, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

Knott’s Scary Farm has revealed the mazes, scare zones and entertainment for their 2019 Halloween Haunt. This year’s event will terrorize guests for 26 nights from September 19th through November 2nd. We have all the ghastly details for you below. 

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The 2019 announcement event opened with a high energy live performance of “Sweet Dreams” as monsters came crawling out from under a little girl’s bed.

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

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If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

Then, Knott’s creative, Jeff Tucker, emerged from off stage and spilled the beans about this year’s Halloween Haunt.

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

There will be 2 new haunted mazes this year, a slew of returning favorites, a new show, and scare zones all over the park – 14 haunted attractions in all. Let’s take a look at what will be keeping you up at night this fall.

NEW MAZES FOR 2019

Origins: The Curse of Calico

Pierce the veil of time and discover the secret of the evil fog that hangs over Knott’s Scary Farm in Origins: The Curse of Calico. Unearth the sinister paranormal activity that plagues the town as Sarah Marshall is put on trial for her suspected crimes of witchcraft. All will be unveiled when the Green Witch rises up and curses the townsfolk, transforming all who have accused her into a wicked horde of malicious creatures with an eternal quench for the living.

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

This new maze will combine the mythology of Ghost Town Streets, Ghost Town Alive, and The Hanging into a connected story.

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

Some of our favorite Ghost Town Alive characters were on stage to tell the story…

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

The characters and scare actors for Origins will likely be entirely different and new for this prequel story. 

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

Knott’s has us hooked on the premise of this one. Is Sarah Marshal really the Green Witch… all will be revealed in gory detail this Halloween! 

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Wax Works

Mysterious lights and strange noises have begun to emanate from the eerie abandoned wax museum. The once prominent plastic surgeon, Dr. Augustus Scratch, has been seen tinkering at night and is now ready to show off his beautiful yet terrifying life-like masterpieces of hot molten wax and bloody flesh. It’s rumored that blood-curdling screams can be heard echoing through the halls of Wax Works as victims are horrifyingly submerged into a scorching hot cauldron of bubbling wax. Take a closer look at his gruesome works of art and try to escape his deadly grip or become the newest masterpiece to add to his collection.

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

This new maze should satisfy the cravings of those who enjoy the gory side of Halloween. We’re told it’s going to be a bit like a spiritual successor to Doll Factory from 2007.

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

Knott’s has certainly crafted a season with a wide variety of haunted offerings, and this one will tip the scales on scary.  

Returning Mazes

Dark Entities

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

Teleport beyond earth and into a realm where the darkness is absolute. In the depths of space, a lone station faces terror beyond all imagination. An extraterrestrial mutation has invaded the station, and it’s on the prowl for new hosts. The unearthly inhabitants’ force increases as it feeds on their unwilling victims. Escape the dark entities before its deathly force eliminates all living form aboard the station. There’s nowhere to escape when time is running out!

The Depths

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A heavy fog drapes over an abandoned port village where ancient creatures lurk inside the pitch-black underground caves hidden below the seaside shores. The Nightwatch Mining Crew has mysteriously disappeared and village rumors point to the eerie tunnels the town sits upon. Myths of the terrifying horrors that lurk within the cave have often been whispered but never confirmed.  Did the crew meet their demise at the hand of vicious creatures that live within the cave? Journey into the dark caverns and follow the crew’s path into The Depths and discover if the superstition revolving around the cave is true. But be warned! All who have entered have never resurfaced…

This was one of our favorites last year and we can’t wait to see what the Scary Farm Team have done to enhance this already great experience! One new thing that we do know is that this maze will feature a Freight Elevator Show Scene for 2019. 

Dark Ride

A once pleasant, now abandoned, dark-ride becomes home to murderous sideshow freaks hellbent on causing terror. Some of the scenes may look lifted right out of Fantasyland, but don’t get too comfortable, something sinister is lurking around every corner.

This attraction fits in perfectly in the CarnEVIL scare zone. Now, before you get too excited . . . this isn’t a real dark ride. It’s a walk-through maze made to look like an abandoned dark ride. New for 2019: A new Control Room Scene and Gift Shop Exit. No one can survive the Gift Shop…

Pumpkin Eater

This one gives me chills. Remember the nursery rhyme: “Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater”? Knott’s has taken this childhood staple and twisted it into a truly terrifying tale of murder and revenge. Now Knott’s is unleashing a diabolical 7-foot tall creature that haunts the old woods surrounding The Hollow. To escape the sinister Pumpkin Eater’s wrath guests must face a cave of crawling insects and solve the labyrinth of thorns that blocks the only way out.

Special Ops: Infected (Final Year)

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

Special Ops: Infected is still laser tag against the undead. It’s a fun and highly interactive experience which has evolved and moved over the years. Take your last shot at saving humanity as this heart-stopping attraction is going out with a bang of new surprises for its final year at Knott’s Scary Farm. New for 2019: a Split Path that will have you go through a Convenience Store and Meat Packing Warehouse. 

Shadow Lands (Final Year)

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

A fulfilling life ensures a souls safe passage into eternity but what happens to the souls of soldiers slain in battle? Enter the hair-raising Shadow Lands maze for its final year at Knott’s Scary Farm and fight off demon samurais whose souls are cursed to rot within the depths of purgatory. Guests will embark on a quest through a sacred shrine, an ancient Japanese temple and into the midst of the shadow lands. This is one of the most beautiful mazes that Knotts has ever produced. We are going to miss it.  

Paranormal Inc.

This is another MiceChat favorite which is thankfully returning. One part Ghostbusters and one part American Horror Stories, Paranormal takes us on an adventure filled with ghosts, aerial stunts, and digital effects! It’s glorious and we can’t wait to see what they’ve done with it.

In Their Own Words

Our own Trevor Perez interviews the designers of Knott’s Halloween Haunt about this year’s event. Learn the back-stories and design decisions of Knott’s Scary Farm: 

Scare Zones

Every inch of Knott’s will be haunted this year. There’s no relief once you exit the mazes, because the entire park is filled with scare zones! So, if the line for the mazes gets too long, you can still have a great time just wandering around the foggy streets of Knott’s Scary Farm.

Ghost Town Streets

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

Ghost Town Streets is the original and largest of all the scare zones. Bands of half-human, half-animal monsters prowl the streets and inhabit the fog. Beware the notoriously startling Sliders who lunge from every fog-filled corner of the land.

CarnEvil

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

The Boardwalk clowns are a terrifying and funny classic, perhaps almost as famous as Ghost Town Streets. This is one area where it’s fun to find a place to sit and watch the clowns scare, trick, and entertain other guests. Amazing.

The Hollow

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

The Hollow scare zone is a war between three covens of witches and their armies of the undead. The fog-filled streets along with the army of the undead treacherously blend into the shadowy night as they frighten all whom they encounter.

 Forsaken Lake

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

An unearthly scare zone is making its sinister return to the park, Forsaken Lake. Reflection Lake, the lake underneath Silver Bullet, reveals the horrors and creatures it’s kept hidden, until now. Forsaken Lake unleashes gothic creatures, which have been ravaged by the dark and murky waters, as they wander their crypts preying on unsuspecting visitors, looking for victims to drag back to their watery graves.

Shows

New for 2019 – Brian Henson Presents: Puppet Up! Uncensored

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Puppet Up! Uncensored is an outrageous, off –the-cuff live show featuring a combination of improvisational comedy and the magic of puppetry performed by a cast of world-class comedian puppeteers from The Jim Henson Company. Created by legendary puppeteer and award-winning director Brian Henson and directed by Patrick Bristow (Ellen, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Whose Line Is It Anyway?), Puppet Up! – Uncensored is no ordinary puppet show. In true uncensored form, the content is driven by audience suggestions and participation, topped with the zany antics and bawdy shenanigans of the colorful and brazen puppet cast.  Puppet Up! – Uncensored will be performed three times each night at Knott’s Scary Farm and is intended for mature audiences.

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This will be a new show each time you watch as the audience is in on this naughty improv with puppets. It sounds like a Haunt version of Avenue Q and we look forward to seeing it.  

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They gave us a taste by doing a quick scene based on what the audience wanted. “Hospital” and “Porta-Potty” were chosen as the location of “a horrible place to have a date.” As expected, the short skit was hilarious, raunchy, and just what’s needed in the Charles M. Shultz Theater to round out the entertainment lineup.

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

The Hanging

 , Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

The Citizens of Calico face their fiercest foes yet in this live stage show that looks back at the year’s pop culture with some killer comedy. Notorious for its special effects and high-flying stunts, The Hanging is a no holds barred assault on pop culture’s most infamous moments of the past year. A must-see parody!

Conjure-Magic and Mirth at the Birdcage Theater

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

The Bird Cage Theatre will once again become the home of comedy and magic at Knott’s Scary Farm. Join us as award-winning magicians and Fox’s “Masters of Illusion” regulars take the stage to amaze and amuse.

Other Entertainment

Aside from the Mazes, shows, and scare zones, there are some additional things to enjoy this year.

Into the Fog: Art Exhibit

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

Artists from across the country have been invited to create works of art celebrating Knott’s Scary Farm.  You can find them in the Bizarre Bazaar (located across from the Charles Schulz Theater).

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Richard Wallace has an interesting Scary Farm take on the Haunted Mansion stretching rooms:

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We were a big fan of this art last year, glad to see an updated version:

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This one’s a lenticular:

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Timber Mountain Log Ride: Halloween Hootenanny

 

Awaken The Dead

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

A nightly dance party in Fiesta Village offers high-energy fun, rhythmic music, performances by a live DJ, dancing and go-go dancers to help awaken the dead.

VR Experience

Time Zombies

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Travel back in time to the dark streets of London as you fend off hordes of the undead in this unique VR experience located in the Boardwalk Area.

Scary Farm Merchandise

In addition to what you see above, you’ll find a variety of pins, mugs, t-shirts, hats, and all sorts of other things. New this year is a Collectible Pin Line called Knott’s Scary Farm Legends that will release new pins based on Mazes that are closing each year. The first two pins in the series is Special Ops: Infected and Shadowlands.

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

FULL EVENT VIDEO! 

Want to see the full event for yourself? Trevor brings us the show from first chop to last drop: 

 

We’ll be bringing you wall-to-wall coverage of all things Halloween for the next two months, so keep checking back for more . . . more . . . more.

There is no better way to visit Knott’s Scary Farm than as a VIP with MiceChat. Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity: 


MiceChat Knott’s Scary Farm VIP Event- September 28th, 2019 – (8 TICKETS LEFT!!!)

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

Join us in the fog-shrouded streets of Ghost Town for the lucky 13th annual MiceChat Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween Haunt. We are working with the great folks of Knott’s Berry Farm to make this the to-die-for event of the season! Leave the real world behind and enter a hazy dream-land of spooky fun with fellow MiceChat readers.

INCLUDES:
– Admission into Knott’s Scary Farm
– Meet and greet with maze designers
– Backstage tour of TWO mazes before the Haunt
– All you can eat private Pre-scare Boo-fet dinner
– Early entry into Haunt**
– Unlimited front of the line access to all mazes
– Front of the line for Fastlane rides
– A bone-chilling night of MiceChat fun

** A select number of mazes will be available for early access

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We are down to the final sets of ticket’s get your’s today before they float away in the fog!


 

We’d like to thank the entire MiceChat crew for braving the haunted fog to bring you these great photos and videos. The Halloween Season is nearly upon us.

, Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Halloween Haunt Revealed

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