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:...

2018 Review Team Schedule

  Here is the official 2018 Haunted House Chicago Review Team schedule.  Find us at all of the great haunted attractions in the Chicagoland area, get some free stuff, and maybe even win some prizes! Make sure to tag us on social media and win tickets, HHC swag, and much more! Sunday, September 30 Six Flags Great America Fright Fest; Gurnee, IL Friday, October 5 Niles Haunted House Scream Park; Niles, MI Saturday, October 6 LOST SOULS HAUNTED BUS TOUR - HauntedHouseChicago.com 2017 Top 3 Tour Statesville Haunted Prison & City of the Dead; Crest Hill, IL Basement of the...

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...

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Haunted House Chicago

‘Twas the fright before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a monster was stirring, not even a mouse. The traps were all set by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would step there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While nightmares of body parts danced in their heads. And momma with her hatchet, and I with my axe, Had just settled down for little night cap. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my chair to see what had splattered. Away to the window I flew...

Want more SCREAMS? This is your LAST weekend!

  For those that aren't ready to just let October slip away, you still have ONE LAST weekend to get in your thrills, chills & a lot more screams!  Many haunted attractions will be open tonight & tomorrow for special events! (Please visit their website to plan accordingly and to find out their operating hours. Some attractions are only open 1 out of the 2 nights.)   Friday, November 3rd: Abandoned Haunted House Complex in Mt. Pleasant, WI presents patrons with their own version of Blackout D.E.A.D. Rising in Crestwood, IL presents a special event where patrons MUST be 18+ with an ID...