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. Imagine being trapped and moved by a bevy of clowns or shaken, rattled and upended so that you don’t know where or who you are within utter darkness!
The Haunted Hayride
The Haunted Hayride piles visitors into a wagon with an unknown destination. Ride through the darkness terrified and filled with hallucinations full of creepy and petrifying clowns, demonic dolls, zombies and other wicked characters.
KarnEvil
KarnEvil is everything carnival and freak show, including the weird and surreal trailer park of clowns and a death spiral that leaves visitors disoriented and terrified.
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
1/2 Off Opening Night
Triple Haunt admission is slashed in half for opening night only, Friday, September 28.
Opening night attendees will also receive a return coupon for a half-price admission on Wednesday, October 10.
Buy Early & Save $10
The early bird gets the deals. Save $10 on Triple Haunt or VIP tickets by purchasing your ticket online before August 31.
Not valid with any other offer or discount.
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!
Slashed Price School Nights
Show your current High School or College ID, and save $10 on our Triple Haunt admission Sunday through Thursday nights.
Discount given at onsite Box Office; not available online.
Out at the Scream Zone
On Thursday, October 18 our Scream Queens take the stage. Save $10 on our Triple Haunt for this fabulous evening by using promo code OUTSZ online or at the Box Office.
Not valid with any other offer or discount.
Special Events
Electronic Fridays
Friday Nights
Out at The Scream Zone
Thursday, October 18
Join us for Out at The Scream Zone when our Scream Queens will take the stage. Save $10 on our Triple Haunt using promo code OUTSZ online or at the Box Office.
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!