With spooky season in full swing, there are plenty of haunting Halloween displays with devilishly designed decorations to see around the Chicago area.
The Chicago area is known to show out when it comes to the fall season, from the world’s largest corn maze to a haunted house once voted one of the nation’s best — and the creative Halloween displays brewed up by residents in the area are no exception.
Here’s a list of scary good Halloween displays in the Chicago area.
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Wilkes Family Halloween Display: 12 South Center St, Bensenville
The Wilkes family has built eerie and elaborate Halloween displays at their home in Bensenville since 2013.
Large crowds gather in front of their house for the freaky fun and enjoy a mix of performers, realistic decorations and other frights.
Frankfort Square Haunted Houses
Head to Frankfort if you wish to see handfuls of elaborate displays all in one neighborhood.
The Frankfort Square area has 18 houses within a 2-mile radius decorated for Halloween.
Wicked on Welsh: 9491 Welsh Lane, Huntley
“Wicked on Welsh” spooks the Huntley community year after year.
Their 2025 display features a massive skeleton busting through the roof alongside creepy crawly spiders, neon light displays and spooky sound effects.
Walk through the cemetery for a real fright!
Haunt 31: 340 South Annandale Lane, Lake in the Hills
The Haunt 31 display features extensive professional and homemade animations, props, special effects and “un-dead” actors, according to their website.
Haunt 31 is open from dusk to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday and Thursday and from dusk to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. You can see the display without animations during the day.
2025 is their 27th season haunting the Lake in the Hills community.
More information is available here.
South Home Avenue and Norman Boulevard, Park Ridge
Located near South Home Avenue and Norman Boulevard, “Back to the Future” fans will appreciate the display’s numerous movie references, including a skeleton hanging from a clock, a sign for the Twin Pines Mall with a 1:16 a.m. timestamp, and of course, a Delorean.
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