Looking for spooky Halloween fun? Here’s a list of haunted forests and houses, live theatre, and movies near home for the scariest of times.
Haunted Forests and Houses
Field of Screams Maryland
Features a hike through the new Super Screams Haunted Trail and a visit to the Slaughter Factory Haunted House.
4501 Olney Laytonsville Road, Olney
888-720-1112
info@steelheadevents.com
Open now through Oct. 31
Tickets are only sold online and include the hike and the haunted house. An electronic waiver must be signed and also must be done online. The event is designed to be scary so parents should use their discretion when deciding to bring children.
Dates
Oct. 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31.
Visit the Field of Screams Maryland website to learn more and purchase tickets. MCM visited Field of Screams, take a look at our video:
Markoff’s Haunted Forest
Features a hike through the Markoff’s Haunted Forest and hayride and hike through The Town. Both events take 30 minutes.
19120 Martinsburg Road, Dickerson
301.216.1248
hauntedofrest@calleva.org
Open now through Oct. 31
Tickets are only sold online with three options. The events are open to adults and children ages 12+.
Dates
Oct. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, and 31.
Visit the Markoff’s Haunted Forest website to learn more and purchase tickets.
Kindred Hills in Frederick
Features a hayride into the darkness. Participants walk a dimly lit trail through the woods.
8421 Ball Rd, Frederick, MD
Open now through Oct. 28
Kindred Hills starts with a bumpy hayride along a dimly lit trail, followed by a walk through the woods. Tickets are only sold online and the event will be cancelled in bad weather. Check the website for updates as a decision to close will be made by 5 p.m. and an email will be sent to ticket holders.
Dates
Oct. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, and 28.
Visit the Kindred Hills website for more information and to purchase tickets.
Laurel’s House of Horror
Features a haunted house tour, three escape rooms and ghost tours.
Laurel Shopping Center
935 Fairlawn Avenue, Laurel
240.294.8444
laurelhaunt@gmail.com
Open now through Nov. 4
Laurel’s House of Horror is located in an abandoned movie theater in the Laurel Shopping Center. Tickets are sold online as well as at the box office. The haunted house features themed areas and experiences as part of the walk-through. There are three escape rooms and tickets are sold separately for this attraction.
Dates
Oct. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28, Nov. 3 and 4.
Visit the Laurel’s House of Horror website for more information and to purchase tickets.
Live Theatre
The Brothers Paranormal
Olney Theatre Center
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd
Box Office: 301.924.3400
Oct. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29.
Olney Theatre’s production of The Brothers Paranormal tells the story of family, migration, and the spirits that haunt us. It’s 2007, and Thai-American brothers Max and Visarut haven’t had a single case for their paranormal investigation business since they opened. Finally, their first customer arrives: Delia, a Black woman who thinks a Thai-speaking ghost is haunting her house for reasons unknown. Max is happy to sign her up for a deluxe investigation package, but when the brothers visit Delia and her husband Felix at home, strange things begin to happen.
Visit the Olney Theatre Center website for more information and to purchase tickets.
Scares on the Big Screen
AFI Halloween on Screen Series
AFI Silver Theatre
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring
301.495.6700
Oct. 18 through Nov. 4
Once again, AFI will feature numerous Halloween movies this month. Screening of F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu will include live musical accompaniment by Silent Orchestra. Brian De Palma’s 1974 rock opera Phantom of the Paradise, and the return of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a live shadowcast by Bloody Mayhem Theatrical highlight the series.
Visit the AFI Silver Theatre website for more information and to purchase tickets.
The Blair Witch Project
BlackRock Center for the Arts
12901 Town Commons Drive
Germantown
301.528.2260
Saturday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m.
Filmed in Montgomery County at Seneca Creek State Park, The Blair Witch Project s a horror classic that follows a trio of filmmakers on what should have been a simple walk in the woods but quickly becomes an excursion into heart-stopping terror.
Find more information and purchase tickets.
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