Escape rooms are called as such for a reason: As soon as you’re locked in, your goal is to get out as fast as possible.

You’ll want to move especially quickly when these rooms are filled with scary creatures.

If you think you have what it takes to solve clues while monsters and serial killers are creeping on you, then a horror-themed escape room is a perfect outing for couples, groups of friends or families this haunting season. As the escape room concept has risen in popularity in recent years, these spaces have started to theme the experiences to specific holidays and Halloween is no exception.

Here are 10 Halloween-themed escape rooms in Southern California. Make sure to call ahead to make reservations.

Los Angeles County

Escape Hotel Hollywood

When: 1-11:10 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 1 p.m.-12:40 a.m. Friday; 11:30 a.m.-12:40 a.m. Saturday; 11:30 a.m.-11:10 p.m. Sunday

Where: 6633 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles

Tickets: $39-$110 at 323-848 4954 or escapehotelhollywood.com.

This place bills itself as an entire hotel full of horror-themed escape rooms. With themes like a haunted daycare, a circus full of freaks and, of course, zombies, each room offers a terrifying option. On Sundays in October, there is an event dubbed Hide & Seek, which is a full contact horror survival game where all of the rooms open up at the hotel for one massive escape room game.

Maze Rooms

When: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. daily

Where: 4365 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City

Tickets: Starting at $37 per player at 310-595-2881 or la.mazerooms.com/rooms/theyre-coming.

This place offers several rooms at various locations, but for those who want a classic experience with the undead should check out “They’re Coming” in Culver City. This room starts off with your group doing what seems like a simple escape game, but then the undead rise in the heart of Los Angeles, and the government has quarantined you.

Quest Room

When: 10 a.m.-midnight daily

Where: 1815 Hawthorne Boulevard, Redondo Beach

Tickets: Starting at $127 for two people at 323-307-2090 questroom.com.

A serial killer has been plaguing the streets of Los Angeles and you and your friends find yourselves at the home of the most recent victim to help investigate the crime. This escape room is called “Resurrection,” and be careful because the home of the most recent victim may not be empty.

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Orange County

Escape Room Era

When: 2-10:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday; noon-midnight Friday-Saturday

Where: 3365 E Miraloma Ave., Anaheim

Tickets: $52 per person with a minimum of four people per booking in October. 657-262-6302 or escaperoomera.com.

You can choose your own level of fear here since this Anaheim spot offers escape rooms with different levels of terror. For real horror, there’s “The Hide,” where you and your friends are private investigators gathering evidence against a suspected serial killer. Lights will be out at times, there will be live actors and try not to get freaked out by the strobe lights and fog effects. The slightly less scary room is “The Overgrown,” which is more of a science-fiction based zombie adventure where you will be looking for a cure before the zombies get you.

Escapade Games

When: 3:15-11:15 p.m. Monday-Friday; 11:15 a.m.-11:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

Where: 1111 E. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton

Tickets: $69 at 909-631-6716 or escaperoomera.com/escapade-games.

The organizers of “Zoe: Reborn” promise “100 minutes of pure terror,” with this escape room, which takes you into Zoe’s world as you navigate from her bedroom to her Uncle Robert’s lair through haunting props, eerie music, and realistic set decorations. Guests will have to solve puzzles that include haunted paintings, satanic circles and even buckets of blood. Plus it’s a full contact experience with live actors. It’s so scary that no one under 16 years of age is allowed to enter.

Legacy Escape Rooms

When: 1-10:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; 12:30-11:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

Where: 1525 Mesa Verde Drive East, Suite 212, ​Costa Mesa

Tickets: $39-$55 per person at 949-335-9677 or legacyescaperooms.com.

There are a few scary game options here and the newest one is “Zombie Rising.” Your group must survive the zombie apocalypse and at times your team must even split up to cover more ground.

Riverside County

Inland Empire Escape Rooms

When: 2:30-10:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; noon-midnight Saturday and Sunday

Where: 7000 Indiana Ave., Suite 107, Riverside

Tickets: $30-$40 per person at 951-777-8059 or inlandempireescaperooms.com.

The story of the “Panic Room” is set inside the eerie Kimberly Asylum. Guests must escape before the orderlies come to take you to the evil Dr. Jostle before he performs an archaic and painful procedure.

Breakout Escape Rooms

When: Hours vary; Open Tuesday-Sunday

Where: 22500 Town Circle, Moreno Valley

Tickets: $25-$30 per person at 951-444-4263 or breakyouout.com/the-clinic.

Those who are afraid to go to the doctor will find their nightmares come to life at the medical-themed horror room dubbed “The Clinic.” There’s something strange going on in this clinic where patients come to get better, but many go missing instead.

San Bernardino County

Confusion Escapes

When: 3:30-9 p.m. Wednesdays; 4-9 p.m. Thursdays; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; noon-9 p.m. Sundays

Where: 245 E. Redlands Blvd., San Bernardino

Tickets: Minimum $150 for three people at 909-639-7077 or confusionescapes.com.

Would you book an Airbnb that is rumored to have belonged to a powerful witch? That’s the premise of the “45 Lampkin Lane” escape room where you won’t want to extend your stay but instead will want to escape before whatever is lurking inside the home catches you.

Unity Escape Rooms

When: 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Sunday

Where: 2015 W. Park Ave. #2, Redlands

Tickets: $30 per person; $22.50 for children under 14 at 877-338-6489 or unityescaperooms.com/redlands/the-cabin.

This escape room experience is called “The Cabin: Stanley’s Sanctuary.” Once you and your friends enter, you must find the book that Stanley the Toy Maker has used to trap the souls of his victims.