Cutting Edge Haunted House in Ft Worth is opening on May 30 for a Halfway to Halloween blackout night. Tickets are on sale here and are timed. Times are from 8:45pm to 9:45pm.
Scream Hollow Halloween Theme Park will be open on May 1-2 for the Witching Hour Masquerade. Hours are 7pm-midnight on both nights.
Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth will be open on Friday, March 13. This is likely to be the last time they will be open before the beginning of their Halloween season so check it out if you can. Hours are 7:30-9:30, but these are timed tickets and they are selling fast.
Redrum Fear Park in Richmond (Houston area) is having a nightclub event called Bloodbath for two nights on March 20 and 21. DJs and bars will be part of the attraction, which will be based on 1891 Prague. EDM, old world Prague, and bars with crafted cocktails sounds like a fun evening. Check it out if you are in the Houston area.
Dark Hour Haunted House in Plano will be open on Friday, March 13 for Leprechauns Lights Out. Hours are 7pm-10pm. Dark Hour will not have it’s July show this year so this is your last time they will be open until September. Tickets are very reasonably priced at $20.
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.
Screams Halloween Theme Park, 1996-2024. My favorite place ever for the Halloween season.
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.
Reindeer Manor/13th Street Morgue opened in 1974 in Red Oak Texas where it operated until 2024 when it moved to Grand Prairie for one season. In 2025 Reindeer moved to downtown Waxahachie. The 2025 season was Reindeer’s final season. A warehouse sale on March 1 2026 effectively ended Reindeer Manor.
Other notable closed haunted attractions:
Museum of Horrors/Texas Chainsaw Nightmare in Elm Mott Texas
Haunted Mayfield Manor Galveston TX
Hatch and Kraven’s Slaughterhouse Sherman and Denison TX
Terror Trails Yantis TX
Ripley’s Haunted Adventure Haunted House Grand Prairie TX
Nightmare on Grayson San Antonio
Nightmare in the Country Woodward Oklahoma
Dragons House of Horror Roanoke TX
Fearaphobia Bridgeport TX
Halls of Horror Lewisville TX
Screamworld Houston
Nightmare on the Bayou Houston
Southlake Carroll haunted house
Dan’s Haunted House Lake Dallas
The Boneyard Haunted House Arlington
Dr Fright’s in Arlington TX
3Haunts Shepherd TX
Haunted Hollow at the Hill Dallas
Fear Factory in the Colony TX
Nightmare on Forest Lane Dallas
Count Dracula’s in McKinney TX
Zombie Manor Arlington TX
Dark Path Haunt Denton TX
Jefferson Fright Train Jefferson TX
Rotting Flesh Factory Harlingen TX
Psycho Asylum San Antonio
Tree Farm Massacre Leesville Louisiana
The Sanctuary Haunted House Oklahoma City
Terror Trail (Canutillo TX)
Nightmare Grounds Fort Cobb Oklahoma
Delusions Scream Park Bryan TX
Scantling Haunted House Arkansas
Forest of Fear Drive Cleveland TX
Carpenter’s Mortuary Spookhouse Gentry OK
The only year round haunted attraction in Texas has closed it’s doors. Haunted Mayfield Manor in Galveston had it’s final night on September 9th. However, the owners of Mayfield Manor have opened a haunted boat tour in Galveston. You can check out Haunted Harbor Tours if you live in the area or visit.
Thrillvania Haunted House Park in Terrell TX will be open on Saturday, August 23 for a special Midsummer Night’s Scream event. Tickets can be purchased here. Tickets are selling fast. At this moment, tickets are available for time slots between 8:30pm and 9:15pm.
Dark Hour Haunted House in Plano will be open on Saturday, July 26 for Dead By Dark Hour. Hours are 7pm-10pm. Tickets are here.
Cutting Edge Haunted House Ft Worth Tickets from 9pm to 10:15pm
Dark Hour Haunted House Plano 7pm-10pm
Hangman’s House of Horrors Ft Worth Tickets from 8pm-10:45pm. Same hours on June 14.
House of Torment Austin Tickets from 8pm to 10:45pm. Also open on Saturday June 14, same hours.
13th Floor Haunted House Houston Tickets from 8pm to 10:45pm. Open on Saturday June 14, same hours.
Haunted Mayfield Manor Galveston Open all year
Hangman’s Haunted House in Ft Worth will be open on Friday, June 13th with their Summer Camp show. Hangman’s will open at 8pm, with the last tickets sold for a 10:30 entry. Tickets can be purchased here.
Dark Hour Haunted House in Plano will put on Fang Frenzy on Friday, June 13. Hours are 7pm-10pm. You can get your tickets here. Fang Frenzy is an interactive werewolf hunt where guests begin as werewolf hunters, but can be turned by werewolves, resulting in being hunted by werewolf hunters.
Scream Hollow Halloween Park southeast of Austin will be open on May 2nd and 3rd for a Halfway to Halloween 1st Annual Vampire Masquerade Ball. Hours are 7pm-Midnight. Tickets are here.
Open All Year
Haunted Mayfield Manor Galveston
North Texas
Cutting Edge Haunted House Ft Worth Open Feb 14 and 15 Tickets sold for 8pm-9pm
Hangman’s House of Horrors Ft Worth Fifty Shades of Fear on Friday February 14 8pm-Midnight,
Saturday February 15 8pm to Midnight, Sunday February 16 8pm-10pm.
Dark Hour Haunted House Plano Dead by Dark Hour February 15 7pm-10pm
Central Texas
House of Torment Austin Love Bites February 14-16. 7pm-9:45pm
Houston
13th Floor Houston February 14-16. 7pm-9:45pm 14 and 15, 6:30pm-8:45pm on the 16th.
East Texas
World of Khaos Haunted House Tyler Eat UR Heart Out February 14 and 15, 7pm-11pm
Doc Wilkes Haunted House Longview Vampira’s Curse February 15, 7pm-11pm
West Texas
Nightmare on 19th Street Lubbock Love Bites February 14 7:30pm-10pm
Louisiana
Necromanor Haunted House Bossier City February 14 7pm-midnight, February 15 6pm-midnight
Oklahoma
The Asylum Haunted Attraction Nowata February 14 and 15 7pm-10pm
Open All Year
Haunted Mayfield Manor Galveston
North Texas
Cutting Edge Haunted House Ft Worth December 13. Tickets sold for 8pm-9pm
Thrillvania Haunted House Park Terrell Open December 14 and 21. Tickets sold for 8pm-9pm
Dark Hour Haunted House Plano Slay Bells Friday December 13 7pm-10pm
Moxley Manor Haunted House Bedford December 13 7:30-10pm, December 14 Market at the Manor noon-5pm, haunted house 6:30pm-9:30pm
Central Texas
Scream Hollow Halloween Park Smithville Open December 6,7,13,14,20,21 from 6pm-11pm
House of Torment Austin Krampus from December 13-14 7pm-9:45pm, December 15 6pm-8:45pm
Houston
13th Floor Haunted House Houston Krampus December 13 and 14 7pm-9:45pm
Terror Isle Haunted Attraction Texas City December 13 Holiday Horror Games 7pm-10pm
East Texas
Doc Wilkes Haunted House Longview Krampus December 13 and 14, 6:30pm-11pm
Graystone Scream Park Longview Santa’s Slay on December 14th, 7pm-11pm.
West Texas
Nightmare on 19th Street Lubbock December 7, 7:30pm-10:30pm for Krampus
South Texas
The Boogeyman Haunted House Corpus Christi Krampus Dec 13-14, 7pm-11pm
Louisiana
New Orleans Nightmare December 13 and 14, 7pm-9:45pm
Necromanor Haunted House Bossier City Terror in Toyland Dec 6,7,8,13,14,15,20,21,22. Fridays 7pm-midnight, Saturdays 6pm-Midnight, Sundays 6pm-10pm. Pictures with Krampus (free event) December 5 6pm-10pm.
Evil Visions Haunted House Monroe Dec 13 and 14 7pm-midnight, Dec 15 7pm-11pm
Oklahoma
Mad Jack’s Haunted House Ardmore Ultimate Snowball Fight Dec 14 and 28 6pm-9pm Tickets here
Asylum Haunted House Nowata Dec 13 Slasher Night 7pm-10pm, Dec 21 Krampus 7pm-10pm
Open All Year
Haunted Mayfield Manor Galveston
Central Texas
Scream Hollow Smithville Pitch Black on November 8 and 9, 7pm-11pm
House of Torment Austin November 9, 7pm-9:45pm
Houston
13th Floor Houston November 9, 7pm-9:45pm
San Antonio
13th Floor November 9, 7pm-9:45pm
Oklahoma
Guthrie Haunted Scaregrounds November 8 and 9, 7pm-midnight
For the first time ever, Screams Halloween Theme Park in Waxahachie will be open after Halloween, on November 1 and 2! Same hours, 7pm-1am. Remember that ticket sales end at midnight. You can read my review of Screams here and buy tickets here. Arrive as early as possible, time flies at Screams!.
Because Halloween is on a Thursday this year, every haunted attraction in Texas and surrounding states will be open for at least one night this coming weekend, and most will be open both Friday and Saturday nights. Check my haunted house listings for a haunt near you.
Have a great Halloween and enjoy the weekend after!
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.
Dark Hour Haunted House in Plano will be having it’s Dead by Dark Hour one night event on Friday, July 14, from 7pm-10pm. Tickers are here.
Scream Hollow will have it’s summer show this June. The dates are June 2,3,9,10,16, and 17. Hours are 7pm-11pm. Live music, bonfires, 6 bars, and 2 cafes will be part of the Summer Monster Bash, in addition to Scream Hollow’s 5 haunted attractions. Tickets are here.
Scream Hollow is a 20 acre haunt park, about 35 miles southeast of Austin. They offer an all inclusive pass for all haunted attractions, and a ticket for the park only, in case you want to eat, drink, and listen to live music, but have already seen the attractions.