“Fallout Shelter (in 3D)” will bring scareseekers into what may be the worst fallout shelter ever created, full of irradiated humans and mutants that may have grown a few spare heads, arms, eyeballs, and maybe even stomachs that need to be fed with human meat (beats spam, thats for sure).

“Sleepy Hollow Mountain” revisits the classic Halloween favorite of school teacher Ichabod Crane’s meetup with the Headless Horseman, with the Knotts crew filling the atmosphere with all matter of “Ghosts and ghouls, witches and goblins, long legged beasts and things that go bump in the night…”

“Virus Z” has infected town the residents of Pleasanton, turning everyone into flesh eating zombies (have you ever been to Pleasanton? Its an improvement, trust me).  Visitors will all be suspected of carrying the infection, and will not only have to evade the undead, but also government agents bent on eradicating everyone they suspect of carrying the virus.

And in scare zone action, those passing through “Necropolis” will encounter steampunk vampires and a world “of flesh and machine, of gears and steam.” And probably some funnel cake, if we’re lucky.

The returning mazes are “Lockdown: The Asylum,” “Terror of London,” “Dia de los Muertos,” “Uncle Bobos Bigtop of the Bizarre in 3D,” “The Labyrinth,” “The Slaughterhouse,” “Black Widow’s Cavern,” “The Doll Factory,” “Club Blood,” and “Cornstalkers.”

The full lineup, courtesy Knott’s Berry Farm:

TERRIFYING MAZES:
(1) “Sleepy Hollow Mountain” (Log Ride)
(2) “The Labyrinth” (Flying Ace Balloon Race)
(3) “The Doll Factory” (Wilderness Dance Hall)
(4) “Lockdown: The Asylum” (GhostRider)
(5) “The Slaughterhouse” (Main Gate/Camp Spooky)
(6) “Fallout Shelter in 3D“ (the Lake)
(7) “Club Blood” (GhostRider)
(8) “Terror of London” (Mystery Lodge)
(9) “Black Widow’s Cavern” (Calico Mine Ride)
(10) “Virus Z” (Fiesta Plaza)
(11) “The Corn Stalkers” (Stage Coach Trail)
(12) “Dia Del Los Muertos” (Bumper Cars)
(13) “Uncle Bobo’s Big Top of the Bizarre in 3D” (Xcelerator)

SCARE ZONES:
(1) “Ghost Town” (Old West Ghost Town®)
(2) “Necropolis” (Camp Snoopy)
(3) “CarnEVIL” (The Boardwalk)

SINISTER SHOWS:
(1) “Ed Alonzo’s Psycho Circus of Magic and Mayhem” (Ghoul Time Theatre)
(2) “The Hanging” (Calico Scare)
(3) Hacks! Presents “Die, Die, Die!” (Bird Cage Theatre)
(4) “De’Anna the Hypnochick” (Boardwalk Ballroom)
(5) Street Drum Corps’ “Blood Drums” (Necropolis Theatre)
(6) “Inferno” (Wagon Camp)
(7) “Zamora’s Sideshow of the Bizarre” (CarnEVIL Stage)

More coverage to come here at CreepyLA…

For additional info and to purchase tickets, visit Knott’s Scary Farms’ official site.

Ghosts of lions and tigers and bears, oh my. After a successful first year in a vacant Calabasas field, the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride is moving their 2010 frights to the eerie old zoo grounds in Griffith Park.

Beginning October 8th, visitors will hop aboard a tractor towed wagon, where they’ll be at the mercy of “fifteen foot tall mascots of death, a nice cute group of 200 year old children, and your friendly neighborhood clown.”

The $25+ admission also includes access to a Haunted Haymaze to get lost in, and a “Carnival of Souls” with rides for the lil ones, pumpkin face painting, and games.

Also returning this year are live celebrity readings of ghost stories. First up: the Exorcist’s Linda Blair.

Presale for tickets begins September 1st with a $3 discount for those who order early.

Ticketing and additional info.

Read our review of last year’s Los Angeles Haunted Hayride.

Go door-to-door collecting candy, points, cards, battle stamps and quest assignments to prepare for combat. Use your wit, bravery and home-made costumes with superpowers to rid the neighborhood of creepy monsters and SAVE HALLOWEEN!

Every year on Halloween,
Grabbing candy left and right,
Ghosts and Witches can be seen
Trick or treating through the night

This year it’s a different deal—
Someone new has come to town
Now the monsters are all real
And we have to take them down!

There’s a witch who thinks she might
Steal our candy ‘fore the dawn
We’ve got costumes built to fight!
Now the battle’s really on.

Most people this time of year are saying goodbye to summer with camping trips, barbecue’s, and last minute tanning sessions. But here at Creepy L.A. we are eagerly anticipating blood, guts, and gore! With 5 weeks until Universal Studios Hollywood opens up it’s gates to hell, we catch up with creative director John Murdy as he auditions Vampire dancers and announces a new maze!

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The park early Wednesday morning was buzzing with excitement over preparations for Horror Nights. The park’s entertainment staff held an open call and auditioned 60 male and female dancers in hopes they would find the perfect group of dancing vampires. Theme park officials were looking for two sexy, fang bearing vampires to strut their stuff and dance nightly for a coveted spot in Horror Nights and guys to dance with the females during the park’s daytime festivities. With only 2 female and 3 male dancers being chosen – you would think tensions would be high, but the dancers all seemed like they were in good spirits and came with a ‘have fun’ attitude. Dancers where given roughly 30 min to learn a 45 second choreographed routine to the song ‘Supermassive Black Hole ‘ by the band MUSE.

At roughly 11 am dancers were asked to perform in groups of 5 for the park execs including Mr. Murdy. Some struggled, and some fell flat. But with a hiss and a sinister grin, most high-kicked their way through the intricate routine impressing the judges.

Last years event was themed ‘Welcome to Hell ‘ and female dancers were billed as ‘Lust and Vanity ‘ . They appeared to be naked covered in blood, so we’ll have to wait till opening night to see how Universal transforms the final dancers. Damn. Press were only invited to watch the first round so we’ll have to wait to see who made the final cut- pun intended.

Also in ‘Maze’ news, Murdy gave us some awesome info on this years event. He announced a second maze, . “Vampyre: Castle of the Undead,” based on an original concept created by Universal Studios Hollywood, it will make its debut at this year’s Halloween event located inside the House of Horror’s which is open year round and will be transformed into ‘Vampyre’. Along with a new version of “House of 1000 Corpses” maze created by Rob Zombie. I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of HO1C’s exterior as it was visible to the press .a It was being constructed in the queue for the terminator ride which may or may not be used again for Rocky Horror. Not much was visible other then one key prop located near the end of the maze. Yep, it was Dr. Satan’s chair! Murdy revealed to Creepy L.A. that the house will use a new state of the art LED technology to create an entirely new 3d experience without the use of any black light! Also expect to hear more about the new “La Llorona” scare zone and three other new mazes as news breaks over the next 5 weeks. Yep! In less than 5 weekswe begin another amazing season. Stay Tuned…

UPDATE 9/20/10 : John Murdy announced via twitter ( www.twitter.com/horrornights ) that the 3rd maze in this years line up will be “A Nightmare on Elm Street: Never Sleep Again,” based off the most recent theatrical release. Universal explains the attraction will bring guests back on a nightmare journey to the town of Springwood, the scene of Freddy Krueger’s unspeakable crimes. They’ll wind through the ominously twisting corridors of the Barham Day Care Center, glimpse ghastly scenes of carnage among the young people of Springwood and face the ultimate showdown with Freddy in his infamous boiler room lair. Freddy is back by popular demand and that he will also serve as year’s icon. Murdy also assured fans that the maze will be a entirely new expierience from prior use of the legendery New Line icon, Murdy explained this year will have a darker undertone then the more comedic version 2 years back . Only two more mazes left to be announced! Any guesses?