2018 Jim Warfield Acting Award

Each year, Haunted House Chicago awards the top actor/actress from that calendar year. The award is named after Jim Warfield of Raven’s Grin Inn. For more information on this award please click here: https://www.hauntedhousechicago.com/reviews-awards/warfieldaward/ Haunted House Chicago would like to formally congratulate the recipients of the 2018 Jim Warfield Acting Award: Robert Groth as "Jebediah" from Abandoned Haunted House Complex in Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin And Andrew Kline as "Dookie Dan" from Evil Intentions Haunted House in Elgin, Illinois Please note: This award is not available to managers or owners, which on occasion have given some of the most incredible performances. Although we can't officially...

2018 New Haunted Attraction of the Year

Each year, Haunted House Chicago awards the best new haunted attraction from that year. For more on this award please click here: http://www.hauntedhousechicago.com/reviews-awards/bestnewhaunt/ Haunted House Chicago would like to formally congratulate the 2018 New Haunted Attraction of the Year: The Park After Dark in Chicago, Illinois Congratulations on an outstanding first season!

Happy Halloween

Hello Halloween, we have been waiting for you! Whether this night and season is about trick-or-treating, haunted housing, dressing in costume, carving pumpkins, or attending parties, we hope that it was everything that you hoped for and more! Thank you for joining us this AND every season. We hope you enjoyed our website & reviews as much as we enjoyed writing them!   From all of us at Haunted House Chicago to all of you and yours, we wish you a very safe, haunted, and Happy Halloween! Stay tuned throughout the day for our 2018 award announcements including: The Haunted House Chicago...

Happy Halloween – Wednesday, October 31, 2018!

Looking for somewhere to scream tonight? The following haunted attractions will be open, Wednesday, October 31, 2018: (Listed in alphabetical order) 13th Floor Chicago Haunted House in Melrose Park, IL: 7:30pm-10:30pm Basement of the Dead Haunted House in Aurora, IL: 7pm-10pm Dead Rising Haunted House in Crestwood, IL: 7pm-10pm Evil Intentions Haunted House in Elgin, IL: 7:30pm-10pm Fright Fest at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL: 6pm-11pm Haunted Hills Hospital in Lake Station, IN: 7pm-10pm HellsGate Haunted House in Lockport, IL: 7pm-10pm Hoppers Haunted House in Rockford, IL: 7pm-10pm House of Torment Chicago Haunted House in Morton Grove, IL:...

20 Days Left 'til Halloween!

Cooler Weather Is Finally Here – Time to Go to a Haunted House!

The weather forecast for the weekend (in fact, for the next week or so) says that it FINALLY feels like October out there, and what better way to celebrate that Fall Feeling than with a trip to your local haunted house? Dozens of Chicagoland attractions are open tonight and just waiting to help you scare up a good time and get in the Halloween Spirit, so where do you want to SCREAM tonight? Find the scares near you in the listings at https://www.hauntedhousechicago.com! Wondering which haunted house might be right for you? The HHC Review Team has been reviewing Chicagoland...

2018 Season Primer

Hello again, boils and ghouls! Welcome back for another season of the extravaganza known as “haunted-housing!” While fans eagerly await the doors of their favorite attractions to creak open, haunted attractions are applying new layers of spider webs, re-animating the zombies, and awakening their creatures of the dark from a long off-season slumber. Soon, the air will be filled with the sound of shrieks and screams! Ah, music to our ears. We are very proud to announce this is our 20th season of promoting and reviewing haunted attractions! Our first season was in 1999, and since our first day, our...