Get ready for the most spook-tacular Halloween yet! Style scoured the area for the most scream-inducing, over-the-top haunted houses and ghost tours, because—let’s face it—sometimes October 31 calls for more than costume parties and fun-size candy bars. Enter at your own risk… 

1.  Hands4Hope Haunted House, El Dorado Hills Town Center, October 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 and 30-31

2. Ghost Tours of Placerville, tours depart from 594 Main Street, Saturdays (year-round) at 7:30 p.m.

3.  Heartstoppers Haunted House, Mine Shaft Building (2300 Mine Shaft Lane) in Rancho Cordova, October 2-3, 9-10, 16-18, 23-25, 28-31

4.  Callson Manor, Placer County Fairgrounds, October 2-3, 9-11, 16-18, 22-25, 27-31

5. Cemetarium Haunted House, 7983 Arcadia Drive in Citrus Heights, October 2-4, 9-11, 15-18, 21-November 1

6. Old Sacramento Ghost Tours, tours depart from the Sacramento History Museum, October 9-24 (Fridays and Saturdays)

7.  Corbett’s House of Horror, 905 Leidesdorff Street in Folsom, October 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 29-31

8. Slipknot’s Scream Park, 4909 Auburn Boulevard in Sacramento, October 2-3, 9-11, 15-18, 22-November 1

9.  Fright Planet, Cal Expo Gate #9, October 2-3, 9-10, 16-18, 23-25, 29-31

10. Haunted Nevada City Historical Walking Tour, tours depart from 210 Broad Street (The Alpha Building), Saturdays in October, 530-265-6877

— Megan Wiskus