Scare Tactics

The oldest and biggest of the theme park fright fests, Halloween Haunt returns to Knott’s Scary Farm in Buena Park starting today for a month-long run. Each night Knott’s transforms from a family-friendly fun zone into a PG-13 horror movie set complete with 1,000 monsters and 11 haunted mazes. Take a tour of the newest attraction, the “Carnival of Carnivorous Clowns” maze:

Carnival of Carnivorous Clowns

VooDoo Witch Project

Gothic Graveyard

Alien Attack

Army of the Underworld

Camp Gonna Getcha

Tales from the Inquisition

Dead Man’s Wharf

Nightmare Haunted House

Horrorwood Hotel

The Underground

“Monster Rock Revue” starring Elvira

“The Hanging” starring The Crypt Keeper

Inside the “Clown” Maze

Mechanical barker hawks 3-D glasses ($1)

Enter through the cackling clown’s mouth

Funhouse of Fear features two-way mirrors, false doors

Clown dangling from rollercoaster

Watch out for what lurks beneath the bed

Mini-clowns’ torture chamber

Padded cell holds lunatic clown chained to wall

Deformed Jacks pop from their boxes

Too twisted for a family newspaper (Parts I & II)

Knives whiz toward spinning Wheel of Torture

Trapeze artists swing from the rafters

Clown car

Stuffed animals lining the walls come to life

Stilt walkers

Carnies entice visitors to play midway games

Psychedelic clown head

Freak Show features caged circus oddities

Chainsaw-wielding clowns

Strobe light exit

Information

Phone: (877) 858-7234

Web: www.halloweenhaunt.com

Hours

7 p.m.-2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays

7 p.m.-1 a.m. Wednesdays, Thursday and Sundays

Dates & Tickets

Today: $20

Friday-Sunday: $26-$28

Oct. 12-15, 19-22, 25-31: $35-$40