There are two types of Halloween fun. One includes a Pinterest board and a visit to the costume shop, while the other puts you in the path of zombies, monsters and ghosts you’d avoid on any other day of the year. If you’re on the hunt for thrills and chills this Halloween, we’ve rounded up the best tours, escape rooms and experiences sure to haunt you well after October 31.
TOURS
See Charlotte’s favorite haunts for yourself on these spooky ghost tours.
Experience the most creepy and unbelievable ghost stories as you make your way through bars, hotels and cemeteries in Uptown. Boo’s likely, booze guaranteed. $25 per person. Departs from Alexander Michael’s.
Climb into a horse-drawn carriage for tales and spooks found among the Charlotte skyline. Thursday, Friday and Saturday through Friday Saturday October 29th. $22 per adult.
The Spirits of Rosedale Plantation
Take a nighttime tour of the Historic Rosedale Plantation. Stroll past the gardens, basement and first floor as you hear tales of spirits that still linger. October 27-28. $15 per person.
Hear the stories that haunt war hospitals, cemeteries and homes tucked into historic Uptown neighborhoods on nightly tours. $12 per person. Choose your date and get your ticket here.
Follow the lantern light through Uptown as you hear stories and haunts of the city’s past. Nightly tours beginning Adults are $15 each. Buy your tickets here. Scoop tip: purchase tickets online for $2 off.
ESCAPE ROOMS
You’re stuck in a creepy cabin with a murderer on the loose, or find yourself in an abandoned haunted house. What do you do next?
Codescape
933 Louise Avenue, Suite 201
Something strange has happened to every past resident occupying the house at the end of Winding Hollow Road. Can you discover what’s lurking in the shadows before meeting the same fate? $28 per person.
Exit Strategy
4215 Stuart Andrew Blvd. Suite B
Put yourself right into a horror story at Exit Strategy to escape the “Cabin in the Woods”. $25 per person. Reserve your room online.
The Blackout
8107 Arrowridge Blvd, Suite Q
Hunt down the serial killer on the loose in South End. Work with the team to break into his residence and rescue his next victim before becoming his next. $28 per person.
EXPERIENCES
Become the star of your own horror movie with these all-too-real terrifying experiences.
Haunted Mill
6325 W. Wilkinson Blvd., Belmont
The Haunted Mill is your one stop shop for Halloween frights. Walk through the indoor haunted attraction, lose your way in the Claustrophobia Tunnel, try to outsmart the escape rooms and even play a round of Blacklight Golf.
Ghost Walk Haunted Trail – Sleepy Hollow
5225 Sample Road, Huntersville
The bravest souls set out to discover the curse of the headless horseman on this trail through the woods, cabins and Latta House. Admission is $10. October 27 & 28, 2017 (7pm-10pm)
Scarrigan Farms
1213 Oak Ridge Farm Hwy., Mooresville
After the sun goes down, Carrigan Farms goes from pumpkin patch to haunted trail. Select weekends in October, check the calendar here. $25 per person.
Hickory Grove Haunted Trail
4064 Mountain View St., Gastonia
Explore the unknown and unseen in the backwoods of the South Fork River. Select nights in October. $15 per person.
The 13th Acre
3718 Plyler Mill Rd., Monroe
Make your way through the woods trying your best to escape the wrath of creepy ghouls and ghosts. Fridays and Saturdays through October 28. Tickets are $11, $18 for a combo ticket with Aw Shucks Farm.
Forbidden Forest Horror Trail
14210 Old Beatty Ford Road, Rockwell
Try not to get spooked as you wander through the Forbidden Forest Horror Trail. Open select nights through Halloween. $15 general admission, proceeds benefit St. Jude’s Research Hospital.
Retro Horror Series
Ayrsley Cinema, 9100 Kings Parade Blvd.
Get a classic scare with showings of retro horror films for just $5 per ticket. See Pet Sematary and The Serpent and the Rainbow through Oct. 26, and Carrie and The Shining Oct. 27-Nov.2.
