Long Island Halloween fun: Haunted houses, pop-ups and more

SCARE LEVEL 4.5. INFO 7 to 10 p.m., Oct. 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, 2 Taylor Lane, Saint James; 631-862-2808, deepwellshauntedmansion.com; $20 in advance, $30 at the door.

The menu will feature fun foods like build-your-own burgers, chicken sandwiches, ice cream, shakes, salads, soup and flatbread pizzas all with a Halloween theme. Some haunted items include the Trick-or-Treat Triple burger, R. I. Pizzas and Crypt Keeper Cocktails.

13. TUNNEL OF TERROR PART 3 Five Corners delivers a hand wash, which will be done by 15 different characters including chain saw goblin, creepy clowns and Jason Voorhees from “Friday the 13th.” Proceeds from the event go to Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park.

Here are parades that will help you show off your Halloween spirit and get you in the mood for some trick or treating:

Here are some of Long Island's "haunted" corn mazes:

The daytime maze has an “Alice in Wonderland” theme. People start out with a black crayon and a paper picture finder with nine squares. At each of nine stations hidden throughout the maze, people do rubbings of characters from the story including Alice, Cheshire cat, White Rabbit and the Mad Hatter. The farm also has a scary corn trail that isn’t a maze but rather a one-way walk-through with character actors that’s open from 7 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights in conjunction with the farm’s haunted house. That combo costs $39.99 to $41.99 depending on the night.

The daytime touchless Robin Hood Trivia Challenge Maze has a couple of live actors playing Robin Hood's merry men and women. Guests wind their way through the paths and answer trivia questions on signs regarding the story of Robin Hood. The maze transforms from a trivia maze into a spooky maze with live characters on designated nights. Bring a flashlight or purchase one at the cafe; refreshments available for purchase.

The daytime touchless Robin Hood Trivia Challenge Maze has a couple of live actors playing Robin Hood's merry men and women. Guests wind their way through the paths and answer trivia questions on signs regarding the story of Robin Hood. The maze transforms from a trivia maze into a spooky maze with live characters on designated nights. Bring a flashlight or purchase one at the cafe; refreshments available for purchase.

The haunted corn maze has actors dressed in scary costumes — but not so scary or gory that kids can’t enjoy it as well. “If you enjoy Halloween, you’ll enjoy the corn maze. We have a lot of fun with it,” says co-owner Al Krupski. “The nightmares only last for about a week,” he jokes.

The acre-plus maze is “pretty challenging,” says Dominick Bruno, who created it. It can take about 10 to 15 minutes to snake though, longer if people really get lost in it, he says. It will be “haunted” by live characters and props on Oct. 8 and 9 and 15 and 16.

There are homes and businesses where the living claim to have crossed paths with specters, but there’s no need to wander through a graveyard to try to spot a spirit. Here’s a list of some places you can visit that locals have claimed to be haunted.

Scream inside your car while creatures clean the outside this Halloween season at four haunted car washes on Long Island. Don’t forget to keep the doors locked and the windows up if you want to survive!

Now in its third year, Five Corners Auto Salon in New Hyde Park is ready to amp up the scares for “Tunnel of Terror, Part 3.”

“Inside the tunnel, we will have holographic scenes projecting images of screaming ghosts and witches flying around accompanied by sound effects,” says owner David Rubinstein. “There’s also fog, strobe lights and a loud buzzer when you enter.”

Five Corners delivers a hand wash which will be done by 15 different characters including a chain saw goblin, creepy clowns and Jason Voorhees from "Friday the 13th."

“They’ll try to get into the car,” says Rubinstein. “With the SUVs, sometimes they’ll attempt to go through the back hatch.”

The horror continues in six different spooky scenes throughout the property.

“People look forward to this every year,” says Rubinstein. Proceeds from the event go to Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park.

A zombie apocalypse is about to hit Copiague as the Halloween Drive-Thru Extravaganza at Johnnie’s Car Wash returns for a third year.

“We have a whole new attraction this year with new props, new costumes and lots of zombies,” says owner Johnnie Miranti. “There is an upgraded light show, an increased number of actors outside and more animatronics on the inside.”

Additionally, there will be guest appearances by horror legends Pennywise, Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers and Chucky on the queue line, where water, soda and candy will be sold. Each car will get a full exterior wash.

“This is a family bonding experience,” says Miranti. “We look to give people a happy scare. It’s more about building memories than anything else.” Proceeds will go to the Copiague PTA to help defray costs for sports uniforms and books.

Warning: Once you enter the property at Harry’s Express Car Wash in Franklin Square or Wantagh Hand Car Wash, characters will be popping up at your window and knocking on your door before any suds hit your vehicle.

“The car wash tunnels will be completely decorated for Halloween with lights, smoke, strobe lights, spider webs and scary music playing,” says owner Harris Stone. “There will even be a gory car scene out front.”

Although the scares are similar at both places, the washes are completely different. Franklin Square offers a standard machine wash. However, Wantagh customers will get the Ceramic Craze that includes a hand wash on the outside of the car, undercarriage rinse, crystal top coat finish, triple foam wax, Rain-X spray, rim polish, lava bath and a ceramic shine that makes the car’s paint glow.

“It’s encouraged for everyone to bring friends and pack the car with as many people as they want because it adds to the entertainment factor,” says Stone.

Every Halloween, a slew of haunted places come alive with ghouls and zombies paid to terrorize those who dare to visit. In recent years, elaborate haunted attractions have gotten more popular. Here’s a trail of scary and not-so-scary spots to visit.