Review of Fright Fest Extreme 2024 at Six Flags Great Adventure
By Ricky Brigante
Six Flags Great Adventure is making extreme plans to dominate Halloween in the northeast U.S.
Six Flags made a bold statement when the company dubbed its annual Fright Fest haunt event “Six Flags Fright Fest Extreme” for 2024 at a handful of its parks nationwide, including Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, N.J. — an intentional push toward becoming the standout Halloween event in the northeastern United States.
Introducing Six Flags Fright Fest Extreme
This year the long-running Six Flags Fright Fest not only features all-new and enhanced original haunted houses, but also six well-known, popular IP franchises, taking a page out of the playbook of Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights.
Six Flags Great Adventure has now become the only haunted attraction in the northeast U.S. that has officially licensed the worlds of “Stranger Things,” “Trick ‘r Treat,” “The Conjuring” universe (with “Annabelle” and “The Nun”), “Saw,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” and “Army of the Dead” — IPs on loan from powerhouse studios including Netflix, Legendary, and Warner Bros.
An aspirational vision for the future of Six Flags Fright Fest
For Six Flags Great Adventure, the “Extreme” addendum to Fright Fest represents more than the spooky new additions, also reflecting the passion driving the small-but-fearless entertainment team determined to propel the event into a new era of fear.
While Six Flags Great Adventure’s goals of becoming a world-class Halloween event are still very much early in the works — and honestly much more aspirational than today’s reality presents — there does appear to be a shockingly real sense that Six Flags could very well build enough momentum that perhaps someday Fright Fest might just rival the other renowned events. And in talking with the event’s creators, it’s clear they have a plan for how they intend to infuse the event with exciting new chills and thrills in the years to come.
Rather than trying to make it all happen in-house with their small team, they have turned to a wide array of partners to enliven this event with new creative energy that can help broaden the scope of what Fright Fest has ever been able to offer. This means more familiar franchises, more details, more effects, and new opportunities to be amazed.
The partners include RWS Global and 13th Hour who have helped design, conceptualize, and build some of this year’s IP haunted houses, as well as bring together the performing talent that makes the experiences come alive.
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