P repare yourself, mortals. The scary season is here. Halloween 2025 in Phoenix is shaping up to be downright terrifying, albeit in the best way possible. The Valley’s haunted house scene is crawling with both professional attrac- tions, monster-sized yard displays and home haunts. Whether you’re after chainsaw-wielding maniacs, pitch-black mazes or skeleton armies taking over suburban lawns, the best haunted houses and Halloween displays in Phoenix deliver all the chills, jump scares and creepy vibes you can handle. This year’s lineup includes long- running favorites like 13th Floor, Sanctum of Horror Mesa and the recently relocated Fear Farm in Scottsdale, as well as more DIY displays transforming front yards into ghostly graveyards. Some are grisly. Others are amusing. All are worth a visit if you’re brave enough and offer a bloody good time. Here are Phoenix’s best haunted houses and Halloween attractions in 2025. The Darkness at Deer Valley 3302 W. ADOBE DAM ROAD Not every must-see Halloween house is built for heart-pounding scares. This quaint north Phoenix display blends a glow-in-the- dark graveyard with Disney-style whimsy like a 12-foot Jack Skellington. Singing pumpkins and special effect light up weekends, entertaining both little ghouls and grown-up ghosts alike. Details: 6 to 10 p.m., nightly from Oct. 13 to 31. Free. Eddie Shriner’s Home Haunt 2427 W. VISTA AVE. Walking through Eddie Shriner’s haunt is like running a gauntlet of your worst fears. Hundreds of fiendish figures, twitching animatronic ghouls and costumed manne- quins line a twisting path from front yard to back that’s packed with nightmare fuel. Killer clowns, cackling skeletons, towering demons and a murderer’s row of slasher villains await. It’s pure suburban terror, built life-sized. Details: 7 to 9 p.m., Sundays to Thursdays; 7 to 10 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 31. The 85th Dimension 17460 N. 85TH DRIVE, PEORIA INSTAGRAM.COM/THE85THDIMENSION Rhonda Brown and Robert Peterson’s walkthrough haunt contains multitudes of scares hidden within its pitch-black interior. Each scene, or “dimension,” delivers its own terrors, from a haunted dollhouse to a swamp crawling with creeps, all populated by a sinister mix of live animatronics and undead actors. Details: 6:15 to 9:15 p.m. on Oct. 24 and 25 and Oct. 30 to Nov. 1. Free. 42nd Haunt 4226 W. PARK VIEW LANE, GLENDALE 42NDHAUNT.COM This popular Halloween destination packs more frights by the foot than other local home haunts. Within the 3,000-square- foot space, a deadly tale involving the failed containment of a massive outbreak of aliens, freaky creatures and medical exper- iments unfolds across 16 rooms of nonstop horrors. Details: 6 to 6:30 p.m. (non-scary version) and 6:30 to 10 p.m. (regular version), Oct. 24 to 26 and Oct. 30 and 31. A $5 donation is requested. Haunted Graveyard 8414 E. VALLEY VISTA DRIVE, SCOTTSDALE HAUNTEDGRAVEYARDAZ.COM Chris Birkett’s Halloween display is the reigning pumpkin king of Valley home haunts. Out front, animated gravestones, a haunted castle and a fire-breathing dragon amaze visitors. Inside the garage, a claus- trophobia-inducing maze terrifies, while a haunted mine along the side leads to a “Swamp of Lost Souls” around the backyard pool. Pro-tip: Turnout is huge, so arrive early to beat the crowds. Details: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Oct. 25 and 26 (monster-free version); 6:30 to 10 p.m. (regular version), Oct. 27 to 31. Donations are appreciated. Hellbilly Holler Halloween Haunt 14601 N. 40TH WAY HELLBILLYHOLLERAZ.COM Hellbilly Holler boasts the weirdest and wildest backstory of any Valley home haunt. Imagine the inbred DNA of “Deliverance,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Motel Hell” grafted into a cannibalistic, moonshine-laced hellrealm and you’ve got this bizarre backwoods adventure gone gloriously off the rails. Artist Michaela Nastasia and her niece conjure the witchy SueBob and her cabin of crazed hillbillies and supernatural beings straight out of your weirdest night- mares. Details: 7 to 9 p.m., Sundays to Thursdays; 7 to 11 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 31. Free. House of Fear 13837 N. 181ST AVE., SURPRISE FACEBOOK.COM/HOUSEOFFEARAZ Phoenix couple Russ Dehlinger and Blanca Real let their imaginations run wild with this sprawling walk-through haunt spanning their property. Think chaotic scenes with killer clowns, an immersive “Stranger Things” tribute and a ’50s diner with a chainsaw-wielding psychopaths, historical accuracy be damned. Creepy dolls also make an appearance. “Everyone hates those,” Dehlinger jokes. Details: 6 to 10 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays; 6 to 9 p.m., Sundays from Oct. 4 to 31. A $5 donation is requested. The House of Haunts 8325 EAST LINCOLN DRIVE, SCOTTSDALE FACEBOOK.COM/HOUSEOFHAUNTSARIZONA Scottsdale’s Steve Birkett and his family raise home haunts to an art form. Outside, an elaborate glowing graveyard occupies the front yard. Inside, rooms inspired by “The Shining” and Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion are filled with animated props and special effects. Prepare to be both amazed and terrified. Details: Open nightly, 6:30 to 10 p.m., from October 25 to 31. A $5 donation is suggested. Phoenix Dead Rising 8611 N. 30TH DRIVE Every Halloween, Nick Chryst’s yard comes alive with the dead. Tombstones, ghostly figures and other memento mori lurk in a fog-choked scene aglow with moodly lighting. This year, he’s adding a walkthrough haunt inspired by a Victorian funeral parlor for anyone craving a delightfully grim dose of the macabre. Details: The display is viewable nightly, 6 to 10 p.m., October 6 through 31. The walkthrough is from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on October 19, 20, and 24 through 31. Free. Mount Mayhem 1740 E. PURDUE AVE. MOUNTMAYHEMHAUNT.COM There’s something unnerving and down- right sinister about carnie folk. Hence the theme of this year’s Mount Mayhem, the family-run DIY haunt that’s been scaring the Valley since 2009. Its all-teenage cast will conjure bearded ladies, sideshow abominations and other twisted char- acters amid the shadowy setting of a throwback carnival. Details: 7 to 9:30 p.m., Oct. 17 to 19 and Oct. 29 to 31. Donations are appreciated. >> p 19 Terror in Tolleson. (Neil Schwartz)
