The Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth, Texas is recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest haunted house. This haunted attraction is located inside a 100,000 square foot abandoned meat packing plant. It utilizes old machinery from the meat packing plant as part of its scares.
Recognition and Awards
Cutting Edge has received four Guinness World Records for the world’s largest and longest haunted house. Since opening in 1991, Cutting Edge has received countless awards and been featured on several TV shows. Among its accolades are a Top 13 ranking for scariest haunted house by HauntWorld.com, and the Guinness World Records for "World’s Largest Haunted Attraction" and "World’s Largest Walk Through Haunted House."
History and Setting
Opened in October of 1991, the Cutting Edge Haunted House is located inside of a century-old meat factory historically dubbed as “Hell’s Half Acre”. In 2009, the Cutting Edge officially won the Guinness World Record for "World’s Longest Haunted House", which eventually was broken by other attractions but still maintains the record for the World’s LARGEST Haunted House.
The meat packing equipment from the Old West is still in use, but now it is a two-story human processing area. The Cutting Edge Haunted House is an intense, multi-story, multi-themed haunted attraction that is widely considered to be one of the best Haunted Houses in the nation, full of chilling detail and unbelievable scares!
Visit Duration and Conditions
The Cutting Edge website also claims that people can take up to 55 minutes to get through the entire haunted house and it’s only operated during the Halloween season. It is not recommended for children under the age of 13.
Competition for Records
Erebus, a four-story haunted attraction in Pontiac, Michigan, held the Guinness World Record for largest walk-through haunted attraction from 2005 until 2009, when it lost the record to Cutting Edge Haunted House. Dragon’s House of Horror at Expo New Mexico currently holds the official Guinness World Record for the longest ever haunted house. The Factory of Terror in a former aluminum foundry in Canton, Ohio is the world’s longest walk-through haunted house, according to Guinness World Records.
What is the number 1 scariest haunted house?
The Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth, Texas holds the record and is considered one of the scariest due to its intense themes and setting in an old meat packing factory.