Fun in Phoenix 2018 Halloween - Seven Must-Go Haunted Houses

Fun in Phoenix 2018 Halloween - Seven Must-Go Haunted Houses The Thirteenth Floor Haunted…

>The Thirteenth Floor Haunted House

Details: Through Saturday, Nov. 3. Days and hours vary. 2814 W. Bell Road, Phoenix. $27.99-$33.99. 602-456-2250, 13thflooraz.com.

Fear Farm

Details: Through Saturday, Nov. 3. Days and hours vary. 2209 N. 99th Ave., Phoenix. $27.99-$33.99. 623-866-5378, fearfarm.com.

>Sanctum of Horror

Details: Through Saturday, Nov. 3. Days and hours vary. Superstition Springs Center, 6555 E. Southern Ave., Mesa. $22 ($10 more for fast pass). 480-200-8136, sanctumofhorror.com.

AZ Field of Screams

Details: 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, through Oct. 27. 5726 N. 75th Ave., Glendale. $15-$20. 602-999-3276, azfieldofscreams.com.

Arizona Scarizona Scaregrounds

Details: Through Saturday, Nov. 3. Days and hours vary. 1901 N. Alma School Road, Mesa. $22-$36 ($10 for fast pass). 480-444-2113, scarizona.com.

The Crypt Haunted Attractions

Details: Through Wednesday, Oct. 31. Fiesta Mall, 1600 S. Alma School Road, Mesa. On site: $18 for single haunted house, $8 for Chaos Maze. Online sales: $25 for all access, $35 to skip the lines. hauntedaz.com.

Zombie WarZ

Details: Oct. 12-Nov. 3. Koli Road west of Wild Horse Pass Boulevard, Chandler. zombiewarzaz.com.

7 haunted houses in metro Phoenix you should visit for Halloween 2018

Are Millennials killing haunted houses?

We have no evidence to support this rhetorical question, but since Millennials are getting blamed for every other form of pop-culture decline, we figured, why not?

One thing is true: The number of big Halloween haunts in metro Phoenix has been declining over the past few years, with two more missing in action for 2018: The Outbreak at Schnepf Farms (paintball hayride) and Golfland-Sunsplash's Gauntlet?are both on a one-year hiatus (but you can still play ride Schnepf's Spooky Train and play Spooktacular Golf).

Not that there aren't still plenty of places to get your scare on. Here are this year's top events.

The Thirteenth Floor Haunted House

It's the biggest and most intricate haunt in the Valley, and it gets a fresh look every year. Mara. So: extra bravery points if you went to Catholic school? A second attraction, pinch the Shadows, is another a spin on the zombie apocalypse. But some of the best bits are permanent, including the surprisingly disorienting room and a haunted mansion that was preserved from a legendary haunted house in Utah.

Details: Through Saturday, Nov. 3. Days and hours vary. 2814 W. Bell Road, Phoenix. $27.99-$33.99. 602-456-2250, 13thflooraz.com.

Fear Farm

Also part of the Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group, with haunts in Denver, San Antonio and beyond, the Fear Farm is the Valley抯 largest outdoor haunt. There are six themed attractions, including 揟he Bunker: Area X?(aliens), 揝laughterhouse?(slasher flick), 揕egends: The Witch,?揢ndead?and 揊allout?(postapocalyptic mutants). And if circuses are your horror jam, you抣l want to take a spin on the 揚hoenix Haunted Hayride.?/P>

isitors brave the frights at the Fear Farm Haunted House on Fri. Oct. 6th, 2017 in Phoenix, Ariz. (Photo: Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic)

Details: Through Saturday, Nov. 3. Days and hours vary. 2209 N. 99th Ave., Phoenix. $27.99-$33.99. 623-866-5378, fearfarm.com.

Sanctum of Horror

Enter the mind of little lost Lenore (that抯 a nod to Edgar Allan Poe, folks) to witness the brutal murder of her family and travel to St. Charlotte Asylum, where the inmates have taken over and started experimenting on the doctors. Then there抯 揟he Breach,?which offers its own version of the Zombie Apocalypse set off by a South American leech. Eww. Named best overall attraction last year by AZHauntedHouses.com, the Sanctum has reserved Nov. 2-3 for a 揵lackout?event, because seeing less is fearing more.

People react to scares, frights and startles at the Sanctum of Horror haunted house attraction in Mesa on Friday evening, October 20, 2017. (Photo: David Wallace/The Republic)

Details: Through Saturday, Nov. 3. Days and hours vary. Superstition Springs Center, 6555 E. Southern Ave., Mesa. $22 ($10 more for fast pass). 480-200-8136, sanctumofhorror.com.

AZ Field of Screams

Decaying ghouls, masked slashers and chainsaw-wielding lunatics are among the dangers that might be lurking in this haunted corn maze, supposedly grown on top of a graveyard. (Actually, it抯 at Tolmachoff Farms, which also is hosting Pumpkin Days in October.)

Creepy ghoulies haunt the Field of Screams. (Photo: David Kadlubowski/The Republic)

Details: 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, through Oct. 27. 5726 N. 75th Ave., Glendale. $15-$20. 602-999-3276, azfieldofscreams.com.

Scarizona Scaregrounds

Shooting zombies with air rifles for paintball guns was all the rage for Halloween a few years ago. The shoot抏m-up options have declined, but Scarizona still has its paintball attraction, 揙peration Zombie Storm.?Three more themed haunts: 揈pic Fear,?揝layer’s Slaughter House?and 揝tartled Darkness.?/P>

Details: Through Saturday, Nov. 3. Days and hours vary. 1901 N. Alma School Road, Mesa. $22-$36 ($10 for fast pass). 480-444-2113, scarizona.com.

The Crypt Haunted Attractions

The double attraction features 揟he Crypt?(揼houls, ghosts and goblins? and 揟he Asylum?(where the mad Dr. Vantas has turned the inmates into killers), plus the Chaos Maze.

Details: Through Wednesday, Oct. 31. Fiesta Mall, 1600 S. Alma School Road, Mesa. On site: $18 for single haunted house, $8 for Chaos Maze. Online sales: $25 for all access, $35 to skip the lines. hauntedaz.com.

Zombie WarZ

Rain from Hurricane Rosa delayed this year抯 opening, but the Rawhide Western theme park is still hosting its 揾ayride?aboard an Army truck and trailer dubbed the Zombie Assault Vehicle. Your Zombie Slugz (paintballs) are most effective if you can get a head shot.

Details: Oct. 12-Nov. 3. Koli Road west of Wild Horse Pass Boulevard, Chandler. zombiewarzaz.com.