8 ways to scream your way through Halloween 2025 in Las Vegas
A terrifying theme park, frightening festival, petrifying parade, and murderous mansion are among the best and scariest Las Vegas Halloween haunts for 2025.
Possibly the only time of year when screaming out loud in public is considered acceptable behavior, Halloween 2025 is almost here. Adults and kids alike are already getting into the spirit, preparing to decorate and dress up, carve pumpkins, face their fears, trick-or-treat, and eat candy.
From haunted houses to a haunted mansion, a frightening festival to a petrifying parade, here are eight of the best ways to celebrate and scream your heart out this Halloween in Las Vegas.
1. Universal Horror Unleashed
Where: Zone 2 at AREA 15
When: Year-round
Cost: General admission starts at $59 for Nevada residents
Set in an abandoned warehouse at Zone 2 of entertainment destination AREA15, Universal Horror Unleashed brings fan-favorite horror classics to life in time for Halloween (and all year round). Created by Universal Destinations and Experiences, this first-of-its-kind attraction opened in August, putting visitors face-to-face with the film studios’ scariest creatures like Dracula and Frankenstein, as well as classic Hollywood horror film themes like “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” With four horrifying haunted houses, four themed hellscapes for roaming, and a bar with spine-tingling bites and specialty libations, you’ll find plenty of ways to eat, drink, and be scary this Halloween at Universal Horror Unleashed.
2. The Halloween Maze
Where: 8490 W. Desert Inn Rd.
When: 7 p.m.-midnight, Sept. 26-Nov. 1
Cost: Starts at $35
An attraction for all ages (though an adult must accompany those under age 15), the Halloween Maze scares because it cares. This chilling combo of haunted houses, eerie mazes, thrills, and spills measures its success in the return visits of satisfied and scare-ified customers. Make your way through 15 different terrifying themed rooms as spooky characters lurk in the shadows. You’ll laugh, you’ll scream, you might even cry, but no doubt you’ll come back for more.
3. Downtown Summerlin Halloween Parade of Mischief
Where: Park Centre Drive, Downtown Summerlin, 1980 Festival Plaza
When: 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 3-25
Cost: Free
The annual Parade of Mischief is back at Downtown Summerlin, and this year, the Las Vegas Halloween parade is unleashing new horror with a Wicked-inspired float and a Harry Potter-inspired performance. Attendees of all ages can also expect the return of aliens, Cruella de Vil, Hocus Pocus witches, the Addams Family, a Día de los Muertos float, and 60 youth participants from the local community. Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix trucks will roll through on the opening weekend, Oct. 3 and Oct. 4.
4. HallOVeen at Opportunity Village
Where: Opportunity Village, 6300 W. Oakey Blvd.
When: 5:30-9 p.m., Sundays-Thursdays; 5:30-9:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays; Oct. 3-5, Oct. 10-12, and Oct. 17-Nov. 2
Cost: From $25
The annual HallOVeen is a Halloween extravaganza with fun for the whole family. Opportunity Village’s 2.5-acre Magical Forest theme park will transform into a cemetery, filled with hundreds of decorated trees and jack-o-lanterns, witches, ghosts, rides, 8-hole golf, entertainment, trick-or-treat stations, and midway carnival games. There’s also shopping, food, and a beer garden (for those 21 and older).
5. The Asylum and Hotel Fear
Where: 4300 Meadows Lane, Las Vegas
When: Various times, Oct. 3-Nov. 1
Cost: From $30
The scream team of The Asylum and Hotel Fear will join forces for another Halloween season at the Las Vegas Haunts attraction. Try to avoid blood-thirsty, brain-addled Meadview Asylum patients, delusional doctors, and genetically altered monsters while experiencing jump scares and power outages. There’s no age limit, so use your discretion.
6. Haunted Harvest at Springs Preserve
Where: Springs Preserve
When: 6-8:30 p.m., Oct. 23-26
Cost: From $14 for adults (Springs Preserve members get a discount)
A spooktacular sell-out every year, the annual Haunted Harvest is a family-friendly night of tricks and treats with candy, crafts, food trucks, and ghostly characters at the 180-acre Springs Preserve. Come in costume for this awesome outdoor event. Tickets must be pre-purchased for this Las Vegas Halloween event.
7. ScAREA15: Strange Circus
Where: Inside A-Lot, Portal, and The Wall at AREA 15
When: Oct. 25
Cost: From $25
This isn’t your mother’s circus. This is a twisted Halloween big top filled with bone-rattling beats and sinister surprises for those ages 18+. The post-apocalyptic carnival of chaos starts with high-energy DJ performances, live bands, crazy characters, interactive photo ops, immersive art, vendors, craft makers, and more, before transforming into a warehouse-style rave in nine bizarre, themed rooms filled with oddities. Attendees are invited to dress in their best circus attire.
8. Zak Bagan’s Haunted Museum
Where: 600 E. Charleston Blvd.
When: Daily, 10 a.m.-7:45 p.m. (closed Tuesdays)
Cost: From $54
A seemingly charming Tudor Revival home in a strip mall near law offices, the Wengert Mansion has more than just skeletons in its closet. The spirits here are said to be so malicious that visitors have to sign waivers. Located just south of the Las Vegas Arts District, the mansion is now a haunted Nevada museum, belonging to Zak Bagan, host of the Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures.” Tour this demonic dwelling, if you dare, to venture through creepy corridors, haunted hallways, secret passages, paranormal exhibits, and cursed artifacts. You might even meet a ghost or two.
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