Welcome to your nightmare
San Diego County’s largest haunted experience, The Scream Zone is considered among the goriest, scariest, and screaming-est fright fests to be found in the dark corners of Southern California. We invite you to be our guests, that is, if you have the nerve!
The Scream Zone is assembled from a collection of body parts and roughly stitched together into three terrifying haunts and other monstrous attractions. This year the Scream Zone runs 24 selected nights beginning September 28 and continues through October 31.
Your Triple Haunt favorites are back: the horrifying House of Horror, the dizzying KarnEvil, and the Haunted Hayride, each casting its evil spell on the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
Scaredy Cats are welcome to enter The Scream Zone compound at no charge if you want to wait for your children or hang with your friends but are too scared to enter the haunts. There are lots of things for you to do and see, including great food vendors, photo opportunities and our Spirit Lounge bar. Parking at The Scream Zone is free.
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Dates
Times
Fridays & Saturdays:
Open from 7:00PM to Midnight.
Sundays thru Thursdays:
Open from 7:00PM to 11:00PM.
Haunts
The House of Horror
The House of Horror features room after room of frightening and surprising visual and visceral experiences.
Enter the Zombie Lair and wonder if they’re in front of you, above you, or are they the wretched “fresh kill” breath on the back of your neck in the dark?
Welcome to the year 666 A.D., will your body parts be today’s “special cuts” on Ivan the Medieval Butcher’s menu or will you be scorched to the bone by the fire breathing Dragon.
Meet Pennywise, your drooling blood hungry host at the Neibolt’s house. Will his red balloon mark you as prey on the porch, in Beverly or Richie’s room, the basement well, or will you be devoured in the sewer barrows of Derry, never to be seen again?
The Haunted Hayride
The Haunted Hayride piles visitors into a wagon with an unknown destination. You’ll definitely want to huddle together on this crazy ride as every turn is a new challenge for survival.
This years Haunted Hayride takes you to Motel Hell and the “Garden of Heads”, an inevitable “Wrong Turn” leads deep into the mouth of the “Mutants Mine Shaft”, the Hillbilly’s leave you stranded in a wicked wasteland, and there is no way out of the freak-infested “Dead End Truck Stop”.
KarnEvil
KarnEvil turns Fairy Tales into blood curdling “Scary Tales”.
In these twisted tales, a giant flesh-eating Rabbit hunts down Alice in Wonderland, an entire pack of teeth-gnashing Wolves chow down on Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel join the evil Witch in frantic fatal attacks on unsuspecting victims.
Tickets
Online Sales
Avoid lines at the Box Office! Choose the night you want to attend and you’ll see all available ticket types, including our newly added Single Haunt option. Questions? Get in touch with our Box Office.
Box Office
The Box Office is open during the same nights and times as The Scream Zone. More questions? Check out The Scream Zone FAQ.
Group Sales
Buy in bulk and save a bundle! Purchase 20 tickets or more and save.
Military
Military discount tickets are sold only at military base ticket offices and are subject to availability. For information on ticket prices and availability, call or visit a base ticket office near you.
Deals
VIP Package
This package is built for the true haunt-lover. The VIP Pass allows one person:
Entrance to all three haunted attractions two times (plus you’ll get Fast Track entrance for the House of Horror and Haunted Hayride)
Two drinks of your choice…Pick your poison!
- Souvenir VIP Badge & Lanyard
That’s a savings of over $50!
Special Events
Spook-easy
Friday & Saturday Nights
Join us for hand-mixed craft cocktails in the ultra-swanky speakeasy, Demonology. Ask a roaming Scream Zone character for an exclusive R.I.P. invitation.
Contact Us
Del Mar Scaregrounds
Let’s Be Friends
Jobs
Countless hours are spent creating The Scream Zone, but our evil expanse would not be complete without the best and most terrifying team of haunters in the business. Actors and tractor drivers (for our Haunted Hayride), who are over age 18 and with a valid driver’s license (for driving positions), may apply immediately on the Del Mar Scaregrounds’ Job Page.
Give Us a Piece of Your Mind
Got a question? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions, and drop us a line if you can’t find what you’re looking for!