Best Haunted Houses in Massachusetts 2026: Who's Open, Who's Closed, Who Hasn't Said

Massachusetts has the deepest haunted-attraction bench in New England and the least reliable information about it. Checking the major venues against their own websites on July 31, 2026 turned up one that has closed, one that has quietly turned into a cinema, one still advertising last year's season, and one whose own site can't agree with itself about when its special events are.

Not one of them has published a 2026 calendar.

The state of play

Barrett's Haunted Mansion, Abington — open, priced, undated

1235 Bedford Street (Route 18), Abington. The good news is unambiguous: their FAQ states plainly that both attractions are open for 2026, rebuilt, for the venue's 35th season. Prices are published. Free parking on site.

General admission is $40 at the window, $43.50 online, and covers both attractions. Group rate at 25+ is $34 Friday and Saturday. Sunday Lights-On tours run 1–4pm in October at $20, which is the option if you want to see the sets without the actors.

The second attraction is Burial Hill Motel this year. It has been The Cell, The Sanctuary, Condemned, and Outpost 34 across previous seasons — so if a roundup tells you to go see "Outpost 34," that page is a year stale.

Two things to check before you pay

The R.I.P. upgrade price doesn't match itself. Their tickets page lists it at $65 at the window and $68.50 online. Their FAQ says $60 on the website. Both pages are live right now. Ask at purchase.

The special-event dates don't match either. Mayhem at the Mansion is billed as "Tuesday October 20" on the tickets page and "Tuesday, October 21st" further down the same site. Devil's Night is "Tuesday October 27" in one place and "Tuesday, October 28th" in another. In 2026, October 20 and October 27 are the Tuesdays — the 21st and 28th are Wednesdays — so the Tuesday-matching dates are almost certainly the right ones. But "almost certainly" is not good enough for an 18+ event with limited tickets and a signed waiver. Call 781-871-4573 before you plan around either.

We've deliberately not published these as confirmed dates in the table above, and no calendar markup on this page claims them, because the venue itself states them two different ways.

Witch's Woods, Westford — showing last year

At Nashoba Valley Ski Area. A hayride plus walk-through attractions built onto a ski hill, recommended for ages 6+, with costumes and costume masks banned for guests.

When we checked, the site was still advertising its 2025 season — "open 11/1 for our last night of operations for the 2025 Season," with dates running October 3 to November 1, 2025. That's a stale page in late July, not a closure, and their 2026 season will almost certainly follow the same Friday-to-Sunday shape. But it isn't announced, so we haven't announced it for them.

Ghoulie Manor, Taunton — closed

Their own site says it: "We regret to inform our loyal followers... that Ghoulie Manor Haunted House is closed for now."

This is the haunt from the documentary The American Scream, and it is still listed as open on multiple Massachusetts roundups. If you were planning a trip to Taunton on the strength of one of those, don't.

Factory of Terror, Fall River — now a cinema

120 Pearl Street. The business now leads with Factory of Terror Cinema: an immersive screening of Scream inside the building, year-round, at $25 general admission, $35 with a mocktail and popcorn, or $400 to hire it privately for up to 25 people.

The haunted house isn't gone from the navigation — but the navigation link 404s. So its 2026 status is genuinely unclear rather than merely unannounced. If you want the cinema, it's running. If you want the haunt, call (774) 415-0153 first.

Three full seasons, all published in plain words

Massachusetts now has three venues you can plan around — the third, Mike's Maze in Sunderland, announced September 11 to November 1 overnight between our checks. Fright Fest at Six Flags New England in Agawam published its whole 2026 season — September 26 through November 1 — on the park's own event page. And Fear on the Farm at McCray's in South Hadley states it in one sentence: open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October 2026, $30 general admission, $55 fast pass. Both dates check out against this year's calendar, which is more than most of this page can say.

DementedFX, Holyoke — and Hysteria, Danvers

Two of the state's biggest names, in the same holding pattern. DementedFX in Holyoke — routinely picked as the best haunt in western Massachusetts, with Hollywood-caliber sets — still has 2025 in its site footer and no season information. Hysteria at Connors Farm in Danvers publishes its hours (gates at 6:30pm, haunting from about 7 to 11) and sells tickets, but shows no dates or year outside its booking calendar. Danvers, it's worth remembering, was Salem Village in 1692 — the haunted cornfield sits in the town where the actual accusations began, beside a real 17th-century burial ground.

Both rows will flip on the announcement tracker when either publishes.

What to actually do

If you need a confirmed Massachusetts booking today, there isn't one. That is the honest answer in July. Barrett's is the safest bet — confirmed open, prices known — and their calendar is the one most likely to drop first.

Cross the border for certainty. Fright Kingdom in Nashua has published its entire 2026 season, opens September 25, and is under an hour from Boston. It's the only major haunt in northern New England you can currently plan a specific night around.

For legend rather than tickets, Dudley Road in Billerica is the state's most durable roadside myth — and a case study in how a "burned witch" story attaches to a place where nobody was ever burned.

Watch the whole region flip at once on the 2026 announcement tracker — every venue we check, with its live status.

We'll update this page as venues announce, and re-stamp the verification date at the top when we do. Tell us if you spot an announcement first.

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