Overview
- Most programs concentrate on 25–31 October, with many large attractions already open or imminent and advising early booking due to strict capacity limits.
- Movie Park’s Halloween Horror Festival in Bottrop runs from 27 September to 9 November with nine horror attractions, two new mazes and 280+ scare actors, and passholders must register online for visit days.
- NRW standouts include Burg Satzvey’s Halloween nights on 25 and 31 October with a scare course and DJ aftershow (tickets 22–30 euros, limited), Schloss Moyland’s Murder Mystery and costume contests on 31 October, and a night festival at Kloster Graefenthal.
- In Bavaria, Bavaria Filmstadt adds the new “Obscurum” maze to its live-horror tour, Bayern‑Park splits family daytime offerings from intense nighttime mazes, and Erlangen hosts a free pumpkin‑Halloween fest on 25–26 October with a new spider labyrinth and a concert by Xplosion.
- Hosts emphasize rules such as bans on full‑face masks for adults and prohibitions on guest costumes on specific nights, with several venues restricting sales to presale or timed entry to manage safety.