Six Flags Unmasks Fright Fest Extreme

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, the world’s largest regional theme park company and largest operator of water parks in North America is unveiling Fright Fest Extreme – presented by Snickers, featuring an expansive lineup of horror franchises ahead of the brand’s highly anticipated annual event. Beginning Sept. 7, thrill-seekers and horror enthusiasts are invited to immerse themselves in the pulse-pounding excitement and terror that only Fright Fest can deliver with Six Flags’ largest investment and expansion yet. 

This year, visitors to Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey and Six Flags Magic Mountain in Los Angeles will step into a world where nightmarish creatures inspired by legendary horror brands come to life with Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures’ “SAW” franchise, Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and “Army of the Dead,” Warner Bros. Discovery’s “The Conjuring,” “Annabelle” and “The Nun” and Legendary Entertainment’s “Trick ‘r Treat.” Guests at Six Flags Great Adventure will also be treated to a new experience from Netflix and Legendary Entertainment’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (2022) while visitors to Six Flags Mexico will have access to a special exclusive maze based on “DCeased,” the bestselling comic series from DC Comics. 

“For over 30 years, Fright Fest has been haunting the thrills-and-chills season like no other, and this year we are turning things upside down with a huge array of amazing horror franchises,” says Edithann Ramey, “chief fright officer,” Six Flags. “We take pride in offering the best experiences and are committed to innovating our parks each and every year to provide the most frightful memories for our guests. Our themed-haunted experiences, scare zones and harrowing creatures lurking around every corner are sure to deliver extreme frights and unexpected surprises.” 

At Six Flags Magic Mountain in Los Angeles, Fright Fest Extreme will operate on select Thursdays through Sundays, Sept. 7-Nov. 3, marking the park’s largest and longest Fright Fest ever with 32 nights of fright. The expansion and investment of added horror franchises will establish Six Flags Magic Mountain as the leader in California with a record combined total of 20 haunted houses and scare zones.  

In New Jersey at Six Flags Great Adventure, Fright Fest Extreme will operate on select Wednesdays through Sundays, Sept. 7 to Nov. 3.