Pittsburgh’s horror fans received a jumpscare earlier this week after finding out ScareHouse will not be returning to its Pittsburgh Mills location and will not open for the 2024 season.
Pittsburgh Magazine reported on Monday that ScareHouse co-owner Scott Simmons announced the news last week in a private Facebook group for employees.
The popular haunted house attraction spent four years hosting its spooky attractions at the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer. It was previously located on Locust Street in Etna before the company announced plans to relocate in August 2019. Simmons previously told TribLive the expanded parking and exhibition space were reasons the company relocated to the mall. Since then, the mall’s tenants, a Cinemark movie theater, a Starbucks, a Hot Topic and all restaurants in the mall’s former food court, have moved out.
The closure also comes after Pittsburgh Mills owner, Namdar Realty Group, narrowly avoided a sheriff’s sale after paying $11.5 million in delinquent taxes.
Namdar declined to comment about the ScareHouse move.
ScareHouse has been serving up horror for more than 20 years in Western Pennsylvania. The horror pros have ventured throughout the Pittsburgh area hosting attractions such as “The Scream District,” an event in the Strip District that featured the famous attraction “The Basement” and an escape room, “Stalked by Killer,” and Zombie Den, a pop-up bar inspired by Pittsburgh’s living dead legacy, at the Original Oyster House in Market Square.
Pittsburgh Magazine reports the owners of ScareHouse are looking for a new home.
Scott and Wayne Simmons did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
