So far 2020 has been filled with negativity and uncertainty mixed with a lot of boredom at home. To distract yourself this fall from the stress of both the pandemic and the upcoming election, head to some of these Halloween attractions for some fun and excitement.
Surprisingly I only came across a few haunted attractions that have postponed for the season. All of the ones in my list below are following CDC guidelines and are taking the necessary safety precautions. So make sure you take your masks with you!
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Scarehouse – “ScareHouse has been ranked as one of “America’s Scariest Halloween Attractions” by Travel Channel and has been featured on Good Morning America, USA TODAY, CBS news, ABC News, Buzzfeed, Forbes, Geek & Sundry, and many other national media outlets.”
Opens September 25, 2020 and runs through November 14th. Ticket prices start at $17.95. New location in 2020 at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills.
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Fright Farm – For guests’ safety Fright Farm 2020 will be an ALL outdoor event. Opens September 25, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Ticket prices start at $25. Located in Smithfield, PA.
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Haunted Acres Manor – Postponed for 2020.
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Demon House – A 139+ year old stone mansion is the unique setting for the Demon House. Open September 4, 2020 through November 13th. Located in Monongahela, PA.
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Castle Blood – “Housed in a historic 100-year-old funeral home Castle Blood has been delighting crowds for more than 25 years with its famous Haunted Adventure Tour.”
Opens October 2, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Admission starts at $20. Located in Monessen, PA.
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Haunted Hills Estate – This haunted adventure takes place on a 100 acre farm and features 6 haunted attractions. Opens September 25, 2020 and runs through November 7th. Tickets start at $25. Located in Uniontown, PA.
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Phantom Fright Nights – Cancelled for 2020.
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Haunted Hollow – Five haunted attractions this year including a house, covered wagon and a cornfield. Opens September 25, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets start at $18. Located in Rockwood, PA.
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Haunted Hillside – Closed for 2020.
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Lonesome Valley Farms – Due to Covid-19, this year is a drive-thru experience only. Opens September 25, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets are $10. Located in Greensburg, PA, next to Westmoreland Fairgrounds.
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Allen’s Haunted Hayrides and Tavern of Terror – A 1 mile hayride that travels through haunted woods, barn and field. Follow up with a 3500 square foot haunted walk through the Tavern of Terror. Opens October 2, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Prices start at $15. Located in Smock, PA.
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Hotel Beacon Corn Maze and Haunted House – 15+ acre haunted corn maze, tractor ride and haunted house. Starts October 2, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets are $20. Located in Renfrew, PA.
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Hell’s Hollow Haunt – Closed for 2020.
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Eerie Acres Farm – This year’s attraction will be a haunted cornfield. Starts September 28, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets are $15. Located in Butler, PA.
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Ravenwood Manor Haunted House – An 1860 Victorian mansion is the location of this 27 room, 3 1/2 story haunted house. Starts October 2, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets are $15. Located in Beccaria, PA.
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Cheeseman Fright Farm – Featuring over 100 actors with a haunted hayride, corn maze and multiple walk through attractions. Opens September 25, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Prices start at $20. Located in Portersville, PA.
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Zombies of the Corn – Get in a zombie fighting vehicle and grab your “zombie killing” paintball gun. You’ll ride through a haunted trail and use your 150 rounds of “ammo” to fight off the live zombies. Starts September 25, 2020 and runs through November 1st. Tickets start at $35. Located in Freedom, PA.
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Crawford School of Terror – “Where the only lesson you learn is fear.” Three floors of haunted fun in an abandoned school. Starts September 25, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets are $20. Located in Connellsvile, PA.
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Spook Haven Haunted House – Enjoy your stroll through the old haunted mansion, Whisper Creek Manor. Follow up with a walk through the surrounding haunted forest. Starts October 4, 2020 and runs through October 27th. Tickets start at $13. Located in Mill Hall, PA.
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Eeriebyss Factory of Terror – Find out what’s been haunting this 120 year old abandoned factory. Over 1/2 mile of terror. Starts October 2, 2020 and runs through November 1st. Tickets are $20. Located in Erie, PA.
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Hobgoblin Hike at Cedar Creek Park – A ½ mile outdoor Halloween walk in the haunted woods on October 17, 2020 from 7pm – 9pm ET. Admission is free. Located in Belle Vernon.
Hobgoblin Hike at Twin Lakes Park – A ½ mile outdoor Halloween walk in the haunted woods on October 24, 2020 from 7pm – 9pm ET. Admission is free. Located in Latrobe.
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Outside of Western Pennsylvania but worthy of a mention:
Field of Screams – “Celebrating our 28th Season with four world-class Haunted Experiences and an impressive Midway Area.” Opens October 2, 2020 and runs through November 7th. Tickets start at $16. Located in Lancaster, PA.
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Jason’s Woods – Celebrating 34 years with 5 haunted attractions. Starts September 18, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets start at $25. Located in Lancaster, PA.
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Reaper’s Revenge – Brave a haunted hayride, a dark forest and a new 3D Delirium attraction at this 60 acre “scream” park featuring four terrifying haunted attractions and more than 90 minutes of scare time. Starts September 25, 2020 and runs through November 1st. Tickets are $40. Located in Scranton, PA.
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Bedlam – This terrifying experience takes place in the old Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. It’s been closed for years but has a reputation for hauntings, voices and other paranormal activity. Opens September 25, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets are $25. Located in Weston, WV.
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Dungeon Of Horrors (WV Penitentiary) – If being in the former West Virginia Penitentiary doesn’t already creep you out, the actors will help get you to that point. Over 10,000 people visit each year! Will take 45 minutes to go through. Opens October 2, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets are $20. No children under 13. Located in Moundsville, WV.
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North Walk (WV Penitentiary) – Take a flashlight tour through the oldest part of the former West Virginia Penitentiary. Know as the area with the most paranomal activity, where murder, violence and brutality happened daily. It housed the most dangerous inmates in maximum security.
No actors on this 45 minute tour. You’ll walk with a guide and listen to tales from the past. Opens October 2, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets are $20. Located in Moundsville, WV.
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7 Floors of Hell – Experience 5 different themed haunted attractions in one single location! Seven Floors of Hell is part of America Haunts, which is a group of the top-rated haunted attractions in the USA. They’ve been featured on the NBC Today Show, Travel Channel, CNN, Forbes magazine and Fangoria magazine. Opens September 18, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets start at $28. Located in Cleveland, OH.
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Factory of Terror – Five full attractions are located in an abandoned 150,000 square foot aluminum foundry. Factory of Terror has won the Guinness World Record three times for the longest indoor haunted attraction in the world. Starts October 2, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets start at $23.95. Located in Canton, Ohio.
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Shocktoberfest – Due to Covid-19, five of the attractions will be open this year. The Zombie Safari Tour, the award-winning Prison of the Dead, the Unknown 2.0, Ground Assault Zombie Laser Tag, and the Midway Massacre Scare Zone. Starts October 2, 2020 and runs through November 7th. Tickets start at $25. Located in Sinking Spring, PA, about an hour drive from Philadelphia, Allentown, York, and Harrisburg.
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Waldorf Estate of Fear – A haunted historic hotel filled with high tech lights and actors. Follow it up with a haunted 20 minute outdoor walking trail. Opens October 2, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Prices start at $20. Located in Lehighton, PA.
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Lehigh Valley Screampark – Not only does this attraction consist of a haunted house, you can also take part in a 50 acre haunted hayride. Finish up by riding in a military vehicle, armed with paintball guns, shooting at “zombies”. Opens October 2, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets start at $15. Located in Orefield, PA, outside of Allentown.
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Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride – Start your experience with a walk through Bates Motel with high tech special effects, digital soundtrack and lighting. Then continue your journey with a 25 minute stroll through a haunted trail filled with Hollywood style sets and props. End your evening with a haunted corn trail filled with walk thru buildings and sets, tons of animatronic monsters and over 30 actors in full makeup and custom costumes.
Starts September 25, 2020 and runs through November 1st. Tickets are $40. Located in Glen Mills, PA.
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Kim’s Krypt Haunted Mill – This haunted attraction is set in a 1783 historic grist mill with 4 floors of horror. A haunted walk through acres of woods and a haunted barn will help finish a fun filled night. Starts September 18, 2020 and runs through November 1st. Tickets start at $15. Located in Spring Grove, PA.
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Fright Factory – “Fright Factory is a high scare, high startle, adult themed haunted house featured on the Travel Channel as one of the scariest haunted attractions in America.” Located in a 120+ year old factory basement with over 25,000 square feet and three different themes.
Starts September 25, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets start at $25. Located in Philadelphia, PA.
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Hotel of Horror – Two haunted house attractions housed in the 200 year old Pocono mountain resort once called The Lake House Hotel. Starts September 26, 2020 and runs through November 1st. Tickets start at $20. Located in Saylorsburg, PA.
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Hellstead Manor – “The tour begins inside in the Manor where the curious witness the horrifying outcome of a failed experiment by Dr. Halstadt. The poisonous gas cloud he created infected those living in the house at the time, and caused body altering mutations. Hellstead Manor is a creation by local Emmy Award Winning special effects artist, Eric Lusk, whose work has been seen on films and television shows such as: House, CSI, NCIS, X-men 3, The Omen, Epic Movie and, Painted Skin 2.”
Starts September 18, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets are $27. Located in Hallstead, PA.
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Wells Township Haunted House – Take a guided tour through this 170 year old building with over 10,000 square feet of haunted fun. Starts September25, 2020 and runs through November 7th. Tickets start at $14. Located in Brilliant, OH, 40 minutes outside of Pittsburgh.
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Dark View -Lots to do here at this haunted attraction including touring a haunted old farmhouse, a cemetery, haunted trails and more. Starts September 12, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets start at $15. Located in Toronto, OH.
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Fear Forest Haunted House & Hayride – “Take a ride through 68 acres of the area’s most terrifying hayride and then get dropped off at the InsaneAtarium, the area’s most intense haunted house.” Continue your experience though Fear Forest on a haunted hayride with animatronics and “the LARGEST drive thru Vortex Tunnel in the country”.
Starts October 2, 2020 and runs through October 31st. Tickets start at $12. Located in Lordstown, OH.
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