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Four years in the making, the all-new Nightmares will bring 13 phobias to life across 14 terrifying rooms.
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ATHOL, ID – Sweet dreams…while you still can. Silverwood Theme Park’s 17th season of Scarywood Haunted Nights is preparing to bring your worst fears to life. The debut of Nightmares will give guests a whole new reason to be afraid of the dark. This fall’s all-new haunted attraction is four years in the making and the largest haunt ever created at Scarywood.

Featuring 14 rooms built around 13 different phobias, Nightmares will take guests deep inside the fears that keep us awake at night. From arachnophobia to the fear of dolls, pain, death, and more, each room will bring a different nightmare to life as guests make their way through one of the longest haunted attractions ever developed at the park.

Jordan Carter, Silverwood’s Director of Marketing and Entertainment, warns there is no waking up between rooms.

“Scarywood has always been about finding new ways to scare people, but Nightmares takes that idea to an entirely different level,” Carter said. “During every Scarywood audition, we ask our scare actors to share their biggest phobias, and we are using that research to incorporate the most popular fears into this haunt. Everyone is afraid of something, and that's what makes this haunt so fun and so terrifying.”

Nightmares has been in development for four years, making it one of Scarywood’s most ambitious haunt projects to date, as well as the largest single investment in Scarywood history. Rather than centering the new attraction around a single story or monster, its creators turned to something far more personal: fear itself.

Each section explores a different phobia, creating dramatically different environments as guests move from one nightmare to the next. The result is a haunt designed to prevent guests from ever getting too comfortable.
“Four years is a long time to dream up ways to terrify people,” Carter added. “Our team has poured an incredible amount of creativity into this attraction, and the scale alone is unlike anything we’ve done before.”
Also NEW for 2026 are the addition of two new scare zones. The Wharf whisks guests into the dark, where the tide has returned…bringing with it the lost souls of those who never made it back to shore. The second, named Doom Town, promises one thing: The joke is always on you! 

The new additions will join Scarywood Haunted Nights’ lineup of four additional haunted attractions, a total of 10 scare zones, thrill rides in the dark, and live entertainment. Returning for 2026 include:
  • The Swine - Once upon a nightmare, three little KILLER pigs lived in a large cornfield, hidden from the world behind towering stalks and twisted vines. These were no ordinary pigs; they were clever, vengeful creatures, their hooves stained with blood. These pigs didn’t fear the big, bad wolf—they relished hunting him down, along with anyone foolish enough to enter their deadly maze. This is not a fairy tale, but the dark, forgotten chapter of the story you thought you knew.
  • Chuckles 3D Sideshow - Send in the clowns. Chuckles the Clown is a maniacal lunatic. A loose cannon with one too many screws loose. Because of his antics, he was voted out of Clowntown and sentenced to live in solitude as an outcast at the edge of Scarywood. Taking matters into his own hands, he created his own funhouse and wants one last laugh.
  • Blood Bayou - Enter the Bayou, where the blood flows freely, and cannibals lurk behind every corner. This fan favorite returns in 2026 and will leave you screaming at the top of your lungs. Don’t stay too long in Blood Bayou, or you might end up as tonight’s dinner…
  • Pharaoh's Curse - Enter the Valley of the Queens, where the splendors have been stolen, and an ancient evil has been awakened. All who enter will be cursed forever. This walkthrough haunt will keep you on your toes in anticipation of what’s around every corner. Luckily, if you don’t survive, you will already be in a tomb. 

Are you not a fan of getting scared? Guests can purchase a newly designed “FrightLight Necklace,” which reduces the likelihood that monsters will scare them throughout the night. However, these necklaces must be turned off when walking through the haunted attractions to avoid disturbing the haunted environment.

The horrors will kick off on Friday, October 2nd, and will keep guests screaming every weekend through Friday, October 30th. Tickets are on sale now and will sell out. They are only available for purchase online. All of Scarywood's haunted attractions, as well as other Silverwood rides, will be open. For tickets, guests can log onto www.scarywoodhaunt.com. ​
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