Knott’s Scary Farm started in 1973 in the Buena Park, California-located Knott’s Berry Farm. Since then the seasonal event has grown exponentially and the Halloween season eventually became the Knott’s most well-attended period every year according to insidethemagic.net.

Quantity versus quality is the main difference between Knott’s Scary Farm and Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights has always come down to. Knott’s Berry Farm on one hand has always been about quantity. They have more mazes, more monsters, and of course more nights. Lately, Knott’s has stepped up their game and now has quantity as well as quality. In fact, after inventing the theme park haunted event, Knott’s dominated the competition for decades, according latimes.com.

In recent years with the horrifying Trapped escape-room maze and the creative Special Ops Infected zombie-killing laser-tag experience. However, capacity issues dodged both the upcharge Trapped maze and the highly interactive Infected experience, which were as good or better than anything offered by Universal’s Horror Nights.

The design at Knott’s created an aesthetic that has improved greatly in recent years. For instance, the Paranormal Inc. takes the quality quotient to the next level with three-dimensional maze paths. There is major commitment to skill and dedication in Paranormal Inc. never seen before in a classic Knott’s maze states the latimes.com.