Last year we listed Valentine’s Day haunted houses, which proved pretty popular actually. (Hits-wise. It’s the special post that gets any comments.)
Anyway, we thought: “Why not do it again this year?”
We meant to have it pulled together before now, but…well, “better late than never” seems to be our motto around here.
At any rate, if you’re looking for a way to spice up your love life this Valentine’s Day, consider a haunted house. According to the Date Report, haunted houses are the perfect first date after all. (Or second date, or 400th date…)
Which seems crazy. However, there’s a science behind the madness. We refer you to CNN’s “Go scare yourself! It’s good for you.”
Do we have you sold on haunted houses yet? Great!
Below are the ones that are open for your dating pleasure.
Like last year, we’ve listed the haunted houses by state and linked the haunt’s name to its website.
However, for easier navigation, we’ve included a handy jump link table. (Like the ones we’ve got on our Ghost Hunting Events and Paracons & Horror Fests pages.)
Hopefully that makes it easier for you to check out whatever state you’re interested in. (Not all states have haunted houses open for Valentine’s Day, but a fair amount do.)
P.S.
If haunted houses are too extreme for you, you can get the same relationship boost by cuddling up to watch a horror movie with your boo. To learn more about that, ModernHorrors.com posted a brilliant bit o’ infotainment explaining it all. Check out: “Can Horror Enhance Your Sex Life?” (Totally worth the read!)
No matter what you do, we hope you have a bloody good Valentine’s Day! 😈
ALABAMA
Arx Mortis at Ghost Hill – Killen, AL
Even if you can’t get to this haunt, check out their website. Their bloody clockwork cupid within a heart graphic is too cool.
They’ll even have $3 black long-stem roses while supplies last!
And they’ll be open on Valentine’s Day itself for a special Lights Out Couple’s Only show.
Theme: My Bloody Valentine
Open on February 14? Yes
Date(s): February 10, 11, and 14 (Special Couples Night, Lights Out)
Cost: $14, $20 Combo ARX Mortis and Ataxia, $35 on Feb 14 ($47 for Combo)
Nightmare at 3008 – Fultondale, AL
They’ve recently moved to a new location, so that in itself might be worth checking out.
Theme: A Valentine Massacre
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10, 11
Cost: $14
ARKANSAS
The Expelled – Huntsville, AR
One night only!
Theme: My Bloody Valentine
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 11
Cost: $13
CALIFORNIA
Fear Overload Scream Park – San Leandro, CA
Theme: My Bloody Valentine
Open on February 14? Yes
Date(s): February 10, 11, 14
Cost: $24.99 General Admission; $34.99 Fast Pass Admission
Mid State Scare – Atascadero, CA
This is for all you Valentine’s Day haters…and Halloween haunted house lovers. Not only will they be open for 5 nights in February, they’ll be the only “Anti-Valentines event on the Central Coast.”
Theme: Haunted Hearts
Open on February 14? Yes
Date(s): February 10, 11, 14 17 and 18
Cost: $10, $25 VIP Front of the Line Pass, $35 Family Pack of 4
Talladega Frights – Bakersfield, CA
If you want to boo-gie this Valentine’s Day weekend, apparently the price of admission to this haunt scores you access to their dance floor too. Rock on!
Theme: My Bloody Valentine
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $20 one night; $30 both nights
COLORADO
Hell Scream Haunted House – Colorado Springs, CO
This is a one night only deal, on Valentine’s Day!
If you like things intense, they have an option to go through their haunt as a “full contact” patron. Waiver required!
Theme: The Scorned’s Revenge
Open on February 14? Yes
Date(s): February 14
Cost: $15
CONNECTICUT
Creeperum – Hamden, CT
This is an age-restricted haunt. 17 and up.
Apparently it’s also an interactive haunt:
We’re not just jumping out at you as you walk by, our creatures will be in character all night and you’ll have to interact with them to keep moving forward! When was the last time a haunted house ASKED you to talk back?
Theme: Be Our Bloody Valentine (“Love is in the Scare”)
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $20 Solo, $25 Couple, $45 Double Date
Fright Haven – Stratford, CT
Theme: Valentine’s Day Massacre (“A Date Night To Die For”)
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $25 The Loner, $45 The Awkward Couple (2 General Admission Tickets), $65 The Third Wheel Double Date (3 General Admission Tickets), $80 The Deadly Double Date (4 General Admission Tickets) Also VIP options for each $50, $90, $130, and $170 respectively
GEORGIA
Folklore Haunted House – Acworth, GA
Theme: My Bloody Valentine
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $5 The Last Ride, $8 Chromophobia, $15 each for The Manor and Tremulous, $25 Combo (Manor/Tremulous/Chromophobia), $40 RIP Pass (All 4 attractions plus Skip the Line)
Netherworld – Norcross, GA
Another one that’s new to the list this year. “Netherworld by Candlelight,” a special one night only event!
Note: You have to buy tickets for a particular time slot (i.e 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., etc.) Limited tickets are available. (And as of this posting one time slot, the 8:30 one, was already sold out.)
Theme: Scream in the Dark
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 11
Cost: $25.95
ILLINOIS
Basement of the Dead – Aurora, IL
Theme: Valentine’s Day in Wonderland
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $24.99 General Admission, $44.99 VIP Admission
Midnight Terror Haunted House – Oak Lawn, IL
Their claim to fame is Chicagoland area’s first interactive haunted house. This is also one of the only haunts (the only one?) open on Sunday night Valentine’s Day Weekend too.
Theme: Valentine’s Day in Wonderland
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10, 11, 12
Cost: $25 General Admsission,$45 Couples Pass (2 tickets). But save money by buying ahead online! $10 GA and $18 Couples. This link will take you to the tickets: https://mthh.ticketleap.com/valentines-fear/ (Sort of hard to find on their site.)
Nightmare on Fairgrounds Road – Princeton, IL
Theme: Mend Your Broken Heart
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $5
The Massacre Haunted House – Montgomery, IL
Theme: Valentine’s Massacre
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 11
Cost: $25 Massacre/FreakShow 3D, $35 Fast Pass Both Haunts
INDIANA
Fear Fair – Seymour, IN
Theme: Valentine’s X
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $20 General Admission, $30 Fast Pass
Shattered Nightmares Haunted House – Terre Haute, IN
Well this sounds intriguing: “One heart will guide you through the dark. Will you make it out alive?”
Theme: Annabelle’s Curse!
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $10
MISSOURI
Branson Haunted Hills – Reeds Spring, MO
Lights out with nothing but a candle to guide you.
Theme: Bloody Valentine
Open on February 14? Yes
Date(s): February 10, 11, 14, 17, 18
Cost: $? Not clear on their site or Facebook page. Maybe $11?
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Fright Kingdom – Nashua, NH
This one is unique because it’s dinner and a haunt!
Watch as our midway will be transformed into a devilishly delightful dinning area where you and your loved ones can enjoy your FINAL FEAST… then stay close as you brave the 5 Fright Kingdom attractions you have grown to love in October, with a few love twists thrown in!!!
This is a timed ticket event. You have to buy your tickets in advance online. Tickets are limited so bets to order quickly.
Theme: Be Mine…Forever!
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 11
Cost: $55
NEW JERSEY
Brighton Asylum – Passaic, NJ
If you opt to wear their glow necklace, you get a full contact event.
Theme: Dark Valentine
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $31 General Admission, $51 Fast Pass
The Haunted Scarehouse – Wharton, NJ
Two floors of fear plus an escape room? How romantic!
Theme: n/a
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 11
Cost: $28
NEW YORK
Blood Manor – New York, NY
Theme: Bloody Valentine’s Weekend
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10, 11, 12
Cost: $30 General Admission, $40 RIP Express Admission
OKLAHOMA
Guthrie Haunts – Guthrie, OK
Theme: My Vexed Valentine
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $15 (Get $2 off showing their flyer, which you can find on their Facebook page.)
Psycho Path Haunted Attraction – Sperry, OK
I’m not sure what this means: “…an all new terrifying lights out Shadow Box experience.” However, #InterestPiqued!
Theme: ‘Til Death Do Us Inn
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $15 Single, $15 for two and a rose, $12.50 Two People
The Sanctuary OKC – Oklahoma City, OK
Lights out with the exception of a LED torch lamp to help you lead the way.
Theme: Tunnel of Love
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $20 General Admission, $35 Fast Pass
OREGON
The Fear PDX Haunted House – Portland, OR
Another lights out with only a candle to guide your way event.
Theme: ‘Til Death Do Us Part
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10, 11 and 12
Cost: $25 General Admission, $40 VIP Fast Pass
PENNSYLVANIA
ScareHouse – Etna, PA
Timed-ticket event. 18 years and up age limit.
Theme: Valentine’s Day in the Basement
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 11
Cost: $44.99
SOUTH CAROLINA
Deceased Farm – Lexington, SC
Theme: My Deceased Valentine
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10, 11 and 12
Cost: $20 (Cash only)
The Dark Knights Terror Trail – Elgin, SC
“For the third year in a row, join The Dark Knight’s Terror Trail for a Zombie survival experience on Valentine’s weekend! You can bring your valentine, a friend, or even a stranger, just come out to have fun with this 2 person team activity!
This is a 2 hour survival experience where you and your partner will work together and fight to find supplies in order to survive!”
Theme: My Deceased Valentine
Open on February 14? Yes
Date(s): February 11, 12 and 14
Cost: $50 per couple; Optional Dinner afterwards Lasagna combo plate or Chicken Parmigiana combo plate $22.50 per person, Vegetarian combo plate $20.00 per person
Nightmare Dungeon Haunted House – Greenville, SC
Theme: Nightmare Valentine
Abandoned farm house converted to Halloween-style haunted house…that may really be haunted?
Open on February 14? Yes
Date(s): February 11, 12 and 14
Cost: $20
TENNESSEE
Frightmare Manor – Talbott, TN
Theme: Bloody Valentine Weekend
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 11
Cost: $23.49 General Admission, $$32.49 VIP
Haunted Hell – Antioch, TN
Full contact experience available.
Theme: Valentine’s in Hell, The Massacre!
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 11
Cost: $18 Regular Admission, $36 Couple’s Pass
Nashville Nightmare Haunted House – Madison, TN
Theme: Valentine X
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $24.99 General Admission, $34.99 Slash Pass (VIP)
Slaughtermans Body Farm – Alexandria, TN
Theme: Extreme Valentine’s Scare Event
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 17
Cost: Free!
TEXAS
13th Floor Haunted House – San Antonio, TX
Time event, which is reserved in one hour slots.
Theme: Valentine X
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $24.00 General Admission, $34.99 Fast Pass
Creepy Hollow Haunted House – Rosharon, TX
Theme: Bloody Valentine Weekend
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $30 General Admission, $40 Fast Pass
Cutting Edge Haunted House – Fort Worth, TX
“Wine, Cheese & Chainsaws”
Theme: n/a
Open on February 14? Yes
Date(s): February 11 and 14
Cost: $29.95 General Admission, $39.95 SpeedPass
Dark Hour Haunted House – Plano, TX
Theme: Love Is Blind
Open on February 14? Yes
Date(s): February 10, 11 and 14
Cost: $28 General Admission, $50 Fast Pass; Carl’s Playhouse $10, $36 GA + Playhouse; $179 Season Pass
Hangman’s House of Horrors – Fort Worth, TX
Theme: 50 Shades of Fear
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $25 General Admission, $35 Fast Pass
Hatch and Kraven’s Haunted House – Sherman, TX
Theme: Queen of Hearts
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $? Not listed (Or if it is, it wasn’t easily visible)
House of Torment – Austin, TX
New location! Two times bigger!
Theme: Valentine X
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $24.99 General Admission, $34.99 Fast Pass
Houston Terror Dome Haunted House – Channelview, TX
Theme: Love You To Death Weekend
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $20 Full Terror, $30 VIP Terror
Moxley Manor Haunted House –Bedford, TX
Theme: Valentine’s Day Massacre
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 11
Cost: $17 General Admission, $25 Fast Pass
Nightmare on 19th Street – Lubbock, TX
Theme: My Bloody Valentine
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $25 General Admission, $35 Fast Pass
Scream Hollow Wicked Halloween Park – Smithville, TX
This is an event: masquerade ball, “Death by Chocolate” (now you’re talking my language!), bonfires, fortune tellers and three haunted houses!
Theme: Wicked Valentine’s Weekend
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10 and 11
Cost: $35
The Parker House Haunted Attraction – Denton, TX
Theme: My Bloody Valentine
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 17 and 18
Cost: $15
VIRGINIA
Shocktober – Leesburg, VA
Theme: My Bloody Valentine
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 10, 11, and 12
Cost: $30 PG 13 Event, $50 Couple’s Ticket
WASHINGTON
Soap Yard Massacre – Belfair, WA
Theme: Valentine’s Massacre
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 11
Cost: $17 online, $20 at the gate
WEST VIRGINIA
Dungeon of Horrors – Moundsville, WV
They say “this event is not for the faint of heart!” 18 years and older only. Dinner folowed by an extreme hands-on haunted house. (After dinner?)
Theme: Into the Heart of the Dungeon
Open on February 14? No
Date(s): February 11
Cost: $95 per couple
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Scarehouse, Etna, PA…………got tickets! YEAH!!
WHOOP!