
Six Flags Fright Fest logo.
Fright Fest, also referred to as Great America Fright Fest, is an annual Halloween haunt event at Six Flags Great America. It began in 1991 as part of the continued expansion of Halloween events across the Six Flags portfolio. It was also the first of several Fright Fests to be started by Six Flags during their affiliation with Time Warner, which had gained an ownership stake in the company earlier in 1991.
With several iconic attractions such as the Mausoleum of Terror and Necropolis and memorable characters such as Mayor Slayer and the Pumpkin King, Great America's Fright Fest maintained a steady growth in popularity, and in 2015 the park introduced the character Nox as the new "Demon Overlord" of Fright Fest, fictionally responsible for all of the event's prior scares. Fright Fest also dabbled with intellectual property (IP) with the Studio 13, SAW LIVE, and Hell Fest haunted house in the late 2000s and throughout the 2010s, and in 2023 a house based on SAW X was featured. For the 2024 event, the IP presence was expanded with the SAW 20th Anniversary, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Stranger Things houses.
List of events[]
Fright Fest 1991[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 1991 (Six Flags Great America)
Attractions[]
- Mausoleum of Terror
- Camp Hideaway
- Terror Train (Scenic Railway)
- Blood River (Roaring Rapids)
- Elmer Fudd Inn of Twicks and Tweets
Shows[]
- Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Fright Fest 1992[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 1992 (Six Flags Great America)
Attractions[]
- Mausoleum of Terror
- Camp Hideaway (Picnic Grove)
- B.O.O. Line Railroad (Scenic Railway)
- Blood River (Roaring Rapids)
- Devilish Demon (Demon)
- Rue Le Morgue (Rue Le Dodge)
- Merry-Ghoul-Round (Ameri-Go-Round)
Zones[]
- Trolls (Hometown Square/County Fair Bridge)
- The Graves Family (Yukon Territory)
- Gypsies (Orleans Place)
- Commandos (Hometown Square)
Shows[]
- Love at First Fright (Grand Music Hall)
- Mundaka (Theatre Royale)
- The Damsel and the Warlock (Snowshoe Saloon)
Fright Fest 1993[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 1993 (Six Flags Great America)
Attractions[]
- Mausoleum of Terror
- Camp Hideaway
- The B.O.O. Line
- Blood River
- Demon
- Merri-Ghoul-Round
- Hearsey Highway
Fright Fest 1994[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 1994 (Six Flags Great America)
Attractions[]
- Mausoleum of Terror
Shows[]
- Love at First Fright
- Goblins in Control
Fright Fest 1995[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 1995 (Six Flags Great America)
Attractions[]
- Mayhem Manor
- Mausoleum of Terror
Fright Fest 1996[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 1996 (Six Flags Great America)
Attractions[]
- Mausoleum of Terror
Fright Fest 1997[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 1997 (Six Flags Great America)
Attractions[]
- Mausoleum of Terror
Fright Fest 1998[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 1998 (Six Flags Great America)
Attractions[]
- Mausoleum of Terror
Entertainment[]
- Zombie Jamboree Parade
Fright Fest 1999[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 1999 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted houses[]
- Alice Cooper's Brutal Planet
- Sadie's No-Chance Hotel
Attractions[]
- Necropolis: The Haunted City of the Dead
- Serpent Safari
- Troll Bridge
- Bill Hoffman's Petting Zoo
- Looney Tunes Character Interaction
- Horror Circus
Entertainment[]
- Love at First Fright
- Dead Legends
- Zombie Jamboree Parade
- Susan Rosen: Mistress of Mesmerism
Fright Fest 2000[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2000 (Six Flags Great America)
Attractions[]
- Southwest Scare-itory
- Brutal Planet
- The Boo-Line (Scenic Railway)
- Serpent Safari
- Looney Tunes SpookyTown
Entertainment[]
- Dead Elvis and the Tomb-Tones (Hometown Junction Stage)
- Love at First Fright (Grand Music Hall)
- Superstition (Space Shuttle America)
- Zombie Jamboree Parade
- Susan Rosen: Mistress of Mesmerism (Theatre Royale)
- Jenny's Nightmare
Fright Fest 2001[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2001 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted houses[]
- Mausoleum of Terror
Fright Fest 2002[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2002 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted houses[]
- Mausoleum of Terror
Fright Fest 2003[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2003 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted houses[]
- The Curse of Sleepy Hollow in 3-D (Trailblazer Queue)
- Mausoleum of Terror
Attractions[]
- Necropolis: The Haunted City of the Dead (Picnic Grove)
- Scooby-Doo Mystery Train (Scenic Railway)
- Superstition (Space Shuttle America)
- Terror Twister (Chubasco)
- Blood River (Roaring Rapids)
- Dead End Drive (Great America Raceway)
- Rue Le Morgue (Rue Le Dodge)
Entertainment[]
- Love at First Fright (Grand Music Hall)
- The Manny B. Monster Show
- P.T. Scarum's Freak Show
- Zombie Jamboree Parade
- Dead Elvis and the Tomb-Tones
- Jugglers 'O Death
Fright Fest 2004[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2004 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted houses[]
- The Curse of Sleepy Hollow in 3-D (Trailblazer Queue)
- Mausoleum of Terror
Fright Fest 2005[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2005 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted houses[]
- The Curse of Sleepy Hollow in 3-D (Trailblazer Queue)
- Mausoleum of Terror
Scare zones[]
- Seven Sins Cemetery (Orleans Place)
- Area 51 (Hometown Square)
Attractions[]
- Scooby-Doo Mystery Train (Scenic Railway)
- Necropolis: The Haunted City of the Dead (Picnic Grove)
- Blood River (Roaring Rapids)
- Dead End Drive (Great America Raceway)
- Terror Twister (Chubasco)
- Superstition (Space Shuttle America)
- Hellevator
- Rue Le Morgue (Rue Le Dodge)
- Haunted Castle 3-D IMAX (Pictorium)
Entertainment[]
- Love at First Fright (Grand Music Hall)
- P.T. Scarum's Freaks and Geeks Sideshow
Fright Fest 2006[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2006 (Six Flags Great America)
Fright Fest 2007[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2007 (Six Flags Great America)
Fright Fest 2008[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2008 (Six Flags Great America)
Fright Fest 2009[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2009 (Six Flags Great America)
Fright Fest 2010[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2010 (Six Flags Great America)
Fright Fest 2011[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2011 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted attractions[]
- Massacre Medical Center
- Primal Scream
- Studio 13
- Mausoleum of Terror
Other attractions[]
- The Sega Game Zone
Scare zones[]
- Port Dread (Yankee Harbor)
- Bayou du Vaudou (Orleans Place)
- The Last Stop: Burn 'Em and Buried Circus
- The Ruins of Fenrir
- Sector 7
- Tinseltown Terror
- The Hellmouth
Fright Fest 2012[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2012 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted attractions[]
- The Dead Line
- Massacre Medical Center
- Wicked Woods
- Mausoleum of Terror
Scare zones[]
- Necropolis: The Haunted City of the Dead (Yukon Territory)
- Bayou du Vadou: The Curse of Laveau (Orleans Place)
- The Last Stop: Burn 'em and Buried Circus (Mardi Gras)
- Port Dread (Yankee Harbor)
- Tinseltown Terror (Southwest Territory)
- The Hellmouth (County Fair - near Demon)
- The Ruins of Fenrir (County Fair - near Fiddler's Fling)
- Sector 7 (Hometown Square)
Entertainment[]
- Love at First Fright (Grand Music Hall)
- Dead Man's Party
- Fright Club: NC-17
- Full Moon Rocksplosion
- Fantôme (Mardi Gras Stage)
- Susan Rosen: Mistress of Mesmerism (Pictorium)
- Face 2 Face
- Scary-oke (Mission Stage)
Fright Fest 2013[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2013 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted houses[]
- Massacre Medical Center
- Mausoleum of Terror
Scare zones[]
- The Last Stop: Burn 'Em and Buried Circus (Mardi Gras)
- The Hellmouth (County Fair)
Shows[]
- The Uprising
- Zombie Jamboree Parade
Fright Fest 2014[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2014 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted attractions[]
- Mausoleum of Terror
- Massacre Medical Center
- Manslaughter Manor
- Wicked Woods
- The Abyss
- Fear
Scare zones and ride overlays[]
- Purgatory Plaza (Carousel Plaza)
- Sector 7 (Hometown Square)
- Reactor Core (Hometown Fun Machine)
- BioHazzard (Whizzer)
- Seven Sins Cemetery (Orleans Place)
- The Birds of the Bayou (Condor)
- House of Conjure (Rue Le Dodge)
- The Last Stop Circus (Mardi Gras)
- Blood Bath (King Chaos)
- Necropolis (Picnic Grove)
- Port Dread (Yankee Harbor)
- The Kraken (East River Crawler)
- Deadwood Grove (Yukon Territory)
- The Hellmouth (County Fair)
- Black Widow (American Eagle)
- The Pit & the Pendulum (Revolution)
- Skull Valley (Southwest Territory)
- Terror Twister 2 (Chubasco)
- Snakes on a Train (Viper)
Fright Fest 2015[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2015 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted attractions[]
- Gates of Hell
- Apocalypse: Zombie Experience
- FEAR
- The Abyss
- Manslaughter Manor: Sadie's Revenge
- Massacre Medical Center
Scare zones[]
- Lost Souls (Orleans Place)
- Demons Realm (Orleans Place/Mardi Gras)
- Forbidden Forest (Yukon Territory)
- Howl (Hometown Square)
- Shipwreck of Horrors (Hurricane Harbor)
Shows[]
- Love at First Fright (Grand Music Hall)
- Xander's Dead Man's Party (Wilderness Theater)
- The Uprising: Nightly Call of the Dead (Hometown Square Stage)
- Nox's Cavalcade of the Odd (Mission Stage)
- Susan Rosen: Mistress of Mesmerism (Pictorium)
- Face 2 Face
- The Witching Hour
- LightmosFEAR (Carousel Plaza)
Fright Fest 2016[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2016 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted attractions[]
- Big Top Terror (Kidzopolis)
- Infestation! (Southwest Territory)
- Gates of Hell
- Manslaughter Manor
- Massacre Medical Center
Shows[]
- Love at First Fright
- The Uprising
- LightmosFEAR (Carousel Plaza)
Fright Fest 2017[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2017 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted attractions[]
Fright Fest 2018[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2018 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted houses[]
- Hell Fest
- Infestation!
- Gates of Hell
- Big Top Terror
- Massacre Medical Center
- Manslaughter Manor
Scare zones[]
- The Menagerie (Carousel Plaza)
- Outbreak (Hometown Square)
- Dread Haven (Yukon Territory - County Fair bridge)
- Forbidden Forest (Yukon Territory)
- Slasher Circus (County Fair)
- Underworld (County Fair - Metropolis Plaza path)
- Henchmen Alley (Mardi Gras - Yankee Harbor bridge)
- Lost Souls (Orleans Place)
- Rotten Hill (Southwest Territory)
- Aftermath (Yankee Harbor - Yukon Territory bridge)
Shows[]
- Love at First Fright & The Ringmaster's Cabaret (Grand Music Hall)
- The Uprising & The Witching Hour (Hometown Square Stage)
- The Nightmare Rhythm Machine (County Fair)
- LightmosFEAR (Carousel Plaza)
- Shadow Hunters (Snowshoe Tap House) (October 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th only)
Fright Fest 2019[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2019 (Six Flags Great America)
Haunted houses[]
- 13th Order
- Infected
- Infestation!
- Gates of Hell (Picnic Grove)
- Big Top Terror (Kidzopolis)
- Manslaughter Manor
Scare zones[]
- Dark Waters (Carousel Plaza)
- Wretched Meadows (Southwest Territory)
- Lost Circus (Yankee Harbor)
- Aftermath (Yankee Harbor - Yukon Territory bridge)
- Henchmen Alley (Metropolis Plaza)
- Underworld (County Fair/Metropolis Plaza)
- Lost Souls (Orleans Place)
- Forbidden Forest (Yukon Territory)
- Dread Haven (Yukon Territory - County Fair bridge)
Shows[]
- Love at First Fright & The Ringmaster's Cabaret (Grand Music Hall)
- The Uprising & The Witching Hour (Hometown Square Stage)
- The Nightmare Rhythm Machine
Fright Fest 2021[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2021 (Six Flags Great America)
Fright Fest 2022[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2022 (Six Flags Great America)
Fright Fest 2023[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2023 (Six Flags Great America)
Fright Fest 2024[]
- Main article: Fright Fest 2024 (Six Flags Great America)