Bangkok's Megabangna shopping centre has swapped retail therapy for horror this Halloween season, converting its Mega Plaza into 'Mega Halloween 2026: Haunted University'. The immersive experience runs daily until 1 November and casts visitors as first-year students at Ananta University, a sinister institution with a dark history — the kind of place where students vanish without a trace every year.
The haunted house is built around six 'Haunted Faculties', each with its own theme. The nightmare starts at the Faculty of Information Technology, where a mysterious machine is said to trap restless spirits. The Faculty of Science promises experiments that push past the edge of death, while the Faculty of Fine Arts is steeped in a tale of traditional Thai dance. Deeper inside, the Central Library hides the story of a cursed textbook, and the trail continues through a Nursing faculty set in a haunted hospital ward where no one ever sleeps — before reaching the final destination, the President's Room, where the truth behind it all is supposedly waiting.
The centrepiece is 'Escape If You Can. Enter If You Dare', an immersive challenge that runs daily from noon to 10pm with tickets priced at 350 baht. Survivors who make it through the scariest missions across the six zones can compete for cash prizes totalling 100,000 baht.
There's more on top of the main haunt. On 24 October, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, a free live storytelling event features well-known Thai storytellers Kru Tri Mee Rueng Lao and Flapp Kohn Hen Phii retelling popular supernatural tales, a nod to a tradition that remains genuinely popular in Thailand. Then on Halloween night itself, from 6pm, a fresh round of spine-tingling stories arrives via Mingub Hata, known as Tonk, host of the show 'Under the Covers', joined by a guest who unpacks real criminal cases through the lens of medicine and forensics — blending the season's scares with details and perspectives drawn from actual investigations.
For travellers in Bangkok in late October, this is an easy and affordable evening out: a mall attraction is air-conditioned, easy to reach, and costs about the same as a decent dinner. It also offers a window into how seriously Thailand takes its ghost culture — spirit stories are a mainstream part of local entertainment, not just a novelty. The 24 October storytelling session is free, so even budget visitors can join in, and the 350-baht ticket for the full haunted house undercuts most Western Halloween events by a wide margin. Just note the whole thing wraps up on 1 November, so timing matters if it's on your list.
— Bangkok Post Life
