All across America, something extraordinary happens every year about this time, as the most unassuming of locations—from shopping malls and backyards to theme parks and historic attractions—become “haunted.”
Throughout the Halloween season, these haunts range from elaborate, professional creations to imaginative, handcrafted experiences, but since they’re spread worldwide, even the most stalwart haunt fan can only get to see a handful each season, which is where the Haunted Attraction Network comes in.
Now until October 31, the Haunted Attraction Network presents HAUNTATHON 2023, the largest online celebration of haunted attractions, exploring haunts of all sizes, from the legendary to the unsung, through videos, podcasts, virtual visits and even VIP in-person experiences.
The 61-day celebration of haunted attractions is working with 13 partners that help bring the virtual experience to a global audience, giving them unparalleled peeks into more than 60 haunted attractions worldwide. Hauntathon 2023 combines tours of major theme-park haunted events with independent haunts and a variety of “home haunts,” whose elaborate thrills often belie the fact that they exist within private residences. To experience all the haunted content of HAUNTATHON 2023, visit http://hauntedattractionnetwork.com/hauntathon-2023. (A full list of scheduled haunts is below.)
“From the classic to the cutting-edge, we’re really excited to celebrate haunted attractions and the amazing people who create them,” said Haunted Attraction Network founder Philip Hernandez. “We’ll showcase the creative process behind some of the world’s most famous haunted attractions, offering a different thrill in a different way every single day until the Big Night itself.”
The title sponsor for HAUNTATHON 2023 is Gantom Lighting & Controls, which makes miniature spotlights for the world’s largest theme parks. Additional sponsors include Hauntpay, Froggy’s Fog, and Stand Out Marketing. Content partners include Attractions Magazine, Creepy Kingdom, Freaks of HHN, HaunTopic Radio, Kevin Heimbach, Muse TV, OMNI Adventures, Scare Track, Sharp Productions, That Halloween Podcast, The Horror of Being Emily, The Scare Factor, and This Weekend with Nick Pagliochini.
The haunts to be featured in HAUNTATHON 2023 include:
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Theme Parks
· Dark Nights at Hersheypark
· Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights
· Universal Studios Japan Halloween Horror Nights
· Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights
· Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort
· Hong Kong Disneyland
· Howl-O-Scream Tampa
· Howl-O-Scream Orlando
· Howl-O-Scream San Diego
· Oogie Boogie Bash at Disney’s California Adventure
· Six Flags Fright Fest
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Haunted Houses
· Bayville Scream Park (Long Island, NY)
· DARK at Fort Edmonton Park (Edmonton, Canada)
· Dark Hour Haunted House (Plano, TX)
· Deadmonton (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
· Deranged Haunt (Romulus, MI)
· Doncaster Fear Factory (Doncaster, UK)
· Doom Haunted Attraction (Idaho Falls, ID)
· Evil Intentions (Elgin, IL)
· Fatal Fear (Austin, TX)
· Fear Factory (Salt Lake City, UT)
· Field of Screams (Mountville, PA)
· Hanna Haunted Acres (Indianapolis, IN)
· Haunted Overload (Lee, NH)
· Hundred Acres Manor (Pittsburgh, PA)
· Hush Haunted Attraction (Westland, MI)
· Kim’s Krypt Haunted Mill (Spring Grove, PA)
· Lake Hickory Haunts (Hickory, NC)
· Lincoln Mill Haunted House (Philadelphia, PA)
· Markoff’s Haunted Forest (Dickerson, MD)
· Mortem Manor (Kissimmee, FL)
· Nightmares on the Rogue (Medford, OR)
· Reaper’s Revenge (Scranton, PA)
· Sacramento Scream Park (Sacramento, CA)
· Scarehouse (Pittsburgh, PA)
· Shaqtoberfest (Long Beach, CA)
· Sir Henry’s Haunted Trail (Plant City, FL)
· Stanley Haus (Aliso Viejo, CA)
· Spooky World (Warrington, UK)
· Terror in the Corn (Denver, CO)
· Terror Isle (Lee, NH)
· Terror Roulette (South Barrington, IL)
· Terror Vault (San Francisco, CA)
· Thirteenth Floor Haunted House Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL)
· The Vault of Souls (Tampa, FL)
· Wicker Manor (Denver, CO)
· Woods of Terror (Greensboro, NC)
