Check out some of the frights that await at theme parks near Chicago and in California.
A scary clown awaits visitors to Big Top Terror, a new haunted house at Fright Fest at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. (Sheryl DeVore / Lake County News-Sun)
An actor catches guests off-guard at Universal Studios Hollywood, where three chapters of “American Horror Story” come to life in a frightening maze.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
An actor scares guests at the annual Halloween Horror Nights employee run-through last month at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
