Spooky Attractions

Visit Canton to find Ohio's best haunted houses, Halloween events, costume parties, and more!

Explore frightening fun with the Spooky Stark digital pass this fall!

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Haunted Houses
Factory of Terror

The Factory of Terror is a Guinness World Record-holding indoor haunted house, over a mile long. It features four intense scare zones—Forsaken Asylum of Dr. Morbidius, Industrial Nightmare, Massacre on Mahoning, and The Abyss—populated with 130+ live actors, animatronics, special effects like moving walls, smoke, strobe lights, and more. Guests also traverse themed bars—Carnevil Circus, Poison Ivy’s Greenhouse, and One-Eyed Jack’s Pirate Bar—and can visit All American Battle Bar with axe throwing, games, food trucks, live DJs, and a gift shop called The Scream Shop. Zombie Bar Crawl nights also take place Friday and Saturday evenings.

Factory of Terror
Fortress of Fear Haunted ScreamPark

Fortress of Fear Haunted ScreamPark is an immersive haunted attraction featuring the Fortress of Fear Haunted House, Fear Fair Scare Zone, and amusement rides such as the Tilt-A-Hurl & GLO-Karts. This multi-attraction scream park combines detailed sets, intense soundscapes, professional actors, and scare technology. The final weekend includes a lights-out “Black-Out” event where guests navigate the haunted house by glow stick.

Fortress of Fear Haunted ScreamPark
Carnival of Horrors Haunted House

Guests brave four distinct haunted attractions at the Stark County Fairgrounds in Canton—The Insane Asylum, Freakshow 3‑D TerrorVision, Trail of Terror, and the Fun House—each offering unique scares like chainsaw-clown encounters, flashlight-led trails in the woods, psychotic inmate mazes, and immersive 3-D horror environments. Monster Junkie Magazine has named it one of the Top 5 scariest haunted houses in the world, and regional outlets frequently call it Ohio’s scariest.

Carnival of Horrors Haunted House

Spooky Events

Oct 30

Horror on the Big Screen

October’s Frightful Film Fest at the Palace!

This October, experience horror the way it was meant to be seen on the giant screen of the historic Canton Palace Theatre.

Horror on the Big Screen 2026 returns with a spine-chilling lineup of classic and cult-favorite horror films, bringing audiences together for a month-long celebration of suspense, supernatural thrills, unforgettable monsters, and iconic cinematic scares. The screams are louder. The shadows are darker. The experience is unforgettable.

Join us for Horror on the Big Screen every weekend in October, where every classic returns to life on the big screen at the Canton Palace Theatre – if you dare!

Film Schedule:

  • The Fly (1986 – 40th Anniversary) - Friday, October 2
  • The Blair Witch Project: Screening and Q&A - Saturday, October 3
    • Now, in a rare, limited-engagement tour, all three actors will appear live on stage after a full movie screening, sharing behind-the-scenes stories and answering audience questions about the making of this groundbreaking film.
  • Stephen King Double Feature: Pet Sematary (1989) & The Shining (1980) - Friday, October 9
  • Hitchcock Double Feature: Rear Window (1954) & Psycho (1960) - Saturday, October 10
  • The Exorcist (1973) - Friday, October 16
  • Nosferatu (1922)- A silent film special with original accompaniment at the Historic Kilgen Organ by Jay Spencer - Saturday, October 17
  • Alien (1979) - Friday, October 30
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Saturday, October 31
    • Costume contest begins at 6:45 PM before the film is screened.
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