The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns to the Crystal Springs Picnic Area in Griffith Park for select nights September 18 through November 1, 2026. This year’s town of Midnight Falls brings the signature hayride, two mazes in Fallen Angel and Elvira’s Trick or Treat Mayhem, the backwoods Hellbilly Halloween, live shows including Madame Aurora’s expanded séance and The Late Monte Revolta, and add-on activities like the GellyBall Zombie Range, the Scary-Go-Round, and the Axeperience axe-throwing attraction.
With a hayride, three mazes, two shows, and a handful of add-on activities all sharing the same town square, this list stretches across every corner of Midnight Falls — one film for each stop on the night.
Streaming availability was verified August 31, 2026, and can change without notice.
1. The Wicker Man (1973) — for The Hayride
The signature hayride carries guests straight into the heart of a town with its own dark traditions and unfriendly welcome — which is exactly the setup of The Wicker Man, still the definitive “you drove into the wrong town” horror film. Watch it before you climb aboard and roll into Midnight Falls yourself.
Watch it: Tubi (free) · Netflix
2. Trick or Treat (1986) — for Fallen Angel
The new Fallen Angel maze centers on a dead 1980s rock star and the superfan cult that won’t let him rest, which lines up perfectly with Trick or Treat — a horror-comedy about a deceased metal god whose spirit gets summoned back through his own final album. Big hair, bigger consequences.
Watch it: Prime Video · Check current options on JustWatch
3. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) — for Elvira’s Trick or Treat Mayhem
This one barely needs explaining: Elvira’s Trick or Treat Mayhem is built directly around the Mistress of the Dark herself, so the source material is the assignment. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is the campy, big-haired origin story for the character now hosting her own maze — required viewing before you meet her in person.
Watch it: Tubi (free) · Netflix
4. House of 1000 Corpses (2003) — for Hellbilly Halloween
Hellbilly Halloween drops guests into backwoods cannibal-family territory, and Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses is the film that basically wrote the modern playbook for that exact flavor of rural American horror — grimy, unhinged, and proudly trashy in the best way. It’s the direct ancestor of this maze’s whole aesthetic.
Watch it: Tubi (free) · Netflix
5. Halloween (1978) — for Midnight Falls Town Square
Midnight Falls’ town square is the atmospheric hub tying the whole night together, roaming characters and all — and no film captures “an ordinary town square that’s stopped being safe after dark” better than John Carpenter’s Halloween. Michael Myers stalking quiet suburban streets is still the template for this exact kind of dread.
Watch it: The Roku Channel (free) · Shudder
6. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) — for The Late Monte Revolta
The Late Monte Revolta is an undead musical variety act, and the tonal cousin here is Bubba Ho-Tep — a horror comedy that pairs an aging Elvis impersonator with an ancient mummy and somehow makes it work. It’s the same gleeful mix of showmanship and the supernatural this performance is going for.
Watch it: Plex (free) · Prime Video
7. The Changeling (1980) — for Madame Aurora’s Séance Show
Madame Aurora’s expanded séance show is all about communing with restless spirits who have unfinished business, which is the entire premise of The Changeling — still one of the best “the dead are trying to tell you something” ghost stories ever made. Sit down for the séance already knowing what that can mean.
Watch it: Tubi (free) · Netflix
8. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) — for Scary-Go-Round
Before you hop on the Scary-Go-Round, watch Something Wicked This Way Comes — Ray Bradbury’s own story about a traveling carnival whose carousel does considerably more than just spin in circles. It’s the classic reminder that carnival rides in horror stories are never just rides.
Watch it: Disney+ · Check current options on JustWatch
9. Zombieland (2009) — for the GellyBall Zombie Range
The GellyBall Zombie Range hands you a weapon and a horde of undead targets, so warm up with Zombieland — the zombie-comedy that turned surviving the apocalypse into a set of rules, a road trip, and a whole lot of satisfying kills. It’s the right energy for an activity built around shooting your way through the undead.
Watch it: Tubi (free) · Plex (free)
10. The Shining (1980) — for the Axeperience
There’s only one movie to watch before Axeperience, and it’s Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining — the film that made an axe-wielding pursuit through hallways one of horror’s most iconic images. You won’t be chasing anyone through the Overlook, but the movie’s the correct warm-up regardless.
Watch it: Tubi (free) · Plex (free)
Ten films, one hayride, and a town full of trouble. The LA Haunted Hayride runs select nights September 18 through November 1, 2026, in Griffith Park — get through this list before you go, because Midnight Falls doesn’t wait for latecomers.
