Urban Death: Tour of Terror

Halloween 2024 Update: This season, Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre will present four Halloween-themed attractions. All of them are for ages 18 and over except the family-friendly ghost jamboree.

Urban Death Tour of Terror – walkthrough maze and stage show with nightmare vignettes.
Dark Dark Ride Ride: Trick or Treat! – hand-ushed doom buggy takes you in search of Halloween candy.
Abducted – you and a partner are abducted onto an alien space ship.
Friendly Ghost Jamboree (for ages 2 and up) – family-friendly Halloween maze and theatre show.

Urban Death Dates & Hours: Fridays & Saturdays from September 27 through November 1, plus October 30 & Halloween Night. Showtimes at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 10:45 & 11:30pm.

Urban Death Tickets: $23 in advance, $28 at the door.

Dark Dark Ride Ride: Trick or Treat Dates & Hours: Thursday through Sunday from September 12 to 22, launching every 15 minutes between 7pm and 11:3pm.

Dark Dark Ride Ride: Trick or Treat Tickets: $35 for one “doom buggy” (holds 2 people)

Abducted Dates & Hours: October 6, 10, 13, 17, at 15-minute intervals from 7pm to 10pm

Abducted Dates Tickets: $23

Friendly Ghost Jamboree Dates & Hours: October 26-27, 31; 2pm, 3pm & 4pm on Saturday and Sunday; 3pm & 4pm on Halloween.

Friendly Ghost Jamboree Tickets: October 26-27, 31; 2pm, 3pm & 4pm on Saturday and Sunday; 3pm & 4pm on Halloween.

Location: Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre – 4850 Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood, California 91601

Website: www.urbandeath.com

Urban Death Tour of Terror: Formless Terror Flashing in the Dark

You may think you have experienced every type of fright that Halloween has to offer, but you haven’t – not until you take Urban Death‘s disturbing Tour of Terror. The experience is like a skeletal finger tracing a ticklish path down your spine, raising the hairs one by one. Shivers, more than screams, await you in this haunted theatre, which provides a truly distinctive horror experience: fragmentary glimpses of images too horrible to comprehend, too brief to be understood, followed by a darkness inhabited by formless shadows that you hope exist only in your imagination.

Making its debut in 2013, this Halloween attraction is part walk-through maze, part performance art – including a fifteen-minute series of disturbing blackout vignettes. Urban Death: Tour of Terror features minimal production values (basically a black, empty stage) but, like a martial arts master, turns this weakness into strength by using performances, punctuated by light and shadow, to create stark, indelible images that sink into the brain. The result is fairly far removed from most Halloween haunts, and thrill-seekers expecting more high-adrenalin scares may be disappointed. Connoisseurs of terror should be delighted by the opportunity to savor this distinctive blend of shivers.

There is plenty of street parking at the location, but you should allow five minutes for seating. No food or drink allowed inside.

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