Southern California’s longest-running and most haunting Halloween theme park event opens this Thursday, September 19. This year’s lineup includes two new spine-chilling mazes and an all-new experience dedicated to Scary Farm legend Elvira, Mistress of the Dark©.
In the new maze Eight Fingers Nine, you’ll be transported to an 18th-century colonial township under siege by an inhuman monster with a sick penchant for eating fingers. His vicious bite penetrates deep, causing sleep paralysis, which holds his victim in sway while he slowly consumes their flesh. Also new this year is the maze Widows, where demonic, eight-legged black widows emerge from their silken tunnels to possess the withered bodies of the Sunset Rise nursing home. Their sole purpose is to secure a mate and hatch a clutch of eggs before sunrise.
“Yours Cruelly, Elvira XXperience” will debut at Walter Knott Theater. The retrospective will feature classic moments of every Knott’s Scary Farm show, where the Queen of Halloween performed in the Ghoul Time Theatre for 20 haunted seasons. Guests will journey back in time through video highlights, behind-the-scenes footage, and memorabilia celebrating Elvira’s illustrious career. The experience will run throughout the Knott’s Scary Farm season with occasional appearances by Cassandra Peterson, the woman behind Elvira. Peterson is scheduled to visit on September 19, opening night of Scary Farm, for a signing session in the Legacy Haunt Store & Museum. She returns on October 18 and 20 for two more signing sessions, as well as a Q&A at the “Yours Cruelly, Elvira XXperience.”
Knott’s Scary Farm runs for a total of 31 terrifying nights, beginning September 19 and running through November 2. With more than 50 years of original, never-ending nightmares, unimaginable scares and innovative thrills, Knott’s Scary Farm has left no tomb unearthed, no crypt unrattled and no fear untouched.
This year, the event returns on September 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, October 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, November 1 and 2. Knott’s Scary Farm is open 7:00 pm – 2:00 am on Fridays and Saturdays, and 7:00 pm – 1:00 am on select Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Clint Gamache is the owner of ThrillGeek. He started ThrillGeek to share his love of theme/amusement parks and pop culture with the world. You can find him at Halloween Horror Nights. Also, be sure to follow him on Twitter @iamcg83