Here are Haunted Attraction Magazine’s Must See 25 Haunts for 2011! We changed up the list quite a bit this year – you should go see the ones on last year’s list too – it’s just that there are so many haunted houses that produce amazing shows that we have to make sure you know about these haunted houses too.  I visited hundreds of haunts and chose some of the most unique, complete, scariest and fun haunts for the list. The haunts were selected solely based on the quality of their shows. As always, I have no ownership or financial stake in any of these haunted houses. We all have different opinions about what we like in a haunt, but we all know that the best measure of success lies in whether or not the customers scream, and each of the 25 on our list do just that.

1.            Wisconsin Fear Grounds – Waukesha, WI

2.            The Nest – Phoenix, AZ

3.            Scarehouse – Pittsburgh, PA

4.            House of Shock – New Orleans, LA

5.            Ghostly Manor – Sandusky, OH

6.            Headless Horseman – Ulster Park, NY

7.            Universal HHN – Orlando, FL

8.            Screamworld – Houston, TX

9.            Bennet’s Curse – Hanover, MD

10.            Haunted Montrose – Montrose, GA

11.            Statesville Haunted Prison – Crest Hill, IL

12.            Woods of Terror – Greensboro, NC

13.            Pennhurst Asylum – Spring City, PA

14.            Terrorfest – Columbus, OH

15.            Pirates of Emerson – Fremont, CA

16.            Haunted Nashville – Nashville, TN

17.            Screampark – Lexington, KY

18.            Fear Itself – Mishawaka, IN

19.            Terror Behind the Walls – Philadelphia, PA

20.            St. Lucifer’s Haunted Asylum – Grand Blanc Township, MI

21.            Thrillvania – Terrell, TX

22.            Seven Floors of Hell – Cleveland, OH

23.            Haunted Carter Farms – Princeton, IA

24.            Spookyworld Nightmare New England – Litchfield, NH

25.            13th Door Haunted House – Denver, CO

If you have done any scenic painting is your haunted house, then you will certainly appreciate this guy’s work. The artist’s name is Edgar Mueller and you can see more on this Yahoo story. Amazing talent and creativity. Would love to see what he could do at our haunted house.

Zombie Manor Haunted House in Texas is opening up this Friday for Friday the 13th! Tell us about your haunted house event if you are opening this weekend too. (read more)

Happy Easter! Enjoy the jelly beans and chocolates!

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We’ve been digging in the archives and came across Issue #49. Its been out of print for a while so we thought we’d upload most of the articles into the Articles section of the website. So if you want to check out Phobia Haunted House or Haunted Hoochie at Dead Acres Haunted House or anything else from issue #49  then CLICK HERE!