Ready to Get In the Halloween Spirit? These are Best (and Scariest) Haunted Houses Across America

Your days of trick-or-treating may have come and gone, but you can still get into the Halloween spirit with a spine-tingling tour of one of the best haunted houses in America. Thrill-seekers can get up-close-and-personal with zombies, ghosts, and ghouls at any one of these nightmare-inducing Halloween attractions.

So grab your bravest BFF, book a flight, and get ready to test out your real fear factor at the scariest haunted houses in the U.S.. These creepy destinations are all guaranteed to give new meaning to ‘having a devilishly good time.’

The 13^th Gate

The 13^th Gate isn’t exactly known for its Southern hospitality. Over 150 professional actors and 40 crew members work together in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to bring this nightmarish horror show–filled with claustrophobic cellars, hidden subterranean passageways, and voodoo shows–to life. Brace yourself to experience firsthand what The Travel Channel has called, “One of the most detailed haunted houses in America…you will scream for mercy.” Tickets start at $30 per person.

Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights

Horror movie buffs won’t want to miss Universal Studios’ terrifying haunted tour. Each Halloween, the Hollywood-themed amusement park–which has locations in Orlando, Florida and Los Angeles, California–hosts Halloween Horror Nights, a harrowing labyrinth of mazes, all designed to transport visitors into a living, breathing world of terror. This year is no exception with hair-raising tributes to Stranger Things, House of 1000 Corpses and The Walking Dead, to name a few. Tickets start at $64 per person.

The Fright Factory

This horror-filled Halloween attraction has consistently been voted the number one haunted house in Washington. The Fright Factory visitors roam through a series of rooms in an old warehouse in Buckley, Washington–about 50 miles from Seattle–filled with vampires, killer clowns, and zombies. Each scream-inducing room has a different theme including a slaughterhouse, butcher shop, and psycho ward. Tickets start at $15 per person.

Blood Manor

The Big Apple may have a reputation as the city that never sleeps, but Blood Manor could very well be the reason why–at least during Halloween season. This classic haunted house opens its doors in New York City every October, ushering guests through 5,000 square feet of terrifying themed rooms, secret passageways, and bloody torture dungeons, filled with chainsaw-wielding murderers, demonic strippers, and evil clowns. Tickets start at $40 per person.

Were you brave enough to visit any of the scariest haunted houses in the U.S.? Tell us in the comments!