Cutting Edge Haunted House voted #1 BEST HAUNTED HOUSE / ATTRACTION in USA TODAY’S Readers’ Choice Awards!
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CUTTING EDGE HAUNTED HOUSE IN FORT WORTH, TX IS RANKED ONE OF THE SCARIEST HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS ACROSS HAUNTED AMERICA!
Cutting Edge Haunted House, a Fort Worth, Texas Haunted Attraction, is a real haunted house. Cutting Edge is a dark attraction filled with terrifying live actors, amazing special effects and incredible monsters. Cutting Edge Haunted House is an intense, multi-story, multi-themed haunted attraction that is widely considered to be one of the best Haunted Houses in the nation, full of chilling detail and unbelievable scares!
Located in a 100-year-old abandoned meat packing plant in a section of Fort Worth historically dubbed as “Hell’s Half Acre,” the Cutting Edge Haunted House is built upon a foundation of fear. The meat packing equipment from the Old West is still in use, but now it is a two-story human processing area. Realistic looking human mannequins are hoisted up to the second level and brought through the entire meat packing process until the conveyor system brings the butchered corpses back to the first level. The old meat-packing plant in downtown Fort Worth is a great home for the fantastic special effects that our loyal customers have come to expect.
It takes visitors an average 55 minutes to explore Cutting Edge Haunted House. This walk-through haunted house is frighteningly realistic.
Cutting Edge Haunted House has established a reputation for being one of the best haunted houses in the country. Cutting Edge Haunted House, a Guinness World Record holder, is one of America’s best and largest haunted houses. Come see what new horrors lurk in the twisting corridors of Fort Worth’s ultimate haunted house.
A “legendary” haunted house in Fort Worth has been named the No. 1 scariest Halloween attraction — not just in the U.S., but in the world.
HauntWorld, a website with hundreds of reviews and thousands of listings for spooky attractions, considers several factors when producing its annual list of the 13 best haunted houses.
For the 2025 rankings, Cutting Edge Haunted House on East Lancaster Avenue came out on top for its scale, production and “ability to transport guests into a world where imagination takes hold and fear becomes unforgettable.”
Visitors enter the Cutting Edge Haunted House at 1701 E. Lancaster Ave. RODGER MALLISON, STAR-TELEGRAM
What makes Cutting Edge the scariest haunted house in the world?
Cutting Edge is a “legendary Halloween experience” that has grown over the past 35 years, earning accolades that include several world records and national reader choice awards. “A towering force in the haunted attraction industry, Cutting Edge has earned its place at the top by crafting an experience that lingers long after guests exit its shadowy halls,” HauntWorld writes.
“Hidden within the walls of a century-old meatpacking plant, this Fort Worth legend draws guests into a multi-level journey where dim corridors shift, illusions flicker, and the line between reality and nightmare quietly disappears.”
Brent James of Mesquite poses at Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth. (Star-Telegram/Khampha Bouaphanh)
Cutting Edge trains its actors through a program called “Boo University” where each cast member goes through multiple rounds of auditions, described as similar to a Broadway production. The experience is scary enough to carry a warning and disclaimer.
Khampha Bouaphanh, Star-Telegram
For those who want to get the spookies scared out of them, here’s how you can get tickets for Cutting Edge, the scariest haunted house in the world.
For those who want a good scare, but not the scariest in the world, we’re also including other haunted house attractions in Fort Worth that are open for Halloween 2025.
Cutting Edge Haunted House is photographed in Fort Worth. Khampha Bouaphanh, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
How to get tickets for Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth
Tickets for Cutting Edge Haunted House are “extremely limited, so buy early,” suggests its website. Guests must choose a date and time slot online to attend. Depending on that, tickets range from $29.99 to $59.99. Parking is $20, cash only. There are no refunds, unless ticket insurance is purchased for $5. No purses. Children must be at least 42 inches tall. The last date to attend Cutting Edge is Sunday, Nov. 1. The latest time slot available for purchase on this date is 8 to 8:45 p.m. Cutting Edge Haunted House is located at 1701 E. Lancaster Ave. in Fort Worth. It is open only on weekends until the week of Halloween, when it’s open every day except Monday.
CUTTING EDGE HAUNTED HOUSE VOTED #1 BEST HAUNTED HOUSE IN THE NATION BY USA TODAY 10 BEST READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS!
No. 1: Cutting Edge Haunted House – Fort Worth, Texas
More than just a haunted house, Cutting Edge Haunted House begins its entertainment the moment guests enter the parking lot. Located in a historic area of Fort Worth, Texas, known as “Hell’s Half Acre,” this 100-year-old abandoned meatpacking plant takes visitors on a 55-minute haunted experience with its twisting corridors and multiple stories of live actors and special effects.
This Halloween season, visit the 10 best haunted houses in the US
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