Six Flags Magic Mountain unveils this year’s gruesome lineup for Fright Fest, featuring legendary horror franchises at this highly anticipated annual event.
Nightmares come to life with guests trying to survive their predetermined fate in Final Destination: Death’s Playground, facing off with the evils lurking in the Warren’s Occult Museum as they make their way through The Conjuring Universe and test their bravery as they enter the world of Trick ‘r Treat.
Beginning Sept. 18 through Nov. 1, thrill-seekers and horror enthusiasts are invited to immerse themselves in the pulse-pounding excitement and terror that only Fright Fest can deliver with new and enhanced haunted mazes, new scare zones, a brand-new show and plenty of frights.
Details of this year’s HAUNTED MAZES include:
- *NEW* Final Destination: Death’s Playground – Enter your Final Destination, a haunted maze where death itself is the antagonist, and where a sudden premonition reveals a chain of catastrophic events just moments before they occur. Watch your step, because death isn’t random — it’s calculated — and you’ve unknowingly disrupted a design already set in motion. Based off New Line Cinema’s Final Destination franchise.
- *NEW* Wolves’ Blood – Head through a remote town that has been overrun by werewolves on your way to see underground rock sensation, Wolves’ Blood. This remote location is accessible by invitation only and leads concert goers from the small-town bus stop, through ransacked stores and barroom brawls to reach The Dungeon theater for Wolves’ Blood’s first ever, live performance.
- The Conjuring Universe – Based on New Line Cinema’s iconic horror franchise: enter the Warrens’ occult museum where their most terrifying cases await. Face Annabelle’s malevolent stare, flee from The Nun’s unholy presence, and survive the Perron farmhouse’s demonic forces. Each cursed artifact awakens ancient evil. Tonight, you’re not just observing their cases; you’ve become part of them.
These 2026 maze will include all-new scenic and design elements.
- Trick ‘r Treat – Based on the darkly comic Halloween classic: enter into a world where tricks dominate treats, and learn the season’s rules before setting out into this twisted Candy Trail nightmare. This spine-chilling experience will test your bravery and make you think twice before trick-or-treating again.
- Carnage presented by M&M’S® – Enter the chaotic fortress of the original true villain, CARNAGE. This is your origin story, your path to becoming a disciple of the most villainous clown in a city under siege. With every step you take, you become possessed with the evil around you. If you survive, let your darkness forever rage on for CARNAGE.siege. With every step you take, you become possessed with the evil around you. If you survive, let your darkness forever rage on for CARNAGE.
- Vault 666 – Demonic relics and obsolete oddities are locked in an abandoned vault in this dark and sinister antique shop, with possessions many die to have. Will you make it out alive?
- Willoughby’s Resurrected – The Willoughby’s family mansion tale unfolds before your eyes at this once-affluent Victorian mansion that has become a haven to evil spirits.
Details of this year’s SCARE ZONES include:
- Thunderbolt Alley – The 1950s and Rockabilly vices are thriving in this all-new alternate universe where classic monsters of all kinds are rocking and rolling to the beat of their afterlives. This high-energy experience is sure to wake the dead and burn rubber.
- Nightmares: Reign of Blood – It’s time to experience a new chapter of fear as you enter the twisted world of Wonderland, and with every step you take, time is running out. The sinister Queen of Hearts and her forces of darkness are on the hunt for you and painting the roses red with blood. For those that go down the rabbit hole, nightmares are around every corner.
- City Under Siege – Experience the city of death alive with the chaos and the laughter of sinister clowns created by CARNAGE.
- Devil’s Triangle – Drift into the darkest caves of the deep blue sea where the souls of many have been lost to the Devil’s Triangle.
- Exile Hill – The hill is alive with spirits of the damned and the curse of the Willoughby family. Shadows of evil thrive and search for innocent souls.
- Plaza de La Muerte – Step into the spectral celebration of Dia de los Muertos where vibrant colors blend with eerie shadows in an immersive dance of spirits and traditions.
- Underworlds of Oz – Journey through the dark side of Emerald City and the mystical realms of Oz where twisted enchantments and ominous shadows consume the golden path, and the line between fantasy and nightmare blurs into a chilling adventure unlike any other.
Details of this year’s SHOWS include:
- *NEW* Unleashed – Join Kurvatu, Fright Fest’s new icon character, and the monsters of Fright Fest as they ignite the night with nightmares of all realms in an opening scare-emony of horrifying proportions.
Unleashed will take place in the entry plaza in front of the Magic Mountain fountains.
- *NEW* NyteWalkerz – NyteWalkers brings high-energy street-style performance to life with a mix of acrobatics, dance, and edgy BMX stunt work under the night sky.
NyteWalkerz will be the largest show ever performed at the Full Throttle Stage.
- *NEW* Sliders of the Night: Dreams of the Damned – Fright Fest favorites, the Sliders, return with an all-new show. Just how twisted are the dreams of the monsters that are everyone else’s nightmares?
- Margo Rita’s Monster Ball – It’s time to choose a new queen of the monsters in this high-energy song-and-dance review hosted by Fright Fest’s mother monster herself, Margo Rita, and her sister, Tequila Sunrise. Join Margo, Tequila and the queens as they raise the dead and death drop for the crown.
Margo Rita’s Monster Ball is growing in 2026 with new characters, more dance numbers and a new location in Gearworks Theatre.
Fright Fest admission options at Six Flags Magic Mountain include:
- Single Day Admission – A single day ticket grants access to Fright Fest to enjoy the shows, scare zones and other frightful delights. Guests will need to purchase a Haunted Attractions Pass if they wish to access the park’s Haunted Mazes with an optional Express upgrade available that allows for priority entry to all haunted mazes.
- Pass Holder Admission – Fright Fest admission is included with valid Season Passes* and Memberships. A Haunted Attractions Pass is required for entry into haunted mazes. Season Passholders looking for season-long scares may purchase an All-Season Haunted Attractions Pass to be added to their Season Pass. *Blockout dates may apply.
Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain will operate on select Thursdays through Sundays, from Sept. 18 to Nov. 1 with a total of 25 nights of fright. The park will be open for daytime operations on select calendar days from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., with Fright Fest running from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Thursdays and Sundays, and 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Tickets, season passes and upgrades are available now at sixflags.com/magicmountain.
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