Halloween Haunt returns to Kings Island starting Friday

“Experience evil incarnate for yourself, with haunted mazes and vile creatures, at one of the largest, most terrifying Halloween events in Ohio, Halloween Haunt at Kings Island,” says the amusement park’s operators.

The annual Halloween Haunt starts Friday, Sept. 25, and runs every Friday and Saturday night through Oct. 31.

This year, Halloween Haunt features 11 haunted mazes, four outdoor scare zones, three live shows and more than 600 monsters lurking in the shadows along the midways, plus 20 rides including the Banshee, Beast and Diamondback roller coasters, according to Kings Island.

New this year is Blackout, an eerie dark indoor maze experience.

Popular returning mazes include: Board to Death, CarnEvil, Cornstalkers, Delta Delta Die, Kill Mart, Madame Fatale’s Cavern of Terror, Slaughter House, Tombstone Terror-Tory, Urgent Scare and Wolf Pack.

Halloween Haunt is a seven-hour experience from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Operators urge parents to use caution as Halloween Haunt includes graphic scenes, suggestive themes and intense imagery intended for mature audiences; not recommended for children.

For more information about Halloween Haunt, including the full list of haunted attractions, shows, rides, photos and more, visit visitkingsisland.com/haunt.