The Summoning stakes a claim to greatness
The Summoning enlists audiences into a human-vs-vampire conflict staged in the depths of the San Francisco Mint, where the undead
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Halloween in the Bay Area
Archive of articles about Bay Area Halloween Events, including San Francisco and the surrounding areas, San Jose: San Francisco Dungeon, Winchester Mystery House, Candelighters Ghost House, Pirates of Emerson, and more.
Unhinged: Nightshade’s Curse (review)
Winchester Mystery House resurrects its Unhinged Halloween show, restoring the scares and adding a few new ones Unhinged: Nightshade’s Curse,
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Paranormal Activity in the Bay Area
After enjoying Halloween events Winchester Mystery House and the San Francisco Mint, we managed to squeeze in a visit to
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Miniature Mystery House
Looking down at this miniature of the Winchester Mystery House makes me feel like Jack Torrance in The Shining (1980).
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San Francisco Smackdown
Talk about interactive experiences – I got smacked so hard I did not realize my glasses were gone for five
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Hollywood Gothique goes Unhinged
Sorry, Los Angeles – we have abandoned you this weekend, heading north to the Bay Area to visit Unhinged: Nighshade’s
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Review: Winchester’s All Hallow’s Eve gets lost in the Mystery House
Lighting & visual effects fill the venerable tourist attraction with the spirit of Halloween, but this new production is no
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Pirates of Emerson: read the review, see the scenery
So now when it’s too late to do anything about it, people are suddenly reading my review of the Pirates
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Review: Pirates of Emerson Drive-Through Haunt
Can a drive-through haunt truly terrify? The results in Los Angeles have been checkered, so Hollywood Gothique decided to trek
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Visiting Pirates in Pleasanton
While our faithful minion continues to review haunts in Southern California, we have trekked up north for a visit to
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Video & Review: An “Unhinged” Halloween at Winchester Mystery House
Wondering what “unhinged” secrets reside within the Winchester Mystery House? Then come along with us…if you dare! After a six-year
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M.I.A. at Winchester Mystery House
The last time the Winchester Mystery House put on a full-blown Halloween haunt was in 2012, and for a while it
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Winchester Mystery House New Candelight Tours for Halloween 2016
With the demise of so many Los Angeles Halloween haunts this year, ghost-addicts may be looking elsewhere to get their ectoplasmic
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