We had a fantastic time here ! VIP access is worth the limited wait times. There was a DJ at the entrance so you are entertained while waiting in line. Staff was friendly and explained that when this isn't the haunted house, it is actually someone's property year round! Special touches and frat actors made this a very enjoyable experience on my trip to Colorado. read more

Great haunt!! All the reviews that say otherwise don't know how haunts work, great actors and good scenes, love the chainsaw and scare after it! read more

Wait time was about 30 mins for my group of 8 not bad at all for General Admission. The only thing that was a kind of a bummer was they didn't space out the group in front of us long enough so we kept bumping into them. Lots of different props and scenes were fun to look at. read more

Went to this especially as it was rated one of the best in Colorado and it was awful, everyone was crammed, there wasn't any sort of flow, lack of actors which made it not scary at all. Long standing times as in we stood in one spot for 10 minutes INSIDE the haunted house. I remember this being good but this time was awful especially for the money. read more

0 stars 4 hour wait at 9:30 at night, oldest haunted house and can't get a more efficient service.

My husband, our teenagers (13 & 15), and I had a fantastic time in 2022 and we're looking forward to this year as well. We bought the immediate access tickets and didn't wait more than 5-10 minutes, to let the folks in front of us get ahead a bit. read more

The visual experience alone was way more impressive than I was expecting and this is definitely one of the better haunted houses I've ever been to. Scary enough to make me jump a number of times but also tame enough for my daughter to come with and still be able to sleep through the night, haha! read more

The Frightmare Compound - Haunted Houses Near Me - Westminster, Colorado

I'm not sure how this place has a better rating than 13th floor.. we visited this haunted house a couple of weeks before Halloween and it was honestly kind of disappointing. We bought the fast pass tickets on sale so at least we didn't have to wait in line. There were a few cool parts in the house, but there were also long stretches that were too well-lit for a haunted house with no actors in sight. My favorite part was honestly listening to the DJ they had performing for the people waiting in line. read more

Holy Moly!!! This was my first haunted house - done professional. I have never screamed as much as I did in my life like I did with Frightmare. The line was super long as expected, but they provided a DJ for entertainment. I am definitely remembering this for the next Hallows Eve. read more

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I'm so glad we went! Best spooky experience by far! I went to the thirteenth floor last week and this last night - Frightmare compound was much better and way scarier. We did the lights out event and it was so much fun! Big bravo to all the actors and actresses - YALL ARE PHENOMENAL! The escape rooms were also a fun add on! Looking forward to this every year! read more

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AMAZING. We did 8 haunted houses this season, including Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando, and Frightmare Compound blew ALL of them out of the water. We went on "Lights Out" night, and I have never screamed and laughed so hard. They let us go in our own group of two, so there was no conga line situation, which has become frustratingly common at so many haunted houses. The production value was through the roof, the actors were incredible and the settings were all unique and creative. GO TO THIS HAUNTED HOUSE, you will NOT be disappointed. Be sure to visit the Curator after you exit, he will educate and frighten you! read more

Best haunted house around. We came to Denver to go to several houses and this was the best. Has the most real actors and best set up. Everyone else went in large groups. These guys have you go through with only your group. Great haunted house!! read more

ever since getting injured and leaving me in a wheelchair I thought for sure haunted houses were not in my cards anymore. we figured we would just show up and hope for the best. I bought my boyfriend and 13 year old and told them they were responsible for getting my chair thru the haunted house. from the second we parked and started making our way thru the parking lot towards the ticket booth, we were chased down by the workers to ask me if I could walk. I'm always a little worried to answer that because to many times I have been told I can't do something if I can't. I answered it anyways and said no. immediately they went and got the owner and bought him up to me. he told me they actually have a chair I can sit in that is rigged to help get me thru easier. they told me I would have a whole entourage to get me thru and they would get me right in without having to wait at all. there was a couple places I wasn't able to see or get into which was a bummer but for the most part it worked!! I know the guy in front was named jt. jt was pretty awesome in being a little tour guide. he told me all about all the old props used in the earlier years and you could tell how excited he was about his job. I am the worst with names so I believe the guy in back pushing me his name was rich or something easy like that!! he did an amazing job pushing me, he also was one of the first ones to track me down in the parking lot. overall you guys made it so the wheelchair doesn't hold me back from an amazing experience!! read more

I have been going to this haunted house for years and this year was by far the worst experience I have ever had. They did not space out any of the visitors so you are going through the haunted house and not able to experience any of the scare because you are going through on top of each other. After the first half of the haunted house, we came to a complete stop and a line of people. We stood in the middle of this haunted house in a line full of people for over 10 minutes. Once the line moved, it was just a line of people walking together. The actors were not engaging at all. If you want to over pay to stand in a line and watch some people with bad makeup smack some stick against a wall then this place is for you. read more

My entire family came to this haunted house and it was the last night it was open. It was pretty packed! Overall we had an amazing time! Took us at least 20 min. to walk through! Did we get scared? Hell yeah!! Will be back next year! General tickets were $25 which is not bad compared to some other haunted houses that ask $30 or more for general admission. I loved how it was mainly outdoors. Decorations were on point, super scary!! read more

The Frightmare Compound - Haunted Houses Near Me - Westminster, Colorado

Went here for the first time tonight! All I can say is....HOLY HELL!!! This was great! Tickets are a little pricey, but they do an amazing job setting up the haunted house. The actors are great, the sets are AMAZING and yes I was scared out of my mind!! Is it pricey? Yes, is is worth it? YES! Would I recommend going? ABSOLUTELY!!! Do yourself a favor and don't pass this up! They offer a military discount of $5 so that would make ticket $20 Mon-Thur and $22 Fri-Sun. read more

The Frightmare Compound - Best scare I have had in years!!!! - Haunted Houses Near Me - Westminster, Colorado

I cannot believe I waited in a 2 hour line for the lowest effort haunted house I have ever been to in my life. Seriously I have been to scarier "spooky corn maze" attractions. The effects were dollar store / party city quality. The actors either stared menacingly at you, or slammed a stick on something to make a loud noise, and that was about it. So unless you are very creeped out by predictable loud noises..... Don't waste your money. read more

Went here on a Tuesday night and had a blast! Some of the nest decorations and ideas I've seen in years. The actors also did a great job of keeping groups separated which only added to it more. plan to do a lot of walking and stairs. I plan to go back on a weekend to experience the difference. I strongly recommend buying VIP or immediate access tickets as the line was long even on a Tuesday. read more

The haunted house was a disappointment. Once we finally entered and started the self guided walk through the group ahead of us and behind us all came together. Screaming girls in front of us and behind us. We were being ushered through the house somewhat fast for it to be enjoyable. Most of the actors were hanging around by the time we came up to them from scaring the group ahead of us, so we didn't get one jump factor. The props and set up was really cool, but not scary. Maybe it was let down due to the actors? Maybe it was first weekend glitches? read more

I emailed (most of) the following directly to the Frightmare Compound the day after I attended, which was on opening night. They never responded, so I'm going to tell you all the same things. I arrived at 6:52 pm last night, and even though I had a ticket for 7:00 pm, the first part of the line, leading to the concession stand, did not open until 7:08. Once I was in line, the line did not move until 7:50, when a staff member opened the door into the inner waiting area, past the concession stand. When I finally got to the front of the line at 8:10 pm, a full 40 minutes after the end of my purchased time slot, I asked why the wait was so long. The ticket taker said that they were "waiting for it to get dark". Another staff member said that the online ticketing system could not be adjusted so that different days had different opening times. I am disappointed and unsatisfied with this answer. What is the point of selling tickets in specific time slots if the management had absolutely no intention of putting people through in those time slots? Furthermore, even if the ticketing system works the way I was told it does, why did management not preemptively block out the 7:00 and 7:30 time slots as "sold out" before the website went live? Why was none of this explained on the website, or in person by the staff while we all waited for an extra hour? It is both a business's responsibility and in its best interest to communicate clearly and accurately to its customers, and you did not do that. I planned my evening around the reasonable assumption that the time on my ticket was reasonably accurate, that I would be on my way home to eat dinner with my husband by the time I actually got to the front of the line. I was absolutely furious last night at how everything went. And, this morning, I am still furious that you did not follow your own stated COVID-19 guidelines. You did not remove all hanging items from the haunt - I ran into things hanging from the ceiling in the clown house at the end, as well as, I believe, near the start of the miner's cave area. Also, your actors did very little to try to stay six feet away from me. Several actors either chased me or blocked my path, preventing me from keeping my appropriate distance, which is against your own stated policies. Other haunts in the area have learned to scare effectively while staying distanced; it is disappointing you have not trained your actors to do the same. tl;dr: The wait for my time ticket slot went nearly an hour over, because they were "waiting for it to get dark", they didn't follow their own COVID safety guidelines, and the actors were too eager to get within 6 feet of customers. I hope the scheduling thing has at least been fixed by now. read more

Tis the season ya'll! You've got to check out this haunted house. The people they hire here are top notch and frightening! The owner continues to elevate the haunted house every year so you aren't seeing the same things. Regardless Id probably still lose it. You walk through many scenes of terror and try not to scream or pee your pants! I literally dropped to the ground when the chainsaw guy came at me. I might be telling you there's a chainsaw guy, but really, you don't know when its coming! Good luck ;) Happy Screaming! read more

Honestly it's more like ***2.5 star*** First off I would like to acknowledge I had mistakenly bought tickets for the wrong date online and after sending a quick email I was promptly refunded the mistake. Second I am from Upstate NY where the haunted attractions are for real. So I do have a good idea of a good or great haunted attraction . Look up The Headless Horseman attraction. The disappointment started almost immediately after getting in line to wait. This was the 730 time although we, my gf and I, didn't enter the haunted house until about 830. About an hour in line. No complaint on the wait. But one of my biggest complaints is the music while waiting. You have a sound system. You have a haunted house. So you choose to play.... electronic/dubstep??? Why? It felt like I was in a club. What kind of atmosphere is that creating? You can play anything. How about instead I don't know play HAUNTED music! There's plenty creepy music out there like play some music from some classic horror movies. The theme to Halloween for example? Iconic. Or what about just nightmarish sounds? So that really bothered me. Especially since the music showed back up at some point during the actual HH. A huge missed opportunity and a choice on their part I couldn't make sense of. Unless it was to contrast the actual haunted house itself. Then maybe but that would mean the haunted house was really good and scary. But seriously why isn't haunted music being played to set the mood/atmosphere??? It was kind is stupid and didn't make me hopeful for the HH. A brief mention on the covid precautions. They did ok. I get it there's going to be people who can't grasp what 6ft looks like in line. This led to some words exchanged with another group of people who clearly thought 6ft looked like 6in. I'll never understand people. Now the haunted house itself. Thankfully my gf was already nervous on the ride to the place so she was naturally scared. I of course don't really get scared to easy but I love trying to get scared. There was some creative parts during the HH so I'll give some credit there (I won't ruin it by saying). But largely it was lacking. I wasn't sure if the reason it was lacking was because they also have smaller kids come as well? But isn't the idea to scare? So many times where there wasn't much to look at. Different color lights shown on various trees? Why is that scary? Farm vehicles? Not scary. At one point that's all it was. Why isn't there creepy things hanging from the trees? Or inside or on the farm vehicles? There was a overall lack of visuals. It was just us walking through various parts with some scary monster workers popping out here and there. But not much else to look at. Get some bones or severed limbs out there. Get some fake blood on the walls or some more animatronics going. I just kept looking for what made it a haunted house and I couldn't find it. So much potential during the entire house but it was wasted. And at some points there was attempts to I guess make it scary but really I was like "this is their idea of scary or even good?" Example at some point there is like a black light lit area so naturally things will glow. They have a dark hallway light with black light and there are these fluorescent pieces of paper stapled to the ceiling and other circle paper on the wall. I almost wanted to laugh they they thought this was good. I had a ton of ideas but not going to share them here. They need to think of them on their own but maybe that's the best the could come up with which honestly save your $ for another place. It's a total bummer because I selected this location because it has been operating nearly 40 years. It opened in 1983. I believe I saw a shirt a worker had on with the tag line it is a world famous attraction. I actually really doubt that. I will say the staff was nice and from what I saw did a great job. I believe it took us about 30-35 min to complete. Frightmare if you'd like help reach out to me I'd be more than willing to share my ideas if hired as a consultant. read more

As someone who has been to haunted houses and similar attractions throughout the country I can say without a doubt, The Frightmare Compound is by far the WORST attraction of its kind. The actors constantly were out of place for a scare or just out right lazy about it, they seemed to be operating without a care for reputation, repeat business, or word of mouth advertising. The final straw was walking through the circus- type attraction at the end, it was over filled with smoke from machines causing zero visibility and difficulty breathing, this was amplified by the over usage of of strobe lights. I now have a headache, need to find an inhaler, and am out $37.99. I would avoid this at all costs. read more

We went to Frightmare compound tonight sat oct 19 and was severely disappointed!!!! To start your traffic guidance was lost and confused and made me turn around twice. Ticket line went quickly luckily. We paid for immediate entry tickets (there was 4 of us) as it was 9pm already and chilly out and the line for general was nuts!!! It took us 15min to get through it. And it was just totally disappointing. The actors sucked, half paid no attention and had head phones!!! The time between people is also way off actors aren't having enough time to fully reset we even stopped multiple times along the way through to try and help our experience here but nothing!!! For paying $53/person I am disappointed and disgusted and will NEVER be back to this complex read more

AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!! This is a must see haunted house! Can't say enough! Go and get scared!!

SO FUN! My fiancé proposed to me at this haunted house two years ago, we go every year! It's amazing, so much fun, scary and a blast! Highly recommend! read more

Went last night. Two and a half hours in line, and that's with having bought tickets ahead of time, and a little less than 15 minutes in the actual attraction. It seems that the line moved slowly because they were trying to stagger entry so people wouldn't be piled on top of each other, which is good in THEORY, but we caught up to the people ahead of us in less than a minute anyway, and were basically just going through the whole thing in a giant line regardless. Considering that, they could just let people enter continuously without changing the actual experience at ALL, and it would probably cut the wait time in half. As for the haunted house itself, it was cute, but a lot of continuous stimuli and repetitive "scares," which kills any sense of tension and really reduces the fear factor. This is silly but I can't not mention it: Someone decided it was necessary to have "go-go dancers" performing next to the long line. It was one if the cringiest things I've ever seen; the second hand embarrassment for both the dancers and whoever decided to put them there made my stomach hurt. It's incredibly unclear who it was supposed to be for or what the goal was. It wasn't particularly sexy (middle-school-dance swaying with an occasional hair flip) it wasn't impressive (I'm sure these girls are sweet people, but neither of them had even a little bit of rhythm and clearly weren't professional dancers) and it wasn't SCARY, which is the whole reason we were there. Heard a lot of people in line around us expressing similar sentiments -- it was uncomfortable to watch and it really didn't set the mood. We also did one of the mini escape rooms. We didn't solve it, but when the person running it tried to show us how it was done, it turned out that the electrical mechanism was broken and we wouldn't have been able to do it even if we had solved everything. Overall, the employees seemed really dedicated and the physical set itself was nice (my literal favorite part was the quick-sand effect which should have gone on much longer), but it was poorly organized and not very scary. It would have been worth it if we had the one hour wait indicated by the website (or preferably less), but for two and half hours in line in the cold, I'm a little pissed. read more

Unimpressed with my experience here and contracted the stomach flu here. We paid for VIP tickets, when we arrive the VIP line and regular line were just about the same length. We waited almost an hour to go inside the haunted hour (imo not a vip experience) when it was finally my and my bfs turn to go in we were asked if we would go in with two strangers. No offense to the other couple but my idea of a vip experience at a haunted house is not having to walk through it with strangers. (Like vip passes are 50 bucks each over $100 with tax for a date night and we were asked to share our entire experience with strangers this has never happened to me in over 10 years of going to haunted houses. This alone I found insulting and weird)The haunted house itself wasn't bad however I contracted the stomach flu from this place. (No masks anywhere besides Halloween costume masks) this and work were the only places I went to, and no one else from work has gotten it meaning I must have gotten it here. I will never return here and will encourage my friends not to do so. Also got food from the food truck, my boyfriend dropped it the owner laughed at him and charged him for a second. All around not an experience I enjoyed or would do over. read more

Wow! What an amazing place. I was a little concerned about going to a haunted attraction during this covid stuff. But I'm glad I did. Brought back some normal to my life. And they did such a great job at making sure everyone in line is social distancing. Then that front gate swung open the weird looking guy invited us in and...wow what a frightening experience. they did so well with the actors keeping their distance but still making me pee my pants. I'm definitely going back this year. read more

Heres my review from 2019 that stayed in my drafts.. Was an ok time. Our first visit, so we were not aware it was outside.....on a freezing night (14 degrees). I believe the cold and snow made the experience much more frightening. The most disappointing thing was the price. We mistakenly purchased our tickets online and were led to believe there would be long lines, so upgraded not to wait outside in the cold. The worst mistake ever! Noone was there, no lines....the night before Halloween!!! We could have literally walked up, purchased a ticket to freeze to death, for 40 dollars less. Thanks for stealing my money for a couple of screams and hypothermia. read more

Complete waste of time and money! The atmosphere and creativity in design was awesome, but I did not scream or jump once. A waste of $100 for two people for VIP immediate access. The acting is terrible- missed opportunity considering the environment. They don't split the groups far enough apart so it ruins the anticipation for what's to come ahead. Don't walk in with high expectations. read more

I was extremely disappointed! The entire thing was a mine and looked like the exact same setting as Casa Bonita except instead of a cowboy and gorilla, there were a few guys dressed in black holding an axe. That was literally it! Just the axe murder thing! No ghosts, zombies, monsters, props, changes in scenery, NOTHING HAUNTING! the actors didn't really wear costumes, they just carried an axe or jumped out wearing black. They didn't interact or say scary things or act disturbed, it was just startling people. Half the time they didn't even bother hiding behind corners, they stood in The middle of the room waiting for the next group. I wish I could demand my money back. What the hell is scary about a mine? It was like touring the filming location for the mine scene in Mask of Zorro read more

I've been to Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando. This was pretty scary. We had immediate access paases so we got right in. It's very dark, almost a little too dark. But pretty scary. The clown house was worse. I f'n hate clowns and of course we we're the first ones in. I highly recommend it. Next year will be their 35th year and they are apparently planning something big. read more

Frightmare is a double haunted house off of an off street in Westminster. The Frightmare experience consists of two haunted houses. Since this was my first year here I am not sure if they change the scenarios every year or not. One haunted house has the concept of a haunted mining town. The set up is really cool and there are parts that are indeed genuinely creepy. The actors do a pretty good job of scaring you by coming out of their cubby holes and breathing down your neck or standing so still you don't notice them. I won't go into detail as to what I saw here so I don't spoil the experience should any one want to go. The second haunted house seemed much shorter than the first one. This was set up as a circus gone bad with scary looking clowns lurking in the corners. Both haunted houses were a lot of fun but both were confusing to get around in at various points. I was glad someone else was in the lead because at some points I had no idea where to go. Being disoriented in a haunted house is of course the point in going through one but I have been to plenty where the pathway was more clearly marked and more helpful. It might not seem like a big deal but when someone jumps out at you with a chainsaw then you want to get away from them ASAP! Often times besides being disoriented there was parts in the haunted houses, especially the second one when you are not really on sure footing. It is alarming at first but take your time so you don't crash and burn in the haunted house! Another precaution with going to Frightmare is be sure you tuck in your phones and wallets securely because lots of people lose their belongings in this place. There are several instances when you have to stoop over and one where you crawl so keep important belongings tucked away safe and have fun! Frightmare was the second haunted house I have been to this year and I have the high hopes of knocking two more out by the end of the holiday! Halloween is indeed MY holiday and I have the intention of owning it every year! When you go to these places though, heed what the disclaimers say. The people who run these places are not out to ruin your life by telling you to follow the rules. Due to many other complications this year I did not do my own haunted house which I love to do so I go to other peoples haunted houses! Happy Halloween! P.S. At one instance through here was a man playing with real cockroaches! I was like, "Whoah! I signed no waiver for you to throw that thing at me!"He didn't but that got me to thinking if there are really any haunted houses where you actually DO sign a waiver to have real creepy crawlies thrown at you. Many haunted houses have the hype that you have to sign a waiver but don't when you get there and are your standard haunted houses. The 13th Floor is just such a place. I think they are a chain because they have several locations in Colorado but the one I went to by Denver Coliseum had the waiver hype but in the end was not a waiver signing haunted house. Any of my readers that know of a bonafide waiver haunted house, I would like to know about it! Not too sure I would go but I just want to know if they exist. I want to hear real experiences though and not hear hype. It is not valid saying my friend was here and got a real spider on her. Sorry, don't believe it. Because that is what I heard about the 13th Floor too! read more

My absolute favorite haunted house. I've been two years in a row, and plan to come back this year (I hope Covid allows that). It used to be a close tie between city of the dead, asylum, and Frightmare, but since the first two were bought out by 13th floor, they turned into overpriced mazes that barely scared anybody. Frightmare is so unique with its indoor/outdoor layout, and the sometimes icy and muddy ground elevates the experience so much. I wish the slide at the beginning was open, but I understand that it's a huge liability. If the owners see this, DO NOT LET 13TH FLOOR BUY YOU OUT! read more

Really cool place. Personally, I thought the props and actors were more cool/interesting and less scary than they should be/other houses. I got a deal on the tickets, and I wouldn't go back and pay more than what I did (even regular price). Still enjoyable though. read more

Holy crap! The goat mask guy scared the bajeezus out of me!!! This place is legitimately frightening.

I loved this house so much last year we decided to go again. The house itself was a little less exciting. They didn't change any part of the actual house, just the entrance to it. There were also much less actors and scares, relying more on the set. (The set was fantastic, don't get me wrong. But it's hard to get scared by it alone.) The actors we did encounter were wonderful, just scarce. The house is still very much not handicap friendly. Ducking through holes in the wall, crawling through tunnels, very steep stairs... still a bit disappointing to not be ADA compliant. The main reason I knocked off another star is the queue. My group of six each bought a VIP pass since we abhor waiting in long lines. Last year the VIP line was about a 20 minute wait, which is appropriate. This year is was over an hour. We got there at 7:30, half an hour after they opened. There wasn't a long line in either queue, but the general admission was longer. When we finally got to the entrance we found out they were doing a 1:1 ration of VIP to GA. This is a rip off. We paid extra to have less of a line than the GA and they should be doing a 2:1 or a 3:1 ratio. Completely ripping off the extra $15 times 6 people they got from our group alone. Please value the people who pay for the VIP pass. read more

Was this place worth the 25 bucks to go? In a word, no. I feel like they've been around forever, allegedly since 1983, which I commend them for, however, I just don't feel like it was as good as the 13th floor. We went to 13th floor immediately after Frightmare and found it to be more engaging and fun. 13th floor also had the benefit of being more of a destination, you can have your pictures taken and printed, kind of like more like a Disneyworld experience versus some po-dunk carnival ride situation. To be fair, 13th floor was 2 dollars more expensive, however, I felt like it was a much bigger(more professional) experience and a lot more for your money. That being said, probably wouldn't do this haunted house again, perhaps if the price point were closer to how I felt it's value was, I would return, but certainly not for 25 bucks (again). read more

We went here and it was great. Best one in Denver. This place is not for young kids -so don't bring them. If clowns scare you then you probably will pee your pants ! We loved it, although it scared the hell out of my wife and some other young man literally ran out of the place screaming like a little girl. I thought the actors were good and made me laugh. read more