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Halloween means costumes, horror movies, haunted houses and a celebration of all things scary. 'Tis the season for terror, and 10Best set out to find the best haunted attractions in the U.S. These 10 haunted houses, selected by 10Best Local Experts and editors and voted the best by 10Best readers, offer the best actors, set designs, special effects and value for money out there.
One of Atlanta’s favorite haunts, Containment Haunted House encompasses 26 shipping containers linked together into a terrifying maze of unusual scares. Photo courtesy of Containment Haunted House
Dead Acres Haunted Hoochie Pataskala, Ohio
Visitors brave enough take on the haunts at Dead Acres Haunted Hoochie, located outside of Columbus, will be touched, grabbed and shoved during the self-proclaimed "darkest show on Earth." While there isn't an official age restriction, the gruesome nature of the scenes paired with an obsession for chainsaws means this one is certainly not fit for children. Photo courtesy of Dead Acres Haunted Hoochie
Dark Harbor gets its extreme factor from its setting - the iconic Queen Mary, drenched in legend and oozing with a sordid past. Regarded as one of the most haunted places on Earth, the Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor is a thrill-seekers’ delight, blurring the lines of history and hysteria. All in all, passengers aboard the Queen Mary this Halloween have six blood-curdling mazes, multiple stages and one-of-a-kind hauntexperiences to explore. Photo courtesy of Queen Mary
Haunted Overload Lee, N.H.
Haunted Overload in New Hampshire does an excellent job of providing various levels of scares, so everyone can enjoy. They pull out all the stops for Haunted Overload, a fully immersive (and terrifying) haunted trail through the New England woods. Photo courtesy of Haunted Overload
Netherworld Haunted House Atlanta
Atlanta's Netherworld earned a nomination for Best Haunted Attraction for its incredible sets, animatronics, special effects and make-up created by professionals in the film and television industry. Thrill-seekers come from around the country to experience this warehouse-sized haunt divided into two themed areas: The Awakened and Subject: Unknown. Photo courtesy of Netherworld
Nashville Nightmare Madison, Tenn.
Nashville Nightmare stages four haunted houses inside it's 50,000 square foot facility: Night Terrors, Horror High, Fairy Tale Hell and Industrial Undead. The acting and costume quality are both top notch, and the haunts engage all the senses. Photo courtesy of Nashville Nightmare
The Massacre on Marshall Road El Paso, Texas
This haunted attraction in El Paso opened in 2012 and describes itself as “the abyss of ultimate terror. It’s not recommended for the faint of heart. Photo courtesy of The Massacre on Marshall Road
SCREAM-A-GEDDON Dade City, Fla.
This Tampa Bay independent horror park returns for its fourth year to petrify area residents with three brand new attractions for 2018: Rage 3D, Demons Revenge and Zombie Paintball Assault. Deadwoods, Blackpool Prison and Infected: Ground Zero will make their return and challenge guests to become a part of the story, with a truly interactive experience. Photo courtesy of SCREAM-A-GEDDON
The top 10 winners in the Best Haunted Attraction category are as follows:
10Best Editors teamed up with Christine Barger, a.k.a. The Haunt Girl, to pick the initial 20 nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by popular vote.
Congratulations to all these winning Halloween haunts!
Christine Barger (aka The Haunt Girl) discovered her passion for haunted attractions at a young age while scaring her classmates from a small yard display. Upon moving to Los Angeles she joined the HHN family at Universal as a Scareactor. After a few years she went back to attending haunts instead of working them and started blogging. Then in 2014 she discovered escape rooms when she and her husband Jeremiah played The Purge: Breakout. They were hooked. They enjoy traveling the country in October playing escape rooms all day and attending haunted attractions in the evenings. They have played over 300 escape rooms as a team, but you can also find Christine playing ER's with strangers or even alone if Jeremiah isn't available to join her. Follow her on Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.
Christine Barger
Christine Barger (aka The Haunt Girl) discovered her passion for haunted attractions at a young age while scaring her classmates from a small yard display. Upon moving to Los Angeles she joined the HHN family at Universal as a Scareactor. After a few years she went back to attending haunts instead of working them and started blogging. Then in 2014 she discovered escape rooms when she and her husband Jeremiah played The Purge: Breakout. They were hooked. They enjoy traveling the country in October playing escape rooms all day and attending haunted attractions in the evenings. They have played over 300 escape rooms as a team, but you can also find Christine playing ER's with strangers or even alone if Jeremiah isn't available to join her. Follow her on Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.
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10Best Local Experts provide users with original, unbiased, and experiential travel content of top attractions, things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations in the U.S. and around the world. No business pays to be listed. Our Local Experts are well-traveled and well-educated group who are not only experts in their fields - and their cities - but discriminating in their tastes. These local experts live in the city they write about, with constantly updated content.
