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Scarizona Scaregrounds

The Cast & Crew Behind the Scares

An award-winning, in-character cast in single-artist SFX makeup, led by the family that has run Scarizona for over two decades, and the seasonal Scream Team that rebuilds the haunt every October.

2024 Highest Rated Cast (Southwest) · 9.0/10 cast score

Leadership

Who Runs the Haunt

Allen Thompson

Director of Operations

Allen Thompson runs Scarizona Scaregrounds as Director of Operations, steering a family-owned Mesa haunt that has drawn thrill-seekers to its October seasons for over two decades.

The Cast

In Character, in the Dark

Our cast stays anonymous on stage on purpose. The clowns, the creatures, and the crawlers you meet are real people in hand-built SFX makeup, working every corner of the set to earn the scare rather than trigger it. The 2024 Highest Rated Cast Award is theirs.

A yellow smiling-mask scare actor beside a bloodied clown character against steel doors at Scarizona Scaregrounds
A bloodied clown character leaning out from behind a skull-carved wall at Scarizona Scaregrounds
Two clown characters, one in a rainbow wig, holding a mallet on the Scarizona Scaregrounds set
A blood-red flayed-creature character standing head bowed on the Scarizona Scaregrounds set

Our Culture

A Production, Rebuilt Every Year

A family-owned haunt that has run for over two decades does not coast. Every October the show is redesigned and reimagined, the makeup chair fills up, and the set gets torn down and rebuilt. That is why fans put us on their annual list and why the scares hold up to the hype.

Join the Scream Team

Want to Be the Scare?

Every season we hand the makeup brush and the costume to a new crew of Arizona locals. If you want to be more than a ticket buyer, the Scream Team is how you join the cast and crew for the season.

Come See What They Built

Three haunts on one price, free parking, and an award-winning cast working every corner. Pick your night and walk in.