los angeles halloween Archive
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Halloween’s Seven Mascots
Posted on September 29, 2011 | 4 CommentsValentine’s Day has Cupid. Easter has the Easter Bunny. Christmas has Santa Claus, Rudolph, and dozens of others. Yet in spite of being the second most commercialized holiday in America,... -
New Haunted Attraction Beckons: The Monsters May Touch You!
Posted on September 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsA new haunted attraction opening in late October billing itself as “a gripping blend of interactive theater, stunt work and dramatic storytelling.” Taking place in an actual, 106 year old... -
Cannibals Take Over Burbank: A review of Burbank’s “Backwoods Maze”
Posted on October 19, 2009 | 7 CommentsInsane, packed with monsters, and best of all, free! So when there’s any kind of Halloween attraction, driving out of my way to get to it is no big deal... -
Popkiller Halloween
Posted on October 12, 2009 | No CommentsAlthough limited, Popkiller on Vermont in Los Feliz has a made some good choices (with more to come) that don’t scream fly-by-night tacky costume pop-up shop, especially when mixed in... -
Reign of Terror Haunted House
Posted on September 28, 2009 | No CommentsJanss Marketplace, 215 N. Moorpark Rd., Thousand Oaks Thursdays – Saturdays, October 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 7pm-11pm Admission: $10 (For discount info check out our Cheap Thrills page. ) “20... -
How to survive “The Life and Crimes of Michael Myers”
Posted on September 11, 2009 | 1 CommentA sneak peek at how Universal Studios Hollywood is turning the original “Halloween” films into a walk thru attraction for Halloween Horror Nights. Creative director John Murdy and the good... -
The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride, “the anti-amusement park,” opens Oct. 2nd
Posted on August 12, 2009 | 3 CommentsThere is something inherently eerie about “haunted hayrides.” Unlike your usual Halloween attraction, a maze where you walk through at your own pace, hayrides have you at their mercy –... -
Creepy Questions for Jonathan Sharp
Posted on October 15, 2008 | 1 CommentJonathan Sharp walked into a friend’s house recently weighed down with bags of food and started unpacking them. “This is a Moroccan stew that I made last night. And I... -
Creepy Questions for Jessica Harper
Posted on October 6, 2008 | 3 CommentsHorror fans should instantly recognize the face at right: Jessica Harper starred in Dario Argento’s “Suspiria,” “Phantom of the Paradise,” “Shock Treatment” (the sequel to “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” replacing... -
Dead “Poltergeist” child actress lives again in DirectTV commercial
Posted on October 4, 2008 | No CommentsIn this newest of DirectTV’s ads utilizing footage from classic films, Craig T. Nelson reprises his role from “Poltergeist” telling the audience, “Forgetting to switch to DirectTV? Yeah, that’s gonna... -
Creepy Links: Skulldiggity
Posted on October 3, 2008 | No CommentsSee the CGI sequel Resident Evil: Degeneration for free in Los Angeles on November 18th. Details at Dread Central. Remember those plastic Jack-O-Lantern Happy Meal pails? Ah, McDonalds memories… Frazgo... -
Creepy Questions for Creature Feature
Posted on October 3, 2008 | 9 CommentsIf you need a soundtrack for October, be sure to dig up “” by L.A.’s own musicians of the macabre, Creature Feature. The “two-fiend band”, known individually as Erik X... -
Get Shipwrecked This Weekend
Posted on October 3, 2008 | No CommentsToday marks the opening of Shipwreck, the Queen Mary’s Annual Halloween Terror Fest, and “The Most Terrifying Place On Earth,” if their website is to be believed. For those that... -
Steep discounts on faded politician masks
Posted on October 2, 2008 | No CommentsAn odd evaluator on the fortunes of contemporary but, alas, shelf-life-expired politicos can be ascertained in fire sale prices for these (not just for) Halloween masks. Then there are those... -
Sign up for the CreepyLA / Film Radar Horror Fan mailing list!
Posted on October 2, 2008 | No CommentsOnce again, CreepyLA is joining evil forces with Film Radar’s Horror Fan mailing list to bring subscribers a weekly email treat of horror film listings, haunted house openings, other events...
