As the air gets colder and the leaves begin to fall, it’s time to scare up some Halloween fun. The Atlanta area boasts plenty of haunted houses and Halloween-themed attractions that are worth a drive for thrill-seekers.

13 Stories

Kennesaw’s 13 Stories Haunted House, now in its sixth year, is designed to be an intense experience but still family-friendly. This year’s haunted house includes new creatures and scares. Visitors can also pass through Bunker 13, an outdoor attraction with a “military industrial theme,” said Jenn Manvo, 13 Stories’ staff manager.

“From what I’ve heard,” Manvo said, “they like us because we’re really scary and in your face. You get a little more personal attention.”

13 Stories is open every night in October. Admission is $16 for 13 Stories and $20 for a combo admission for both 13 Stories and Bunker 13. For more information and coupons, visit www.

13storieshauntedhouse.com.

Halloweve

A family theme park by day, Fayetteville’s Dixieland Fun Park is transformed into Halloweve at night. After the sun goes down, visitors can brave Dark Intentions, a haunted hayride; The Cistern, an indoor haunted house maze; a virtual haunted mine ride in a motion simulator; and the Hellavator, an elevator ride similar to Disney World’s Tower of Terror.

Admission is $20 and also includes access to a zip line and roller coasters that will run in the dark. For an additional fee, visitors can “Shoot the Beast” with a paintball gun, take a picture in an electric chair that may or may not shock them in “Electrified”, and try their hand at scaring the guests of The Cistern by participating in “Scarosity.”

“We pride ourselves on the special effects we have, and the amount of attractions you get for one price,” said Nani Mathews, Halloweve’s marketing director.

For more information, including days and hours of operation, directions and discounts, visit www.dixielandhalloweve.com.

Stadium of Screams

For the Halloween season, Alex Shead has transformed the Gwinnett Braves stadium into the Stadium of Screams. Shead, the owner and creative director and a University alum, has been creating haunts for 15 years, beginning with decorating his own yard.

“We had Halloween parties when I was youngster, and that had quite an impression on me,” he said. “Warped me a bit.”

His creation this year, the Stadium of Screams, includes spooky attractions for “even the most die-hard hauntgoers” and a not-so-spooky attraction for younger children.

The Tunnel of Terror in the tunnels beneath the stadium and the Corridor of Horror on the field are the scariest attractions, designed for teens and college students. The haunts are enhanced by animatronics, lighting, live actors and special effects makeup.

For small children and families, the Concourse of Characters provides a fall festival with games and photo opportunities with characters.

After visitors explore the haunts, they can get more out of the experience by staying for a movie. “Monster House” will play at 7:30 p.m., followed by “The Grudge” at 9:30 p.m. A dance crew will also be present, performing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

The Stadium of Screams is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in October and on Nov. 1. The cost is $20 for the Tunnel of Terror and the Corridor of Horror, or $13 for the Concourse of Characters. For more information and discounts on tickets, visit www.stadiumofscreams.com.

Six Flags Over Georgia Fright Fest

The rides at Six Flags can be scary at any time of year, but the park becomes even spookier during Fright Fest every October. This year’s attractions will include Dr. Fright’s Frightorium, a 17-room haunted house, and The Last Ride, a simulated ride in a casket to the grave, featuring unique smells of mold and roses.

Visitors can enjoy one of the park’s eight Halloween-themed shows: “Love at First Fright,” “Bad Bob the Bone Butcher,” “Mort’s Casket Sales,” “Dr. Fright’s CarnEvil,” “CarnEvil Cavalvade,” “Monster’s Ball,” “Sloppy Joes” or the “Mr. Six Spooktacular Street Party.”

All of the park’s regular attractions will be open during Fright Fest as well, with costumed characters roaming the park.

For more information, including directions, days and hours of operation, tickets and discounts, visit sixflags.com/overgeorgia.

Horror Hill

Newnan’s Horror Hill consists of four haunted attractions open every weekend in October. Horror Hill Haunted Trail is the main attraction, with a horror movie theme. Vertigo Trail takes another path through the woods and has a hospital theme. The Mortuary and Clown Haus (which includes 3-D glasses) are indoor walk-though haunted houses.

“It’s way out in the woods-just the drive out there is scary,” said Jean Manvo, Horror Hill’s staff manager.

For more adventurous souls, Horror Hill offers overnight campouts. Campout reservations include admission to all four other attractions, as well as tents, pillows and blankets and campfire snacks of marshmallows, hot dogs and soft drinks.

Horror Hill is open every weekend in October. The cost is $18 for the Horror Hill attraction, $25 for all four haunted attractions, and $60 for a campout. For more information, including directions and coupons, visit www.horrorhill.com.

Netherworld

Netherworld, located in Norcross, boasts two haunts with different themes this year.

The main attraction is Blood Night Haunted House, in which the lord of the vampires collects severed heads in his quest to raise the dead and destroy the earth. The attraction takes visitors through the Collapsing Chasm, the Vampire’s Catacombs, the Heart Room, the Barn of Blood, the Puppet Room and the Temple of Death, and features colossal tree demons, attacking dinosaurs, flying vampires, mammoth insects, eyeless blood-drinking hemophores and a host of other frightening creatures.

Visitors can also explore the Zombie Rampage Haunted House, in which the Zombie Rampage energy drink has caused people to mutate into living corpses. The haunt includes horrors such as blasting steam pipes, live roaches and leeches, flesh-eating zombies, malfunctioning containment units, corpse grinders, jail cells, machine gun-blasting guards and chainsaw maniacs.

For those brave enough, Netherworld is open every night in October and select weekends in November. Tickets for Blood Night are $20, and combo tickets for both attractions are $25. For more information, including directions and a full schedule, visit www.fearworld.com.