Haunted houses allow people to confront their greatest fears or share the story of their jack-o'-lantern head transplant in an appropriate venue. Delve into scary situations with today's Groupon: for $15, you get a VIP pass to Frightmare Haunted House in Westminster (a $30 value); the pass includes admission to both of Frightmare's houses and allows patrons to bypass the line.

Screams from two haunted attractions drift through the darkness that surrounds Frightmare's haunted tableaus, which sprawl across more than 100,000 square feet of swampland. An authentic multistory barn looms over cornfields and soggy marsh, as prop-bearing actors garbed in ghoul suits lurch around dim corners and terrify guests with gruesome displays or factoids about the rising costs of skeleton education. Explore the weathered farm building's chiaroscuro rooms or wander among tombstones in an eerily lit cemetery. The House of Darkness attraction beckons visitors into a demented funhouse brimming with circus-themed nightmares such as enormous leering clown heads. Attraction staff keeps mortals safe with an advanced closed-circuit camera system and panoply security guards.