WAIT! Before you scroll past thinking this is for kids, I went with three friends, all of us in our 50s, and we had a blast. It’s great for girls’ night out, date night, and for kids.

It’s like Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion but built in someone’s backyard from pure imagination and grit.

You begin inside an elevator, the walls seem to move, portraits elongate, and a haunting voice dares you to “find a way out.”

From there, you wind through a twisting maze packed with jump scares, eerie lighting, and creepy characters around every corner.

The second half is pure Haunted Mansion magic: singing heads, flickering portraits, and a ghostly bride bidding you to “hurry baaack…”

A Labor of (Haunted) Love

The Haunted Mansion Haunt is the creation of Salar Kohnechi, who started building it back in 2006 when he was just 20.

Nearly two decades later, his suburban front yard transforms into one of South OC’s most jaw-dropping DIY haunts, crafted by hand and upgraded every year.

Kohnechi, a lifelong Disney fan, designed the attraction as a tribute to the original Haunted Mansion ride, but with his own eerie twists. Every prop, projection, and ghostly illusion is homemade.

📅 Open: Every night through November 1
🎟️ Admission: Free, or skip the line for $15
📍 Location: 28322 Millwood Rd, Trabuco Canyon
🌐 Website: hmhaunt.com
Note: Get your paid or free ticket in advance!

🎃 MORE Spooky Streets & Haunted Homes 2025

 🧟‍♀️ Amy Way Haunted House
Family-friendly walkthrough filled with glowing decorations, eerie surprises, and just the right amount of chills. FREE to attend.
October 24th, 25th, and 31st.| 7-10PM 64 Amy Way, Ladera Ranch

👻 North Mission Viejo Halloween Frights Tour
Take a spooky spin through North Mission Viejo’s most decked-out streets:

• 21906 Cosala St — Mausoleum Maze & Haunted Graveyard
• Sandalia Circle — Glowing Día de Los Muertos altar lighting the entire yard
• 27146 Ayamonte Dr — Full-scale Pirate Ship House
• Bacalar & Naranja Streets — Four homes with movie-prop-quality displays
• Camargo Street — A home transformed into the front of a ship

🗓 Evenings through Halloween | Mission Viejo

👺 Ladera Area 51
Ladera’s own Area 51 where the residents are out of this world. Come by after dark for your own close encounter!
🗓 Through Halloween | 7-9:30 | 9 Sutherland Dr. Ladera Ranch

🎃 Kim Haunted House
Step into this neighborhood haunt for jump scares and eerie fun. 6–7 PM is scare-free for kids, then the terror begins.
🗓 Oct 25 & 31 | 6–9 PM | 15081 Lorenat St, Irvine

🦇 Laguna Niguel Drive-By Haunts
Cruise these festive streets for over-the-top decor.
Cormorant Ln, Jaeger Dr, Kings Rd, Royale Ridge, Via Lido, and La Alcala; Laguna Niguel

💀 Haunted Mansion Haunt
Movie-quality scares and themed rooms. (See article above)
🗓 Thru Nov 1 | 28322 Millwood Rd, Trabuco Canyon

🤡 Sinister in San Clemente
The largest free home haunt in town is back, bigger, scarier, and ready to spook.
🗓 Oct 24–26 & Oct 30–31 | 605 Calle Fierros, San Clemente

🎪 Nightmare on Loganberry Haunt
Home haunt with creepy clowns, twisted thrills, and two other haunts nearby, Free.
🗓 Oct 31 | 6–9 PM | 25561 Loganberry Ln, Lake Forest

🐈‍⬛ Palmyra Ave, Orange
This neighborhood turns into Halloween heaven with movie-level displays and glowing ghosts.
🗓 October | Palmyra Ave & Harwood St, Orange

🕸️ Gershon Dungeon
Home haunts with sprawling maze of monsters and eerie effects.
🗓 Oct 24–26 | 7–10 PM | 13861 Gershon Pl, Santa Ana

🎪 Blood Orange Grove Haunted House
Walk through this Villa Park haunt packed with eerie lights, creepy characters, and orchard-inspired scares. Free.
🗓 Oct 25 & 31 | 7–10 PM | 9782 Eastwood Cir, Villa Park

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