Halloween 2013 Review: Backwoods vs Big Worm - Which is L.A.'s scariest yard haunt?
Halloween is rapidly bearing down on us with all the inevitability of the gigantic jaugernat relentlessly pursuing Karswell at the
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Backwoods Maze Archive
Archive of articles about the Backwoods Maze, an incredibly elaborate Halloween Home Haunt in Burbank: photographs, reviews, videos, interviews.
Halloween 2013: Weekend Recommendations for October 18-20
Heading into the second half of the Halloween season, Hollywood Gothique picks the best haunted houses and other events opening
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Classic Home Haunts Panel, Part 4: Jeff Gustafson, Diane Meyer & Rick Polizzi
In the fourth and final installment of ScareLA's Classic Home Haunts panel, Steve Biodrowski (Hollywood Gothique) interviews the proprietors of
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Classic Home Haunts Panel, Part 3: Jeff Gustafson of Backwoods Maze
In Part 3 of the Classic Home Haunts panel, Hollywood Gothique's Steve Biodorowski interviews Jeff Gustafson about The Backwoods Maze,
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2012 Halloween Haunt Odyssey Part 1: Burbank's Backwoods Maze and Fear Family Hospital
As usual, Hollywood Gothique began its annual Halloween Haunt Odyssey a little early this year. This ritual trek began back
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2012 Halloween Recommendations: Best Los Angeles Yard Haunts
Looking for last-minute, inexpensive ways to enjoy Halloween in Los Angeles? Look no further, as Hollywood Gothique presents its must-see
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Hollywood Gothique's Halloween Haunt Awards 2011
Drum roll, please - or should that be a funeral dirge? Whatever soundtrack you choose to play in your mind
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Halloween Yard Haunt Odyssey 2011: Rotten Apple 907 & Backwoods Maze
Our exploration of 2011's Halloween Yard Haunts began last week with our trip to Boney Island (reviewed here). Next,
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Backwoods Maze 2010 Video
Halloween has come and gone; even our post-Halloween wrap-up, the four-part Halloween Haunt Odyssey, has been put to bed. Now
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2010 Halloween Haunt Odyssey: Burbank Museums & Mazes
Hollywood Gothique's 2010's Halloween Haunt Odyssey - an annual tour of amateur yard haunts - begins in Burbank, which seems to have become the bleeding, beating heart of Halloween in the San Fernando valley. Within an easily drivable distance are no less than four worthwhile haunts, with several other decorated yards also in the area: Spider-Lights, the Backwoods Maze, Nightmare Junction, and Rotten Apple 907's Nightmare at the Museum. Click through for details.
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