The Scariest Haunted Houses in Ohio for 2022

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Are you looking for the scariest haunted houses in Ohio to visit for the 2022 Halloween haunt season?

You’ve come to the right place!

On this page, you will find the scariest haunted houses in Ohio for 2022. These haunts were selected from our list of national haunt rankings based on those that received a “Scare Factor” score of 8.0 or higher in the past 3 years. Our review teams look at how scary the haunt was, how well they provided scares to the entire group, how predictable the scares were, how many types of scares were received, and how strong the finale was to determine these scores. You can click on the haunt’s name to learn more about that attraction. You can also click the “Read the Full Review Here!” link to see exactly what makes each of these the scariest haunted houses in Ohio!


10: Wells Township Haunted House

101 Market Street, Brilliant, OH
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From Our 2022 Review:

Scare Factor Rating: 8.46/10

Wells Township is indeed intense, action-packed, and frantic, similar to a well-known haunt near Columbus, minus the “R” to “X” rating and controversies. It did provide plenty of scares and as mentioned follows the old-school way haunts ran, where you enter a room view a frightening scene or act. . .

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9: Phobia at Land of Illusion Adventure Park

8762 Thomas Road, Middletown, OH
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From Our 2022 Review:

Scare Factor Rating: 8.47/10

Temple The temple was dark and confined in many areas, leaving much room for sneak attacks. Most of those attacks consisted of sudden reveals from darkened coffins where the scareactors used it to their advantage. However, there were a few other types to keep us tip-toeing through the catacombs.. . .

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8: The Summoning at Fear Columbus

2605 Northland Plaza Drive, Columbus, OH
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From Our 2022 Review:

Scare Factor Rating: 8.9/10

The first scare tactic we had to power through was the jump scares. These happened a lot. Dropdowns, strategic holes in the walls, doors, and even furniture held both actors and animatronics that came after us. But this wasn’t enough, they had to employ dramatic lighting and sound effects. . .

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7: Carnage Haunted House

3770 Refugee Road, Columbus, OH
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From Our 2022 Review:

Scare Factor Rating: 8.96/10

Animatronics were used to move and scare in a few different ways. Some were used to provide a suspenseful feel, but more frequently, they were used to pop out at us quickly to give us a sudden jolt. Others would jerk and shake violently. Actors also popped out at us for more jump scares. Lights and. . .

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6: Blood Prison

100 Reformatory Road, Mansfield, OH
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From Our 2022 Review:

Scare Factor Rating: 8.97/10

A good amount of scaring happened to our group. The optional touch pass/necklace seemed to significantly up the intimidation and ick quotient. We got our hair mussed up, faces caressed, neck/shoulders grabbed, and we were pushed around and pinned against the wall. Walking through the darkened. . .

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5: Aftermath at Fear Columbus

2605 Northland Plaza Drive, Columbus, OH
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From Our 2022 Review:

Scare Factor Rating: 9.01/10

The first scare tactic we had to power through was the jump scares. These happened a lot. Dropdowns, strategic holes in the walls, doors, and even furniture held both actors and animatronics that came after us. But this wasn’t enough, they had to employ dramatic lighting and sound effects. . .

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4: The Trail of Nightmares

4135 OH-309, Ontario, OH
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From Our 2022 Review:

Scare Factor Rating: 9.02/10

This is one of the scarier places we visit, and interestingly without being very bloody or gory at all. Even with witnessing some of the same set-ups as the last time we were here, they still got us good. That’s the sign of a carefully considered scare strategy implemented with superior staging and. . .

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3: Ghoul Brothers House of Horrors

3235 Manchester Road, Unit X, Akron, OH
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From Our 2022 Review:

Scare Factor Rating: 9.18/10

Can you say thrill ride? Ghoul Brothers extracted screams aplenty from our group of four. The whole place was buzzing with visceral excitement. For a no-touch haunt, they really had us reeling. Blitzkrieg attacks came from every angle and direction, from actors, animatronics, and actormatronics, and. . .

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2: Dead Acres Haunted Hoochie

13861 E. Broad Street, Pataskala, OH
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From Our 2022 Review:

Scare Factor Rating: 9.24/10

When going through the list of scares, we found that Haunted Hoochie uses several categories of scares, some simultaneously. The scary subject matter, and thus the psychological scares we faced include suicide by gunshot, baby murders, creatures (in person and giant animatronics), and. . .

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1: Face Your Fears Hotel of Terror

1291 Cold Springs Road, Springfield, OH
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From Our 2022 Review:

Scare Factor Rating: 9.52/10

If we had to describe our experience in two words, it would be “sensory overload.” Sensory overload occurs when the body can no longer process information from a person’s five senses. This automatically induces panic and activates a flight or fight response. Every minute we spent inside the hotel. . .

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We hope you enjoyed our list of the scariest haunted attractions in Ohio to visit for 2022!
Remember, only haunts that we’ve reviewed in the past 3 years (to date) that received a “Scare Factor” score of 8.0 or higher were considered for this list. If you’re looking for an entire list of all haunted houses in Ohio that we’ve ever reviewed, please visit our HAUNT REVIEWS page. If you’re looking for an entire list of all haunted houses in Ohio, please visit our HAUNT DIRECTORY page. If you enjoy watching haunted house walkthrough videos, check out our YOUTUBE CHANNEL. We hope to see you at a haunt someday, but until then, Happy Haunting!

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