From the Crypt: Michael Myers at HHN 2009
As you have probably heard, Michael Myers - the unstoppable slasher from John Carpenter's Halloween - will haunt this year's
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Halloween 2009: Vampyr Inn's Bloody Ball - Review & Video
Finally, after an unforgivably long delay, we are back to wrap up this year's edition of our annual Halloween Haunt Odyssey. Atypically, our final stop was at not an amateur yard haunt but a professional Halloween haunted house: the Vampyr Inn's Bloody Ball, a new Halloween attraction in West Hollywood.
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After beginning our 2009 Halloween Haunt Odyssey - an annual night-time tour of amatuer haunted houses - with a visit
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Halloween Odyssey 2009: Forest of Mirrors
We are back for another installment of our annual Halloween Haunt Odyssey. This is an article in which we round up all the haunted attractions and Halloween events in Los Angeles that we visit on the night of October 31; predominantly, these tend to be Halloween yard haunts, because many of those tend to be open only on Halloween night. This year's odyssey was small in number but large in quantity, because we toured haunted houses in widely separated geographical areas: the Forest of Mirrors and the Reign of Terror in the West Valley; the House of Restless Spirits and the Eternal Rest Cemetery not far from the beaches of Santa Monica and Venice.
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Nightmare at Scareview Farms 2009: Review
Nightmare at Scareview Farms is the new Halloween attraction at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, replacing Fearplex(which was sold off after the death of owner Bob Koritzke) Located in the fairgrounds’ Big Red Barn (instead of the stadium that housed Fearplex), Nightmare at Scare View Farms offers three mazes, which benefit from the vast expanse of available space, creating wide open environments quite different from the claustrophobic confines of most walk-through Halloween haunts. The results are not as intense as in some scare factories, but they are frightening in a fun sort of way that should appeal to families as long as their children are not too easily frightened (recommended age is over twelve). Also, Halloween fans looking for something besides the usual chainsaw-killer-in-the-corridor approach will appreciate the distinctive approach.
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Last-Minute Halloween Suggestions: Plays, Parties & Performances
Running out of ways to celebrate the October season? Or are you simply looking for a different kind of way to enjoy Halloween in Los Angeles? Well, you're in luck! Here are a handful of last-minute additions to our monthly Calendar of Events: Slly Spectre: The Musical, Halloween Spook-tacular at Universal City Walk, a screening of NOSFERATU at Walt Disney Concert Hall accomanpied by a live musical performance, and several costume masquerades.
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Horror on Frankel Street 2009: Dark Carnival - Video
Here is our video walk-through of Horror on Frankel Street's 2009 haunt, "Dark Carnival." In the past, we have expressed
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Theatre 68's 2009 Haunted House - Review
The Theatre 68 Haunted House in Hollywood is in full swing for the last week of Halloween, and if you decline to sample the horrors contained therein, then you are only hurting yourself (in the sense of the old joke: "What do you do to hurt a masochist? Nothing!"). This is one of our favorite Halloween events in Los Angeles: it was great last year, when we first encountered it, and it is every bit as good this year. A handful of the old vignettes are back, but this is a largely new presentation that should be on every Halloween fanatic's must-do list, whether or not you have experienced it before
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The Terry Haunt 2009: Clownz - Review
The Terry Haunt in Anaheim has been around in one form or another for over ten years. Once a Halloween
Read moreHorror on Frankel Street 2009: Dark Carnival - Review
Horror on Frankel Street is a nifty little amateur effort that impressed us last year with its "Scarecrow Village" presentation. The
Read moreLos Angeles Haunted Hayride 2009 - Video
We got a kick out of the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride, a new Halloween attraction for 2009. The open-air setting
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Halloween Horror Nights Video Part 3: My Bloody Valentine & Chucky's Funhouse
Part Three of our video tour of the 2009 Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood includes two mazes and
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Halloween Horror Nights 2009 - Terror Tram & Shaun of the Dead Video
Here is Hollywood Gothique's second video from the 2009 Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios in Hollywood - featuring the
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