Scare Actor

Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 22,041 - 30,307; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick leave

Free entry to the park while off-duty

Free tickets for friends and family

Additional discounted tickets and 6‑9%

Job summary

Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park in Denver, CO is seeking a professional actor to portray a spooky character for Halloween attractions. You will wear airbrushed makeup or a full face mask and perform scenes repeatedly to achieve top-notch scares, while preparing the work area for the next day.

The role requires reliability, physical stamina, and availability for weekends, nights, and holidays. Prior haunt experience is preferred but not required; background checks apply.

Qualifications

• Prior haunt experience preferred but not required.
• Must be okay with a full face of makeup applied daily.
• Must be okay with wearing full face mask.
• Must be able to wear a costume.
• Proficient in time management.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Frequently exposed to fog/haze machines, strobe lights, black lights.
• Required to work in various weather conditions.
• Available to work overtime.
• Must work flexible hours including weekends, nights, and holidays.
• All job offers contingent on passing a criminal, drug, and social security background check.

Responsibilities

• Wear complete airbrushed makeup look or full face mask.
• Perform a scene or series of scenes in repetition to achieve top‑notch scares.
• Clean and prepare work area for the next operating day after the haunted houses close for the evening.
• Possible shifts for “Trick‑or‑Treat Trail” wherein “treats” are given out by actors in costume to children in the park.
• Perform various other duties as assigned.
• Follow all policies and procedures to maintain a safe workplace.

Skills

Time management

Makeup tolerance

Flexibility

18+ years old

Job description

JOB TITLE: Entertainment Scare Actor

REPORTS TO: Entertainment Supervisor

DEPARTMENT: Entertainment

PAY RATE: $19.29/hour

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS: August 3rd, 2026

ANTICIPATED FILL DATE: August 22nd, 2026

JOB SUMMARY

Professional actor to portray a role as a spooky character in one of our Halloween attractions.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Wear complete airbrushed makeup look or full face mask.
• Perform a scene or series of scenes in repetition to achieve top‑notch scares.
• Clean and prepare work area for the next operating day after the haunted houses close for the evening.
• Possible shifts for “Trick‑or‑Treat Trail” wherein “treats” are given out by actors in costume to children in the park.
• Perform various other duties as assigned.
• Follow all policies and procedures to maintain a safe workplace.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior haunt experience preferred but not required.
• Must be okay with a full face of makeup applied daily.
• Must be okay with wearing full face mask.
• Must be able to wear a costume.
• Proficient in time management.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Frequently exposed to fog/haze machines, strobe lights, black lights.
• Required to work in various weather conditions.
• Available to work overtime.
• Must work flexible hours including weekends, nights, and holidays.
• All job offers contingent on passing a criminal, drug, and social security background check.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to walk or stand for up to eight hours a shift.
• Some positions require extensive climbing and jumping on a bungee harness.
• Requires occasional kneeling and bending.
• Requires occasional reaching above shoulder, pushing and pulling.
• Requires occasional lifts and carries up to 50 pounds.
• Requires occasional carries up to 100 pounds with the assistance of a two‑wheel hand truck.
• Requires manual and bi‑manual dexterity, fine and gross motor skills, eye/hand coordination, near vision, hearing, and speech.
• Possess 20/20 corrected vision. (Corrective lens, if required, must be worn while on duty).
• Possess normal or average corrected hearing. (Defined as 25 decibels or better in the frequency range of 500Hz-4000Hz considered normal speech frequency range). (If a corrective device is needed to achieve this range, it must be worn while on duty).

BENEFITS

• Paid sick leave
• Free entry to the park while off-duty
• Free tickets for friends and family
• Additional discounted tickets and season passes for friends and family