ABOUT HAUNTED AMERICA
Haunted America is a collection of the best, scariest, and most amazing Halloween experiences. Haunted America features attractions all across the United States, including cities like Cincinnati, Baltimore, Cleveland, Salt Lake City, Detroit, Orlando, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Baton Rouge, Seattle, Greensboro, Chicago, and the New York City area. Haunted America serves as a road map to help find the best haunted attractions, which open every Halloween season. Haunt seekers travel across the country searching for the elusive best haunted houses. Haunted America was created to help those seeking the scariest Halloween experiences. One of the biggest phenomena each October is travel haunting, where fans of Halloween pack their bags in search of SCREAMS! Each member of Haunted America represents the single best, top-rated haunted attraction in their area and one of the top 13 haunts in America.
The Darkness Haunted House - St.Louis, Missouri
Halloween Attraction Industry Facts
Each year, the Halloween attraction industry holds a trade show every March in St. Louis. Learn more at haashow.com. This trade show attracts over 10,000 buyers from nearly every country in the world.
Halloween is now the second-biggest retail holiday in the United States. Americans spend an estimated 10 billion dollars on home décor, costumes, and amusement attractions.
Globally, Halloween has been embraced for the SCARY ATTRACTIONS season. In the U.S., Halloween is centered around trick-or-treating, whereas in most other countries, it’s all about getting SCARED inside haunted houses. An interesting fact: Halloween retail is a 100% imported industry, while creating scary props, animations, masks, costumes, and complete haunted mazes is a 110% EXPORTED industry. Major theme parks worldwide purchase monsters, animations, masks, and more from American companies. We estimate over 75 million dollars worth of haunted house equipment is shipped globally, MADE IN AMERICA.
The Darkness Haunted House - St.Louis, Missouri
Haunted Attractions Featured on Major Media
Members of Haunted America have been featured on nearly every type of television show, YouTube channel, and major media outlet. Haunted attractions are highly visual and popular, drawing clicks and views. Major YouTube content creators often receive more views on their haunted maze tours than on any other content, which keeps them coming back again and again! People are fascinated by how haunted houses are created, operated, and how they generate the screams. Our members have been featured on Shipping Wars, Modern Marvels, Travel Channel, National Geographic, Discovery, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Washington Post, NFL Films, Yahoo, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox News, MythBusters, and more.
Fast Facts about the haunted attraction industry
Number of Haunted Houses: There are over 4,000 haunted houses operating across America each Halloween, according to Hauntworld.com. Most haunted attractions are charity-based, operated as fundraisers. We estimate there are between 600 to 800 professional, for-profit attractions. Many theme parks also now host Halloween events.
Types of Attractions: Scream parks are outdoor and indoor haunts, typically featuring a hayride. Several Haunted America attractions are considered SCREAM PARKS, including Creepyworld, Headless Horseman, Spookywoods, and Haunted Acre Manor. Most haunts across America are indoor haunted attractions, often located in old warehouses. For example, Lemp Haunted House is underground in an old brewery, and Dent is inside a former schoolhouse. Other haunts like 13th Gate, Darkness, and Factory of Terror are also located in old warehouses, while Fear Factory occupies a unique space—an abandoned concrete factory.
Attendance Figures: A typical haunted attraction averages around 3,000 to 5,000 guests, which accounts for about 70% of haunted houses operating each Halloween. About 20% of professional haunted attractions average between 15,000 and 20,000 guests, while only 10% attract over 25,000 paying customers. Members of Haunted America have yearly attendance ranging from 40,000 to 100,000 guests per season. Only about 3% of all haunted houses open each Halloween average over 40,000 guests.