Things are spooky at Kings Island

Mason, Ohio (WDTN) - Now in its sixth season, Halloween Haunt is a veritable playground of terror featuring over 500 gruesome creatures, 12 spine-chilling haunted attractions and 20 thrill-inducing rides.

This year, the bloodcurdling horror and nightmarish madness of Halloween Haunt will feature an all-new thriller maze, Madame Fatale’s Cavern of Terror, a punk rock stomp with Blood Drums, and two new fear zones in Grimm Boulevard and Freak Street.

Returning haunted attractions include CarnEvil, Club Blood, CornStalkers, Cut Throat Cove, Holiday Horror, Massacre Manor, Mysteria, Slaughter House, Tombstone Terror-Tory, Urgent Scare and Wolf Pack.

Kings Island’s most popular thrill-ride attractions are open during Halloween Haunt.

Favorites include The Beast, Diamondback, Firehawk, Vortex, Drop Tower, Invertigo, Delirium, Flight Deck, The Racer, Flight of Fear, Adventure Express, Backlot Stunt Coaster, Monster, Scrambler Dodgem, Zephyr, Shake, Rattle & Roll, Boo Blasters on Boo Hill and WindSeeker.

Halloween Haunt will begin September 21 and run every Friday and Saturday night through October 27 from 6pm until 1am.

Friday nights feature the “Wall of Monsters” when the gates to the underworld open at 6pm.

The park opens at 11am on Saturdays, with Halloween Haunt beginning at 6pm.

The rides and attractions in the award-winning Planet Snoopy kids’ area close at 5:00pm on Saturdays when the transformation into Halloween Haunt begins.

Halloween Haunt does not take place on Sundays, when park hours are from 11am until 7pm.

For more information on Halloween Haunt, including attractions, rides, photos and deadly deals on tickets, click HERE