FRIGHTWORKS WILL NOT OPEN FOR THE 2026 HALLOWEEN SEASON
After leaving our longtime Powell location this summer, FrightWorks is currently without a home.
But the story isn’t over.
We are continuing to explore locations, partnerships, and opportunities that could allow FrightWorks to return in the future. We don’t yet know exactly what that next chapter will look like; but we’re not ready to stop creating nightmares.
Support FrightWorks’ Resurrection
HELP KEEP FRIGHTWORKS ALIVE
For more than two decades, FrightWorks has been built one wall, one prop, one scare, and one nightmare at a time.
Today, the attraction is in storage while we search for the right opportunity to bring it back.
If you would like to help support the future of FrightWorks, contributions help offset the continuing costs of storing and preserving the attraction while we pursue possible locations, partnerships, and new ways to bring FrightWorks back to life.
We can't promise where or when FrightWorks will return. We can promise that we're still working toward the next chapter.
*Supporter contributions are made to FrightWorks / EscapeWorks LLC. Contributions do not include admission, merchandise, goods, or services and are not tax-deductible charitable donations.*
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QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS
The building FrightWorks currently occupies has been sold to a new buyer, and the current owner wants to deliver the building tenant-free.
While this is not ideal, especially this close to October, we have reached an agreement with the landlord that allows us to remain long enough to hold one final weekend of shows before moving out by July 31.
We hope not.
Right now, the future of FrightWorks is unclear, but we are actively looking for opportunities. It would be amazing to find a new home and reopen this October, but for that to happen, the right location, funding, approvals, and timing would all need to fall into place very quickly.
Even if we are unable to open this October, our goal is to protect as much of FrightWorks as possible while we search for the next path forward.
We are opening for one last weekend at our current location:
Friday, July 10, 6PM-9PM — No-Actor Walkthrough
A special no-actor experience where guests can take their time, enjoy the atmosphere, take photos, and say goodbye to the haunt as it stands today.
Saturday, July 11, 7PM-11PM — Final Full FrightWorks Show
One last full FrightWorks show at our current location, with actors, scares, and the energy our guests know and love.
You can support the FrightWorks Moving Fund. Your support helps us raise the money needed to dismantle, move, store, and hopefully reopen FrightWorks in some form.
Yes.
If you know of a facility that could host a haunted house, or other spooky themed attraction, especially if you have a building ready and waiting for something like FrightWorks, please let us know.
A suitable location would need enough space for a haunted attraction, parking, guest flow, storage, and the necessary approvals to operate safely.
Please follow FrightWorks on social media and check this website for updates. We will share new information as soon as we have it.
Thank you for your patience, your support, and all the years of screams, memories, and nightmares.
EAST TENNESSEE’S IMMERSIVE HAUNTED HOUSE EXPERIENCE
EAST TENNESSEE’S IMMERSIVE HAUNTED HOUSE EXPERIENCE
FrightWorks is an indoor haunted house in Knoxville, Tennessee, delivering one of the most immersive, terrifying, and fun haunted attraction experiences in the Southeast.
Since 1999, guests have stepped inside our Factory of Fear to experience movie-quality sets, spine-tingling special effects, and live actors who bring nightmares to life.
Located in the Powell community of North Knoxville, just minutes from the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, FrightWorks has become a Halloween tradition for visitors across East Tennessee and beyond.
FROM OUR FANS
FROM OUR FANS
A HALLOWEEN TRADITION IN EAST TENNESSEE
A HALLOWEEN TRADITION IN EAST TENNESSEE
For over two decades, FrightWorks has blended theatrical storytelling with heart-pounding scares to create an unforgettable haunted house experience. Our seasonal events, including our signature Halloween haunt, Haunted Holidays, and Valentine’s Fate. offer new ways to experience the fear year-round.
Whether you’re visiting from Knoxville, Knox County, or the Smoky Mountains region, FrightWorks delivers frightful fun for thrill-seekers looking for a truly immersive haunted attraction.