The best haunted houses and Halloween activities in Phoenix

Phoenix Halloween displays and home haunts

Pershing Crypt
14779 W. Pershing St., Surprise
Pershing Crypt is a graveyard-style Halloween display at a two-story home in Surprise’s Marley Park neighborhood where ghouls and skeletons tower, a demon watches from the roof and a sinister pumpkin patch occupies the driveway.

Details: 6 to 10 p.m., nightly through Oct. 31 (weather permitting). Free.

Skeleton House AZ
23625 N. 117th Drive, Sun City
Craig David’s humerus display will tickle your funny bone. Each year, he arranges dozens of costumed skeletons along the sidewalks of his neighborhood, leading to a rustic, Wild West-themed scene outside his home occupied by more bony figures.

Details: Nightly starting at dusk through Oct. 31. Free.

The 85th Dimension
17460 N. 85th Drive, Peoria
Rhonda Brown and Robert Peterson’s pitch-black walkthrough haunt takes visitors through several distinct scenes, or “dimensions,” including a sweet-yet-sinister dollhouse and a zombie apocalypse. Each offers frights galore.

Details: 6:15 to 9:15 p.m., Oct. 29 to 31. Free.

42nd Haunt
4226 W. Park View Lane, Glendale
You don’t experience 42nd Haunt; you survive it. The largest home haunt in the West Valley, it features 3,000 square feet of scares behind a towering façade. Within its walls, a battery of unsettling settings filled with costumed ghouls, unexpected scares and constant screams beckons both visitors and victims. If it’s too much, come between 6 and 6:30 p.m. for the non-scary version.

Details: 6 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 16-17, 23-25 and 29-31. A $5 donation is requested.

Scary Christmas House
4431 W. Escuda Drive, Glendale
Jack Skellington’s crew can’t hold a candle to the Spacy family. Their two-story Glendale home is an eerily accurate tribute to “The Nightmare Before Christmas” writ large, complete with a towering Spiral Hill, Oogie Boogie’s Lair and numerous life-sized characters from the film.

Details: 6 to 10 p.m., Mondays through Fridays; 6 to 11 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, from Oct. 23 to 31. Donations accepted.

Desert Nightmares
9567 W. Illini St., Tolleson
Visitors to this walkthrough home haunt brave 10 themed rooms teeming with animatronic figures and frights around every corner. Thursdays and Sundays offer a kid-friendly version with the lights on and no actors in sight.

Details: 7 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays through Oct. 31, except Oct. 3. Admission is $5 per person or free for kids 2 and under.

Eddie Shriner’s Home Haunt
2427 W. Vista Ave.
Fair warning: Eddie Shriner’s haunt runs you through an endless gauntlet of animatronic ghouls, costumed mannequins, killer clowns and life-sized horror film villains following a winding path around his home. It’s like coming face-to-face with your worst fears.

Details: 7 to 9 p.m., Sundays through Thursdays; 7 to 10 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from Oct. 10 to 31. Free.

Hansen’s Haunted House
2007 W. Flower St.
Michael Hansen’s annual haunt spans the exterior of his West Valley home. There’s a twisted carnival in front and a haunted maze in the back. Games of chance are also planned. Just don’t gamble away your soul. A food drive takes place the last week of October.

Details: Open on the evenings of Oct. 17, 24-31. Free.

Happy Haunted Pumpkin Patch
18639 N. First Ave.
There’s a joyful vibe to Carl and Patty Jimenez’s collection of more than 200 illuminated jack-o’-lanterns outside their north Phoenix home. Their horde of gourds is more silly than spooky, though. “Our family-friendly Halloween display is all about lights, not frights,” Carl Jimenez says. Synchronized light shows set to music take place every 20 minutes beginning on Oct. 15.

Details: 6 to 9 p.m. nightly through Oct. 31. Free, but donations benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona are appreciated.

Hellbilly Holler Halloween Haunt
14601 N. 40th Way
Hellbilly Holler is crawling out of the swamp for one final Halloween season. For years, the Valley’s most creatively unhinged walkthrough display, created by artist Michaela Nastasia, her sister Laura and niece Athena, has plunged visitors into a deranged redneck hellrealm populated by cannibalistic inbreds and supernatural fiends. It’s hanging up its bloody machete at the end of October. Check it out before it’s laid to rest.

Details: 7 to 9 p.m., Sundays through Thursdays, and 7 to 11 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, from Oct. 18-31. Free.

Phoenix Dead Rising
8611 N. 30th Drive
Each October, Nick Chryst’s yard becomes a full-blown lawn of the dead. Gravestones, ghouls and other ghastly decorations crowd an eerie, fog-choked landscape glowing with moody lighting. It’s a scene straight out of a Victorian fever dream.

Details: 6 to 10 p.m. on various dates throughout October. Free.

Mount Mayhem Haunted House
1740 E. Purdue Ave.
A tight-knit group of north Phoenix residents is behind this DIY haunt that’s been scaring Phoenix since 2009. Each year features a different theme, with the 2026 edition inspired by a horrific take on the holidays.

Details: 7 to 9:30 p.m., Oct. 17 to 19 and Oct. 29 to 31. Donations appreciated.

The Darkness at Deer Valley
3302 W. Adobe Dam Road
Frightfully fun sights like a glowing cemetery, a 12-foot-tall Jack Skellington and other imaginative props and decorations make up this Halloween display at a north Phoenix home. Weekends include special effects like singing pumpkins.

Details: 6 to 10 p.m. on various dates throughout October. Free.

Taylor Swift Halloween House
23910 N. 24th Place
Heather Corcoran’s north Phoenix yard offers big Taylor Swift energy. It’s adorned with dozens of skeletons wearing Taylor’s iconic “Eras” looks, a doll-sized “Lover” house and other tributes to the pop star.

Details: Dusk to 10 p.m., Monday to Thursday; dusk to midnight, Friday to Sunday throughout October.

Haunted Graveyard
8414 E. Valley Vista Drive, Scottsdale
The Birkett family of Scottsdale goes beyond the pale every October with this popular DIY haunt, which dominates the exterior and garage of their four-bedroom home and rivals professional Halloween attractions. In 2026, the Haunted Graveyard offers a new theme, “Evangeline Hollow,” involving dolls possessed by otherworldly spirits.

Details: 6:30 to 10 p.m., Oct. 25 and 26 (non-scary version); 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., Oct. 27 to 31. A $5 donation is encouraged.

The House of Haunts
8325 E. Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale
Scottsdale’s Steve Birkett and his kids are behind this intricate and long-running haunted house, which includes immersive environments like the Blue Bayou Swamp and “The Shining”-inspired Overlook Hotel lobby. This year, it gets even more ambitious. Outside, they’ve added a decrepit shack housing a Hatbox Ghost. Inside, there’s a new upside-down room that will mess with your head.

Details: Nightly, 6:30 to 10 p.m., Oct. 26 to 31. A $5 donation is requested.

Terror Nights
511 E. La Donna Drive, Tempe
One week each year, the Stoudt family’s Tempe residence becomes a suburban hellrealm occupied by ghoulish beings, possessed dolls and freakish fiends. Inside, sinister scenes like the “Morgue Room” and “Maniac’s Revenge” await, not to mention monsters around every corner.

Details: 7 to 10 p.m., Oct. 28, 29 and 30. Free, but donations benefiting Tempe Community Action Agency are appreciated.

Kipp Family’s Halloween Display
1610 E. Hermosa Vista Drive, Mesa
David Kipp’s sprawling Mesa home comes alive during the Halloween season with thousands of lights, glowing pumpkins and an elaborate multimedia show on giant LED screens. They even give out candy.

Details: Nightly, 6 to 9 p.m. from Oct. 26 to 31. Free.

Rowley’s Halloween House
10458 E. Osage Ave., Mesa
David Rowley always goes big with his Halloween display, which has previously included over-the-top creations like a pirate ship and a skeleton speakeasy. His home is also one of many in Mesa’s Santa Rita neighborhood that gets decked out in October. Swing by to see what they’re doing for Halloween 2026.

Details: Dusk to 10 p.m. on various dates throughout October. Free.

Morgan Manor
1100 E. Osage Ave., Apache Junction
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Bryan and Beatrice Morgan’s yard display brings a spooky glow and quaint charm to their corner of the East Valley. There are more than 40 skeletons, a laser swamp and flying ghosts adorning the busy scene.

Details: On display nightly until 10 p.m. through Oct. 31. Free.

Canary Manor
18887 E. Canary Way, Queen Creek
Tawnee Spence’s Halloween obsession transforms her yard into a quirky and spooky home haunt overflowing with decorations. She fits cemetery scenes, a giant swamp, zombies and pirates, a morgue and other frightful fun into her super-sized display. Crowded doesn’t begin to describe it.

Details: Nightly, 6:30 to 10 p.m., until Oct. 31 (weather permitting). Free, with donations accepted for locals in need.

Fonte Al Soul Cemetery
2593 E. Zion Way, Chandler
Visitors to this yard display in Chandler will encounter ghouls, ghosts and members of the undead lurking about the property. There are also animatronics, homemade props and other thrilling sights.

Details: Dusk to 10 p.m. from Oct. 24-31.

Stonegate Manor
728 E. Brooks St., Chandler
Stonegate Manor serves up a spooky scene at a Chandler home where purple light casts a formidable glow and towering skeletons loom. Fog effects on weekends make things even creepier.

Details: Nightly, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., through Oct. 31. Free.

Klown Town
187 W. Ivanhoe Place, Chandler
Anyone with a killer case of coulrophobia should steer clear of this walk-through home haunt. Creepy clowns in the Pennywise and Captain Spaulding vein lurk in the darkness of a Day-Glo hellscape. The scares it packs are no laughing matter.

Details: 7:30 to 9 p.m., Oct. 17, 18, 24, 30 and 31. Free.

Phoenix haunted houses and Halloween attractions

13th Floor Haunted House
2710 W. Bell Road
North Phoenix’s 13th Floor Haunted House returns for Halloween 2026 with a trio of themed haunts inside its 6,500-square-foot location: Dead City Uprising, House of Flesh and The Reaping Grounds. There’s also a speakeasy-like hidden bar inside and Zombie Splat Gellyball Experience games outside.

Details: Open select nights through Nov. 1. Hours vary. Admission is $45.99 to $55.99 in advance, fast passes are $10 extra and skip-the-line passes are $20 extra.

Apocalypse Rawhide
5700 W. North Loop Road, Chandler
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Apocalypse Rawhide lurches back for its third year, letting guests blast the undead with laser tag-style shotguns in an interactive experience in a western town setting that’s equal parts live-action zombie flick and first-person shooter. Don’t forget to double-tap, just in case.

Details: Open select nights from Oct. 2 to 31. Hours are 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays and 7 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets are $20 to $25.

AZ Field of Screams
5726 N. 75th Ave., Glendale
Field of Screams at Tolmachoff Farms is the granddaddy of Valley haunted corn mazes. The five-acre attraction has served up scares for decades, offering patrons a disorienting mile-long walk along a twisting and turning dirt path. Meanwhile, a horde of creepy creatures and chainsaw-wielding maniacs stalk their prey amid the stalks, popping out when you least expect it.

Details: 7 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 29 and on Halloween. Tickets cost $32.38.

Dark Harvest Haunted Park
2219 N. 99th Ave.
Something sinister has sprouted out in West Phoenix. The newly opened Dark Harvest is a 25-acre outdoor “immersive horror” experience on the grounds of DH Farms where visitors brave a spooky corn maze or a midway crawling with costumed characters. Four themed haunts include the monster-filled Ravenhurst Manor and the clown-infested Zany Zeppy’s Pizzeria.

Details: 7 to 10 p.m. Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and 7 p.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 1. Open nightly Oct. 25 to Nov. 1. Tickets are $20 to $35.

Fear Farm
1475 N. McClintock Drive, Tempe
Fear Farm returns to its new haunting grounds in Tempe after relocating last year. The Valley’s longest-running Halloween attraction has four themed haunts, including Beyond the Veil, Mr. Tasty’s Funhouse and The Siren’s Wake. There’s also Jason Universe: Survive The Night, a licensed experience inspired by the “Friday the 13th” films.

Details: Nightly through Halloween, except Oct. 5 and 13. Hours vary. Tickets are $45.99 to $55.99, fast passes are $10 more and skip-the-line passes are $20 extra.

Sanctum of Horror
6555 E. Southern Ave., Mesa
Located outside Mesa’s Superstition Springs Mall, this Halloween attraction offers twice the terror in two distinct haunts. The Breach features an abandoned military bunker where something insidious awaits. Next door, Sanctum of Horror depicts the grisly childhood home of an escaped mental patient. Expect close encounters of the frightening kind inside both.

Details: Opens at 7 p.m., Fridays through Sundays from Oct. 2 to 11; Thursdays through Sundays from Oct. 15 to 25 and nightly from Oct. 28 to 31. Closing times vary. Tickets are $24.99 or $34.99 with a fast pass included.

Scarizona Scaregrounds
1901 N. Alma School Road, Mesa
Mesa’s Scarizona Scaregrounds ain’t for the timid. Themed haunts include Dr. Death’s ICU and Mayhem in the Madness, while Startled Darkness is a lights-out experience where sounds, jolts and unseen scares assault your senses. If you aren’t already afraid of the dark, you will be.

Details: Opens at 6:45 p.m., Fridays through Sundays, from Oct. 2 to 25 and nightly from Oct. 28 to 31. Closing times vary. Tickets are $24.70, $37.59 with a fast pass or $89.19 for VIP admission.

TNT and The Crypt
3801 E. Washington St.
Terror in Tolleson has been reincarnated in a new home with fresh nightmares for visitors. It now offers six themed haunts, including the blood-drenched Slaughter House and the deranged Carnevil Chaos. It’s now near Valley Metro Rail, allowing a quick getaway if the frights are too much for your heart.

Details: 7 to 11 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays; 7 to 10 p.m., Sundays. Tickets are $35 or $55 with a fast pass included.