The Royal Theatre is excited to announce our 6th Annual Haunted House. The Royal Haunted House is at 111 South Market Street, Benton, AR and is sponsored by ARVEST Bank. The Royal Haunted House was rated the #1 Haunt in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 on ArkansasHauntedHouses.com and Haunts.com . People from all over the state of Arkansas have visited this historic and haunted theater for the screams, thrills, and tears. They loved it so much that they begged for more! Our design team has been throwing around ideas since last year's haunted house and now the time has come to put them into action. From handmade animatronics, machines, mazes, twists and turns, amazing props and characters, we can't believe what they have come up with this time! You will not be disappointed! 

The Royal Haunted House opens October 16th and runs three weekends, closing Halloween night.  Tickets are $10 (plus applicable fees) and can be bought online starting September 26th at 9:00 am. Walk-ups are always welcome! All tickets are on a “first come first serve rule”.  Click the link below to purchase tickets…

https://our.show/trthauntedhouse2025
 

Operation dates:

October 16-18, 23-25 and 29, 30 & 31

Operation times: Wednesday/Thursday nights 7pm to 9pm 

Friday & Saturday nights 7pm to 10pm
 

For more information about a sensory private tour or scheduling a special time for your organization, email our Box Office staff at [email protected] .
 

DISCLAIMER.  2025

Royal Haunted House reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone. You will experience intense audio, lighting, extremely low visibility, strobe lights, haze, special effects, narrow areas, sudden actions, and an overall physically demanding environment. 

Closed Circuit cameras are used throughout this attraction.  When you buy a ticket, you agree to any videos or photos taken and/or released to the media. 

We DO NOT have a wheelchair accessible route through the haunted attraction.  

DO NOT ENTER the attraction if you are intoxicated, wearing any form of cast, medical brace or using crutches. You will not be admitted if any of these conditions are to be noticed by our staff.

DO NOT ENTER IF YOU SUFFER FROM ASTHMA, HEART CONDITIONS, SEIZURES, OR ANY TYPE OF MENTAL, PHYSICAL, RESPIRATORY, AND/OR MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND ARE PREGNANT. SUFFER FROM MENTAL DISEASE OR ARE CLAUSTROPHOBIC.   

ATTRACTION REQUIRES GUESTS TO WALK AND CLIMB STAIRS.

THIS ATTRACTION USES STROBE LIGHTS, FLASHING LIGHTS, AND FOG.

DO NOT smoke, run, eat, or drink inside the attraction. 

Additionally, there is NO touching of the actors or props inside the attraction. You will not be admitted and asked to leave or escorted off the property if any of the rules are not followed.

THERE ARE NO REFUNDS! 

WHO'S READY TO HAVE A FRIGHTENINGLY GOOD TIME !!!!!

The Royal Theatre at 111 S. Market St. in Benton, Arkansas was built in 1948-49 as an extensive renovation of a prior theatre, and is already deemed historic.

The oldest part of the theatre was part of the 1920 "Imp" (apparently for "Independent Motion Pictures") theatre. The sign and marquee of the theatre, and the rest of the 1948-49 redesign, were designed by Little Rock architects Frank Ginocchio and Edwin B. Cromwell in Moderne style. Ginocchio and Cromwell had designed a Royal Theatre in Little Rock that used the sign and marquee; they reused the material in this Benton theatre later.

In 1996 the Royal Theatre was bought and renovated by actor Jerry Van Dyke. The theatre was renovated as was most of the block that the theatre was located on. Jerry Van Dyke also added Jerry Van Dyke's Soda Shoppe, a candy store, a baseball card trading store, as well as a small antique store on the same block as the theatre. Jerry Van Dyke sold the Royal Theatre and the rest of the property in 2000 and 2001. The Royal Theatre was actually donated to the “Central Arkansas Community Players", who then changed the name to the "Royal Players" and continues to perform in it to this day.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.