spirits Walk in the Colony 6pm-9pm
October 18
Paint a Pumpkin and Watch Hocus Pocus Dallas Farmers Market 7pm-10pm
October 19
Trunk or Treat Cedar Springs Dallas 1pm-3pm
Dallas Halloween Weekend Bar Crawl Trinity Cider Downtown Dallas 4pm-11pm
Spooky SZN Candle Making Class 6pm-8pm in Dallas
Ghoul’s Night Out Cocktail Workshop in Arlington 6pm-7pm and 8pm-9pm
Scary Sweet Cake Decorating Class at Val’s in Dallas 6pm-9pm
West End Zombie Crawl at Chet’s in the West End 7pm-11:30pm
October 20
Pumpkin Carving Social Craft Party (Adults Only) in Farmers Branch 2pm-4pm
October 22
Cemetarium Craft Party at Voodoo Brewing Plano 6:30pm-8:30pm
October 24
Doggie Halloween at the Stoneleigh Hotel Dallas 5:30pm-7:30pm
Bishop Arts Halloween Bar Crawl Dallas 7pm-10pm
October 25
Block Party Night Market at Henry’s Majestic in Dallas 6pm-10pm
Trick Or Drink Dallas Halloween Bar Crawl/Lower Greenville/Starts at The Dubliner/Registration 6pm-11pm/Runs 6pm-2am
Sam’s Search Sweepstakes Halloween Party Starts at 7pm in Southeast Dallas
Halloween Bar Crawl from Dot’s Hop House in Dallas. Starts at 7pm
The Village Presents a Murder Mystery Dinner Dallas Starts at 6:15pm
The Westin Southlake’s Annual Halloween Party 7:30pm-Midnight
Hideaway Cabaret Burlesque Show in Dallas 8pm-11pm
The Walking Dead Halloween Bar Crawl at Bottled Blonde Downtown Dallas 8pm-2am
The Village Nightmare on Main Street Halloween Bash North Dallas 9pm-2am
Shay DeCastro at Portal Halloween Afterparty Dallas 1:30am-4:30am
October 26
Halloween Party @ The Truck Yard Lower Greenville 11am-11:30pm Free admission
Halloween@ The Truck Yard in the Colony 11am-11:30pm
Dallas Halloween Bar Crawl Deep Ellum 4pm-11pm
Arlington Halloween Bar Crawl 4pm-11pm
Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat from 6pm-7pm in Hurst
Candy Trail Feat Haunted Halls (children) in Irving 6pm-9pm
Dallas Halloween Block Party Cedar Springs 6pm-1am
Dallas Zombie Bar Crawl Dot’s Hop House Downtown Dallas Starts at 7pm
Dallas Halloween Singles Party Brass Tap in North Dallas 7pm-9pm
Hoeasis Halloween Hoedown in Dallas 7pm-9pm
R&B Paint and Sip Halloween in Plano 7pm-10pm
Steel Rose Halloween Bash at Guitars and Growlers in Flower Mound 7pm-10:30pm
Trick Or Drink Dallas Halloween Bar Crawl/Lower Greenville/Starts at The Dubliner/Registration 4pm-10pm/Runs 4pm-2am
Haunted Beer Garden Halloween Party at Outfit Brewing in Dallas 8pm-Midnight
Graveyard Live Halloween Party 8pm-2am Arlington
River Pig Dallas Halloween Party Lower Greenville 8pm-2am
The Dervish Club Halloween Party 8:30pm-Midnight
T’s Annual Halloween Bash in Lewisville. Starts at 9pm
Halloween Bash at Punch Bowl Social in Dallas. Starts at 9pm
Annual Halloween Costume Contest at O’Shea’s Irish Pub in Grapevine 9pm-1pm
Haunted Hotel Halloween Mega Bash Aloft Hotel West Dallas 10pm-2am
Lava Cantina’s Halloween Bash and Rocky Horror Picture Show in The Colony 11pm-2am
October 27
Spooky Themed Pop Up Market from 11am-5pm in Dallas
Halloween Crafts at Celestial Beerworks in Dallas 2pm-6pm
The Underground Market’s Ghoulish Goods Market Dallas 11am-5pm
Trunk or Treat from T’s parking lot in Lewisville 5pm-8pm
Boo Bash at Lava Cantina in the Colony 4pm-10:30pm
October 29
Halloween Trivia Night at Third Rail Bar in Grapevine 6:30pm-9pm
October 30
Whiskey Dinner and Costume Party at Barrel and Bones in The Colony 7pm-9pm
Halloween
Make and Take Halloween Treats Central Market Lovers Lane Dallas 11am-1:30pm
Trick or Treat on Downtown Streets Dallas 4pm-7pm
DYS Trick or Treat Halloween Extravaganza Dallas 4pm-8pm
Halloween Bar Crawl in Arlington 5pm-11pm
Halloween Trick or Treat Event in Plano 6pm-8pm
Trunk or Treat Plus a Movie in Las Colinas Trunk or Treat 5pm-7pm, movie 7pm-9pm
Fright Night Dallas Hemp Halloween Party East Dallas 7pm-11:30pm
Halloween Ghost Hunt at Oakland Cemetery in Dallas 7:30-11:30
Trick Or Drink Dallas Halloween Bar Crawl/Lower Greenville/Starts at The Dubliner/Registration 6pm-11pm/Runs 6pm-2am
Dallas Halloween Bar Crawl 5pm-11pm Trinity Cider Downtown Dallas
Masquerade Party in Frisco 8pm-Midnight
Costumes and Cocktails Dallas 8pm-1am
The Church Presents Halloween on Halloween East Dallas 8pm-2am
Freak or Treat 9pm-2am Walnut Hill West Dallas
Halloween Night Rooftop Party 10pm-2am The Statler Downtown Dallas
November 1
Maxim Masquerade at the W Hotel Doors open at 8:45, runs until 2am
Dare to Scare Irving 9pm-Midnight
November 2
Downtown Dallas Halloween Bar Crawl 4pm-10pm
Haunted W Dallas Rooftop Halloween Party and Costume Ball 9pm-2am
Swizzle Tiki Bar in Lower Greenville decorates for Halloween through October, plays horror movies on the bar TV, and has an annual Halloween themed Burlesque show in late October. Swizzle is in the lowest part of Lower Greenville, close to Voodoo Donuts.
Haunted Castle Cafe in Plano opened in August. It’s close to Willow Bend Mall, off of the northbound Dallas North Tollway access road. This is the first restaurant or bar in DFW that is dedicated to Halloween/haunted houses. However, the reviews are mixed. The food menu is small, erratically executed, and pricey. Of course, everything is pricey today. Your best bet may be to go to the bar and order appetizers along with your drinks. The place is very well decorated. It sounds like it’s worth checking out once, just for the experience of being able to drink in a place that is all about haunted houses and Halloween.
The Old Monk, Spider Murphy’s Pub, The Skellig are Irish pubs, owned by the same company, along Henderson Ave in Dallas, close to Lower Greenville. All three decorate heavily for Halloween and usually have Halloween themed drinks in October. Old Monk has pumpkin carving in the last week of October.
The Dubliner is the oldest Irish pub in Dallas. It’s located in the middle of Lower Greenville and decorates heavily for Halloween. It’s owned by a guy from Dublin and is far more authentic than the Old Monk and it’s sister pubs. The Dubliner has pumpkin carving for one night during the final night week of October.
Wonder Bar on Henderson Ave in Dallas decorates for Halloween and has Halloween themed drinks in October.
Here is an updated list of stores that sell quality Halloween merchandise and costumes. These links should take you directly to their Halloween departments. Walgreens, Kroger, Tom Thumb, Albertsons, and CVS usually sell a fair amount of Halloween decorations and candy, but they list little to nothing online, so I’m not linking to them. They are worth checking out in person, especially CVS. Many of the costume shops listed also carry decorations.
Merchandise
In Person and online
Online only
Costume Shops
Online
In Person and online
Since it’s looking like at least some haunted attractions in Texas will join Screams in cancelling, we are going to post alternatives to haunted houses this season. Without commenting on whether paranormal activity is real, I will say that investigating paranormal sites can be fun, even if you aren’t a believer. After all, we all know that haunted houses aren’t full of real monsters, but they are great fun anyway. Below are some links to paranormal sites and ghost tours.
Haunted Places
Haunted Places.org The Most Haunted Places In Texas
Backpackerverse 10 Most Haunted Places in Texas
Caller.com 13 Haunted Places in Texas
Haunted Rooms: 17 Most Haunted Places in Texas
Haunted Rooms Most Haunted Places in DFW
Texas Escapes Texas Ghosts List
Click2Houston Creepiest Places in Texas
Arlington Tourism 18 Most Haunted Places in DFW
Travel Texas Haunted Places to Visit
Austin Ghosts Top 10 Most Haunted Places in Texas
Shadowlands Haunted Places in Texas
Ghost Tours
Trip Advisor Ghost Tours in Texas
Ghost Tours of Galveston Island
Ft Worth Stockyard Ghost Tours
North Texas
Halls Pumpkin Farm and Corn Maze Grapevine
The Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch Flower Mound
Boo at the Zoo Ft Worth Zoo
Dallas Arboretum Pumpkin Festival Dallas
Dallas Pumpkin Patch Preston Trail Farms Gunter
Blase Family Farm Pumpkin Patch Rockwall
Zombie Safari Forney
Team Family Farms Aubrey
Yesterland Fall Festival Canton
Black Creek Farms Pumpkin Patch Decatur
Elves Farm Pumpkin Patch Denison
Central Texas
The Robinson Family Farm Temple
The Jersey Barnyard Pumpkin Patch La Grange
Barton Hill Farms Fall Festival Bastrop
Elgin Christmas Tree Farm Pumpkin Festival Elgin
Evergreen Farms Pumpkin Hunt Elgin
Rocky Creek Maze Moulton
Sweet Berry Farm Harvest of Fall Fun Marble Falls
Lone Star Family Farm & Corn Maze Stephenville
San Antonio Area
Good News Pumpkin Patch San Antonio
Vogel Orchard Pumpkin Patch Fredericksburg
Circle and Maze La Vernia
Devine Acres Farm Fall Countryfest Devine
Great Hill Country Pumpkin Patch-Love Creek Orchards Medina
Pipe Creek Pumpkin Patch Pipe Creek
Owl Creek Farms San Antonio
Houston Area
Halter Inc Haunted Trail and Pumpkin Patch Houston
P-6 Farms Montgomery
Haunted Drive Cleveland
Blessington Farms Fall Festival Simonton
Dewberry Farm Brookshire
Double Creek Farm Pumpkin Patch Livingston
Martin Farms Pumpkin Patch Bellville
J&J Nursery Spring
Old Time Christmas Tree Farm Pumpkin Patch Spring
Berryland Farms of Texas Winnie
Froberg Fruit and Vegetable Farm Alvin
Oil Ranch Scarecrow Festival and Pumpkin Patch Hockley
Texas Zombie Hunt Richmond
East Texas
Zip Line With The Zombies Diana Reservations required. Call 903 968 6924
West Texas
Fiddlestick Farms Midland
Maxwell Pumpkin Farm Amarillo
AT’L Do Farms Lubbock
Assiter Punkin Ranch Floydada
Haunted Maze at Circle S Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch Wall
South Texas
Rockin K Maze Robstown
South Texas Maize Hondo
Neal’s Lodges Haunted Hayrides Concan
Screams Halloween Theme Park will open on October 4th, and will be open Fridays and Saturdays through November 2. Hours are 7pm-1am. You can buy tickets here.
Screams features five main haunted attractions (redesigned Terra Mythica Castle, Bootleggers Bayou, Klownz in 3D, Time’s Up Maze, Zombie Wasteland Apocalypse), plus two walk through attractions (Rottingwood Cemetery, Cool Ghoul Boolevard), the Mythical Monster Museum, multiple pubs (including a full bar and cafe at Full Moon Tavern), a food court, food trucks, the 13th Hour Bakery, Coco’s Sweet Treats, live entertainment, Scary-Oke, games of skill, Henna tattoos, and Halloween related merchants. New this year on stage is the End of the World parade (October 11,12,18,19) and Queen Anne’s Lace (October 4 and 5). The Hell Dollz return this year on the main stage. Also new this year is the Halloween themed trivia show at the Taboo Tavern stage.
2024 Screams Dates
October 4th and 5th
October 11th and 12th
October 18th and 19th
October 25th and 26th
November 1st and 2nd
All nights are 7pm-1am. Admission to the park closes at midnight.
Press release from Screams for the 2024 season:
General Info
Screams is on the Scarborough Faire grounds and is natural terrain, so remember to wear comfortable shoes, and don’t wear high heels. If the weather cools down, you may want to take along a light jacket, just in case. Wearing costumes, Halloween type masks, or face paint into Screams is not allowed.
Site here
Facebook here
Phone (972) 938-3247
Location: Screams is on FM 66, 1.6 miles east of I-35, in Waxahachie. The address is 2511 FM 66 Waxahachie TX, 75167. Screams is about 30 minutes south of downtown Dallas and southeast of downtown Ft Worth. Directions to Screams are here.
It’s best to arrive as early as possible at Screams. Be there about 15-20 minutes before the park opens (6:40-6:45) if possible. Screams is open for six hours, but time flies when you are having fun. You can easily spend an entire evening at Screams and not do the same thing twice. You can find everything here, haunted houses, eating, drinking, shopping, nightly shows on the main stage, plus games of skill. If you are only going to go to one haunted attraction in the DFW area, I recommend Screams because it is so all inclusive. Another great thing is that the ticket price gets you into all of the haunted attractions as many times as you want. Basically, you get into a total of seven attractions for the price of one.
Tickets at the gate (on event nights only) start at $45 for all ages and discount tickets are now on sale at www.ScreamsPark.com. Screams® is designed for ages 16+ and there are no child tickets or child discounts available. Fast Passes can cut your wait time for the Haunted Houses in half and there are a limited number available each night starting at $33 each. Discount Fast Passes are also on sale now at www.ScreamsPark.com Fast Passes do NOT include admission into Screams®. Parking is FREE.
Tickets include admission into the park, all 5 haunted houses, the Rottingwood Cemetery and Cool Ghoul Boolevard walk-through attractions, live stage shows presented by Whataburger, and Scary-Oke. Food, drink, games, the Mythical Monster Museum, and shop merchandise must be purchased separately.
Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth kicks of it’s 2024 season on Friday, September 13. Cutting Edge is the world’s longest haunted house and has frequently scored a perfect 10 on this site. Arrive early in the evening to avoid the longest lines. Tickets go on sale on August 16. Click here to go buy tickets. Tickets are limited, so buy as early as possible.
The Cutting Edge 2024 schedule is below.
Friday, September 13th, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
Saturday, September 28th, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
Friday, October 4th, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
Saturday, October 5th, 2024: 7:30pm-11pm*
Friday, October 11th, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
Saturday, October 12th, 2024: 7pm-11pm*
Sunday, October 13th, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
Friday, October 18th, 2024: 7:30pm-12am*
Saturday, October 19th, 2024: 7pm-1am*
Sunday, October 20th, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
Thursday, October 24th, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
Friday, October 25th, 2024: 7pm-12am*
Saturday, October 26th, 2024: 7pm-1am*
Sunday, October 27th, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
Tuesday, October 29th, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
Wednesday, October 30th, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
Thursday, October 31st, 2024: 7pm-12am*
Friday, November 1st, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
Saturday, November 2nd, 2024: 8pm-10pm*
* See ticket link for final time slots. If you purchase tickets for the FINAL TIME SLOT,
you must arrive BEFORE THE TIME SLOT STARTS or the park will be closed.
Thrillvania Haunted House Park in Terrell Texas opens it’s 2024 season on Saturday, September 21. Thrillvania has three haunted attractions, Verdun Manor, Cassandra’s House of Clowns, and Sam Hain’s Trail of Torment. Hours for September 21 are 8:30pm to 10pm. Tickets go on sale on August 16. Buy your tickets here.
Thrillvania’s full 2024 schedule is below.
Saturday, September 21st, 2024: 8:30pm-10pm*
Saturday, October 5th, 2024: 8:30pm-10:30pm*
Friday, October 11th, 2024: 8:30pm-10:30pm*
Saturday, October 12th, 2024: 8:30pm-10:30pm*
Sunday, October 13th, 2024: 8:30pm-10pm*
Friday, October 18th, 2024: 8:30pm-10:30pm*
Saturday, October 19th, 2024: 8:30pm-10:30pm*
Friday, October 25th, 2024: 8:30pm-11pm*
Saturday, October 26th, 2024: 8:30pm-11:30pm*
Sunday, October 27th, 2024: 8:30pm-10pm*
Thursday, October 31st, 2024: 8:30pm-10:30pm*
Friday, November 1st, 2024: 8:30pm-10:30pm*
Saturday, November 2nd, 2024: 8:30pm-10:30pm*
*If you purchase tickets for the FINAL TIME SLOT,
you must arrive BEFORE THE TIME SLOT STARTS or the park will be closed.
This is a list of haunted houses from years past. Of course, nearly every haunted houses that opened before 1996 is closed now, so this is a list of personal favorites that have closed.
Tayman Graveyard, built on the same grounds that Tayman Manor occupied, has closed. 2021 was it’s final season. It had a good, long run, from 2005-2021. Tayman Graveyard had a great location and multiple attractions. I fondly remember the creepy walk from the old parking lot to the haunt, and the great decor inside the park.
Dallas Scaregrounds A great haunted house that started out as Dr Blood’s and developed into a haunted festival, in the Dallas Design District. It was very popular, but fell victim to the redevelopment of the Design District. This was one of the first extra large haunted houses in DFW.
Fatal End/Dollhouse Another popular haunted house that was ended by redevelopment in the downtown Dallas area. Fatal End opened in the late 2000’s. It had a great location in the West End, and had great props. Necroplex merged with Fatal End in 2011 and the name changed to The Dollhouse.
Dallas Slaughterhouse This haunt started in the West End in Dallas in the mid 2000’s and eventually moved to Deep Ellum, before merging with J&F in Garland in 2016.
Dungeon of Doom The original DoD, in the basement of the Arlington Museum of Art, was formed as a way to raise money for the museum. It probably had the best decor of any haunted house I’ve been to, with the possible exception of Verdun Manor. Kay, and her husband Milton, ran the place. With so many multi haunt attractions opening in the 2000’s, Kay felt that DoD could no longer compete and closed down after the 2007 season. Many of the props went to the new Dungeon of Doom in the Reindeer Manor/13 Street Morgue complex.
Necroplex started in Italy, south of Waxahachie, in 2008, and merged with Fatal End in 2011. Necroplex had great Old West style Gothic props and decor.
Tayman Manor One of the most intense haunted houses of the 90’s and early 2000’s was Tayman Manor in Midlothian. Actors made some contact, the place looked great, and had a creepy setting. Tayman Manor was destroyed in a fire, along with most of Addamsville, but Tayman Graveyard lives on to this day.
Addamsville was a haunt park, next to Tayman Manor. It was only open for 2002 and 2003, but it was fun while it lasted. Addamsville had a coupon system, similar to the State Fair. It had a trail, a clown house, a mortuary, a haunted museum, and a standard haunted house. Concessions and a gift shop were at one end of the park. Stilt walkers roamed through the night. It had a great festival atmosphere. Sadly, most of Addamsville was destroyed in the fire that took out Tayman Manor. The mortuary and concessions stand are still around at Tayman Graveyard.
Dr Haunt’s Chamber of Fear Located in Gainesville, Dr Haunts was a throwback to ’80’s side of the road haunted houses. The quality varied year to year, but a unique layout and enthusiastic college volunteers made the trip worthwhile through the 2000’s.
Terrorplex was a small haunt park located in the outskirts of the Mansfield area, south of Arlington. It had four to five small haunted houses at a time. Mead Manor was the best of the haunts.
Lafitte’s Landing was a pirate themed haunted house that opened in the mid 2000’s, and reopened for one more year in Allen.
Phantom’s Haunted House This was the haunt that would not die. Originally located in Lewisville, on the west side of the 1-35 access road, Phantoms had to move to Frisco after it’s property was bought by a car dealership. After one season in Frisco (I think that was 2003) Phantoms moved to the State Fair for three seasons, before moving back to Frisco, or Plano, at an Old West attraction in 2010. Phantom’s final location was in Allen, off of 75, where the outdoor mall is today. The Lewisville location had the best haunted house, but the Allen location had the best hayride I’ve been on. It wound through a densely forested area, with tree branches close enough to touch at times.
Faustas Sanitarium was located in Cleburne in the Wright Plaza building, which shows up on lots of paranormal sites as a haunted location. Faustas was upstairs, and was fairly small, but was extremely well decorated due to being designed by Lance Pope’s company, Wolf Productions. Wright Plaza was closed at night, aside from Faustas, and in those days downtown Cleburne was deserted at night, so the entire area had an eerie feel to it. Faustas was open in the 90’s and closed down around 2003.
Haunt House Located in Caddo Mills, off of the I-30 access road, Haunt House was a small, but creative place. This was the first haunt in the area to use shock pads on walls.
Ripley’s Haunted House Ripley’s in Grand Prairie had a very good haunted house in the wax figure section of it’s building in the 2000’s. I went for the first time in 2004, and it closed a few years later. The wax figures of horror movie monsters and liberal use of fog machines were the best parts of the haunt.
Strangling Brothers Haunted Circus This still exists in Utah, but the DFW version was around for three seasons, beginning in 2013. The circus was a collection of 18 wheeler trailers, each with it’s own scene and actors, plus some props and actors between the trailers. It moved each year, from two locations in Irving, to Grand Prairie, before closing shop in Texas. It was a unique approach to haunting, but was probably too expensive for the market.
Other notable closed haunted attractions:
Ripley’s Haunted Adventure
Nightmare on Grayson
Nightmare Grounds
Dragons House of Horror
Fearaphobia
Halls of Horror
Screamworld
Nightmare on the Bayou
Southlake Carroll haunted house
Dan’s Haunted House
The Boneyard Haunted House
Dr Fright’s in Arlington
3Haunts
Haunted Hollow at the Hill
Fear Factory in the Colony
Nightmare on Forest Lane
Count Dracula’s in McKinney
Zombie Manor
Dark Path Haunt
Jefferson Fright Train
Rotting Flesh Factory
Psycho Asylum
Tree Farm Massacre
The Sanctuary Haunted House
Evil Visions Haunted House
Terror Trail (Canutillo)
Nightmare Grounds
Scream Hollow in Smithville (southeast of Austin) is opening in May and June for their Frequency of Fear show. Dates are May 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 31, June 1, 7, and 8. Hours are 7pm-midnight ,with the exception of Sunday, May 26 from 7pm-10pm.
Dark Hour Haunted House in Plano will open for Fang Frenzy on Saturday, July 13, from 7pm-10pm. Fang Frenzy is a survival themed attraction featuring werewolves and werewolf hunters. Tickets are available here.
Dark Hour Haunted House in Plano will be open on March 16 for it’s Survive St Patrick’s Slay show. Dark hour will be open from 7pm-10pm that night. You can buy tickets here.