Cemetery Lane Trick R Treat

Status: On Hiatus. After two years of family-friendly trick-or-treating on the grounds of Heritage Square Museum, Cemetery Lane went dark in 2023 with no word about returning.

Location: Heritage Square Museum – 3800 Homer Street, Los Angeles, 90031

Website: cemeterylane.com

Quick Take: Cemetery Lane: A Trick-R-Treat Experience transformed Heritage Square Museum into a Halloween neighborhood, where creepy costumed characters handed out candy on the porches of authentic Victorian mansions and other historical structures. The door-to-door trick-or-treating was ideal for families with young children, while adults could certainly enjoy the atmospheric lighting, decorations, and installations that turned the event into an outdoor immersive experience.

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The Cemetery Lane Trick-R-Treat Experience made its debut for Halloween 2021. From Black Cat Orange, the producers of Midsummer Scream, the event was designed to offer a family-friendly option filled with spooky atmosphere that was not too intimidating for young children. Set on the grounds of the Heritage Square Museum (home of the annual Halloween and Mourning Tours), Cemetery Lane sought to recreate the feeling of an old-fashioned neighborhood Halloween evening, with costumed youngsters going door to door among the museum’s Victorian Mansions, which were fully decked out for the season, with decorations and effects by Jeff Schiefelbein, of Sinister Pointe.

David Markland, co-founder and executive director of Midsummer Scream, explained that his goal was “to replicate a vintage Halloween night. While not-so-spooky as to terrify the youngest trick-r-treaters, we still aim to please adult fans of the Halloween season like us.”

Because of the nature of Heritage Square Museums historical structures, Cemetery Lane Trick-R-Treat Experience was designed as an outdoor event except for the merchandise store inside the old church building. Each mansion had some species of creepy characters (vampires, witches) lurking on the porch, interacting with trick-or-treaters while handing out candy. There were also a couple of outdoor walkthrough installations, including a cemetery with a vault, a western setting, and a sort of haunted garden.