Be afraid! Be very afraid!

All Hallows Eve is upon us, and partygoers everywhere are looking to keep themselves entertained. Here’s a list of haunted houses in the area:

Kishwaukee Kiwanis Haunted House:

Hopkins Park Shelter House, 1403 Sycamore Road

Hours: 7 to 10:30 p.m. (open until Saturday)

Admission: $6 admission ($1 off coupon available at Web site)

Driving distance: 2.62 miles

Web: www.kish-kiwanis.com/haunted.htm

Nightmares Basement of the Dead:

42 W. New York St., Aurora (just west of Hollywood Casino, on the south side)

Admission: $10 (Saturday tickets will be $8)

Driving distance: 32 miles

Phone: 630-896-2466

Web: www.42fear.com

Statesville Haunted Prison:

17250 S. Weber Road, Crest Hill

Hours: 6:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday; 6:30 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Admission: $25

Driving distance: 54 miles

Phone: 877-SCARED2

Web: www.statesville.org

Features: 50 monsters, including Hannibal the Cannibal and Gacy the Killer Clown

Note: Children under 13 must be accompanied by a paying adult

Jonamac Orchard Haunted Corn Maze:

19412 Shabbona Road, Malta

Hours: From dark until 9:30 p.m.

Admission: $7 ($5 for kids age 6 to 12)

Driving distance: 8 miles

Phone: 815-825-2158

Web: www.jonamacorchard.com

Asylum of Mad Dreams:

103 N. Orange St., Morrison

Hours: 7 to 10 p.m. today; 7 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday

Admission: $7 (but if you want to skip the long line, buy a Dream Pass for $15)

Driving distance: 69 miles (southwest of DeKalb)

Phone: 800-638-4788

Web: www.asylumofmaddreams.com

Features: This asylum has plenty of ghouls to satisfy your senses, with 26 rooms and four long mazes

Dream Reapers Haunted House:

1985 N. Mannheim Road, Melrose Park

Hours: 7 to 10 p.m. today; 7 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Admission: $13 to $25

Driving distance: 57 miles

Phone: 708-344-2084

Web: www.hauntedhousechicago.com

Features: This house is known for its “sinister scents” that await the walker

Haunted Trails’ Frightmare 2003 at the Haunted Trails Amusement Center:

7759 S. Harlem Ave., Burbank

Hours: 6 to 10 p.m. today, 6 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Admission: $8

Driving distance: 66 miles

Phone: 708-598-8580

Web: www.frightmarehauntedhouse.com

Features: Two-story haunted house inside an amusement park, with a 600-foot maze and 12 different rooms

Eleventh Hour:

6214 S. Cass Ave., Westmont

Hours: 7 to 10 p.m. today; 7 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Admission: $10 a person or $15 for two (“R.I.P.” line-jumper passes can be bought for $30)

Driving distance: 50 miles

Web: www.eleventhhour.info

Features: Three terrifying attractions, including The Eleventh Hour (tornado), Intensity (subway crash) and the Third Demensia

Elgin Turners Haunted House:

112 Villa Street, Elgin (three blocks from riverboat casino)

Hours: 7 to 10:30 p.m. today; 7 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Admission: $8

Driving distance: 31 miles

Web: www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php?mode=Detail&id=154

Features: Walk up a blood-red staircase to the third floor for a maze full of monsters and ghouls (plus a bar area for “older” patrons, should they make it out alive)

Joliet Jaycees Haunted House of Terror 2003:

Jefferson Square Mall, 2450 Jefferson St., Joliet

Hours: 7 to 10 p.m. today; 7 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Admission: $10 general admission ($5 for kids under 12)

Driving distance: 69 miles

Web: www.jolietjaycees.com

Features: 16 rooms of terror monopolizing 16,000 square feet (proceeds benefit the local D.A.R.E. program)

McHenry Area Jaycees Haunted House:

Knox Park Barn on Route 31 in McHenry, 1/4 mile north of Bull Valley Road

Hours: 7 to 10 p.m. today through Saturday

Admission: $6 ($5 with a canned good)

Driving distance: 60 miles

Web: www.mchenryareajaycees.org/projects/hhouse03

Features: A terrifying barn converted into a haunted house; sure to be worth the drive (watch out for horrible clowns and werewolves ready to freak you out while you wait)