From Sept. 27 to Oct. 31, 6th Street Massacre and its newly opened sibling scare house right off the Canyon E-Way, Chainsaw Massacre, opened to all comers looking for a horrifyingly good time. With Sixth Street Massacre opening for its 11th year, the new Chainsaw Massacre attraction plays by a different set of rules compared to its high tech attraction within Amarillo city limits.
“We wanted the attraction to be as different as possible from the one we own on 6th Street,” Mike Fisher, the owner of both 6th Street and Chainsaw Massacre attractions, said. “6th Street Massacre (6SM) is very high tech and is based on themes from movies since the building is a former movie theater. From video screens, collapsing hallways, a scene that simulates an earthquake and a mirror maze at 6SM compared to a multi-level, dark, physical attraction that feels like you are in an actual house at Chainsaw. Chainsaw is a full contact haunted house where our actors will touch you. We do have rules, only allowing actors to touch the knee area and below and above the shoulders while 6SM is a non-touch haunt. “
Basing their original story around a family named the McKills, 6th Street Massacre is a plethora of shout outs to well known horror movies. On the other hand, Chainsaw Massacre uses a hybrid of both original and popular concepts within its doors. The Chainsaw Massacre attraction ranges from housing Pyramid Head and the disfigured, decomposing nurses from the video game franchise and movie Silent Hill to a dark upstairs Christmas theme that showcases a chainsaw-wielding St. Nick.

“While the name of Chainsaw Massacre implies it is based on a movie, it is not,” Fisher said. “We have always used the word “Massacre” in all our names over the years and the haunt is outside the city like the movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre and chainsaws are synonymous to haunted houses. With the country feeling of being outside the city, we wanted to give it a wide open place with spacious scenes and hallways giving the customer a feel of openness like being in an actual home outside the city, missing the comforts of city lights and the security of being in your hometown.”
Along with entertaining patrons with a sentiment of being outside of Amarillo and Canyon, its location off of I-27 enables Chainsaw Massacre to seek further expansion while promoting and providing a venue for year-round interest.
“If you aren’t growing, your dying is my philosophy,” Fisher said. “Since our first year, we have always been in growth mode. In our second year of having a home haunt (over 10 years ago), we have moved from the porch scaring kids to the garage the next year, accumulating experience and props while always trying to make [the attraction] better. We now have full time employees that work on the haunts all year around. I have a master plan of expanding Chainsaw to have a second attraction. We have more space in that location than we have ever had in the past and being outside the city gives us the freedom to do almost anything we want. We are very excited with expansion ideas not only to the haunt itself, but also to the dates we are open during the year. The outdoor area will be expanded to include entertainment with year around fun.”
General admission for the Chainsaw Massacre attraction and 6th Street Massacre are $20 each, with an option to purchase admission to both haunted houses for $30. You can purchase tickets on the 6th Street Massacre website or buy them at either location.