Haunted Houses, Trails, Woods and More!

This attraction makes haunted houses family-friendly events in addition to the haunted house, including a picnic area, bonfires, music, photos with characters, access to food, mini golf, ax throwing, and more.

Don’t let the family-friendly fun fool you, Madworld claims to be the scariest haunted house in the state.

Madworld 2025 Operating Dates

September 5, 2025 – Opening night
September 6–30, 2025 – Open Fridays and Saturdays
October 1–19, 2025 – Open Fridays – Sundays
October 23 – November 1, 2025 – Open Thursday – Sunday
November 1, 2025- Final Night of the Season
See the calendar for date and time details.

Admission: Madworld offers a variety of admission options and packages. See their ticketing website for a complete list of options.
General Admission tickets start at $40 (scardy cat passes are $50)

Offers:
Family-Friendly haunted house experience
Scary Haunted House Experience

Big Kids and Tweens at Mad World

We love that Mad World also offers a “No-Scare” Medallion for both grown-ups and kids for $10. The Medallion “allows your children to take back control of the night by not only signaling to the monsters to stay away from him/her but also giving the child special powers to control the monster!”

*Please see the very comprehensive FAQ’s on their website as well

• Loud Noises: Yes, proceed with caution
• Visibility: Yes, There will be moments of low visibility, as they do use fog machines
• Open or enclosed (tight spaces): Yes, proceed with caution
• Blood and Gore: Yes, proceed with caution
• Surprising special effects? Strobe lights (being mindful of kids with disabilities)? Yes, proceed with caution
• Quality of scare actors: High-level, well-trained

Nightmare Dungeon is considered terrifying, and they even offer a “hands-on option” for adults that will allow the characters to interact with guests up close and personal, to the point of picking them up!

Opens Friday, September 12th, 2025
Open weekends in September
Open nightly in October
Open Halloween Night

We express caution when visiting this attraction with younger children since they may see others being touched by the characters. The characters do not touch guests who did not purchase the “hands-on option”. The haunt has three large structures that are indoors, inside of a 120-year-old house. There is a lot of gore, scary imagery, characters to interact with and be scared by, and more.

Nightmare Dungeon is open nightly from September 12th through November 2nd, 2025

Admission: $30 per adult. Buy tickets online. 

The Fear Farm Haunted Farm offers six attractions in one place

All ages are welcome, though we do not recommend for younger children because of gore, scary masks, and costumed characters.
Read more on the “faq’s” page of The Fear Farm before you go.

Opens September 20th, 2025 for the season
Open select weekend dates September 20th – November 1st, 2025
Open Sunday, October 19th and 26th
Open on Halloween

Admission: General admission starts at $34.64 online
Fast pass add on is $15

Haunted Woods!
Open Friday – Sunday, September 28th – 30th, 2025
Open Friday – Sunday in October
Open on Halloween night & November 1st, 2025

Tickets are cash only
$20 general admission
Ages 5 and under are free (But this is probably too scary for this age group)

The Clown House, The Doll House, and the Haunted Trail are all at Booger Jim’s.

This haunted attraction is best for older kids, teens, and adults.

Opening Night: Friday, September 19th, 2025
Open Friday and Saturdays in September and October
Open Sunday, October12th, 19th, and 26th
Open on Halloween and November 1st, 2025

Admission: Ticket office opens at 7 p.m. Closing times vary; call after 11:30 p.m.
$28 general admission
$11 childrens tickets (11 and younger)
No-touch medallions are $5
Cash preferred!

Located in Hendersonville in Western North Carolina, The Haunted Farm is a scary, haunted farmland to explore. They say the land is cursed (eek!)

There are 5 distinct haunted attractions at The Haunted Farm, including The Woods, The Farm, The Meathouse, The Demon Hay Shed, and The Slaughterhouse.
You will see lots of scary costumed creatures, with loud sounds, creepy music, and other scary things.
There is no age limit, but we do not recommend this attraction for younger children because they are all scary.

Opening Night: September 27th, 2025
Open Friday and Saturday from October 3rd – November 1st, 2025
Open Sunday, October 19th and 26th
Open October 30th and Halloween night

Pricing: Adults $40
Fast pass tickets available for an additional $65

This haunted house sounds like a real thrill and includes “intense audio, lighting effects, fog and mist,” and many other special effects. The experience also includes a 3-D Haunt and Fun House. It is not recommended for children under the age of 12, though they can visit if they are willing. They also have axe throwing to enjoy.

2025 dates TBD

Sweet Dreams Scare House has a quarter mile of indoor and outdoor haunted attractions.  The attraction offers interactive characters and creative frightening scenery throughout the haunt.

Opens Date: September 19th, 2025
Pricing: $25 – $30 depending on visit date

Opening day: September 19th, 2025
Open Fri/Sat in September, Fri-Sun October 3rd – 12th
Open Thursday – Sunday October 16th – November 2nd
Open Through Halloween Weekend ( October 30th – November 2nd, 2025)
Open Halloween Night

This high scare attraction is part of the Underground Farm scare experience, and includes a house with multiple rooms that are themed,

 To move from room to room you have to tackle various terrifying challenges! 

• Solving puzzles 
• Completing spooky tasks 
• Chase (yes, we mean chase) scare-actors

This attraction is very scary, so we do not recommend it for children. Best for teens and adults.

**We’ve been here! Check out our Kidding Around Review of Sunken Manor.**

Haunted Trail along the banks of the Tyger River in Spartanburg, SC.

Opening night: September 19th, 2025

Nightmare Hollow is definitely scary and there is quite a bit of blood and gore, but one reason why it makes the list of good haunted attractions for big kids and tweens is because the staff is so kind and sympathetic to the children (and parents) that are brave enough to give their attraction a try.

You can let the staff know if you want them to tone it down a bit for your child and you have a guide that can allow any member of your party to walk around a part of the attraction that might be a bit too intense.

This is a scary attraction and we recommend waiting until children are old enough to understand that the actors are in costume and that the attractions are all staged.

• Core attractions: 30-minute trail takes you through multiple haunted attractions. These attractions are creatively set up and have a variety of actors and themes.
• Best rides for tweens: No rides
• Loud Noises: airhorns and other loud noises, lots of screaming actors
• Visibility: dark outside and periods of total blackness
• Fire/Pyrotechnics: none
• Open or enclosed (tight spaces): multiple very tight spaces
• Blood and Gore: actors had bloody costumes, several areas did have gory themes
• Surprising special effects:  yes, strobe lights and some special effects that have a disorienting effect
• Quality of scare actors: Great, but actors were friendly if they noticed that children were not having fun due to being scared

Admission price: Currently not available online, please take a look at their facebook.

Enjoy a haunted hayride at Historic Hopkins Farm this Halloween season! October 24th-30, 2025 each evening from 7-11pm