Haunted houses, terrifying attractions bring the scares in OKC

Last Updated on October 19, 2023, 5:32 PM | Published: October 19, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — It’s late October, the air is getting crisp, the nights are getting longer, and you can feel things getting spookier by the day.

Halloween is right around the corner (or maybe it’s right behind you!) and now’s the time to fill your nights with scary movies, costume parties, and of course, a little real-life, in-your-face terror of the live performance variety.

Oklahoma City has a frighteningly impressive selection of haunted houses and terrifying attractions, from mild, family-friendly trick-or-treating strolls to some seriously depraved, nerve-shattering haunted house experiences.

So if you dare, let’s have a look at some of the best options for scaring the living daylights out of yourself and your friends to really get into the spooky spirit.

Bricktown Haunted Warehouse – 429 Kings of Leon Ln.

Obviously, it’s impossible to talk about OKC’s host of horrors without paying respect to the city’s grandaddy of Halloween haunted house attractions, the infamous Bricktown Haunted Warehouse.

Setting up shop decades ago in one of the (at the time) many abandoned warehouse spaces downtown, the Haunted Warehouse (feature photo) not only kicked off the Metro’s thirst for holiday horror shows but practically put Bricktown on the map and helped it develop into the district it is today.

The locally legendary space returns once again for 2023, with all the shocks and terrors you’d expect. So prepare for maze-like rooms, flickering lights, and more screaming madmen giving chase than your heart may be able to stand.

For dates, times, and tickets, go to stubwire.com/events/bricktownhauntedwarehouse.

Nightfall Haunted Territory / Fear the Clown Haunted Hay Ride  – Lost Lakes Wake Zone – 3501 NE 10th St.

That’s right, this is two horror attractions in one, with a sprawling, winding walk through some psychotically haunted woods and the scariest thing imaginable right next door: a hay ride besieged by foul-mouthed killer clowns!

Nightfall Haunted Territory – an open-air walk (or run) through a haunted forest – was actually voted one of the top Halloween horror attractions in America in a 2022 online poll, so you can bet that it’s got the goods for even the most hardened horror freaks.

But it’s this year’s brand new addition of the Fear the Clown Haunted Hay Ride that’s got the truest terror connoisseurs salivating.

Be aware, though: Clowns and hay rides aside, this is a strictly mature, “R-rated” ride through a red-nosed, big-shoed hellscape, definitively not recommended for children.

They do have food, drinks, and non-getting-chased-by-fake-killers entertainment all on-site, though. So that’s a plus.

For dates, times, and more information, visit wakezone.co/hauntedforest.

13th Door – 2215 W I-240 Service Rd.

Two words: spider maze.

If you’re still reading, then maybe you have the iron will needed to make it all the way through one of Oklahoma’s largest and highest-rated indoor horror attractions.

13th Door proudly boasts “25,000 sq. ft. of screams & heart-pounding fear,” and they fill all that space with a host of classic horror characters from Freddy Krueger to Jigsaw, all getting in on the killer fun, running you down, bursting from every hiding place, and screaming bloody murder.

Unlike some slightly more reserved attractions, the performers at 13th Door aren’t afraid to splash you, berate you, and get right up in your face, so know ahead of time that this one really isn’t for the faint of heart or the precious of personal space.

For dates, times, and more information, visit 13thdoorokc.com.

Frontier City Fright Fest / Boo Fest – 11601 N I-35 Service Rd.

If you’ve been in OKC for more than about fifteen minutes, you’ve probably already seen the commercials a few times, but for a place that can split the difference between family-appropriate Halloween fun and grown-up, skin-crawling horror, you’re still unlikely to find a better option.

By day, the park’s Timber Town is transformed into a kid-friendly Halloween haven, full of pumpkin decorating, a monstery maze, and of course trick-or-treating.

By night, it’s all about Fright Fest proper, with the park overrun by costumed maniacs itching to scare you, darkened rides and roller coasters, and a huge selection of haunted houses and “scare zones.”

There’s an evil circus, an electrocution chamber, a monster-filled cabin, and most creatively, the new Auto Despair Service, a car repair-themed haunted house attraction.

It all kicks off every night at sundown with the brand new Festival of Fright Parade, featuring a parkwide procession of ghouls, ghosts, and goblins taking their places.

For dates, times, tickets, and more information, visit sixflags.com/frontiercity.

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