Cedar Point’s HalloWeekends returns for select days and nights from September 17 through November 1, 2026, with six haunted mazes, a separately-ticketed Conjuring: Beyond Fear walkthrough, four scare zones, and six live shows spread across America’s roller coast capital. This year’s new-for-2026 headliner is DIABLO: The Infernal Path, a maze built around Blizzard’s demon-slaying game series, alongside returning favorites like the meat-processing Slaughter House and the pumpkin-headed CornStalkers.
We paired all ten of this year’s biggest draws with the horror films that match their DNA — including one direct franchise tie-in you won’t want to miss.
This list was checked against streaming availability as of today; platforms shift constantly, so if a link goes cold, check JustWatch for the latest.
1. Hereditary (2018) — for DIABLO: The Infernal Path
DIABLO’s cursed cathedrals and ancient rituals summoning demonic entities call for a film that treats family, ritual, and inherited evil as genuinely terrifying rather than campy — Ari Aster’s slow-burn descent into a family’s occult inheritance fits the maze’s dread better than anything more action-oriented.
Toni Collette anchors one of modern horror’s most unrelenting family tragedies, as a mother’s grief unravels into something ancient and cult-adjacent waiting in the family tree.
Watch it: Plex | Prime Video
2. Sinister (2012) — for Midnight
Mr. Midnight leads guests into his “Book of the Dark,” which is basically the premise of Sinister in a nutshell — a story built entirely around a cursed book of found footage that lures its viewer toward doom one reel at a time.
Ethan Hawke plays a true-crime writer who discovers a box of home movies documenting a string of murders — and a demonic entity that feeds on the families who watch them.
Watch it: Plex | The Roku Channel
3. Motel Hell (1980) — for Slaughter House
Slaughter House tours guests through the “Spilt ‘n Trails Meat Factory,” and there’s a direct campy ancestor waiting in Motel Hell — a horror-comedy classic about a roadside proprietor with a very literal secret ingredient in his smoked meats.
“It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent’s fritters” — a backwoods farmer’s secret meat-curing operation turns out to have a very human source, played with gleeful camp.
4. The Haunting (1963) — for The Haunting of Eerie Estate
A decaying manor and the spirits that still roam it is about as classic a haunted-house premise as exists, and Robert Wise’s 1963 film remains the gold standard — proof that what you don’t see on screen can be scarier than anything built with modern effects.
A team of paranormal investigators moves into Hill House to study its reputation for violent hauntings, only to find the house has plans of its own — a masterclass in atmosphere over gore.
Watch it: Plex | Prime Video
5. House of 1000 Corpses (2003) — for Fearground Freak Show
Madame Ophelia’s collection of “living nightmares” is Rob Zombie’s whole aesthetic distilled into one maze — grimy, deranged, family-of-freaks horror that made his directorial debut an instant midnight-movie touchstone.
A group of road-trippers researching roadside attractions stumble onto the murderous Firefly family — grungy, unhinged, and gleefully over-the-top from its opening scene.
Watch it: Pluto TV | The Roku Channel
6. Pumpkinhead (1988) — for CornStalkers 2.0: Revenge of the Pumpkin Heads
The name pairing writes itself: as the Pumpkin Heads rise again in this year’s reimagined corn maze, Stan Winston’s practical-effects creature feature about a vengeance demon summoned from a pumpkin patch is the obvious — and best — companion film.
A grieving father summons a towering backwoods demon to avenge his son’s death, only to find the vengeance comes at a steep personal cost — atmospheric monster horror with real heart underneath the creature design.
Watch it: The Roku Channel | Tubi
7. The Conjuring (2013) — for The Conjuring: Beyond Fear
This one’s not a stretch — it’s a direct, officially licensed extension of the Conjuring Universe, dropping guests into an interactive paranormal investigation built on the same mythology as James Wan’s original film.
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse — the film that launched an entire cinematic universe of spinoffs, including the one waiting for you at the park.
Watch it: Plex | Prime Video
8. Sleepaway Camp (1983) — for Crystal Rock Massacre
Crystal Rock Massacre turns a summer campground into a slaughterhouse, and few films own that setup like Sleepaway Camp — the cult slasher whose infamous final shot still gets talked about decades later.
A shy teenager’s summer at camp turns deadly as counselors and campers alike start turning up murdered — low-budget slasher filmmaking with one of the genre’s most notorious twist endings.
9. Ghost Ship (2002) — for Cut Throat Cove
Cut Throat Cove’s pirate-themed scares find their closest modern horror cousin in Ghost Ship — a nautical horror film built around a derelict vessel, a cursed history, and a crew that should have never come aboard.
A salvage crew discovers a long-lost ocean liner adrift at sea, only to learn exactly why everyone aboard disappeared decades earlier — gruesome, gory, and unapologetically nautical horror.
10. It (2017) — for Clownz: Hall of Infamy Tour
An evil-clown concert experience deserves the film that redefined the entire killer-clown subgenre for a new generation — Pennywise remains the reigning icon of coulrophobia on screen.
A group of kids in Derry, Maine face off against a shapeshifting entity that feeds on fear, most often wearing the face of a very unsettling clown — a massive box-office horror hit that spawned its own sequel and prequel series.
Watch it: Plex | Prime Video
HalloWeekends runs select days and nights September 17 through November 1, 2026, at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Build your watch list, then bring your appetite for coasters after dark — we’ll see you on the midway.
