Howl-O-Scream Attractions

As nightfall approaches, fear echoes through the air. Terrifying haunted houses await, brimming with unspeakable horrors, alongside sinister scare zones and adrenaline-pumping night rides on shadowy coasters.

Don’t miss San Diego's largest nighttime Halloween experience. Follow @HowlOScreamSD for the latest updates and offers.

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Haunted House

NEW HORRIFIC RESIDENTS:
Nightmare Experiment Sweet DreamzZz

Sunny Meadows was once a wellness center—now it's a testing ground for a volatile sleep aid with horrifying side effects. Guests are the latest test subjects, facing vivid hallucinations, explosive rage, and worse. Will you survive the experiment, or become its next casualty?
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Haunted House

REIMAGINED TERROR:
Death Water Bayou Awakening

A Mardi Gras night turns sinister when you're cursed by bayou witches and lured deep into a haunted graveyard. Dark magic drags you into the swamp, where ancient rituals awaken a ravenous demon. Will you escape the curse—or become the next feast for Death Water Bayou?
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Haunted House

ENHANCED SCARES:
Simon’s Slaughterhouse

Simon says “DIE!” This year, Simon’s Slaughterhouse includes BRAND NEW sensory effects that will have you screaming around every corner as you navigate through the bloody corridors, meat-hooked mortals, and screeching buzz saws of the meat processing plant to avoid the butcher’s blades.
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Haunted House

HEIGHTENED HORROR:
Area 64: Alien Outbreak

The aliens are back and they’re out for REVENGE! This year’s Area 64: Alien Outbreak has been scaled up into a full scale invasion! Evade lethal security, mad scientists, and terrifying extraterrestrials who refuse to be contained!
Circus of the Damned

Haunted House

3D MAZE: Circus of the Damned

The carnival has been turned upside down, embracing the distorted and surreal like never before! Immerse yourself in terror and navigate lifelike 3D elements with special 3D glasses to escape an evil ringmaster seeking to restore his cursed Circus of the Damned to its former glory. Avoid his condemned crew and escape the big top before you’re forced to join them!

Live Entertainment

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Opening SCAREmony

This completely reimagined stage show opens the event with a frightening master of ceremonies summoning nightmarish creatures and preparing guests for their night of screams, scares, and terror.
Halloween stage show

Monster Stomp

Witness the menace and mystery of Jack the Ripper in this modern rock and rhythm spectacular. With electric choreography, powerful live singing, and explosive percussions that are sure to get your heart pounding, this marquee performance is sure to be as legendary as Jack himself. Located at Nautilus Amphitheater.
Rides in the dark during SeaWorld San Diego Howl-O-Scream

Howl-O-Scream

Rides in the Dark

It wouldn’t be a SeaWorld visit without a ride or two, but it wouldn’t be Howl-O-Scream without a dose of nighttime terror. Brave Arctic Rescue, Electric Eel, or Emperor in the DARK!

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Gifts & Souvenirs

Check out the latest Howl-O-Scream fashion and gifts at our signature haunted gift shop location in the park.

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