Voting for the second annual CreepyLA Cadavers – Southern California Haunted Attraction Awards has just completed, and we’re eager to announce the results! This Thursday, we’ll reveal the winners of the best pro and home haunts in the Los Angeles area, as well as best Halloween themed theatrical production, kid friendly event, horror themed escape room, and additional awards for best scare acting, production design, and more.
This year we’re also debuting an award for best Scream Park Maze. As a teaser, here are the top six contenders:
- Freddy vs. Jason (Halloween Horror Nights)
- Halloween (Halloween Horror Nights)
- Krampus (Halloween Horror Nights)
- Paranormal, Inc. (Knotts Scary Farm)
- Shadowlands (Knotts Scary Farm)
- Lullaby (Queen Mary Dark Harbor)
Dozens of fans and genre journalists and reviewers participated in this year’s voting, including writers from the following outlets: Sinful Celluloid, Horrorbuzz, Gaming Shogun, Dread Central, Westcoaster, HalloweenEveryNight.com, Haunted Attraction Network, Golden State Haunts, We Are Indie Horror, Nightmarish Conjurings, Spooky Little Girl, Jill Kill, All Hallows’ Haunts, ScareZone.com and Morbidly Beautiful.
Below is a look at the remaining award titles and nominees — in order to be eligible, attractions needed to have a minimum number of voters who attended. Winners are determined by voter ratings. This system is intended to avoid “vote stuffing” and allow lesser attended attractions to be graded fairly against better attended events.
Best Halloween Themed Theatre Attraction
As chosen by reviewers and fans.
Eligible: Delusion: His Crimson Queen; Fallen Saints; Urban Death Tour of Terror (Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group); Wicked Lit
Best Kid Friendly Attraction
As chosen by reviewers and fans.
Eligible: Boo At the Zoo (LA Zoo); Knott’s Spooky Farm; Mickey’s Halloween Party
Best Home Haunt
As chosen by reviewers and fans.
Eligible: Boney Island (Sherman Oaks); Boot Hill (Irvine); Higgins Manor (Mission Viejo); Rotten Apple 907 (Burbank); Spooky Hollows (Van Nuys); The Backwoods Maze (Burbank); The Haunted Rose (Whittier); The House at Haunted Hill (Woodland Hills); VanOaks Cemetery (Sherman Oaks)
Best Scream Park
As chosen by reviewers.
Eligible: Field of Screams the Haunted Stadium; Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood; Knott’s Scary Farm; Los Angeles Haunted Hayride; Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor; Scream Kingdom at Splash Kingdom Waterpark; Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Fright Fest
Best Professional Haunt
As chosen by reviewers.
Eligible: Creep: Entry; Devoted (Shine On Collective); Gorlesque!; Motel 6 Feet Under; Reign of Terror; Sinister Pointe’s Fear The Mark; The 17th Door; The Fleshyard; The Tension Experience: Ascension
Best Scare Actors (all eligible Scream Parks or Pro Haunts)
As chosen by reviewers.
Best Atmosphere (all eligible Scream Parks or Pro Haunts)
As chosen by reviewers.
Best Deal Scream Park
As chosen by fans.
Eligible: Creep: Entry; Motel 6 Feet Under; Reign of Terror; Sinister Pointe’s Fear The Mark; The 17th Door
Most Fun Professional Halloween Attraction
As voted by fans.
Eligible: Creep: Entry; Motel 6 Feet Under; Reign of Terror; Sinister Pointe’s Fear The Mark; The 17th Door
Scariest Professional Halloween Attraction
As chosen by fans.
Eligible: Creep: Entry; Motel 6 Feet Under; Reign of Terror; Sinister Pointe’s Fear The Mark; The 17th Door
Best Mazes
As chosen by reviewers and fans.
Eligible: Field of Screams the Haunted Stadium; Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood; Knott’s Scary Farm; Los Angeles Haunted Hayride; Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor; Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Fright Fest
You can check out the 2015 winners here. Keep an eye on this site and our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) this Thursday for announcements of winners. For any questions, please contact creepyla at gmail dot com.
