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 for our 2016 Award announcements including the Jim Warfield Acting Award, the New...

Featured Listing Available!

HauntedHouseChicago.com has had a Featured Listing spot become available at the last minute - if you'd like to secure it for your haunted attraction, visit https://www.hauntedhousechicago.com/hauntowners/#advertise for details and email advertise@hauntedhousechicago.com to secure it!

2016 Season Primer

Happy September, Haunt Fans! Here we are, another fall season upon us! It’s hard to believe that we are almost through the month already where the weather should be turning cooler, but that hasn't happened just yet! But, with the month of September comes many things: school being back into full swing, football is back, and hockey season is just around the corner. As we open the doors, dust away the cobwebs (or in most of our cases, add a few more here and there), we start to shake the zombies and creatures of the dark and awaken them from...

Haunted House Chicago’s 2015 Top 13:

As the night comes to a close, we find ourselves at the apex of yet another haunting season. But, before we bid farewell to another memorable October, it is finally time to present the 2015 Official Haunted House Chicago Top 13. After traversing 2,320.9 miles this season, here is our list of the best around: 1.   Statesville Haunted Prison & City of the Dead in Crest Hill, IL 2.   Basement of the Dead & Shattered 3D in Aurora, IL 3.   Wisconsin Feargrounds in Waukesha, WI 4.   Realm of Terror Horror Experience in Round Lake Beach, IL 4.   Amhurst Asylum in Valparaiso,...

2015 Jim Warfield Acting Award Winners

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 on this award please click here: https://www.hauntedhousechicago.com/reviews-awards/warfieldaward/ This year, there were two actors and actresses that dazzled us with their show and whisked us away to wonderland with their showstopping performances. Haunted House Chicago would like to formally congratulate the recipients of the 2015 Jim Warfield Acting Award: Ian Ryan as "Killy Billy" From C2H2: The Terror Within (Community Commonwealth Haunted House) in Westmont, IL Alyssa Raymond as "Smiley" From Lake Hills Haunted House in St. John, IN

2015 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: https://www.hauntedhousechicago.com/reviews-awards/bestnewhaunt/ Haunted House Chicago would like to formally congratulate the 2015 New Haunted Attraction of the Year: The Slaughter Haunted House in West Dundee, IL Congratulations on an outstanding first season!