Transworld Darkness Haunted House Tour - March 26 – 28, 2026 - The Darkness offers one final all out tour during the 2026 Transworld Haunted House Halloween Tradeshow. We'll offer three experiences including a behind the scenes tour, and two events with live actors both on Friday and Saturday. The Darkness will do one final massive renovation including new scenes, props, animations, special fx, and more. The Darkness will features new high tech rooms, with complete programmed special fx to interact with guests. The Darkness also features a new Horror Secret Bar Experience, bigger retail store, new haunted house and so much more. The Darkness is located five minutes from the convention center.

THESE EVENTS WILL SELL OUT.

Behind the Scenes Tour – thursday March 26th, 2026

Go behind the screams; walk through at your own pace and take photos and videos of the entire attraction including: Two floors of The Darkness – Actors Room - Horror Secret Bar (New) – Slaughter House Haunt (New) – Horror Museum Five Minute Escape and Horror Retail Store. This event includes a seminar question and answer session for one hour. Guests can ask questions about anything related to the haunted house. Seminar includes a special guest. The Darkness is located less than five minutes from the convention center. No transportation will be provided.

Entry: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Limited to 275 guests
Price increases March 1st, 2026

Price: $175 per person
This event sells out every year! Act fast!

The Darkness LIVE with Actors Friday March 27th

Limited to offer guests a better experience. Only five slots available with 100 guests per 30 minute slot. Additionally only 75 Horror Secret Bar Experiences are available. Secret Bar Experience includes immediate access, free drink, an EXCLUSIVE! collectable lanyard and entry into the Horror Bar. Limited to 15 guests per slot. The Darkness live actor experience includes access to the haunt with actors under show conditions. Experience all the new scenes, props, and animations which includes two floors of fright, new slaughterhouse haunt, and horror museum plus horror retail store. The Darkness is located less than five minutes from the convention center. No transportation will be provided.

Entry: 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Limited to 500 Guests
Price Increases March 1st, 2026

Price: $62.95. This event sold out last year!

Add Ons:
Secret Bar Experience $25.00
Speed Pass: $15.00
5 Minute Escape: $5.00

The Darkness LIVE with Actors Saturday March 28th

Limited to offer guests a better experience. Only five slots available with 100 guests per 30 minute slot. Additionally only 75 Horror Secret Bar Experiences are available. Secret Bar Experience includes immediate access, free drink, an EXCLUSIVE! collectable lanyard and entry into the Horror Bar. Limited to 15 guests per slot. The Darkness live actor experience includes, access to haunt with actors under show conditions. Experience all the new scenes, props, animations which includes two floors of fright, new slaughterhouse haunt, and horror museum plus horror retail store. The Darkness is located less than five minutes from the convention center. No transportation will be provided.

Entry: 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Limited to 500 guests
Price increases March 1st, 2026

Price: $62.95

This is a timed ticket event. This event sold out last year.

Add Ons:
Secret Bar Experience $25.00
Speed Pass: $15.00
5 Minute Escape: $5.00

BOOK ST. LOUIS ESCAPE ROOMS

With EXTENDED HOURS the entire week of Transworld: Next door at St. Louis Escape we'll feature our newest escape room: Alien. Book escape rooms NOW as locals book the rooms every weekend! The escape rooms will feature expanded hours. Get details at www.StLouisEscape.com

BOOK ST. LOUIS ESCAPE ROOMS

...with EXTENDED HOURS the entire week of Transworld. Our rooms SELL OUT early. St. Louis escape features two all-new escape rooms for Transworld 2025 including Haunted Hotel and Alien Escape. St Louis Escape features EIGHT multi room escapes, Retro Blacklight Mini Golf and Pinball Arcade. We expect the ALIEN escape room will be totally sold out the week of Transworld so act quickly!

Book now at:

www.StLouisEscape.com

The Darkness is recognized as one of the World’s Best Haunted Attractions

The Darkness features over 300 animations, CGI FX, and hundreds more monsters, zombies, and props. The Darkness is one of the most detailed haunted houses in the entire world - spanning over 30,000 "scream" feet. The Darkness features THREE main attractions including two floors of The Darkness, Terror Visions 3D and a Horror Arcade with gift shop. Directly next door to The Darkness is one of America’s top 10 best escape room facilities featuring multiple unique escape rooms, retro blacklight mini-golf and a pinball arcade.

Book escape rooms and mini-golf at:

www.StLouisEscape.com

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www.TheDarkness.com

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