Howl-O-Scream unleashes new scare zones at SeaWorld San Diego

Howl-O-Scream at SeaWorld San Diego returns Sept. 27 and running on select nights through Nov. 2. Howl-O-Scream is the only event in town offering a full night of fear with haunts, spine-tingling thrills, shows, coasters, speakeasies, food and more.

SeaWorld has elevated every single element of Howl-O-Scream for 2024, creating an experience of eerie entertainment, hair-raising shows, and a variety of delectably daring food and drink options. Around every corner, in every nook and cranny, are all-new and enhanced scares and scenes that even the bravest souls will be unsettled by the night’s horrors.

HAUNTED HOUSES

Guests can venture into the darkness, navigating shadowy tunnels and flickering corridors, where every step reveals chilling secrets. In Circus of the Damned, clowns with groundbreaking 3-D effects will fill rooms with frightful laughs. Nightmare Experiment plunges visitors into the grim world of a sadistic doctor and his horrifying medical ordeals. Simon’s Slaughterhouse exposes the gruesome secrets of a meat factory, while Deathwater Bayou immerses guests in a haunting bayou of dark rituals and voodoo magic. Finally, Area 64: Alien Outbreak presents a nightmarish scene of extraterrestrial terror, with sinister experiments and eerie alien horrors at every turn.

SCARE ZONES

Throughout the event, guests can brace themselves for unexpected adrenaline-pumping experiences when walking upon any of the seven uniquely themed scare zones. The event is introducing four brand-new zones, from creatures that emerge from beneath the surface to eerie moonlit thrills, toys that spring to life and give you chills, and clowns that make you cry from frightful laughter, the scare zones promise to deliver heart-pounding scares and unforgettable thrills.

• Terrors of the Deep – At the water’s edge, deadly sea beasts and eldritch horrors emerge from the depths to terrorize the poor fishermen who call the docks home.
• Ripper Row –The infamous murderer Jack The Ripper is terrorizing the streets of Ripper Row. Everyone is on edge, distrustful, and more than willing to accost strangers if it means staying alive.
• Red Moon Revelry – A once quiet commune deep in the woods has been transformed into a bloodthirsty vampire cabal, celebrating the blood moon’s arrival. A feast is upon all who are drawn in by the sounds of a party.
• All Hallows Harvest – An abandoned farmland where nothing can be protected from the cursed scarecrows intent on harvesting bodies and souls to feed their dark desires.

Haunting the park pathways for another year are favorite scare zones fans love to hate, including creepy dolls and sinister stuffed animals at Deadly Toys, mystifying, undead evils rise at The Graveyard and disgruntled, deranged carnies at Carnival of Chaos.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Among the haunted houses and scare zones, visitors will encounter Vile Vignettes – staged scenes designed to terrify unsuspecting visitors. This year, Howl-O-Scream is introducing three new vignettes, each featuring a leading character and a spine-chilling tale that will haunt you long after the night ends.

• Fall Of Atlantis – A scholar shunned for their pursuit of the arcane and mystical stumbles across a mysterious artifact at a dig site that promises to unlock the secrets of Atlantis and uncover why the ancient city fell to ruin.
• Hunter’s Oath – A vampire hunter at the forest’s edge gathers supporters to take on the mysterious Red Moon Revelers. Will you choose to join him in his battle against the gathering dark forces, or will you fall victim?
• Songs Of Old Halloween – Gather ‘round and hear the tales of Halloween long since forgotten to all but the darkest of shadows. But beware, nary a tale you hear ends well, and legend says that the stories themselves wish to be forgotten.

Returning for a year of suspense and horror is Misfortune, where brave guests enter a fortune teller’s tent to hear ominous predictions of woe and anguish; Dark Magic, a sadistic magician’s twisted untraditional magic show; and Call from Beyond, where a mad scientist conducts dangerous experiments in his private lab, pushing the boundaries of fear and science.

ROCK AND STOMP

Guests looking for an entertaining break from haunted houses, scare zones and frights in their night, can take a seat for a new theatrical performance, Monster Stomp! In the misty corners of Victorian-era London, a fiend known only as Jack the Ripper walks the streets. Watch him take the stage in a way never seen before in this modern rock and rhythm spectacular. Guests will hold onto their seats as electrifying percussion, dancing and singing combine for a show that’s as darkly entertaining as it is exhilarating.

This event will have more announcements to come on more entertainment, new themed food and bars, hidden speakeasies, plus more. Intended for a mature audience, Howl-O-Scream is a separately ticketed event. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://seaworld.com/san-diego/events/howl-o-scream/.