--- title: Ariana Grande Ellen Haunted House Video American Horror description: Ariana Grande got seriously spooked after Ellen DeGeneres sent her to an "American Horror Story"-themed haunted house this Halloween. canonical: https://time.com/4553804/ariana-grande-american-horror-story-haunted-house/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-01T21:02:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:16.474Z og:title: Watch Ariana Grande Freak Out in a Terrifying Haunted Maze og:description: The singer gets seriously spooked og:url: https://time.com/4553804/ariana-grande-american-horror-story-haunted-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ariana Grande Freak Out in a Terrifying Haunted Maze twitter:description: The singer gets seriously spooked twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Ariana Grande Freak Out in a Terrifying Haunted Maze > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 1, 2016 9:02 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 1, 2016 9:02 PM UTC [Pint-sized singer](http://time.com/4308929/ariana-grande-dangerous-woman-time-100/) and [noted diva impressionist](http://time.com/4257737/ariana-grande-saturday-night-live-review/) Ariana Grande had the scare of her life when she agreed to accompany Ellen DeGeneres’ long-suffering executive producer Andy Lassner to Universal Studios’ [_American Horror Story_](http://time.com/4494628/american-horror-story-season-six/)Halloween Horror maze. Lassner, [who had been sent to try out Universal’s terrifying _Exorcist_ maze the week before](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggembjsFwaA), had no less scares this time around even though Grande was there to keep him company. Both he and Grande seemed thoroughly spooked during the duration of the maze, where characters from the popular Ryan Murphy show jumped out at the pair, prompting plenty of swearing and screaming. After they had completed the maze, Grande conceded that the maze wasn’t that bad, but she did get her thrills in this Halloween. “Somewhere in there is my heart,” she said of the chilling experience. 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