Scenes from the Phobia Haunted House in Houston.
Annie Mulligan/Contributor
Haunted attractions around Houston are opening for the season with new themes and returning favorites. Here’s where to get scared this fall.
13th Floor Haunted House Houston
Face your fears at 13th Floor Haunted House Houston.
13th Floor Haunted House
13th Floor Haunted House Houston returns with three attractions for the Halloween season. The lineup includes “Jason Universe: Survive the Night,” an officially licensed “Friday the 13th” experience featuring Jason Voorhees; “Sector 9,” where an alien pathogen transforms scientists and test subjects; and a decaying estate inhabited by a clan of cannibals. Guests can also add mini escape games, Zombie Apocalypse Live, axe throwing and a 21-and-older secret bar. And you can read more about the new “Friday the 13th” experience here.
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Details: $19.99 and up; 13thfloorhouston.com
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Houston Scream Fest
Visitors react to a scare actor at Houston Scream Fest.
Houston Scream Fest
The annual Halloween festival offers unlimited entry to several haunted houses along with live music, carnival games, midway food and complimentary drinks. Attractions include “Sanitarium,” where asylum patients take control; “Castle of Doom,” a medieval maze with a disorienting vortex; “Casa de La Llorona,” where the legendary weeping woman searches for her child; and “The Graveyard,” filled with restless spirits. Admission also includes H-Town Paintball’s “Nuketown,” a life-size replica of the “Call of Duty” map. Paint is sold separately.
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Details: $40; thehoustonscreamfest.com/thehoustonscreamfest
Phobia Haunted Houses
Donnie Kilgore poses with his chainsaw at the Phobia Haunted House on Oct. 4, 2019, in Houston.
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Phobia Haunted Houses features eight attractions designed to test every fear. Highlights include “Dawn of the Machine,” a dystopian world where technology takes over; “Mind Control,” a mental hospital gone awry; “Genetic Nightmare,” filled with grotesque mutations; and “Clown Mania,” a chaotic maze of color and twisted clowns. The “Exile” triple attraction features “Darke Institute,” “Darke World” and “Contagion,” each tied to the experiments of Dr. Phylo Darke. Visitors can also face “Savage Ground,” an outdoor setting overrun by lurking creatures.
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Details: $30 and up; darke.com
Haunted Trails
Staff image from Haunted Trails in Cypress, Texas.
Haunted Trails Haunted Attraction
Haunted Trails in Old Town Spring takes visitors into the woods for a haunted trail and hayride experience. The attraction features immersive sets, live actors and frightening creatures along a dark outdoor path.
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Where: 26302 Preston Ave., Spring
Details: $35 and up; thehauntedtrails.com
Phobia Haunted Houses Kemah
Scenes from the Phobia Haunted House in Houston.
Annie Mulligan/Contributor
Phobia Haunted Houses at Kemah Boardwalk is the home of two attractions, Doom and Darke Labs, packed with actors and custom animatronics.
Details: $30 and up; darke.com
Houston Terror Dome
Scence from Houston Terror Dome’s opening weekend.
Houston Terror Dome
Houston Terror Dome features haunted houses that engage all the senses, with clown zombies, a spinning vortex, a butcher’s shop, swamp scenes and 3D rooms. Guests can also try UV paintball, axe throwing and escape rooms, with a pumpkin patch, haunted selfie bar and gift shop rounding out the experience.
Where: 16030 Interstate 10, Channelview
Details: $29.99 and up; houstonterrordome.com
Purgatory Scream Park
Matt Murphy plays the part of the mortician at Purgatory Scream Park.
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Purgatory Scream Park spans more than 27,000 square feet with four haunted attractions. “The Kingwood Asylum” traps guests in a nightmare of flickering lights and unseen hunters, while “Asphyxia” winds through suffocating corridors where the walls seem to close in. “Dead Wood” leads visitors into a forest alive with sinister whispers, and “Hysteria” transforms a carnival midway into a maze of sinister clowns and twisted games.
When: Sept. 25- Oct. 31 and Nov. 6-7
Where: 1965 Northpark, Kingwood
Details: $40 and up; purgatoryscreampark.com
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Creepy Hollow
A chain saw baring zombie scares guest at Creepy Hollow in Rosharon.
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Creepy Hollow’s 288 Scare Factory leads visitors through laboratories where experiments have gone wrong. Other attractions include “Dark Wood Swamp,” a forest poisoned by waste and stalked by a scarred caretaker; “Pitch Black,” a containment facility for unstable test subjects; and “Freak Show,” filled with twisted performers.
When: Sept. 25- Oct. 31 and Nov. 6-7
Where: 12872 Valley Vista Drive, Rosharon
Details: $40 and up; creepyhollowhaunt.com
Redrum Fear Park
Redrum Fear Park
Redrum Fear Park includes a variety of nightmare-fueled attractions, including the “3D Twisted Circus,” “Cinegore,” “Deadwood Asylum,” and “The Purge Anarchy,” a laser tag experiment that has been completely re-imagined for the 2025 haunt season.
Where: 1800 E. Texas 90 Alternate, Richmond
Details: $35 and up; redrumhaunt.com
Haunted Drive
Haunted Drive in Cleveland, TX.
Haunted Drive
Haunted Drive combines multiple attractions into one experience. The Haunted Maze covers more than 10,000 square feet of dark twists and turns, while the drive-thru haunt spans 1.5 miles of scares billed as the “deadliest drive.” Guests can also face the Michael Myers Challenge, ride a haunted hayride or attempt an escape room set inside Crystal Lake.
Where: 235 Chain-O-Lakes Resort, Cleveland
Details: $35 and up; haunteddrive.com
Terror Isle Adventures
Visitors pose with scare actors at Terror Isle in Texas City.
Terror Isle
Terror Isle in Texas City returns with “From Below,” a pirate-themed haunt that takes visitors underground in search of stolen treasure. The walk-through attraction features live actors and sets filled with zombie pirates, giant worms, miners and other creatures.
Where: 518 6th St. N. Texas City
Details: $34.98 and up; terrorisle.com