A Brunswick haunted attraction that lost three of its six haunted houses to a fire this summer has clawed its way back for Halloween, debuting two rebuilt experiences just in time for its busiest season. Field of Horrors reopened for a sneak peek night on September 26, giving visitors their first look at the rebuilt grounds after months of reconstruction.
The fire tore through the property on July 20, destroying three of the attraction's six haunted houses, according to news10.com. No one was hurt in the blaze, CBS6 Albany reported, though accounts of what sparked the flames diverge: CBS6 reported that an electrical issue was blamed for the fire, while cnynews.com indicated the exact cause remained under investigation.
Owners and crew spent the summer rebuilding rather than scaling back, and the result is two new attractions: Night Stalkers and Panic at Pinewoods, a fence-maze experience that was still getting its finishing touches as the season approached, per news10.com's reporting. The new builds weave in local folklore tied to Pinewoods Cemetery, with Uncle Sam himself making an appearance this year, the station noted.
A Rebuilt Lineup for Halloween Weekend
This year's full lineup includes Walking Trail of Terror, The Crypt, Dr. Morbid's Haunted House, Panic at Pinewoods and Night Stalkers, according to news10.com's community coverage of the Capital Region's 2026 haunted attractions. The season opened with the September 26 sneak peek before moving to select dates through Halloween, with general admission priced at $45 for access to all of the attraction's haunted houses, per Haunted Attraction Network. Tickets can be purchased online or at the gate, and fast passes that let guests skip the line cost $65 and are available only at the gate.
Beyond the haunted houses themselves, the attraction offers bonfires, food vendors and roaming actors near the fire areas, giving guests a night-long experience that extends well past the scares inside each building. Guests can work through the haunted houses one at a time, and many return year after year, with some making multiple trips because the experience shifts from night to night.
Leadership Credits Community Support
Director of Operations Lisa Martin, named in WNYT's coverage, has pointed to community support as part of what helped the team grasp how much the attraction means to the area following the fire. That backing arrived as the crew worked through a rebuild that, per Haunted Attraction Network, involved buildings that carried no insurance — underscoring a risk the outlet describes as one of two existential threats facing independent haunted attractions, alongside the buildings themselves.
The attraction also marked its gratitude toward first responders directly, holding a firefighter appreciation night on October 11 for those who answered the July call. Field of Horrors trains its actors to recognize when a guest reaches a breaking point and to back off, a safeguard built into even its most intense offering.
Extreme Scare Night Caps the Season
That most intense offering arrives next Saturday, when Field of Horrors hosts its Extreme Scare Night on November 7. The hands-on event, held with the lights turned out, will have actors grab guests, pull them from their groups and lead them into another section of a house — leaving those guests to find their families again once it's over.
The turnaround from charred ruins to a five-house lineup in a few months reflects years of growth for the Brunswick attraction. Field of Horrors featured five attractions and about 75 actors back in its 2021 season, according to the Saratogian, which also reported that owner David Mulinio said the attraction drew its largest-ever turnout in 2020. Years earlier, in 2016, the attraction spread five experiences across 20 acres with 100 actors on-site, per the Troy Record, which noted Mulinio's account that the prior season brought in between 7,000 and 8,000 visitors.
