Haunted Rose
2024 Update: After three seasons at the Whittier Museum, The Haunted Rose returns to home haunting at its original location. This year’s theme is Mausoleum of Madness.
Dates & Hours: Halloween Night Only, 6pm-11pm
Location: 12116 Groveland Avenue, Whittier, CA 90604
Website: thehauntedrosehaunt.weebly.com
Admission: Free!
HG Assessment: With amazing sets and creatures, The Haunted Rose is a horror fan’s dream come true, offering an esoteric form of horror that mainstream haunts eschew in the quest for a mass audience.
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Haunted Rose History
The Haunted Rose made its debut in 2016 to immediate acclaim and followed up in 2017 with “Maritime Horror,” a wonderfully creepy walk through a fishing village suggesting “Shadow Over Innsmouth.” After going on hiatus in 2018, the Haunted Rose returned in 2019, in a new location with a new theme, Carter’s Crypt, inspired by “The Statement of Randolph Carter.”
During 2020 pandemic lockdown, Haunted Rose converted to a show instead of a walkthrough. Continuing with its penchant for Lovecraft-inspired themes, the theme was “The Colour Out of Space,” described as a “live theatrical display of Cosmic Horror,” presented in a “fun, socially distanced” manner, in consideration of the Covid-19 pandemic. That Christmas, there was a Krampus Night and Hearse Show for the winter season, reusing the display from its Halloween 2020 presentation.
In need of a new location, The Haunted Rose gave up home haunting and joined forces with the Whittier Museum in 2021, charging for admission as a non-profit fund-raiser. The relationship proved fruitful, and Haunted Rose ended spending three Halloweens there: Realm of the Supernatural in 2021, another example of cosmic horror in the Lovecraft mode; Gates of Hell in 2022, based on alleged paranormal activity in nearby Turnball Canyon; and Threshold of Darkness, featuring Dr. Macabro’s Collection of Curiosities in 2023. Afterward, Haunted Rose and Whittier parted ways: the former returned to home haunting; the museum put on their own Halloween fundraiser in 2024.
Haunted Rose Photo Galleries
Haunted Rose 2023
Haunted Rose 2022
Haunted Rose Photos 2021
Haunted Rose Photos 2017-2020
