Warehouse31

Every fall, an unassuming industrial building at 3150 Lee Street in Pelham turns into one of the most talked-about haunted attractions in the Birmingham metro. Warehouse31 has built its reputation over several Halloween seasons, and the haunt-industry site FrightFind has named it a top haunted house in America more than once, including in 2023 and 2025. The attraction has also been featured on CBS 42 and reviewed by The Scare Factor, a national haunted house ranking outlet.

The main event is Rigamortis, a walk-through haunted house built around detailed sets and heavy theatrical effects. Actors work close to the crowd throughout the experience, and the production leans on practical props, lighting, and sound design to build dread room by room rather than relying only on jump scares. The building’s raw, industrial shell suits the atmosphere, and the plain exterior gives little hint of what waits inside once the parking lot lights come on after dark.

Guests looking for a second scare in the same visit can add the 3D Experience, a companion attraction that layers specialty glasses and glow effects over its own haunted path. It runs alongside Rigamortis rather than replacing it, so many visitors buy a combo ticket and work through both attractions in a single trip. During the core Halloween season, Warehouse31 also runs limited special events, including a Lights Out Lantern Night, when guests move through the haunt in near total darkness carrying nothing but a single lantern.

Warehouse31 also operates a standalone escape room on-site, priced separately from the haunted house at fifteen dollars a person. It draws a different crowd than the haunt, groups working against a clock to solve puzzles rather than running from actors, and it can be booked even outside the core haunt season on select dates. The escape room, along with Rigamortis and the 3D Experience, gives the venue three distinct formats under one roof, which is part of why repeat visitors tend to come back with different friends for different experiences each year.

Standard combo tickets covering Rigamortis and the 3D Experience run thirty dollars, with a fifty dollar Fast Pass for front-of-line entry and a seventy dollar VIP package that adds preferred seating, a complimentary drink, a photo booth picture, and a small merchandise discount. Groups of thirteen or more receive twenty percent off regular tickets and ten percent off VIP packages, and active military and first responders can get three dollars off a single ticket at the box office with valid identification. Parking is free.

Warehouse31 markets itself toward older kids, teens, and adults looking for a genuinely intense scare rather than a lighter, family-friendly haunt, and the venue suggests checking with younger or more sensitive guests before bringing them through Rigamortis. It operates on a seasonal calendar rather than fixed year-round hours, so specific operating dates and nightly hours are posted on the venue’s ticketing calendar as each Halloween season approaches. On operating nights, the box office typically opens around 6:30 p.m., with guests beginning to enter around 7 p.m. The venue prefers guests text (205) 378-9760 with questions rather than call, and notes that all ticket sales are final, so checking the current calendar before making the trip out to Lee Street is worth doing.

The Pelham location has become something of an annual tradition for haunt fans around Birmingham, with word of mouth building each October as new props and set pieces get worked into Rigamortis. National recognition from outlets like FrightFind has helped raise its profile outside Shelby County, drawing carloads of visitors from Hoover, Alabaster, and farther into the metro during peak weekends. For anyone building a haunted house circuit each fall, Warehouse31 tends to land near the top of the local list, in large part because it offers three separate paid experiences rather than a single quick walkthrough.

Because the season is short and demand spikes on weekend nights close to Halloween, planning ahead matters more here than at a typical year-round attraction. Buying tickets online in advance, arriving close to the posted box office time, and dressing for an outdoor line in late-October weather are all practical steps that make a night at Warehouse31 go more smoothly once the doors finally open.