Sept. 30, 2026

NEWS: 31 Days Until Halloween; Enjoy Some of It

NEWS: 31 Days Until Halloween; Enjoy Some of It
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Weekly News 2023 Haunt Season

Key Takeaways

  • With 31 days until Halloween, major theme park events across the U.S. and Europe are officially open, marking the busiest time of the year for haunt operators.
  • Haunt owners and operators are reminded to take care of themselves, pace their schedules, and actively enjoy the fall season rather than spending every moment working.
  • Major brands like Hidden Valley and Cup Noodles are leaning into Halloween with spooky product drops, raising the bar for themed food offerings at haunted attractions.
  • Six Flags Magic Mountain is shifting its strategy by bundling Fright Fest mazes as passholder add-ons rather than competing purely on individual maze quality.
  • The Haunted Attraction Association certified a record 74 top haunts for 2026, helping establish a vital safety counter-narrative for the industry.

Fall is officially here, and we're only 35 days away from Halloween. By this weekend, every major theme park Halloween event in the U.S. is open, Alton Towers, Movie Park Germany, and Disneyland Paris are open in Europe, and our tracker shows more than 30 haunts opening tonight and tomorrow alone. This is crunch time, and all of us are in the middle of shows. So I'm giving you permission: take care of yourself, and enjoy some of it. If anyone disagrees, tell them I said it was OK. Also this week: why Six Flags is building Fright Fest for passholders instead of competing on mazes, what the record Top Haunts list is actually for, and why a plain corn dog doesn't cut it anymore.In this issue:

  • Knott's Scary Farm Opening Weekend: Every Maze on Video
  • Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest Review: Why Passholders Win
  • Haunted Attraction Association Certifies a Record 74 Top Haunts
  • Woods of Terror Remembers Laurie
  • Erebus Debuts Primordium
  • Tulleys' Shocktober Fest Turns 30
  • The Lemp Mansion Is for Sale, but Stays Open Through 2027
  • A24's Slayground Sets a Horror Movie Inside a Working Haunt
  • Angry Orchard's Free Scream Video-Store Pop-Up With Skeet Ulrich
  • 2026 Golden Ticket Awards
  • Hidden Valley's Spooky Ranch and Cup Noodles' Vampire Noodles
  • Jellycat's 2026 Halloween Collection and What's Sold Out
Read the stories here

Frequently Asked Questions

What does '31 days until Halloween' mean for the haunt industry?

It signifies the ultimate crunch time for operators, as nearly all major theme parks and dozens of independent haunts are fully operational for the peak fall season.

Why are theme parks like Six Flags changing their Fright Fest pricing?

Six Flags Magic Mountain is bundling perks for annual passholders—such as scare zones, shows, and parking—while treating mazes as a separate add-on to appeal to multi-generational families.

What is the purpose of the Haunted Attraction Association's top haunts list?

The list serves as a safety counter-narrative, highlighting facilities that have completed rigorous safety programs like CHAOS, carry at least $1 million in liability insurance, and pass local authority inspections.

What new attractions are featured at Knott's Scary Farm for 2026?

Knott's Scary Farm's opening weekend debuted two new mazes: 'Inked,' which brings 1930s murderous cartoons to life, and 'Unearth,' an excavation site sci-fi horror premise.

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Coming up, your weekly roundup of news from around the

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haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip. On the

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HAN Show, we bring you the haunt news, information, and

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education you need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays, we

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bring you a roundup of news from haunts worldwide. Read

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more about these stories and so much more in our

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free weekly newsletter. Subscribe at the link in the show notes.

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And as always for the news roundup, I'm passing it

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off to Daryl.

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This message is from Philip Hernandez, publisher of the Haunted

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Attraction Networks. Fall is finally here and I'm giving you

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permission to enjoy it. I've been off my feet this

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week recovering from a gout attack and it made me

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realize something. This is it. We're only 35 days away

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from Halloween. By this weekend, every major theme park Halloween

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event in the U.S. is open. Alton Towers, Movie Park Germany,

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and Disneyland Paris are in Europe and our tracker shows

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more than 30 haunts opening Friday and Saturday alone. I

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know you have so many things to finish, but it

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feels overwhelming. If you're like me, you're waking up in

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the middle of the night remembering yet another thing for

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the to-do list. So I'm giving you permission. Take care

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of yourself and enjoy some of it. The industry isn't

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about the money. There's a lot of passion behind it,

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and while everyone who runs a haunt is an entertainer,

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most of us also just like fall as a time

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of year. If you spend it all working to entertain

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everyone else, you never get to enjoy the season yourself.

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That's part of why we put so much effort into

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the guides. The Fall Food and Grocery Guide finds... The

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TV specials, the streaming list, watch something. Eat something with

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pumpkin in it, you're allowed. If anyone disagrees, tell them

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I said it was okay. Speaking of food, Hidden Valley

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released its first Halloween product ever this week, a black, glow-in-the-dark,

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spooky ranch. Cup Noodles launched vampire noodles that turn blood

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red in hot water. Both are Walmart only, and both

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are out the same day. These brands are larger than

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any haunted house, and the more of them doing something

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for Halloween... the better for our industry. But it works

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both ways. If a guest can walk into Walmart and

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buy Black Ranch dressing, a plain corn dog at your

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haunt doesn't cut it anymore. Your food has to be

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something spookier. I spent opening weekend at Not Scary Farm

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in Six Flags Magic Mountain. The most striking takeaway is this.

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Rather than competing on a maze quality, Six Flags is

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following the Hersheypark model by building for pass holders. Annual

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passes include the seven scare zones, four shows, night rides,

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and parking. The mazes are a $ 25 add-on, only if

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you want them. For a multi-generational family of pass holders,

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this makes it the most affordable option in Southern California.

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That's why the maze's quality matters less to them and

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why the two new mazes are fine for the situation,

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even if they aren't great. It's the direction the CEO

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has been describing since he arrived. At knots, the two

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new mazes are the reason to go. Inked is delightful, original,

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and very well done. And Unearthed is a classic horror

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premise executed cleanly. The Haunted Attraction Association certified a record

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74 top haunts this year, up from 67. After publishing

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this story, I received a lot of pushback and it

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strikes me that people misunderstand the purpose of this list.

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While I'm not on the association's board, to me the

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difference is that the list isn't about creatively ranking haunted attractions.

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It's about pushing a counter-narrative that attractions are safe. Every

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haunt listed has completed the Chaos Safety Program, carries at

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least $ 1 million in liability insurance, and is inspected by

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state and local authorities. That list counters the stories we

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cover every season about haunts that weren't safe for professionals.

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And a record class is good news for everyone, as

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it shows the mainstream the effort we're making to keep

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guests safe. In sadder news, Woods of Terror is mourning Lori,

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a longtime member of its team who died on opening

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night after a medical emergency at the event. The haunt

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is building a permanent memorial on its midway this season.

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Our thoughts are with her family and the Woods of

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Terror crew. Also this week, Erebus debuted Primordium, the origin

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story of its time travel mythology. Tully's Shocktoberfest turns 30

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with four new experiences. St. Louis' Lemp Mansion is for

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sale after nearly 50 years, but stays open through 2027.

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A24' s next horror film is set inside a working haunted attraction.

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Angry Orchard is opening a free Scream video store pop-up

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in Manhattan. with Skeet Ulrich, and Monsters swept the dark

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attraction categories at the Golden Ticket Awards. Here's what you

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need to know this week. Not Scary Farm opening weekend.

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Not Scary Farm in Buena Park, California opened on Thursday,

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September 17th with 10 mazes. Two of them new, inked

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and unearthed. Five scare zones led by a reimagined carn-evil,

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and three shows, two of them new. Phillip of the

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Haunted Attraction Network was there to experience all the frights

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and fun. You can follow the links in our show

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notes to view the full walkthroughs of each maze, including

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the full event walkthrough, Inked, new for 2026, which is

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a 1930s cartoonist murderous tunes come to life. Unearth, new

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for 2026, a search and rescue mission into an excavation

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site that woke something ancient. Origins, The Curse of Calico,

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final season. The maze that explains the evil fog over

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Knott's Scary Farm as Sarah Marshall is put on trial

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for her suspected crimes of witchcraft. The Chilling Chambers, final season.

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The Crimson Lord guides a collection of the most infamous

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monsters and themes from Not Scary Farm's horrific history, a

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room-by-room tribute to the event's past decades. Room 13. Murders

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interrupt Prohibition Area revelry at the Blind Tiger on Memory Lane,

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and a new cocktail called the Devil's Elixir seems to

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be at the root of it. The answer may lie

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in the heart of the extravagant Argive Hotel, where many

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have checked into Room 13, but none have checked out.

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Eight Fingers Nine. An 18th century colonial township is under

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siege by an inhuman monster who has a sick penchant

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for eating fingers. His bite penetrates deep causing sleep paralysis

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which holds his victims in sway while he slowly consumes

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their flesh. The Zoo. An abandoned zoo has become a

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terrifying laboratory of animal-human experiments where hybrid creatures have turned

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on their creators and the compound is crawling with mutant

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soldiers thirsty for revenge. Widows. A web-covered nursing home where

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demonic eight-legged black widows emerge from their silken tunnels to

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possess the withered bodies of the elderly residents with one goal.

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To secure a mate and hatch a clutch of eggs

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before sunrise. Mary, the haunting of Worthome. After the death

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of her family, Mary was violently murdered and buried alive

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by jealous townsfolk who were envious of her perfect family

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and home. She returns from the grave searching for her family,

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and she and her legion of nightmarish creatures will do

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anything to exact revenge on anyone that steps inside her

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once beautiful home. And Cinema Slasher, through the midnight theater

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and into a trilogy of slasher movies where guests become

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the movie characters who try to escape the wrath of

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the dangerous slasher. Not Scary Farm runs select nights through

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October 31st. See our online guide to learn more. Fright

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Fest presented by Snickers at Six Flags Magic Mountain opens

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for the 33rd season. Fright Fest, presented by Snickers, returned

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to Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California for its

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33rd year on September 18th. This year's event features seven

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haunted mazes, seven scare zones, and four shows with two

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new mazes, a final destination maze, and the werewolf-themed Wolf's Blood.

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Philip from the Haunted Attraction Network was there to capture

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each frightening experience. Following the links in our show notes,

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you can see the full event walkthrough, Final Destination Playground, 2026,

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and Wolves Blood, new for 2026. Fright Fest runs select

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nights through November 1st. Haunted Attraction Association certifies our record

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74 top haunts for 2026. The Haunted Attraction Association, HAA,

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the only official trade association for the haunted attraction industry,

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has certified our record 74 haunted attractions across the United

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States as 2026 top haunts, the largest class in the

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program's history and up from 67 in 2025. Every certified

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top haunt on the list is an active HAA member

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and has met a rigorous published set of criteria. To

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be certified, each attraction must complete the association's Certified Haunted

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Attraction Operator Seminar, CHAOS, safety program, carry at least $ 1

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million in general liability insurance, be registered and inspected by

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state and local authorities, maintain a documented emergency plan, provide

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an employee handbook to all staff, operate as a commercial

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haunted attraction with a pattern of continual reinvestment. The 2026

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honorees span 27 states, from large-scale multi-attraction screen parks to

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community haunts and include haunted houses, hayrides, trail, and seasonal events.

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Woods of Terror remembers Lori, a member of its family

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who died on opening night. Woods of Terror in Greensboro,

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North Carolina, is mourning a member of its family, Lori,

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whom the attraction called a very special member of our

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Woods of Terror family, who died on September 11th, the

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haunts opening night, after a medical emergency at the event.

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In a message to staff, fans, and the community, Owners

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Eddie and Peggy McLaurin said their on-site medical team responded

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immediately and began life-saving measures, joined by firefighters from Engine

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2 and Guilford County EMS, but that the efforts were

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not successful. Because Lori's family decided not to hold a

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formal service, Woods of Terror is building a permanent memorial

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to her this season in its midway, on the backside

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of the Wolf photo op, directly across from Cyclones and

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Midway Munchies. A memorial banner is set up for anyone

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who would like to sign it and leave a message

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alongside an angel placed in her memory. and guests are

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welcome to leave notes, flowers, small personal items, or other tributes.

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The memorial banner gives her dates as August 9th, 1960

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to September 11th, 2026. In its message announcing the memorial,

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the haunt wrote, Lori was much more than a member

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of our team. She was part of our Woods of

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Terror family, and her presence and memory will be forever

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part of this place. We hope this memorial gives everyone

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who knew and loved her a special place to visit.

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share a memory, and honour the impact she had on

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so many. Our thoughts are with Lori's family, friends, and

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the Woods of Terror team. Haunted Attraction Association awards 2026

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scholarships to three industry members. The Haunted Attraction Association awarded

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three $ 1, 000 scholarships for 2026. The scholarship program reflects the

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association's commitment to supporting the educational, professional, development, and future

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success of the people who help make the haunted attraction

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industry thrive. Eden Sanders Alcala of Sherman, Texas received the

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Joe Thaler Scholarship. She works with Dark Hour Haunted House

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in Plano, Texas attraction. The HAA is certified as a

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top haunt. Anna Osberger of Huntington, Indiana received the James K.

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Memorial Scholarship. She is on the team of Hysterium Haunted

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House in Fort Wayne, Indiana. another of the association's certified

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top haunts. Rose Rizzo of Spring, Texas, received the Bloody

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Mary Makeup Scholarship, which supports makeup artists in the industry.

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She works with 13th Floor Entertainment Group, a national haunt

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operator whose 13th Floor haunted houses in cities including Houston

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and San Antonio are themselves certified top haunts. Erebus debuts Primordium,

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a frozen origin of its time travel horror. Erebus' haunted

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attraction in Pontiac, Michigan opened in 2026 season on September

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18th with a new attraction, Primordium, that tells the origin

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of the time travel mythology behind the haunt. Primordium is

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set in the first laboratory of Dr. Colbert, the fictional

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scientist at the center of the Erebus story, where an

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organism recovered from the Antarctic ice of Mount Erebus becomes

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the key to his time travel experiments. Erebus opened in

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downtown Pontiac in 2000 and runs as a four-story haunt

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with more than half a mile of indoor walkthrough, named

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after the Greek god of primordial darkness. The haunt fills

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its floors with built sets and special effects, and its

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crews work year-round on new scares. The 2026 season runs

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select dates through November 7th. Blood Prison Apocalypse haunts the

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Shawshank Reformatory for 2026. Blood Prison, the haunted house that

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takes over the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield each fall,

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returns for 2026 under a new theme, Apocalypse. It opens

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September 25th and runs on weekend nights through November 1st.

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Stage inside the Gothic Prison, best known as the filming

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site of the Shawshank Redemption. Every blood prison ticket also

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includes a free daytime tour of the Reformatory, redeemable later

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with your order confirmation, so you can walk the same

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Shawshank corridors at daylight on a separate visit. The building's

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escape rooms run through the season as well and the

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top ticket tier folds in a free escape room pass.

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Terror on the Coast opens its 2026 season in a 40,000

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square foot Gulfport warehouse. Terror on the Coast in Gulfport,

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Mississippi opens its 2026 season September 18th and runs select

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nights through October 31st. Terror on the Coast runs out

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of the Hollywood warehouse, an indoor haunt built inside a 40,000

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square foot space with movie set builds and live actors.

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Around the haunt, An outdoor midway holds food trucks, vendor booths,

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photo ops and merch shop. The full bar run by

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the Crawford House so guests can arrive early or stay

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after to hang out. The operator, Sideshow Props 2, runs

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the attraction in the Gulf Coast inside. The haunt is

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called the House of Horrors and each night starts with

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a live stage show before guests move into the maze.

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General admission is $ 25 and is good for any night

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of the season. A fast beer ticket is $ 35. and

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skips the general admission line while adding a front row

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spot at the main stage. Tully's Shocktoberfest turns 30 with

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its biggest event yet. Shocktoberfest, the Halloween attraction that started

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as a single haunted house in a West Sussex farm

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in 1996, turns 30 this year and is marking the

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anniversary with four new experiences. The Halloween event located at

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Tully's Farm, Necrolli, runs 26 nights from October 2nd to

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November 1st with tickets starting at £ 42. 95. The four experiences

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are a large live show and three new walkthrough haunts.

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House of Hades, which the event bills as among its

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largest live productions, feature the performance group The Fuel Girls.

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The three walkthroughs are The Cellar Returns, set in tunnels

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beneath the house, and two connected attractions, Appleton County Farm

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and Appleton Sawmill. The Doomtown area also adds a new

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Ross Records scene, created with celebrity Google box star Honey

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Ross and the haunted Greggs shop that debuted last year's returns.

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30 years ago, we set out to create a Halloween

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experience unlike anything the UK had seen before, owner Stuart

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Baer said. This is the biggest and most ambitious event

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we have produced in our 30-year history. We are still

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finding new ways to surprise our guests, and we cannot

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wait to welcome them back this October. The site is

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a fourth-generation family farm run by the Bear family and

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hosts several seasonal events beyond the haunt, including the Tully's

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Pumpkin Festival, a Christmas Light Festival, a Tulip Festival, and

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an escape room business. St. Louis' haunted Lemp Mansion is

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for sale, but stays open through 2027. The Lemp Mansion,

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the St. Louis, Missouri landmark that runs ghost tours and

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a Halloween bash out of a former beer baron's home,

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is for sale after nearly 50 years with the Poynter family.

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It will keep running its restaurant in and tours through

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December 31, 2027, so this fall's Halloween season goes on

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as planned. German immigrant John Adam Lemp opened a St.

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Louis lager brewery in 1840, and his son William built

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it into an operation that covered five city blocks before

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Prohibition shut down. it down in 1919. The brewery was

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sold in 1922 for $ 588, 500. The house is tied to

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a string of family suicides. William J. Lemp shot himself

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there in 1904. His son William Jr. died the same

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way in the same room in 1922, and Charles Lemp

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later took his own life at the house. The history

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is the foundation of the mansion's haunted reputation, and the

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ghost tours are built on it. Today, the Lemp Mansion

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operates as a restaurant, inn, and museum. The Spirit Tour

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is a roughly 90-minute paranormal investigation that walks guests through

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the family's history with dowsing rods, scrying charts, and electronic equipment.

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The mansion also runs a paranormal hunt package called the

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Lemp Experience, murder mystery dinners, an escape room, overnight stays,

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and its long-running Sunday chicken dinners, and it books weddings

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and private events. The sale, announced September 3rd, ends the

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Pointer's family run. Richard Pointer first bought the mansion in

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1977 and the family said July 2027 will mark 50

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years of ownership. On December 31st, 2027, that watch will

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come to close as the family prepares to pass the

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torch to new hands, the announcement said. The listing is

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handled by Brian Bass and Kim Wright at Fusion Business Brokers,

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and the family is directing interested buyers to them for

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offering information and financials. The announcement did not include an

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asking price. Angry Orchard is opening a free Scream video

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store pop-up in New York City with Skeet Ulrich. A

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free immersive Scream pop-up is coming to Manhattan this October,

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letting fans 21 and older step into the franchise for

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its 30th anniversary with cider-tasting photo moments and an appearance

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from Ghostface actor Skeet Ulrich. The experience, called Angry Orchard Video,

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is built by Angry Orchard and staged as a 1990s

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video store. Guests get a customizable membership card printed with

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their photo that guides them through the store as they browse,

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and along the way there are hard cider tastings, exclusive

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Scream merchandise, and photo moments tagged as famous scenes from

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the films. Angry Orchard built the pop-up with the Scream

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franchise and Fun World, a company that owns Ghostface copyright

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and trademark, timed to the 30th anniversary of the 1996 film.

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Angry Orchard video runs Friday, October 2nd and Saturday, October

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3rd at 188 Lafayette Street in Manhattan. Entry is free

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and open to guests 21 and older, with reservations through Eventbrite,

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where Angry Orchard notes space is limited. The queue begins

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at 3.15 on Friday and at 11.45am on Saturday, and

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the event runs into Saturday evening. The pop-up is tied

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to Angry Orchard's Scream Cider collaboration, which is available nationwide.

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The Thriller Variety Pack comes in a glow-in-the-dark packaging that

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reveals Ghostface and the franchise's line, What's Your Favourite Scary Movie?

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It holds four flavours, Mystery Collar, Caramel Apple Curse, Blood Orange,

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and Headless Pumpkin. Angry Orchard is also selling limited edition

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Scream-inspired Crisp Apple and Crisp Imperial single-serve cans, and it

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released a Mystery Caller promo film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.

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Fright World adds a new haunt, Hollow Grounds, for its

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2026 Buffalo season. Fright World in Buffalo, New York packs

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five haunted houses under one roof inside a former Kmart,

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and for its 2026 season, it has built a new one.

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Hollow Grounds takes visitors into a rotting 1947 harvest festival

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where the Graves family devotion to Halloween turned deadly and

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it joins four returning haunts. Mainframe Massacre, Carnival Boneyard, Grindhouse,

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and Erie State Asylum. The story behind Hollow Grounds is

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that guests vanished at the festival in 1947. Authorities sealed

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the gates and the screams never stopped. Now the missing

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are said to be trapped among the decaying displays while

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the family keeps searching for new victims. Fright World sums

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up the new house with the line the marketing team

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leans on, where Halloween never dies. Fright World's 2026 season

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runs on select nights from September 25th through November 7th,

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with lights-out nights on November 6th and 7th. In theme

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park news, Green tagged, Scott's UAE rebuttal, then winged monkeys

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and zombies. On this week's episode of Green Tagged, Phillip

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and Scott kick off the show by apologizing for mispronouncing

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Airy Force One last week and addressing some of the

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comments about the UAE. A used coaster really is cheaper

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than a new one, but moving it is never as

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simple as it sounds, because the queue, the layout, and

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often the ride itself needs changes. On the UAE, listeners

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raised labour conditions. LGBTQ Safety, and J.K. Rowling and Philip

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and Scott address each one based on first-hand experience living

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and working in the region. Then, the news. Legoland Dubai,

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Real World Madrid, and Motiongate reopen on October 7th, which

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means many people in the region are going back to work.

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Sphere is bringing The Wizard of Oz back on September 25th,

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with new effects including animatronic winged monkeys flying overhead, scents, glitter,

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and what the release calls pyrotechnics. The building and the

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screen were the expensive part, so each new layer is

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relatively cheap, and each one makes the show something you

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can't recreate at home. In Pigeon Forge, Rocky Top Mountain

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Coaster is running a nighttime overlay called Zombie Invasion, with

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live actors, fog, and military props along a track that

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already hit half a million dollars of lighting. The coaster

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has already paid for the fog rising off a hillside

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on the parkway's better marketing than any billboard. Finally, the

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Golden Ticket Awards. Dollywood won four and the most of

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any park. Six Flags Fiesta Texas won for Monster Mash

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Bash this year after winning for Voodoo Dolls and Europa

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Park was named Best Park. Nobody agrees with every winner,

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but the awards recognize excellence and the whole industry benefits

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when they do. 2026 Golden Ticket Awards Monsters Sweep the

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Dark Attraction Categories Monsters have swept the dark attraction categories

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at this year's Golden Ticket Awards. Monsters Unchained, the Frankenstein

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experiment at Universal Epic Universe in Orlando, Florida, won Best

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Dark Ride for the second year in a row. Phantom Theatre,

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opening night at King's Island in King's Mills, Ohio, won

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Best New Family Attraction. Monster Mash Bash at Six Flags

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Fiesta Texas in San Antonio won the Best New Show.

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Amusement Today, which established the awards in 1998, presented awards

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in 22 categories, decided by an international poll of more

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than 500 ballots, plus publishes picks and legends awards chosen

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by staff for 28 winners in all. Gilroy Gardens' Great

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Big Boo returns for Halloween 2026. The Great Big Boo,

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Gilroy Gardens' family Halloween event, Returns September 25th through November 1st,

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turning the Gilroy, California theme park into an after-dark world

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of trick-or-treating, live musical shows, night-lit rides, and light displays.

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The family-friendly event leans silly rather than scary. Guests enter

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Boo Alley for the sing-and-dance-along musical, The Great Big Boo,

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along with pop-up performances and character interactions around the park.

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and families are encouraged to come in costume for trick-or-treating

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along the Boo Trail. Themed attractions include Wendella's House on

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the Hill, Wolfgang's Rockin' Ride, and the Boo Train, alongside

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Halloween light displays and the Boo Alley light tunnel. With

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the park's rides running lit up after dark, an interactive

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challenge is staged around Boo Alley. This year adds interactive

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pumpkin wands available for purchase that unlock secret clues at

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eight Boo stations around the park. The letters spell out

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a message that helps save Halloween from the curse of

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Wendella the witch and children who solve the puzzle can

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claim an I saved Halloween sticker. Tweetsie Railroad's Ghost Train

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returns September 25th for Halloween. Tweetsie Railroad's Ghost Train returns Friday,

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September 25th and runs Friday and Saturday nights through October 31st.

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The nighttime event at the Blowing Rock, North Carolina theme

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park pairs its signature ghost train ride with a haunted house,

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the freaky forest, trick-or-treating, a blacklight show, and after dark

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amusement rides all included in one ticket. Tweetsie Railroad is

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a Wild West themed park built around a coal-fired steam

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train in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and ghost train is

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its fall tradition. Tweetsie Bills the night is safe, spooky

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fun for the whole family, pitched younger than a hardcore haunt,

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although the haunted house and freaky forest bring real scares

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for older kids. Ghost Train is a separate nighttime event

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with a dedicated ticket, apart from daytime park admission. Tickets

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are $ 65 for adults 13 and older, $ 45 for children

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3 to 12, and free for toddlers 2 and under,

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with taxes and fees included and free parking. Each ticket

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covers one reserved Ghost Train ride plus the rest of

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the night's attractions. Fright Fest at Six Flags Great Adventure

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returns with four new mazes. Fright Fest at Six Flags

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Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey returns for 2026. Select

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nights from September 18th through November 1st. Four of the

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nine mazes are new for 2026. Jason Blood Rain, Final Destination,

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Death's Playground, Twisted Holidays, and Deadwood Cabin. Maze access requires

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a haunted attractions pass. Five scare zones fill the park

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between the mazes, all included with admission. Carnival, Exile Canyon,

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Plaza de la Muerte, Curse of Blackbeard's Bounty, and the

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Bloody Fountain. After a one-year absence, Dead Man's Party has

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returned with its live music, dance, and pyrotechnics. The park

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bills itself as more fun than frightening, aimed at guests

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who skip the mazes and scare zones. The rest of

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the entertainment lineup is rounded out by Unleashed, The Awakening,

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Blade Drummers, and Freak Show. Fright Fest at Six Flags

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Great America returns for its 35th year. Fright Fest at

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Six Flags Great America in Gurney, Illinois returns. Returns for

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its 35th year select nights September 19th through November 1st.

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The event features seven scare zones, live shows, and coasters

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in the dark included with admission and five mazes sold

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as a separate haunted attractions pass. Two of the five

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mazes are new for 2026, Blair Witch, No Signal, and Nightmares.

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Seven scare zones fill the walkways between the mazes, all

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included with admission. Necropolis, Oddities, Circus of Madness, Forbidden Forest, Underworld, Headbangers,

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Lost Soul, and Wretched Meadows. The long-running Love at First

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Sight show is retired this year and continued by a

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new production. Mask Rave, which follows its character Witchy into

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the space between the living and the dead. Also new

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is The Velvet Quarter, a candlelit musical review. The returning

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The Uprising Nightly Call of the Dead is a high-energy

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street spectacle in which rival in which rival Frightfest factions

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clash for control of the night. Frightfest 2026 at Six

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Flags Over Georgia adds two new mazes and two new

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scare zones for 2026. Frightfest at Six Flags Over Georgia

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in Mapleton, Georgia, returns select nights September 12th through November

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1st with 13 haunted experiences. Two of the five mazes

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are new for 2026, Infestation, a condemned home overrun by

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spiders and mutant vermin, and Finkelstein's House of Fun, a

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twisted funhouse of warped mirrors and sinister clowns. Maze access

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requires a haunted attraction pass. The Conjuring Beyond Fear is

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a separately ticketed attraction. Five scare zones fill the walkways

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between the mazes, all included with a mission. Two are new, Dreadwell,

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Brothers Carnival of Curiosities, and Nevermore, a domain of towering

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raven creatures. They join the returning Disciples of the Beast,

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Rockville's Festival of Fright, and the Rotted Ones. The Nightmare,

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the event's host character, takes the promenade fountain stage with

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breakdancing zombie crew and a high-energy show. Dr. Fright's Dead

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Man's Party turns an evening of the living and the

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dead into a macabre revelry. and The Awakening sends a

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horde of nightmarish creatures spilling from the shadows after dark.

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Fright Fest 2026 at Six Flags Fiesta, Texas returns with

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three new mazes and two new scare zones. Six Flags Fiesta,

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Texas in San Antonio, Texas builds its 30th Fright Fest

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around a new The Conjuring Universe maze in 2026, part

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of a six-maze lineup that also brings back Saw Legacy

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of Terror. The event runs select nights from September 11th

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through November 1st, with scare zones, live shows, and rides

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in the dark included with admission, and mazes sold as

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a separate haunted attractions pass. Three of the six mazes

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are new for 2026. The Conjuring Universe, Nosferatu, and Cinema Slasher,

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presented by M & M' s, adapted from the Not Scary

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Farm maze of the same name. Scare zones fill the

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walkways between the mazes, all included with admission. Two are

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new for 2026. Circus Berserkus, Big Top Terror, a fated

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golden age circus of sideshow performers and sinister clowns, and

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Alley of the Dead, a toxic waste alley crawling with

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punk zombies. They join returning zones Fear Acres, Steampunkins, Diabolical,

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and Wicked Hollow. The live entertainment runs with the new

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The Galactozoids in returning favourites including the Monster Mash Bash

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Dance Party, the Fiesta de los Muertos celebration, the country-flavored Crossroads,

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and a frightful finale to close out the night. Busch

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Garden Tampa Bay's Hallowscream returns with new Anaconda Maze, Busch

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Gardens Tampa Bay's Hallow Scream returns with six haunted houses,

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six scare zones, roaming horde, and entertainment select nights September

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11th through October 31st. Anaconda, Fear Has No Escape, is

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the event's only all-new houses this year, licensed from Sony Pictures.

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A film crew came to remake Anaconda and never made

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it back, and guests follow their trail deep into the

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Amazon in a fight for survival. This joins returning favourites

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Stranglewood Estate, Repossessed, Circus of Fear, Killer Encore, Shadows of Wonderland,

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Reign of Madness, Raven's Mill, and Mars. Six scare zones

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fill the park along with a roaming horde called the

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Dead End Kids. The three new zones are Mr. Gleam's

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Auto Spa, Rootbound, and the Punchline Riot. The three returning

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zones come back with new storylines, Breadcrumbs to Nowhere, Once

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Upon a Time, The Pestilence Lazarus Strain, and Ragnar's Wrath,

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Call of Odin. Busch Gardens runs two sinister shows in 2026. Fiends, Resurrected,

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is the adult pop culture party show built around Dr.

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Frekenstein and his assistant Igor, backed by popular demand with

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new music, monsters, and surprises. Cirque X-Scream returns with all

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new acts, from trampoline tricks to aerial stunts. Both play

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under the event's 2026 story arc, Dark Side of the Gardens,

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which the park bills as Chapter 3. Beyond the houses,

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Holoscream fills out with immersive bars and photo ops. Madam

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Mary's Red Rum Social is a speakeasy bar and photo

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op themed to the Roaring Twenties Club with a bloody secret.

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And the all-new Fear photo op drops guests into three

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haunted houses. SeaWorld San Antonio's Holoscream marks its 25th year

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with three new houses. SeaWorld San Antonio's Holoscream marks its

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25th year in 2026 with three all-new haunted houses and

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a whole event is included with park admission rather than

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as a separate ticket. Aloe Scream runs select nights from

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September 11th through November 1st. These nights fall on Fridays,

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Saturdays and Sundays and the event starts at 7pm and

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runs to park close, with the park open from 6pm.

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Three of the five houses are all new in 2026.

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I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Final Catch,

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Witch of the Woods and Dead Reckoning. Eight scare zones,

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which the park calls Terror-torries, fill the walkways between the houses.

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One is all new, Terror Through Time, the 25th anniversary zone,

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a portal to Hello Scream's past that brings back familiar

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faces from a quarter century of the event. Three sinister

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shows entertain guests, including the all-new Shamu Rocks, Moonlight Mayhem,

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a nighttime killer whale show built on music, lights, and

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the sea after dark. Seven themed bars serve the night.

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Liquid Voodoo, Scorch, The Crooked Clock, Slice, the Monster Stomp

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Bars inside the Nautilus Amphitheatre, the Fanta Fright House, and

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Haystack Snack. Signature pours include the Texas Swamp Dice Tea

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and the Blood Bag, along with a non-alcoholic gelatin shot

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served in a souvenir syringe. The park's thrill ride also

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runs in the dark between scares. With the Halloween season

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upon us, haunts around the country are announcing their dates,

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new additions, special events, and more. To help you manage

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the myriad of updates, the Haunted Attraction Network has compiled

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comprehensive guides to the top haunts in the U.S. and

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top theme park events around the world. Follow the links

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in our show notes and bookmark the important pages, and

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remember to check back often for updates as new information

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is released. Check out our guides for Halloween 2026 streaming,

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new horror movies and series to stream. Fall Food and

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Drinks 2026, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Hollywood, Every Food

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and Drink at Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood, Scarrow Wins 2026 Guide,

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Halloween Inflatables, Halloween Candy, Fright Fest 2026 at Six Flags

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Magic Mountain, Knot Scary Farm 2026, Kennywood Phantom Fall Fest 2026,

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Alton Towers Scarefest 2026, Halloween TV Specials 2026, Dollywood Harvest

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Festival 2026, Cedar Point Halloweekends, Spirit Halloween Locations, Netherworld Haunted House,

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When Do Haunted Houses Open in 2026, The Best and

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Scariest Haunted Houses in America, Halloween Horror Nights, Disney Halloween,

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Fright Fest 2026, Hello Scream 2026, Orlando Halloween Events, Halloween

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Time at Disneyland, Haunted Houses in California, Halloween Horror Nights,

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Haunted Houses in Texas, and Halloween Horror Night Tickets Guide

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for 2026. Jellycat's 2026 Halloween Collection, all 19 plush prices

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and what's sold out. Jellycat's 2026 Halloween Collection is live

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at the Plushmaker's U.S. store, 19 designs in all. This

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year's lineup mixes its spooky characters with the brand's Amusables line,

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everyday foods and objects given a stitched-on face. Plushies range

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from the $ 28 Ghost Bob and a smiley jack-o'-lantern named

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Ookie up to a $ 70 Wizard Puppy called Rufferty with

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a Bronx Bat, a Gralston Gargoyle, and a $ 30 Garlic

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Bulb with face in between. Six of the collection's designs

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were already out of stock as of September 17th. Skeleton Bob,

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Spooky Paws Cat, Hocus Crow, Hecate Hootnightly, Lock and Sad Rat,

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and the Bartholomew Bear Spider. Jolly Cat's seasonal characters tend

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to sell out and retire for the year rather than

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come back in stock, so the lineup will keep thinning

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through October. Betsy Johnson's haunted house purse has a window

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that opens to a mirror. Betsy Johnson's new Halloween purse

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is shaped like a haunted house, complete with a small

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front window that opens to reveal a mirror for $ 148.

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Betsy Johnson has also released a matching boo and breakfast tote,

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two wallets and a haunted castle bag that stands on

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tiny witch feet. All five pieces are listed at BetsyJohnson.com

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and they are part of the label's 2026 Halloween assortment,

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which went up over the summer. Barnes & Noble is

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giving away a free LEGO Halloween build at more than

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470 of its stores on the weekend of October 9th

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through 11th. The LEGO Halloween build event has a costume

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optional in-store LEGO mini build that runs about an hour.

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The toy site Brick Fanatic reports it is a witch

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on a broomstick. The build itself is free, but kits

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are limited according to the event listing. There is no

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single national sign up and the detail is different from

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one store to the next. Some stores were already taking

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reservations by mid-September, others said they would start in late September,

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and a handful wrote sign-ups through Eventbrite. Kits are limited

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and the events are filling. At least 25 stores have

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already marked their listings full by September 20th. New Halloween

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dog treats help your dog join in on the trick-or-treating.

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Purina's Bagan has three new limited-edition Halloween dog treats out now,

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all made with real bacon and shaped for the season.

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Ghost-shaped ghoulish ghosts, pumpkin-shaped pumpkin bites, and bat-shaped bat bites,

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a Target exclusive. Each comes in a 6-ounce pouch, priced

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at $ 3. 49 to $ 3. 69. Bacon is Purina's long-running bacon dog

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treat brand, best known for bacon strips. And these are

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the seasonal Halloween take on that same bacon flavor in

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soft jerky-style chews. Purina has pitched the treats as a

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way to bring dogs into the holiday alongside their humans.

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Seasonal treats are a fun way to include dogs in

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Halloween festivities while giving them something new and exciting to enjoy,

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said Ann Volushka, Purina animal behaviorist. A24' s Sleigh Ground sets

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a horror movie inside a working haunted attraction. A24 has

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put out a cinema-only teaser, shown ahead of Resident Evil,

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for a horror film called Sleigh Ground, along with a

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countdown site, runlikehell.com that ticks down about 30 days. The

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teaser is built as surveillance footage from inside a haunted attraction,

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the setting the film takes its name from, and A24

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has not released a synopsis, cast list, or release date.

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According to trade reports, Slayground is written and directed by

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Jerry Saulnier, Green Room, and Rebel Ridge. The report says

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it follows a mass murder suspect, played by Corey Michael Smith,

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who goes on the run on Halloween, with a cast

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that includes Imogene Poots, James Badge Dale, Maddie Matheson, Chase

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Suey Wonders, Sophie Wilde, Young Mazzino, and Stephen Root, and

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a score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. For the

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haunt world, Draws the Selling. Slayground is named for the

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fictional haunted attraction where its lead character works, and the

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teaser plays out at that attraction's cameras, which puts a

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working haunt in its staff at the center of a

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major studio's horror release. Slayground centers on the setting, putting

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the sets, the scare actors, and the job itself on screen.

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If the countdown on the website holds, more on Sleigh

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Ground should surface around mid-October. AMC is screening five horror

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classics this October, hosted by Ice Nine Kills. AMC Theatre

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is running a five-film horror series called Welcome to Horrorwood

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at about 300 US locations this October, screening a classic

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on Friday and Tuesday nights with a twist. Each showing

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is hosted by Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas, who

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introduces the film and then plays the band's matching music video.

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AMC built the series with Bloody Disgusting and the band

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and the lineup runs Hostel. Friday the 13th from 1980,

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American Psycho, Pet Sematary, and The Crow, which closes the

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month on Halloween night. The band is the reason it

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is not a standard revival run. Welcome to Horrorwood takes

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its name from Ice Nine Kill's horror-themed records, The Silver

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Scream and The Silver Scream 2. Welcome to Horrorwood, whose

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songs are built around slasher and horror films. For the series,

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each movie is paired with the band's corresponding music video,

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shown after a custom introduction from Charnas. Regal's 31 Screams

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on Screen, a horror classic every night in October for $ 7. 99.

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Regal Cinemas is putting horror movie back on the big

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screen every night this October. The series, called 31 Screams

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on Screen, runs one film a night from October 1st

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to 31st, plus family-friendly matinees on weekends with tickets at $ 7.

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99.

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The lineup includes The Shining, Poltergeist, The Thing, Dawn of

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the Dead, Trick or Treat, and more. The family-friendly matinees

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screen holiday favourites including Goosebumps, The Monster Squad, and The

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Addams Family. Cinemark releases a $ 39. 95 Jason popcorn bucket for

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Camp Crystal Lake's Return. Cinemark is selling an official $ 39. 95

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Jason Voorhees popcorn bucket in theatres and in its online

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shop now, modelled on the Jason Universe redesign of the slasher.

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The bucket is an 85-ounce plastic bust of Jason in

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his hockey mask, and the top of the head lifts

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open on a hinge to hold your popcorn. Jason joins

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other cinematic slasher buckets, including the Michael Myers figural head bucket,

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a Scream 7 ghostface bust bucket, and a Megan 2.0

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cyberpunk bucket. Sandbox VR's Deadwood Origins sends squads into an

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undead jungle. Sandbox VR's newest experience, Deadwood Origins, sends groups

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of up to six into a jungle overrun by the undead.

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The full-body zombie survival adventure opens September 25th at The

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Chain's 90-plus locations across the US, Canada, and Hong Kong,

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with bookings open now. Players begin in a remote jungle

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village that has gone dark, cast as an elite security

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squad escorting a disease specialist into the source of an outbreak.

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While infected wildlife brings down their aircraft, the mission returns

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to a fight for survival across a crash site, an

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abandoned village, a moving gondola, and ruins of an ancient temple.

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Along the way, the squad battles infected monkeys, dogs, bats, snakes,

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and hordes of the undead and a massive serpent, working

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together to reach a way out. The experience runs on

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Sandbox VR's full-body platform, motion tracking, haptic vests, headsets, and

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physical props with two to six players moving through the

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space together and able to see one another the whole time.

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Deadwood Origins is the fourth chapter in the Deadwood series

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and is a prequel rewinding to the moment the outbreak

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began before Deadwood Mansion, Deadwood Valley, and Deadwood Phobia. It

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plays as a standalone adventure, so no prior Deadwood knowledge

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is needed. Costco's Halloween Pumpkin and Bat Ravioli is back

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for the season. Costco's Halloween Pumpkin and Bat Ravioli from

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Nuvo Pasta is back for the season. Each piece is

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stuffed with a blend of ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan, and aged asiago.

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The cheese-filled ravioli features dual-colored pasta shapes, orange pumpkins, and

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black bats. The two-pound pack sells for about $ 10, making

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it a popular Halloween dinner choice. Shock Top and Spirit

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Halloween made a candy corn beer and a $ 69. 99 wedge

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head costume. Shock Top and Spirit Halloween have brewed up

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a Halloween collaboration, a limited edition candy corn wheat ale.

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and a $ 69. 99 costume of Shock Top's mascot, Wedgehead. Shock

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Top Candy Corn Wheat is a limited edition Belgian-style wheat

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ale at 5% ABV that blends the brand's signature wheat

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beer with the flavor of candy corn. The costume, available

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exclusively at Spirit Halloween, turns Shock Top's mascot, Wedgehead, into

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an easy-to-wear jumpsuit. Wedgehead is the brand's orange slice character,

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and the outfit comes covered in the Shock Top logo

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with matching wedge hood. Starbucks Halloween cups arrive September 15th

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with a Black Cat Frappuccino coming out October 7th. Grab

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your broom because Starbucks Halloween collection this year celebrates Black

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Cats with special merch, a Black Cat Frappuccino, and a

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large shareable black cookie. The merchandise comes first on September 15th,

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and Black Cat runs through the every piece, etched into

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a cold cup, peeking into a pumpkin mug, worn by

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the barista plush, and on the menu side, shaped into

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the chocolate cat ears on the Frappuccino. The collection mixes

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two ceramic mugs, a stainless steel cold cup, and a

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plush bag charm. The menu on the side of the

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collection arrives later, on October 22nd, at select U.S. coffee houses.

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The Black Cat Frappuccino is a creme frappuccino, so it

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is blended without coffee. A chocolate cake-flavored drink topped with

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whipped cream and a chocolate piece shaped like cat ears.

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The Venti Black Knight Cookie is a large, shareable black

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cocoa cookie, with caramel fudge pieces and chunks of caramelized

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white chocolate. Some upcoming events this September through November, November

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20th through 22nd, brings you Creep It Real OC Festive

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from Santa Ana, California.

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And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode

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was produced by me, Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunke,

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post-production by David Swope. This Haunt News update is a

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production of the Haunted Attraction Network, and you can sign

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up to our weekly newsletter at hauntedattractionnetwork.com. Support for this

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episode comes from Gantam Lighting and Controls. Until next time, Haunters,

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stay scary. This is a Haunted Attraction Network production.

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