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2023
California
2022
California
Knott’s Scary Farm 
Halloween Horror Nights
Los Angeles Haunted Hayride 
Reign of Terror 
Shaqtoberfest 
2021
California
Dark Harvest (Coming Soon)
The Haunted Trail of Balboa Park (Coming Soon)
The Haunted Hotel San Diego (Coming Soon)
Haunt O’ Ween (Coming Soon)
Knott’s Scary Farm
Los Angeles Haunted Hayride (Coming Soon)
Sea World San Diego Howl-O-Scream
Universal Studios Hollywood HHN
Ventura Feargrounds (Coming Soon)
Zombie Joe’s Urban Death Tour of Terror 
Florida
Busch Gardens Howl-O-Scream
Sea World Orlando Howl-O-Scream
Sir Henry’s Haunted Trail
Nevada
2020
California
Urban Legends Haunt (Costa Mesa, CA) 
2019
California
The Fleshyard (Anaheim)
Haus of Creep (Creep L.A.) (Downtown Los Angeles)
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios (Hollywood)
Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween Haunt (Buena Park)
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor (Long Beach)
The Seance (CrossRoads Escape Games) (Anaheim Hills)
Sinister Pointe’s MIST (Westminster)
2018
California
HorrorWorld (Puente Hills)
Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween Haunt (Buena Park)
Los Angeles Haunted Hayride (Griffith Park)
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor (Long Beach)
Sinister Pointe’s Scary Place (Laguna Hills)
The 17th Door (Fullerton)
Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights (Hollywood)
Warner Bros. Studio Tour ‘Horror Made Here: A Festival of Frights’ (Burbank)
Wicked Lit 
Texas
3HaunTs Haunted House (Shepherd)
Creepy Hollow (Rosharon)
Haunted Trails (Houston) 
Houston TerrorDome (Houston) 
Phobia (Houston) 
RedRum Haunted House (Richmond)
Scream World (Houston)
2017
California
CREEP LA: Lore (Los Angeles)
Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Into The Black (Pomona)
with a Scare Factor!
IT Experience: Neibolt House (Hollywood)
Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween Haunt (Buena Park)
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor (Long Beach)
Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest (Valencia)
Zombie Joe’s Urban Death Tour Of Terror: 5 (North Hollywood)
2016
California
17th Door Haunted Experience (Tustin) 
The Backwoods Maze (Burbank)
CREEP LA (Glendale)
Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood (Universal City)
Knott’s Scary Farm (Buena Park)
Los Angeles Haunted Hayride (Griffith Park)
Motel 6 Feet Under (Anaheim)
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor (Long Beach)
Sinister Pointe Haunted Attraction (West Fullerton)
Sinister Pointe Seance (Brea)
Rotten Apple 907 (Burbank)
Zombie Joe’s Urban Tour of Terror (North Hollywood)
2015
California
Creep Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Drunken Devil (Los Angeles) 
Knott’s Scary Farm (Buena Park, CA) –
Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights (Hollywood, CA) –
Mickey’s Halloween Party at Disneyland (Anaheim)
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor (Long Beach)
2014
California
Wicked Lit (Altadena, CA)
Mickey’s Halloween Party at Disneyland (Anaheim, CA)
Haunted Hollywood Sports (Bellflower, CA)
Knott’s Scary Farm (Buena Park, CA) –
Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights (Hollywood, CA) –
The Purge: Breakout (Los Angeles, CA) –
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor (Long Beach, CA) –
New York
Nightmare NYC (NYC) –
2013
California
The Empty Grave Haunted House (Anaheim) –
Haunted Hollywood Sports (Bellflower) –
Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween Haunt (Buena Park) –
Coffin Creek (Corona) –
Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights (Hollywood) –
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor (Long Beach) –
Delusion: Masque of Mortality (Los Angeles) –
The Purge: Fear The Night (Los Angeles) –
Zombie Joe’s Urban Death Tour of Terror (North Hollywood) –
Reign of Terror (Thousand Oaks) –
Theatre of Terror (Pasadena) –
New York
Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses (Uster Park) –
Pure Terror Screampark (Monroe) –
Blood Manor (NYC) –
Nightmare NYC: Killers 2 (NYC) –
Pennsylvania
Terror Behind the Walls (Philadelphia) –
Shocktoberfest (Sinking Spring) – with a Scare Factor!
Pennhurst Asylum (Spring City) –
Texas
13th Street Morgue (Red Oak) –
Dungeon of Doom (Red Oak) –
Hangman’s House of Horrors (Ft. Worth) –
The Cutting Edge (Ft. Worth) –
2013 GOLDEN SKULL RANKINGS (Click)
2012
California
Blumhouse of Horrors (Los Angeles) 4.5 Skulls
The Empty Grave Haunted House (Anaheim) 4 Skulls
Fear’s Gate (Oxnard) 3 Skulls
Halloween Horror Nights (Hollywood) 3.5 Skulls
Haunted Hollywood Sports (Bellflower) Buried Skull
The Haunted Play Presents: Delusion The Blood Rite (Los Angeles) 4.5 Skulls
Knott’s Scary Farm 40th Haunt (Buena Park) 4.5 Skulls
Los Angeles Haunted Hayride (Los Angeles) 3 Skulls
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor (Long Beach) 4 Skulls
Reign of Terror (Thousand Oaks) 4.5 skulls
Sinister Pointe (Brea) 4.5 skulls
Florida
Halloween Horror Nights 22 (Orlando) 4 Skulls
Howl-O-Scream (Tampa) 4 Skulls
Haunted Grimm House of Old Town 1/2 Skull
New York
Times Scare (NYC) 2.5 Skulls
Scare Zone’s 2012 Haunt Ranking (click)
2011
California
Ghost Ship (Newport Beach) (1 Skull)
Haunted Play Presents Delusion (Los Angeles) (4.5 Skulls)
Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood (Universal City) (4.5 Skulls)
Knott’s Scary Farm (Buena Park) (3.5 Skulls)
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor (Long Beach) (4 Skulls)
Reign of Terror (Thousand Oaks) (4 Skulls)
Sinister Pointe (Brea) (4.5 Skulls)
The Haunted Hotel (San Diego)
Theater 68’s Haunted House (Hollywood) (3.5 Skulls)
California’s Great America Halloween Haunt (Santa Clara) (3 Skulls)
Fear Overload (San Leandro) (3 Skulls)
Santa Cruz Boardwalk Haunted Attractions (Santa Cruz)
Winchester Mystery House (San Jose) (5 Skulls)
Nevada
Bonnie Screams (Red Rock Canyon) (Buried Skull)
Freakling Bros. Trilogy of Terror (Las Vegas) (666 Skulls)
Fright Dome (Las Vegas) (1 Skull)
The 13th Floor Experience (Las Vegas) (3 Skulls)
Pennsylvania
Fright Factory (Philadelphia)
United Kingdom
Carnival of Screams at Alton Towers Scarefest
Experiment 10 at Thorpe Park’s Fright Nights
Scare Zone’s 2011 Haunt Rankings (click)
2010
California
Fright Fair Scream Park at Pierce College (3 Skulls)
Haunted Hotel (3 Skulls)
Haunted Trail of Balboa Park (4.5 Skulls)
Knott’s Scary Farm (Part 1 and Part 2) (3.5 Skulls)
Los Angeles Haunted Hayride (3.5 Skulls)
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor (4 Skulls)
Reign of Terror (4.5 Skulls)
Scream Zone at Del Mar Fairgrounds (4 Skulls)
Theatre 68 (4.5 Skulls)
Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights (+ first night trip report) (4 Skulls)
13 Nights of Terror (Buried Skull)
New York
Headless Horseman (4.5 Skulls)
Blood Manor (Bloody Valentine’s Day haunt)
Texas
Ripley’s Haunted Adventure (4 Skulls)
