Whether you’re looking for family-friendly frights or a more mature macabre, Northern Colorado is filled with spooky scares for ghouls and boys of every age.

HAUNTED HOUSES
MorbidNights Colorado’s “Fear of all Fears” haunted house: 7 to 11:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 31, University Center, 807 17th Ave., Greeley. Tickets are $15 Get your scream on at this haunted house filled with ghastly ghouls and sinister spooks. Twenty percent of proceeds will go to the Colorado Army National Guard’s Family Readiness Group. Information: www.morbidnights.com or (970) 381-3638

Creepy Walk in the Woods: 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. 17, 18, 24, 25 and 31; 1750 Savage Road, Loveland. Take a terrifying stroll through the Savage Woods, just west of Devil’s Backbone, where you never know what might jump out at you from the nearest tree. Tickets are $12; $5 for Little Kids Walk in the Woods (parents admitted free). Information: www.creepywalk.com

Harrington’s Haunted House of Horrors: 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays, 6 to 11:30 p.m. Saturdays, 6 to 11:30 p.m. Oct. 30 and 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. 31, the Outlets at Loveland, 5661 McWhinney Blvd, Loveland. Admission is $5-$10. Information: (970) 568-8370 or HAABrittany@gmail.com

FAMILY FUN

Something From the Farm: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 31, Something From the Farm, 8020 S. Timberline Road, Fort Collins. After moving back to its home farm location and breaking away from its Fear @ the Farm haunted events, Something From the Farm returns to more of a family-focused event featuring pumpkin patches, hay rides and a 1-acre corn maze. Information: Visit the Something From the Farm Facebook page or call (970) 282-1135.

Fritzler Corn Maze: 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 6 p.m. Sundays (no haunted corn maze Sundays) and (beginning Oct. 15) 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays through Nov. 1, Fritzler Farm, 20861 County Road 33, LaSalle. Take a stroll through a variety of activities, including a spooky or not so spooky trip through the corn maze, pumpkin patches, pumpkin cannons, zombie paintball and an interactive ghost haunt. Admission is $10 to $35; season passes available for $25-$90. Information: www.fritzlermaze.com

Jack Lantern’s Corn Maze: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, from Friday, Oct. 3, to Nov. 1, 2318 S. Larimer County Road 5, Fort Collins. A 15-acre corn maze for all ages offering daytime activities such as scavenger hunts, pedal-car races, inflatable bounce houses, and access to a pumpkin patch and a petting zoo. At dusk, it turns into a haunted corn maze. Day-time tickets are free for toddlers 3 and younger, $8 for children 4 to 11 years old and $10 for people 12 and older. Nighttime tickets are $16 for general admission and $30 for VIP admission. Information: www.northerncoloradocornmaze.com

Harvest Farm Fall Festival: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and noon to 7 p.m. Sundays, running from Friday, Oct. 3, through Oct. 26, Harvest Farm, Wellington. Hosted by the Denver Rescue Mission/Fort Collins Rescue Mission, this family-friendly festival features a variety of events including a corn maze, pumpkin patch, pumpkin smash, corn cannons and a petting zoo. Tickets are $6-$15 (children ages three and younger admitted free). Information: www.harvestfarm.net

Tiny Tot Halloween Parade: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 31, Old Town Square, Fort Collins. The tiniest tots will trick or treat through the businesses of downtown Fort Collins before wrapping up the day with hot chocolate, cookies, music and dancing at the “Monster Mash” party. Admission is free; this event is for children age 7 and younger. Information: www.downtownfortcollins.com

Trick or Treating: 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 31, Fort Collins Marketplace, located at 3601 S. College Ave., Fort Collins. This free event will include trick or treating at participating merchants, a pumpkin decorating contest, a pet costume contest, games and prizes. Information: www.ftcollinsmarketplace.com

CSU Triathlon Halloween 5K: 9 a.m. Nov 1st, CSU Oval. 3.1 mile run. Come support the CSU Triathlon Team and Athletes in Tandem with a fun, festive Halloween 5k. Run in your most creative costume for a chance to win the costume contest. Funds from this race will help get the team to USAT Collegiate Nationals in April. This is a pet friendly event. Information: CSU Triathlon Halloween 5K

HAUNTS THAT DO GOOD

Houska Give a Pint, Get a Pint Blood Drive: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 31, Garth Englund Blood Center, 1025 Pennock Place, Fort Collins. All donors will receive a gift card good for a free pint of beer or a nonalcoholic beverage at CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewery. Donors must be 18 years of age (or 17 and have parent permission) and have a photo ID. New donors must weigh at least 120 pounds; prior donors must weigh 110. Information: www.pvhs.org or (970) 482-0156

HISTORICAL HAUNTS

Fort Collins ghost tours: Offered year-round, these tours through Fort Collins’ haunted history offer the chance to step into some of the city’s most haunted locations, rarely open to the general public. Fort Collins Tours (www.hauntedfortcollins.com) offers a variety of ghost tours, including a family-friendly version and a haunted pub tour. Haunted History After Dark (www.hauntedhistoryafterdark.blogspot.com) takes patrons through Old Town Fort Collins with a historian and ghost-whispering medium who will introduce them to the other side of the city.

FOR ADULTS ONLY

Cupcake Cabaret presents Peek-a-BOO!: 9 p.m. Oct. 31, Avogadro’s Number, 605 S. Mason St., Fort Collins. Join the witchy women of Fort Collins burlesque troupe Cupcake Cabaret for their annual Halloween Spooktacular. Join in the fun by entering their costume contest. Tickets are $15 (advanced purchase highly recommended). Information: www.avogadros.com or (970) 493-5555

Fort Collins Brewery’s Halloween Parking Lot Party: 5 to 10 p.m. Oct. 31, Fort Collins Brewery, 1020 E. Lincoln Ave. Enjoy live music by Blue Heron Blues Band, along with a special costume contest. Admission is free with one canned food item or cash donation for the Food Bank for Larimer County. Visit Fort Collins Brewery’s Facebook page for more information.

Fall-Back Beer Festival: 12 pm November 1st. The beer festival at the Estes Park Convention Center and Pavilion is a celebration of more than 30 Colorado breweries and the people who make the beer. With 100+ beers being poured by the brewers themselves from 30+ Colorado breweries, festival goers are sure to walk away having learned something new about their favorite beer from the people who created it. Information: www.fallbackbeerfest.com

DO THE MUSICAL MONSTER MASH

Halloween Karaoke: 10 p.m. Oct. 30, The Astoria, 146 N. College Ave., Fort Collins. Sing along to some terrifying tunes and take part in a costume contest at this Halloween party. No cover.

WhiteCatPink’s Halloween Par-tay: 9 p.m. Oct. 30, Surfside 7, 150 N. College Ave., Fort Collins. Celebrate Halloween with WhiteCatPink, La Cucarachas and Head Injuries (doing a Misfits set). Admission is $5 (21-and-older).

CSU Halloween Organ Extravaganza: 7, 9 and 11 p.m. Oct. 31, Organ Recital Hall, University Center for the Arts, 1400 Remington St., Fort Collins. The CSU organ studio and Joel Bacon perform classic (and not-so-classic) works, including the spooktacular Toccata and Fugue in D minor of Bach. Costumes encouraged. Tickets are $12 for adults; $7 for CSU students and $1 for youths (ages 17 and younger). Information: www.csuartstickets.com

Poudre High School presents “The Addams Family”: 10 p.m. Oct. 31; 7 p.m. Nov. 1, 6 and 7; 2:30 p.m. Nov. 8, Poudre High School, 201 N. Impala Drive, Fort Collins. Poudre will be the first high school in the state to put on a production of “The Addams Family” musical. Tickets are $9-$11. Information: www.poudretheatre.org

Halloween & Gasoline: 8 p.m. Oct. 31, Aggie Theatre, 204 S. College Ave., Fort Collins. Local blues rock band Musketeer Gripweed teams up with acoustic rockers The Yawpers and industrial jazz act Bill Smith for a night of musical debauchery. Tickets are $10. Information: www.aggietheatre.com

The Pixies and Modest Mouse revamp: 9 p.m. Oct. 31, Surfside 7, 150 N. College Ave., Fort Collins. Black is Lava and A.M. Pleasure Assassins will offer up their versions of music by The Pixies and Modest Mouse at this special event. Admission is free. Information: www.surfsideseven.com

FAVORITE SCARY MOVIES

A Month of Halloween: Oct. 3-31, Lyric Cinema Cafe, 300 E. Mountain Ave., Fort Collins. All this month, the Lyric will be offering special screenings of horror classics, both new and old, including “Let the Right One In,” “The Shining,” “Paranormal Activity,” “The Exorcist” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” $7-$9. Information: www.lyriccinemacafe.com

Silents are Golden Silent Film: 7 p.m. Oct. 31, Rialto Theater Center, 228 E. Fourth St., Loveland. Watch Hitchcock’s classic film “Blackmail.” Tickets are $12. Information: www.cityofloveland.org/rialto

Source: http://www.coloradoan.com/story/entertainment/events/2014/09/30/frightening-family-friendly-halloween-haunts/16483367/