2025’s Best Halloween Haunted House Attractions in Illinois (Adult and Kid Friendly Options)

Oct 4, 2025

We’re so excited that it’s finally Halloween Season! On today’s blog, we’re bringing you some picks for the best haunted houses and Halloween attractions around the state. From homemade haunts to professional grade yard installations to terrifying top tier haunted houses, you’ll find a whole jampacked month of frighteningly fun times.

Some items of note: If you’re looking to attend some festivities in costume, you’ll want to check each venue’s guidelines – some haunts do not allow guests in costume for safety reasons, others do not allow masks or props. While we’ve done our best to try and filter family-friendly and adult oriented scares, and many haunts on the list are considered accessible, you’ll also want to double check content warnings and accessibility needs for each member of your party. Most attractions recommend ticketing in advance to avoid sell-outs or long lines. If attending homemade haunts in residential areas, remember to be mindful of parking restrictions and lookout for pedestrians while driving!

Catastrophe on Corona in Waukegan is a homemade haunt yard display which will be running October 25th through the 31st and November 1st; admission is free
64th Street Carnevil in Chicago will be open on October 10th, 11th, 17th, and 18th; admission is free.
A Haunting on Ivanhoe in Wauconda is a drive through Halloween display open from October 1st through November 2nd.
A Haunting on Lowden in Glen Ellyn is a residential haunted home display available through October.
Alien Invasion at Q Manor in Bloomingdale will be open from October 6th through the 31st and admission is free.
Arboretum Cemetery in Homer Glen is a residential haunted home display that’s free to view, and is open from October 5th through the 31st and November 1st.
Fear of the Dark in Schaumburg is a homemade haunt built by a props fabricator that runs through October, each year there is a new theme.
Basement of the Dead Aurora is a top-rated professional haunted house with a full cast of scarers. The property features two different haunted features on the same property: Basement of the Dead and Shattered 3D. While the venue does not bar children, it is recommended 13 and up, there are no children’s prices, and parents are not permitted to carry any child through the attraction for safety reasons. Costumes are discouraged and NO PETS are allowed. Tickets are available online.
Clinton’s Terror on Washington Street Haunted House in Clinton offers a more adult oriented haunted house option as well as a slightly more palatable “Friendly Ghost Tour”, but festivities are not recommended for children under the age of 10. There is also an escape room option for an additional fee where groups of up to 6 people can attempt to solve the puzzle in 15 minutes for an extra challenge. The haunts will be open Fridays and Saturdays in October starting at 7PM. Tickets are available online.
Disturbia Haunted House in Downers Grove is another professional haunt with a full cast of scarers with state–of-the-art special effects and set designs.While the venue does not bar children, it is recommended 13 and up, there are no children’s prices, and parents are not permitted to carry any child through the attraction for safety reasons. Costumes are discouraged and NO PETS are allowed. Tickets are available online.
Downs Haunted House in Downs offers two different versions of their halloween attraction: the traditional scary haunted version with lights out and a cast of scarers, and a one-day post-Halloween Unhaunted version where the lights are on and scarers hand out candy in each room to participants with a special Ice Princess guest (flashlights are also available in case smaller guests are still nervous to walk through the lit attraction). There are also outdoor activities for the unhaunted option with crafts, hot cocoa, cookies, and games. Tickets are available online.
Hayride of Horror and Curse of the Bayou in Lockport is open every Friday and Saturday in October and the Last two Sundays in October from 6PM to 9PM. Tickets are available online only and include admission to both attractions. The Hayride of Horror brings you through Dellwood Park, while movies play on a 20 foot outdoor screen with a bonfire after. The Bayou walking attraction is not recommended for young children; terrain is uneven, there will be tight spaces/corners, fog and smoke, and strobe lights as well.
Massacre Haunted House in Montgomery will be open on select nights through November 1st. Rated as one of the top scariest haunted houses in the state, this 35,000 square foot venue offers 3 different attractions and 40 different rooms: The Massacre Haunted House, Freak Show 3D, and The Underground. While children are not barred from attendance, it is recommended that older teens and adults are the target audience; some subjects and themes may be too frightening or mature. Babies and children may not be carried through the attraction for safety reasons, and children do not have special pricing.
Necrosis Haunted House in Rantoul was named in the top ten haunted houses by HauntedIllinois.com for 4 years running and is now in its 7th year of operations. The attraction will be running on October 3rd, 4th, 12th, 19th, 26th from 7:30-9:30PM; OCtober 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th, 31st from 7:30-11:30PM, and a special minimal lighting, mostly darkness special event on November 1st from 7:30PM to 11:30PM with a glowstick included in admission.

This is by no means an exhaustive list of Halloween haunts around the state, but some of our picks for great local and drive-worthy options. If you’ve got an option we’ve left off our list? Let us know in the comments on any of our social media channels. We’d love to hear from you!