Busch Gardens Tampa celebrates '20 Years of Fear' when Howl-O-Scream opens this week

The event runs through November 2.

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If the pumpkins and candy corn aren’t scary enough, try this year’s “20 Years of Fear” at Busch Gardens Howl-O-Scream where the theme park brings some of its classic haunted houses back alongside new thrillers.

Returning with their scary swamp monsters is the “Death Water Bayou: Wrath of The Queen,” “Insomnia: Patient’s Revenge,” “Moth Hell” and more. New heart-stoppers include “The Residence,” which brings horror to suburbia, updated scare-zones like “Little Nightmares, “Carpe Noctem”and “First Fear,” which is Howl-O-Scream’s main 2019 attraction.

And yes, coasters like Cobra’s Curse and SheiKra are open.

Opens Fri. Sept. 20 (runs through Nov. 2). Busch Gardens, 10165 McKinley Dr., Tampa. buschgardens.com.

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