The Best Haunted Horror Tours in the USA

Paramount Studios Tours are a popular way of exploring one of Hollywood’s oldest film studios. There’s plenty to see here year round, but at the end of summer and heading towards Halloween, the studio offers a special After Dark experience. This spooky Tales From the Other Side tour heads from the backlot into the adjoining Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the final resting place for several film legends. The sound stages feel extra special in the eerie silence, and the flashlight-led outdoor portion of the tour is a remarkable journey into the unknown.

Fans of horror will know exactly why Crystal Lake has a special place in the history of the genre. The original Friday the 13th (1980) was part of the first wave of slasher films that popularized horror in the 1980s. Although there is no actual Crystal Lake, a real camp location was used for much of the filming. Camp NoBeBoSco in New Jersey is a fully functioning Boy Scout camp, but hardcore fans of the film franchise should keep a watchful eye on the Crystal Lake Tours website for occasional themed tours. They are few and far between, which makes it all the more prized in the pantheon of film tourism.

In recent years, Philadelphia has been extensively documented on film thanks to the works of local director M. Night Shyamalan. Apparently you should also keep an eye out for the ghost of Benjamin Franklin on this leisurely night-time stroll through the city.

Billed as a fright-seeing tour of Boston’s sordid past, this trolley ride into the unknown is led by a 17th-century gravedigger who remains in character for the entirety of the tour. You’ll feel like you are being transported into the past – apt for a city with nearly 400 years of history to draw from.