Portland's best haunted houses
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It's the home stretch: With less than a week before the clock strikes Halloween, if you want to get yourself some heebie-jeebies, now is the time.
Why it matters: There's perhaps no better way to ring in the fall season than intentionally frightening yourself at a haunted house, a haunted cornfield or the haunted basement of a well-known sports venue.
State of play: Haunted houses range from the family-friendly to the hardcore. Here are a few of our favorites:
The Fear PDX
This attraction actually offers a number of scary environments to wander through — including a haunted mansion, a radioactive pumpkin patch and several escape room scenarios, including something called the "Slasher Shed."
- The Fear PDX bills itself as "Portland's scariest haunted house," and warns folks who suffer from asthma, heart conditions or respiratory issues to steer clear.
If you go: Tickets range from $30-$35, depending on which day you go.
Underhill Haunted House
Have you wondered what types of bedeviled spirits lurk beneath the Veterans Memorial Coliseum? Underhill Haunted House lets you find out.
- Housed in the basement of the coliseum, Underhill offers 40,000 square feet of ghouls and ghosts that are suitable for all ages, according to its website.
- The production is put on by a collection of artists, actors and volunteers and helps fundraise for a local theater company.
If you go: Tickets for all nights are $30.
ScareGrounds PDX
October sees the grounds of Oaks Park transformed into several spooky attractions — with a haunted theater featuring infamous horror villains, a "forbidden fortress" with some sort of ghostly dragon and the opportunity to join an organization of monster hunters.
- ScareGrounds also has several side events like zombie archery and something called the "Buried Alive Coffin Ride," which sounds like the opposite of fun for those of us who suffer from claustrophobia.
If you go: Tickets range from $20-$105 depending on what time you go and how many attractions you want to visit.
The bottom line: We've got just one more weekend before Halloween, so get your horror on soon or be left unfrightened until next year.