Nightmare Forest is Louisville's longest-running outdoor haunted attraction, scaring visitors for 34 years from our home in Brandenburg, Kentucky — just 35 minutes from downtown Louisville. We're not a single haunted house. We're a full haunted experience, with multiple attractions, themed scare zones, live actors, axe throwing, and concessions all on one property. Walk our legendary haunted forest trail through cursed woods. Face Hawthorne's Circus Bizarre, where the modern-day mystic performs feats of pain resistance, fire eating, and live electrocution as part of America's most unusual sideshow. Conquer our haunted maze, where every wrong turn brings something worse. Survive themed scare zones inspired by Hollywood's most disturbing worlds — Evil Dead, The Last of Us, Sinister, 13 Ghosts, Texas, Haddon Field, Wolf Cave, Big Top Terror, and the abandoned streets of Garnettsville Ghost Town. Test your aim at Nightmare Forest Axe Throwing before or after your walk through the woods. Refuel at our concessions stand with hot food, drinks, and classic carnival snacks. Take on our escape-style horror challenge if you think you can solve the clues before the dark closes in. This is a no-touch haunt. Our actors get close enough to make you forget that rule, but they will never make contact. The scares come from the atmosphere, the sets, the sound design, and the timing — built over three and a half decades of refining what actually terrifies people. Recommended for ages 13 and up. VIP Speed Pass tickets are available to skip the line on busy nights. Group rates, school nights, church groups, corporate buyouts, and private bookings are all welcome — we've hosted everything from team-building offsites to bachelor parties to youth ministry lock-ins. Open select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from September 13 through November 1, 2026. Gates open at 7:30 PM. Easy drive from Louisville, Shepherdsville, Elizabethtown, Fort Knox, Radcliff, Bardstown, Mt. Washington, Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Meade County, and Southern Indiana including Corydon, Clarksville, New Albany, and Jeffersonville. Family-owned and operated by Jeff Howlett since 1991. Visit yournightmarebegins.com to buy tickets online or call 502-576-6999 for group bookings and private events. Address: 850 Otter Creek Park Rd, Brandenburg, KY 40108