13 Awesome Bay Area Haunted Houses for 2025
Get into the Halloween spirit with some spooks and frights at a Haunted House.
> Here’s a list of fantastic Bay Area Haunted Houses for 2025! We’ll be updating this list frequently as we get more information for 2025.
Whether it’s a big production full of elaborate props and character actors or a more local DIY Halloween attraction, you’ll be sure to find a fun way to celebrate this October.
Here’s a list of fantastic, frightful Bay Area Haunted Houses.
Major Haunted Houses
Not for the timid, if you’re looking to scare the bejesus out of yourself, we’ve rounded up the biggest and baddest haunted houses around for maximum chills.
Terror Vault’s “Hexed” in SF’s Old 1874 Mint
San Francisco | 88 Fifth St. | Oct. 2 – Nov. 1, 2025 | Tickets start at $60
Exclusive Funcheap Discount – $10 off with w/ exclusive secret promo code FUNCHEAPThis is your chance to explore the historic 1874 San Francisco Mint after dark and check out “Hexed” an all-new, bigger, and more terrifying theatrical and immersive experience from the insane mind of Peaches Christ. This is a fully theatrical, immersive haunted show. It has a complete storyline combining elements of theater, 4D effects, and haunted mazes. This is an hour-long immersive and theatrical experience which spans 15,000 sq. ft of 35 fully developed immersive sets and over 100 scare actors each night. Visit the Fang Bang Vampire Bar, which is free to the public, with character interaction and ambiance. – Last updated 9/30/2025
Pirates of Emerson
Pleasanton | Alameda County Fairgrounds | Sep. 26 – Nov. 2, 2025 | Tickets start at $45
Rated one of the Top 10 Haunted Houses in America by Scary Overload, Pirates of Emerson is back for its 35th year to scare the bejesus out of you. Located on a 6 acre compound, you’ll experience 4 haunted attractions, strolling entertainment, music and more. Timed-entry tickets are available only online for this walk-thru attraction. – Last updated 9/30/2025
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Fear Overload Scream Park
San Leandro | 15555 E 14th St. | Sep. 20 – Nov. 2, 2025 | Tickets start at $24.99
One of the most popular haunted houses in the Bay Area, Fear Overload features two terrifying walk-through haunts, Ravenwood Sanitarium and Geargrind Labyrinth with over-the-top staging, props and character actors.
– Last updated 9/30/2025
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Fright Fest at Six Flags
Vallejo | 1001 Fairgrounds Drive | Sept. 20 – Nov. 2, 2025 | $75 for a One Day Ticket + Haunted Attractions Pass (Includes Fright Fest Ticket & 1 visit to each Haunted Maze)
Experience the transformation and prepare for nights of frights into a realm of haunted horrors and eerie entertainment. With haunted mazes, terrifying scare zones, and hair-raising shows, it’s a scream-inducing extravaganza for thrill-seekers. Enjoy the park’s rides in the dark, making it the ultimate destination chills of the Halloween season. Zombies and ghouls take over Six Flags theme park with spooky family fun during the day and chilling frights at night, with 5 scare zones, 5 haunted houses, 4 new scare zones (free with regular park admission), live performances and shows, and of course, rides. You’ll need to purchase a Haunted Attraction pass add-on ($30) if you’d like to enter the haunted mazes, if not included in your ticket purchase.
Looking for less scares? Visit the park’s new Tricks and Treats experience with a Trick-or-Treat trail around the park, plus a hay maze, foam pit, monster mask making, live shows, and fall treats.
– Last updated 9/30/2025
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Festival Fright Nights at Winchester Mystery House
San Jose | 25 S Winchester Blvd. | Sept. 26 – Nov. 1, 2025 | Tickets start at $55.99 – includes taxes and fees
Bay Area’s most famous haunted mansion transforms with Festival Fright Nights, a brand-new haunting Halloween experience for 2025. Step back to Halloween night, 1924, where the mysterious Maestro hosts a glamorous masquerade ball before unleashing vengeful spirits and the dark secrets of Llanada Villa. The event features multiple fully themed haunted mazes, theatrical storytelling, sideshow performances, and eerie encounters across the estate, plus add-on experiences like a Houdini séance, axe throwing, and the flashlight-only Underhouse tour. VIP admission includes a masquerade mask, welcome cocktail, expedited entry, and access to the exclusive Maestro’s Masquerade Ball.
– Last updated 9/30/2025
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Blind Scream Haunted House
Santa Rosa | 98 Santa Rosa Plaza | Oct. 10 – Nov. 1, 2025 | Tickets start at $25
North Bay’s largest haunted house features over 20,000 sq ft of scares. 2025 theme: Scream Your Head Off. Step right up to Blind Scream Haunted House, where the Hunter family of twisted carnies has returned to torment anyone brave enough to enter their rotting midway. Behind the flickering carnival lights, you’ll encounter grotesque sideshow characters, sinister games, and nightmarish thrills that promise to leave you screaming.
– Last updated 10/1/2025
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Dead Time Dreams
San Jose | 2300 Eastridge Loop | Oct. 3-31 | $20
Dead Time Dreams, San Jose’s top haunt, returns for the 2025 season. This year we’ll feature our immersive haunted attraction, MEAT FACTORY. Take a stroll with us as we take you through the ultimate slaughter house. Also returning is a bigger and better Midway of Terror to entertain before and after the main attractions.
– Last checked 10/20/25
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CANCELLED Tricks and Treats at Great America
Santa Clara | 4701 Great America Pkwy. | CANCELLED for 2025
Great America transforms for Halloween into a spooky, magical, family-friendly over-the-top carnival. Great America no longer offer haunted mazes at Halloween time, but now offers the Land of Tricks, offering two realms with everything slimy, sinister, and strange: Ickyville and Spooky Spires. Or stroll the charming boulevards of the Land of Treats with all the nostalgia of a cozy fall festival with Everfall and Sweet Tooth Acres. Plus, a Trick or Treat Trail, Halloween Costume Contest, a live show, roving characters, and of course, Great America’s most popular rides are open for thrills.
– Last updated 9/30/2025San Francisco
You surely don’t need to leave the city for a scare. These unique, historic San Francisco icons get into the Halloween spirit with their own tantalizing, terrifying tours.
Gregangelo Museum’s “Haunted Doll House”
San Francisco | 215 San Leandro Way | Oct. 26 & 30 | $115
Step into whimsical Gregangelo Museum, a real haunted house, for an exclusive, immersive adventure that only the bravest dare to face—just 8 tickets per show for a one-of-a-kind, interactive experience you’ll never forget. Remember that teddy bear you lost long ago? Well, he still remembers you. Find him in our Doll House where all the forgotten toys call home. With a flash light in hand, you’ll follow hidden clues left behind by the toys on a spooky treasure hunt that leads to your final destination: a Twisted Toy Tea Party. Sip premium tea, nibble on delicious cookies, and craft your own spell bottle, sealed in wax to keep the spirits inside. – Last updated 10/20/2025
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Noe Valley’s “Pirate House” Halloween Decorations
San Francisco | 4274 24th Street | FREE to check out decorations
Although you’re not allowed inside, this Noe Valley house has great decorations that look awesome at night with a full band of pirates who have taken over the Victorian and turned it into a ship with scenes inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean. We’re not sure if it the decorations will be update for 2024 yet.
– Last updated 9/26/2024
SF’s Spooky Decorated Homes
San Francisco | Various Neighborhoods | FREE to check out decorations
Thanks to Justina Vanessa (@justinavanessa) for sharing a great roundup of some of SF’s best Halloween decorated homes.
- 2229 Divisadero St. — A black Victorian covered in skeletons climbing the walls and hanging from the roof.
- 284 Divisadero St. — A front-yard horror scene filled with moving witches, pumpkin creatures, and tons of animatronics.
- 45 Upper Terrace — A holiday lover’s home turned spooky graveyard that goes all-out every season.
- 4274 24th St. — A pirate-themed display with shipwreck vibes straight out of Pirates of the Caribbean. (see above)
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Bonus! SF’s Halloween Block Party
San Francisco | Lake Street between 25th Ave & Park Presidio) | FREE
Thanks to Justina Vanessa (@justinavanessa) for sharing! This SF neighborhood totally nails Halloween; every year, Lake Street between 25th Ave and Park Presidio turns into a massive Halloween block party with spooky decorations, trick-or-treaters, and some of the most creative displays in the city. If you’re in SF, this is the place to feel the Halloween magic.
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CANCELLED: “Nightmare House on Franklin Street” at 1886 Victorian Haas-Lilienthal
San Francisco | 2007 Franklin Street | CANCELLED for 2025
San Francisco’s historic 1886 Haas-Lilienthal Housetransforms into Nightmare House on Franklin Street, from the twisted creative mind that brought you Unhinged at Winchester Mystery House. Set in a spooktacular Queen Anne style Victorian-era house museum, embark on an all new terrifying 45-minute tour with psychological horror with immersive theatrical storytelling. Do not expect traditional jump scares and animatronic decorations.– Last updated 10/1/2025Unique Halloween Attractions
Looking for something different? Here’s quirky Halloween fun.
Ardenwood’s Haunted Train Ride
Fremont | 34600 Ardenwood Blvd. | Oct. 17-19 & 24-26 | $19.50
Get ready for a spooky-fun experience aboard the Haunted Train, where ghostly encounters and other surprises await you. Climb aboard the historic narrow gauge train for a fun, spooky ride through the dark forest at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont. Live actors supply the fun and you will encounter the famous Witch of Ardenwood and other characters. There are colorful Halloween displays in between the scenes. Enjoy a fun, round-trip ride on the haunted rails of the Ghost Train.
– Last updated 10/20/2025Oakland’s “Driveway Follies” Halloween Marionette Shows
Oakland | 3854 Greenwood Ave. | Oct. 30 – 31 | FREE
If you’re looking for something different, Driveway Follies offers a rare opportunity to see the nearly lost art of marionette puppetry in an intimate setting. You’ll see professionally staged, family-friendly Halloween marionette performances that celebrate and illustrate the historic and cultural aspects of Halloween. Shows run continuously throughout the night from dusk to approximately 10 pm.
– Last updated 10/20/2025Highlights from 2024
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Immersive Halloween House: “The Muppets” at The Alberston House
San Jose | 497 N. 16th St. | Oct. 31 | FREE
The Albertson family and the local community go all out with a brand new theme every year. The house features themed treats, an immersive, over-the-top front yard scene, costumed characters and more. The house welcomes 800–1500 trick-or-treaters and their parents annually and has been a source of family fun since 2002. The 2025 theme is The Muppets. All your friends from the Muppet Show and Sesame Street will greet you as you visit. Say hi to Kermit sitting on his log in his swamp playing a banjo. Watch as Statler and Waldorf heckle Fozzy Bear on the stage of the Muppet Show. See the Electric Mayhem bus, Ernie and Bert’s apartment, the Sesame Street sign and more.
– Last updated 10/20/2025CANCELLED:
22nd Annual Scotts Valley Haunted HouseScotts Valley | 555 Glenwood Drive | Oct. 24-26 | Cancelled for 2025
Haunted Schmetterling Village is calling all young children to trick-or-treat at its doors. Costumes are encouraged. The tour is designed for children who enjoy playgrounds and trick-or-treating, and their parents. The outdoor festival has something for everyone, including Starbucks and other vendors, a 125-foot maze, and roaming Thriller zombies. The 2024 theme is especially designed for elementary-aged children with many elements for the kiddos to climb and crawl.Although, there won’t be a Haunted House this year, they are hosting Thriller performances at the Santa Cruz Wharf from 6-8 pm on October 22 + 24, 2025.
– Last updated 10/20/2025
Lemos Farm
Half Moon Bay | 12320 San Mateo Rd | Admission Passes start at $17 (attractions vary based on ticket)
Haunted houses aren’t just for Halloween – especially not at Lemos Farm, where the haunted house attraction is open all year long in a both a scary and non-scary version. Plus, the farm offers a mini amusement park experience with pony rides, train rides, a farm slide, car barn ride, barn bouncehouses, gem mining, a Dig Zone tractor, and a petting zoo. Don’t miss Ol’ Paint, the family’s big painted horse statue which is repainted to sport a new theme monthly to match the season. The farm is open year round, so you can enjoy their attractions or seasonal events like their Halloween pumpkin patch or their Easter Egg Hunt.
– Last updated 10/20/2025
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Grimm’s Hollow
San Jose | Easterbrook Discovery School, 4835 Doyle Rd. | Oct. 10 – Nov. 1 | FREE admission for the carnival, game area and movie nights. $15 for the Haunted Trail
Grimm’s Hollow is an experiential journey and a fully immersive attraction for all ages. 2025’s adventure will see visitors become prisoners of the fearsome buccaneers of the ghostly Pirate Coast. Will they be able to decipher the clues so they can escape or are they doomed to the depths of Davy Jone’s Locker. Just when they think they’re safe, there’s still the haunted glades of the Forsaken Forest to contend with. After conquering the family friendly Pirate Coast experience, brave souls can return to *The Depths (after 9pm) for a blood-curdling journey where the rottenest of the scallywags will run you off the plank. In addition to the haunted trail, there are many events both paid and free, to keep you and your family entertained at the MEF Pumpkin Patch at Moreland Woods.
– Last updated 10/20/2025
The Candle Lighters’ Ghost House
Fremont | 39169 Fremont Blvd. | Oct. 11-30 | $5
Based in a historical 19th century Carriage House, the Ghost House has spooked the local community for the past 55 years. In addition to the Ghost House itself, a midway of games, caramel apples, a country store and delightful food treats is created, again geared to entertainment for the entire family. – Last updated 10/20/2025
“Beyond the Veil” Macabre Tours
Hayward | 17365 Boston Road | Oct. 17-18 (McConaghy House), 24-25 (Meek Mansion) | $25
Explore tales and traditions, folklore and ghouls, spirits, and sightings, in a guided tour through the historic Meek Mansion or McConaghy House. These guided tours are a perfect treat for spooky season. Please note that this is a guided tour in the dark focused on the macabre and not a haunted house. – Last updated 10/20/2025
“Haunted Tunnel of Terror” Car WashSan Jose | 655 W. San Carlos St. |
Oct. 28-31 | $20 per vehicle (includes $5 donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital)Sadly, we don’t believe the Haunted Car Wash “Tunnel of Terror” has returned for 2025.
Come and wash if you dare. This is the 4th year Extreme Express Car Wash has transformed into a haunted car wash just for Halloween, with professional creepy characters and slow dripping red soap.
– Last updated 10/20/2025More Fun Fall Activities
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