Disturbia Haunted House Review (2026)

One standout feature of Disturbia is that they provide the public with several opportunities for discounted tickets with promo codes as well as texts (if you sign up to receive them), mostly with the opportunity to purchase massive combo prices between them and their sister haunt, Basement of the Dead.

Disturbia is highly active on social media sites as well as local billboards throughout various highways around Chicago. Their website has a great deal of information and provides online tickets, though they can be purchased on site as well. Free parking is available, as Disturba is located at the far end of a business lot.

Disturbia brings a party atmosphere with a great DJ setup and tons of light and smoke. They have redone their midway area to add a tent for weather. They also made the area more interactive by having queue actors roam into the line where guests wait. Disturbia has a tremendous amount of queue actors providing many different experiences for guests. They also added awesome banners displaying their actors and each of their character names, which is a great touch. Because the queue area is so entertaining, it feels like the wait time isn’t long at all. Disturbia has been really great at providing guest entertainment throughout their whole experience!

The best way to describe Disturbia is party from the outside, scary on the inside. A live DJ is positioned in the middle of the queue line while the actors roam around. On the day of our visit, it did not take long for a crowd, not a line, to start forming before opening. You can tell the actors were eager to get the night started.

We are no strangers to this attraction; we have seen the progression since the first year. But when we noticed we were taking a different path than normal, the mind recognized that and put us on high alert. Right at the start, any open space was covered up and made into tight mazes. This helped with keeping us in the dark (pun intended) on what’s to come.

While there didn’t seem to be an overarching theme, every room had its own theme. The immersion of each theme was at an all-time high as the tight paths zigged and zagged with high walls and props hanging from the ceiling. The nun room was effectively made to create such a disturbing scene. The cornfield with our alien friends in sight made it feel as if we were walking through an active crop circle, with scarecrows positioned and a cow being beamed up to its new home. The black and white maze, though simple, was made to disorient, confuse, and mess with your senses and make your body tense from all the sensory overload.

The hallway at the entrance did not disappoint with multiple chainsaw actors coming at us from different angles and not stopping even after exiting. The fun doesn’t stop there. Actors hang out and give the guests that are exiting one last hurrah as merch and snacks can be purchased while the music is still blasting. Disturbia always puts on a great show inside and outside.

We have never seen so many effects packed into a haunt of this size! They surrounded us from every direction and frequently came uncomfortably close. Disturbia’s effects were stunning and effective, and they contributed nearly as much to the scares as the actors. That’s how you use special effects!

Our journey began in a beautifully designed cemetery, where floating ghosts surrounded us, and seemingly lifeless bodies suddenly sprang to life. And let us warn you: some of those things moved FAST!

From there, the effects never stopped. Disturbia featured a creative take on a claustrophobic passageway, with constantly changing wall textures, a wide array of colorful lighting effects, several giant animatronics, a spinning carousel, and pumpkin-lined walls. Effective, scene-appropriate sounds and scents further brought the environments to life.

We especially loved the working meat conveyor system and the effects positioned above our heads, which were some of the most effective in the attraction. The scenes constantly shifted from tight, confined spaces to surprisingly large environments, making it hard to predict what awaited us.

Aliens were sprinkled throughout the cornfield, where we even spotted a floating cow caught in the middle of an abduction, as mentioned above! This was such a fun touch! An industrial section combined green lasers and haze to create what looked like multiple dimensions, hiding creatures as they popped in and out of view. Slanted floors further distorted our surroundings and threw us off balance. This area was very effective and impressive!

So much was happening that we could talk about these effects for days, and even then, we’d probably miss something!

The actors throughout the attraction had a great level of intensity during our walkthrough. With various new scenes and room designs, they worked their areas well and gave us a solid performance in every place we entered. The cemetery at the beginning has been reworked and is narrower than before; this gives actors an up-close and personal experience in this scene, as they are much closer than in prior seasons. This is true with various scenes and gives the actors much more control to pop up and encounter guests more closely. One of the new scenes amazingly hid actors throughout. The cornfield scene became an instant classic. The actors dressed as scarecrows and farmhands fit in with several different props, adding to the guessing game of what’s real and what’s not. It was well done and greatly creative.

Disturbia seemed to have enough actors for their respective scenes. It didn’t feel like there were any empty scenes, which goes a long way in keeping the attraction impactful. While the haunt is very loud and fast-paced with little dialogue, the actors added screams and lines that fit the moment and their scenes. The butcher shop, for example, had a butcher character wanting to take one of our digits to pack up for processing; while the doll room had actors asking to play and tell us all about the fun we will have!

This season seemed to be one of the best we have seen at Disturbia, and the actors really were the bow on top of that awesome gift! Excellent job, inside and out!

Disturbia delivered many scares throughout the attraction. This season had to be one of their best in a variety of different categories, Scare Factor being one of them. Disturbia underwent a variety of change-ups this season, giving actors more involved interactions with guests passing through. Several pop-out scares lead into double taps to create great moments of fright. The animatronics throughout the attraction also create great distractions, which lead actors right in for a good scare. Given the giant nature of some of the animatronics, it’s a fairly simple task, as they are amazing to look at.

The sewer scene was redirected and done differently from previous seasons. Instead of walking alongside the walls with a giant vat in the center, we are now directed to go through the vat. It creates an amazing swamp area, as we had to submerge into the laser fog as opposed to it being waist-high as before. It creates a moment of panic, as it’s difficult to see and there are things lurking! One of the final scenes is a haunted hotel; this is scary due to the number of cloaked ghosts and not knowing what’s real and what’s not. The finale is done up nicely as they have added a large fan to blow into the laser fog, which hides several chainsaw actors. These blades are hit on the ground and spark, giving such a real feeling. Disturbia has really stepped up this season! Personally, I can’t wait for their Xmas show just to experience it again!

Disturbia offers general admission, VIP, and extremely limited Instant Admission tickets, along with discounts for larger groups. Ticket prices increase as the event date approaches, so buying early locks in the lowest available price.

From a value perspective, the main drawback was the length relative to the ticket price. On the night of our visit, general admission cost $37.94, and we spent approximately 20 minutes inside the haunt. That came to 0.53 minutes of in-haunt entertainment per dollar, well below the nationwide average of about one minute per dollar we most often see. Keep in mind that the MPD portion of our Value score is automatically calculated using the ticket price and walkthrough time rather than subjectively scored by our team.

Because prices fluctuate, we recommend buying earlier in the season or choosing the combo ticket with the sister attraction, Basement of the Dead. In our opinion, the combo package offers the strongest overall deal and turns the experience into a much fuller night of fear!

However, runtime alone doesn’t tell the whole story. Disturbia delivered high-quality entertainment, aggressive and interactive actors, an impressive number of scares, and some of the best queue entertainment around. Despite the lower MPD, we highly recommend experiencing this haunt!

Disturbia also hosts various off-season events, so keep an eye on its website for additional opportunities to visit. Don’t wait around wondering whether you can stay on the path; go find out before the demons claim your soul!