Haunting season is upon us and haunted attractions are open for Halloween 2021 throughout Phoenix. Here are six haunted attractions that are open for 2021, including Fear Farm and the 13th Floor that return this year with new sinister and gory themes to scare those who dare to enter!
Fear Farm
Fear Farm is at a new location this year in Glendale instead of Phoenix. There are five themed attractions and a haunted corn maze. The themes are: Sinister Circus, The Spirit of Halloween, Nuketown, Dead in the Water, and Dead End Slaughterhouse. There are various add-on options for general admission tickets, which are timed and start at $24.99, including fast pass and skip the line.
Details: October 19th-31st. 6801 N. 99th Ave. Glendale. Tickets from $24.99, www.fearfarm.com.
Sanctum of Horror
Are you up to visiting a “breeding ground of evil”? Visitors to the Sanctum of Horror in Mesa enter little Lenore’s childhood home and witness as her family members are murdered before joining her in an asylum where inmates have started experimenting on doctors. Will you become one of Lenore’s victims? There’s also “The Breach,” in which horror-seekers enter bunker 16 and encounter a rare leech on its path of destruction.
Details: October 27th-31st; November 5th and 6th. Superstition Springs Center, 6555 E. Southern Ave., Mesa. $20 for blackout event, $24 for general admission, $35 for fast pass. 480-200-8163, www.sanctumofhorror.com.
Scarizona Scaregrounds
Find blood, guts and gore at Mesa’s Scarizona Scaregrounds this year. The three haunted houses are Slayer’s Slaughter House, Epic Fear (which promises “total darkness”) and Startled Darkness, which has spiders, snakes and clowns in a dark, confined space. Tickets are timed and come in packages of one, two, four or six tickets. Closed-toe shoes are recommended.
Details: October 28th-November 1st. 1901 N. Alma School Road, Mesa. 480-444-2590, www.scarizona.com.
Terror Nights
Terror Nights Haunted House is back with its 11th season in Tempe. You’ll find the neighborhood haunted house off Rural Road in south Tempe; signs on the main road should point you in the right direction. The event is free; some of the proceeds from donations will go toward the nonprofit Tempe Community Action Agency. Organizers will also accept donations of nonperishable foods “to help the needy this holiday season.”
Details: October 28th-30th, 7-10pm. 511 E. La Donna Drive, Tempe. Free; donations are appreciated. 480-276-7054, www.facebook.com/TerrorNightsAZ.
13th Floor Haunted House
The 13th Floor Haunted House (which is owned by the same company as Fear Farm) returns with three themed attractions: “Bad blood,” “The Dollmaker” and “Asylum.” There are various add-on options for general admission tickets, which are timed and start at $19.99. Face coverings are recommended when social distancing is not possible.
Details: October 20th-31st. 2814 W. Bell Road, Phoenix. $19.99-$32.99 in advance, $1 more on the day of, $3 more at the door. Add $10 for fast pass, $20 to skip the line. www.13thflooraz.com.
House of Haunts
The family-run House of Haunts in Scottsdale is back for five nights leading up to Halloween. Guests are asked to wear masks while indoors, as there are actors in the haunted house, which takes about eight minutes to walk through. Stephen Birkett, who runs the event, has been doing House of Haunts since 1983.
Details: October 27th-31st, 6:30-10pm. 8325 E. Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale. Free; donations are appreciated. www.facebook.com/houseofhauntsarizona.
