Anmore Manor Halloween Display

Anmore Manor is an exceptional Halloween haunted house at a private home in Metro Vancouver that’s open to the public by donation in late October each year.

In 2023 the haunted attraction was open on select nights between October 21st and 31st.

Anmore Manor at Halloween

Anmore Manor is an ordinary looking house at 1151 Robin Way in Anmore (near Port Moody) most days of the year. On the last few days of October, however, the place turns into an amazingly gruesome haunted house! It’s worth driving out to see!

Similar to previous years, the attraction was open to the public in the second half of October in 2023. Visitors were welcomed on October 21st to 22nd, and again on October 27th until the 29th. The attraction was also open on Halloween night which is October 31st.

The house opened at 7:00 pm each day. It closed at 10:30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays and at 10:00 pm on Sundays. On the Halloween Tuesday it closed at 9:30 pm.

Anmore Manor welcomes donations by way of an admission fee, which is awesome! This means the attraction is both affordable and benefits a good cause! What’s more? It’s a first-rate haunted house!

Limited VIP Fast Passes were also available in 2023. They needed to be reserved in advance by contacting the home’s caretakers.

About Anmore Manor

Anmore Manor has been operating for the past eight years and as many as 350 or more people go through it each night. A couple of years ago the attraction raised $2,500 and 694 pounds of food for charity! In 2020 Anmore Manor collected $3,600 and 776 pounds! In 2022 the Halloween house raised close to $14,000 for the food bank!

The creators of Anmore Manor (who are also the owners and residents of the house) are regular people at other times of the year. Deep down inside, however, they are serious haunted house fanatics! When you see their place you’ll agree!

The couple behind Anmore Manor go to all the various haunted house conventions in North America, and the man is (or at least used to be) the President of the BC Chapter of the Canadian Haunters Association. These are people who really love Halloween, and it shows!

Although a family affair, Anmore Manor is also a real community event. In addition to there being a charitable beneficiary, the haunted attraction involves up to 14 behind-the-scenes helpers per night, including neighbours and local firefighters directing traffic.

Exterior of Anmore Manor at Halloween — An outdoor display at Anmore Manor

What to Expect

When visiting Anmore Manor at Halloween expect to see professional-quality haunted attraction scenes.

The place hasn’t been the Lower Mainland’s number one most impressive haunted house on the outside. It has been impressive, but not #1. The exterior when we last went (several years ago) was very good, although it is similar to other uber-decorated houses you might find elsewhere in Metro Vancouver around Halloween.

In previous years it has been the inside of the home that’s truly Hollywood-horror-movie-calibre scary and impressive! Yes, that’s right, at this attraction you go inside the people’s home! At Anmore Manor you walk up the front steps and right into and throughout the house! You walk into rooms which anyone familiar with the home on a regular day would no longer recognize (or at least we assume and hope not). You also walk along halls and down stairs. The haunted house is a real house!

A lot of the horror scenes you’ll see at Anmore Manor are handmade. Some of the materials are commercially produced and items the creators have picked up on their travels to Halloween-related conventions in different places. The majority of what you’ll see most years, however, is made from scratch by the owners of the home!

When we visited the place one year we were particularly impressed with the psycho nurse and corpse scene. All the live actors actually were really good. It was a scary place!

If you like haunted houses and horror movie-type scenes, then Anmore Manor is highly recommended! And we’re not the only people who think this. Want proof? The attraction was recognized by the Canadian Haunters Association as the Hall of Fame winner for the Best Canadian Walkthrough Haunt in 2019! Want more proof? Check it out for yourself (if you dare)!

Psycho Nurse at Anmore Manor — A Psycho Nurse display at Anmore Manor

Tips & Advice

Below are some tips and suggestions to help you make the most of your horrifyingly fun experience at Anmore Manor.

TIP #1: Watch your step inside the house. It’s dark, the scenes grab your attention and there are steps! Last year, while admiring a grisly scene, I wasn’t watching where I was going and almost stepped on an actor!

TIP #2: Donate generously! You’ll spend $10 to $20 to go into a comparable attraction at a commercial venue, and the Share Society Food Bank is a very worthwhile cause. Anmore Manor accepts donations of both cash and non-perishable food, so don’t forget to take some money and/or canned goods.

TIP #3: Especially late at night, try to keep your screams to a minimum, in particular when outside. The owners of the house want to keep doing this in future years and need the continuing goodwill of their neighbours!

TIP #4: Because the attraction is in a private home, and because there are stairs, it is not wheelchair accessible. Also, this is not a haunted house with cutesy scenes – don’t bring young children unless you want them to have nightmares.

TIP #5: If you like haunted houses and find yourself in the Tri-Cities area, then definitely check out Anmore Manor. And if you like it as much as we did, then tell your friends (although don’t tell too many people as it’s just a person’s house. Robin Way is a small street and the community of Anmore won’t be able to handle as many fright seekers as this attraction truly deserves to attract).

TIP #6: Buntzen Lake and Sasamat Lake aren’t too far away, and both are beautiful places. If heading out towards Anmore early, well before dark, consider combining your trip with a walk and visit to the lakes. Then grab dinner in the Port Moody area before heading to the haunted house.

TIP #7: Anmore Manor is just a haunted house, albeit a very good one. If it’s a busy night you might have to wait in line a bit to get in, but once inside the full experience only takes a few minutes. That’s why we recommend TIP #6 above. Unless you live in the surrounding area, combine your visit with your travels elsewhere in the region.