Scarywood Haunted Nights at Silverwood Theme Park boasts several haunted attractions, scarezones, entertainment and other activities that vary from year to year. In this post, we give you our ratings for each of these attractions. (Updated August 21, 2026)
For 2026, Scarywood will feature 5 haunted attractions and 10 scare zones. Although it may seem like a lot to squeeze into one night, we still think it’s very doable. There are some big changes this year, most notably the replacement of Planet Zombie with the new “Nightmares” haunted attraction, and two new scare zones – The Wharf, and Doom Town. These all look and sound fantastic, and we can’t wait to check them out. Reviews and ratings will be forthcoming on all of that.
There are also a couple of things missing this year. First is the Monster Meal, which was located inside the Theater of Illusion in 2025. We weren’t huge fans of this, and sorely missed the regular menu at the theater, so from our perspective this amounts to “addition by subtraction”. But, if you liked the Monster Meal from last year, there is still a way to experience it in 2026. Silverwood confirmed that for groups of 25 or more people, a special early entry with a Monster Meal add-on is still an option.
The second, and much more notable for us, is the omission of Timber Terror backwards. We didn’t want to believe it at first, but it’s true – our single favorite attraction at Scarywood is no more. We’ve long heralded this as the singular reason to visit Scarywood, even if you aren’t a haunt fan. It’s truly just that good. Alas, change is inevitable, and although we don’t always have to like it, we’ll move on…eventually. One positive to come from this is that we will no longer need to speed-walk to the far south end of the park to ride Timber Terror backwards before the line gets to be too long. We can instead focus our rope drop strategy on the haunted attractions alone. We’ll give it a shot, and let you know how it goes. Look for future updates to our 1-Night Itinerary, once appropriate “field testing” is complete!
Having said all of that, the rest of the attractions are by and large the same as 2025. One last quick note before we dive into the ratings: we are not rating the “regular” rides that are, for all intents and purposes, operating as they would any other day of the year. If you’re interested in our take on those, check out our Silverwood Attractions Guide.
Chuckles’ 3D Sideshow – 8/10 – Back again for another year, this haunted attraction features – you guessed it – 3D effects and clowns. Housed in a permanent structure behind Aftershock, this maze contains several elements from the former 3Dementia, and Dr. Delirium. The 3D effects continue to improve each year, and the vibe of this particular haunt is always a lot of fun, and very different from the rest of the park.
Blood Bayou – 10/10 – This is the longest-running haunt at the park, now in its seventeenth year. Housed in the old Ice Palace building, this is by far the best attraction when it comes to theming. Despite its age, this is the stuff of legend, and we mean it. The forest scene alone at the start still blows us away as a truly Knott’s-esque level of detail. It’s long, elaborate, full of scareactors, and will no doubt leave you impressed. Recent years have seen nearly all of the props in full working order, and no space was underutilized. Blood Bayou is truly Scarywood firing on all cylinders.
Nightmares – New for 2026 – Rating TBD – Featuring 14 rooms built around 13 different phobias, Nightmares will take guests deep inside the fears that keep us awake at night. From arachnophobia to the fear of dolls, pain, death, and more, each room will bring a different nightmare to life as guests make their way through one of the longest haunted attractions ever developed at the park.
The Swine: Bigger and Badder – 9/10 – Returning for its third year, and housed in the Pavilion area, The Swine: Bigger and Badder is themed to the three little pigs and the big bad wolf. This haunt brings back several elements from the “Freak Farm” theme that used to reside in the former Terror Canyon Trail. We absolutely LOVED that theme, and it made for a great application in this setting. 2025 saw a massively plussed-up version of this maze, and we’re thrilled to see it return!
Pharaoh’s Curse – 7/10 – A walk-through maze with an archaeological/ancient ruins theme. The haunt has impressive sets, tons of scareactors, and even a few animatronics. Plus, the fog and dimly lit corridors can make for a very disorienting experience. We admit this one does seem to be a bit less staffed than other haunts, and as a result it feels a little more empty in some places.
Some of Scarywood’s Scare Zone themes are very obvious and easy for us to identify; others are not. We’ve done our best here to indicate which is which, but we might have gotten a couple of them mixed up.
Anarchy – 7/10 – Located on the pathway from Lindy’s to the Magic Show theater, this dark walk through the trees provides for a lot of easy places for actors to jump out and surprise your group. It’s a bit light on theming, but the darkness makes up for that. It’s usually the first zone that guests experience after entering the park, which is a ton of fun to watch. And, as the name suggests, it is pure chaos.
Clown Town – 10/10 – Well themed, awesome lighting effects, terrifying props, tons of fog and lots of scareactors. This is everything you want in a scarezone, and consistently our favorite of the bunch.
Deadwood – New for 2025 – Review and rating coming soon.
The Dark Forest – 5/10 – Our best guess is that this is the zone between Tremors and the Thunder Canyon entrance, passing by the picnic pavilion area. It’s definitely a dark area, and has some great hiding spots for actors, but the theming is very minimal.
Doom Town – New for 2026 – Review and rating coming soon.
Freak Farm – 7/10 – Themed to a farm/pumpkin patch with bales of hay and corn stalks scattered around the pathway. As far as we could tell, this was essentially the entrance area to the new haunt The Swine. It follows the pathway through the picnic pavilion area, and serves as a nice shortcut over to both the Swine and Chuckles’ 3D Sideshow. This used to be over in Coaster Alley and was a lot longer, but moving it to the pavilion area does have some advantages. Namely, the much darker pathway made for a much creepier vibe, and made it much easier for the actors to hide!
The Toybox – 9/10 – Placed throughout Coaster Alley around Panic Plunge, this scare zone features actors dressed up as creepy dolls and toys that have come to life, scattered among life-sized toy blocks and other props. What makes this scare zone fun is seeing how well the actors play their parts. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s fake!
Phobia – 8/10 – A long spiderweb tunnel in between Stunt Pilot and Panic Plunge that is full of creepy crawly critters and fog so thick you can barely see your friends next to you. Although not as large as other scare zones in the park, this one has always had a very effective and chilling vibe to it.
The Wharf – New for 2026 – Review and rating coming soon.
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Hey I just wanted to let you know before you visit this year (I assume you haven’t gone yet). They don’t have this listed on the Scarywood Website, but there is a Slider Stunt show this year at 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM (Unless they change it each night) at the Basketball area that is near Corkscrew. I wanted to recommend, and mention it because it could be kind of easy to miss. I think there are some signs for it at the Park, but I’m not completely certain. I saw an impromptu Slider show last year around Spin Cycle that wasn’t advertised at all on one of the Nights, but this year the show is much more thematic, and over the top.
Also I wanted to mention about the Scare Zones. I think “Anarchy” is the area between “Clown Town” and “Doom Town” (Which has replaced “Quarantine Zone” in the Scrambler/Super Round-up area this year.), and I think it’s the “Anarchy” Scare Zone because it’s basically a bunch of hoodlums in Masks with random weapons (And sometimes there is a Legion Scare Actor from Dead by Daylight!).
“Deadwood” I think is basically the Main Street area from the entrance of the Park all the way past the Theater of Illusion to Clown Town. And I think the “Dark Forest” Scare Zone is specifically the area past “Doom Town” (So starting past Super Round-up) going past Thunder Canyon, and up to “Freak Farm”.
The only Scare Zone that I’m not certain of is the area past the “Phobia” Tunnel, and going back up into Clown Town, It seems like an extension of “Deadwood” or “Dark Forest” with the theming, but it could also just be more of “Phobia”, and that particular Scare Zone isn’t just the one Tunnel, but since the Scare Zones aren’t labeled (except for Clown Town.) I’m not really certain.
Hi Josh, thanks for the comment! We did visit recently and had every intention of checking out the new show, but alas, weather was not on our side. We did just post an article with info about the show, even though we couldn’t give a definitive in-person review. The videos we’ve seen online look awesome, we hope to catch it next time we visit, but highly recommend it nonetheless.