ScareLA 2014

Location: The Reef (formerly LA Mart), 1933 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90007

Dates & Hours: Saturday, August 9 from 11am to 7pm; Sunday, August 10 from 11am to 6pm.

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Description: The Los Angeles Halloween convention returns for its second year. Attend panels, take classes, watch videos – everything you need to tide you over until October. Guests include representatives from Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, the Knotts Berry Farm Halloween Haunt, the Queen Mary Dark Harbor, Wicked Lit, and more.

There will be panels on masks, makeup, and haunting your house for Halloween, along with panels on The Haunted Mansion, Day of the Dead, The Magic Castle, and Urban Death.

And don’t miss “Graveyards, Mansion, and Ships: LA’s Unique Halloween Event Locations” – hosted by yours truly, the webmaster of Hollywood Gothique.

Dates & Hours: Saturday, August 9 from 11am to 7pm; Sunday, August 10 from 11am to 6pm.

Tickets range from $30 for a single-day pass to $396 for a “VIP Monster” weekend pass with all the bells and whistles.