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Halloween 2019 Event Reviews and Information

9/6/2019

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Looking for a review or information for a 2019 Halloween event? Well look no further. Below you will find reviews of Halloween events we have attended or are planning on attending and a list of all of the other events (scary and fun) that we've received information for. 

​We will be updating this as we receive information about additional events. 

Below are the dates you will find us at different Halloween Events!! As always, feel free to say hi!! Updates will be posted after these dates as quickly as we can get them done. 

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Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party: Magic Kingdom - September 6th 

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Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood - September 12th (and more) 

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Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest - September 14th 
​Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest - October 4th 

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Howl O Scream at Busch Gardens Tampa - September 20th 

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Knott's Scary Farm - September 19th (and more) 

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Queen Mary's Dark Harbor - September 26th 

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Los Angeles Haunted Hayride - September 28th

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Festival Del Terror at Six Flags Mexico - October 3, 2019

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Dark Horizon Orlando - October 10th

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Halloween Horror Nights Orlando 

More dates to find us at events coming soon!!

Event Information 

Click links to see event information
  • Busch Gardens Tampa - 20 years of Howl o Scream begins on September 20th 
  • Dark Horizon - All new Haunt coming to Orlando begins on October 10th 
  • Delusion - Alt Delete begins on September 14th (Tickets sell quick) 
  • Disneyland Resort - Celebrates HalloweenTime beginning September 6th
    • Disneyland Resort - Oogie Boogie Bash begins September 17th 
  • Dollywood - Harvest Festival and Great Pumpkin Luminights returns on September 27th
  • Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood: 
    • Universal Studios Hollywood - Halloween Horror Nights opens on September 13th 
    • Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood Fan Preview Night on September 12th
    • Creepshow, exclusive maze to Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 
    • Ghostbusters is coming to Halloween Horror Nights
    • House of 1000 Corpses is coming to Halloween Horror Nights
    • Stranger Things announced for Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood and Orlando
    • Us maze is coming to Halloween Horror Nights
    • Holidayz in Hell, all new maze, coming to Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood
    • All new original maze "Pandoras Box" coming to Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood
    • Throwback Thursdays Information
  • Halloween Horror Nights Orlando: 
    • ​Universal Orlando Resort - Halloween Horror Nights opens on September 6th 
    • Depths of Fear coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando 
    • Killer Klows from Outer Space is coming to Halloween Horror Nights
    • New Spooky Nighttime Lagoon Show coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando
    • Universal Orlando announces Scare Zones for Halloween Horror Nights
    • All new Universal Monster Maze coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando and Hollywood
    • New Original Maze, Graveyard Games, is coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando
    • Yeti: Terror of the Yukon coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando
  • Haunted Little Tokyo - Returns to Downtown Los Angeles on October 1st 
  • Knott's Scary Farm - The original returns on September 19th 
  • Knott's Spooky Farm - Family Friendly Event begins September 28th 
  • Legoland California - Brick or Treat Party Nights begin September 28th
  • Los Angeles Haunted Hayride - The revamped event begins September 28th 
  • Nostalgia Con - Retro Horror is coming to Nostalgia Con September 28th and 29th 
  • Queen Mary - An all new year of Dark Harbor begins September 26th 
    • Backstage look at Queen Mary's Dark Harbor information
  • Reign of Terror - 20th year of Reign of Terror begins September 28th
  • SeaWorld San Diego - Halloween Spooktacular begins September 21st 
  • Silver Dollar City - All New Pumpkin Lights Festival begins on September 25th
  • Sinister Pointe - New Haunt "MIST" begins October 4th 
  • Six Flags America - Fright Fest Returns on September 21st
  • Six Flags Great Adventure - Fright Fest Returns on Friday October 13th 
  • Six Flags Magic Mountain - Fright Fest Returns on September 14th 
  • Six Flags Over Georgia - Fright Fest Returns on September 21st 
  • Spooks and Spirits - Monster Movies for Music in San Diego on October 20th 
  • Universal Orlando Resort - Dark Arts Debuts at Universal Orlando on September 14th 
  • Walt Disney World - Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party details
  • Zombie Joe's - Urban Death Tour of Terror Returns October 4th

Related Videos:

Related Updates: 
  • Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Studios Hollywood 2018
  • ​Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Orlando Resort 2018
  • Knott's Scary Farm 2018
  • Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest 2018
  • Queen Mary's Dark Harbor 2018
  • Busch Gardens Tampa Howl-O-Scream 2018
  • Silverwood: Scarywood 2018


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Midsummer Scream 2018 - One of the best Cons of the year

8/6/2018

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In just it's 3rd year, Midsummer Scream has taken it's place as one of the most organized, fun, stress free and amazing conventions of the year. Last weekend we were on-hand all weekend to check out all of the amazing panels, the Hall of Shadows and just a fun time with all our haunted friends. 

Let's head into the fog ... 

Written by Gregg Condon
Welcome to Midsummer Scream 2018!!! 
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First up was the Knott's Scary Farm panel where they talked a lot about their process and announced an all new scare zone Forsaken Lake
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The Hall of Shadows was bigger and better than ever
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We can't wait to check out these full events in October!! 
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No Midsummer Scream would be complete without a visit to the Black Cat Lounge 
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Six Flags Panel where the monsters came out to play
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Girls, Girls, Girls!!! 
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Caption Contest!!! 
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Queen Mary Dark Harbor Panel is always one of the highlights of the weekend 
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Nice photo-bomb Big Mike!! 
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An all new panel this year from Warner Brothers and their Horror Made Here event 
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The excitement for this event is palpable, the room was very full for a first year panel 
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We also had a chance to talk with Jon Braver from Delusion 
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The last panel of Midsummer Scream was a unification of Halloween Horror Nights on both coasts. No big announcements, but the 90 minute chat was amazing!! 
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Had a great time talking with John, Chris and Michael where we talked about non-IP mazes, non-existent fights and kick ass shoes. 
A behind the scenes look at how the magic happens. 
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Thanks Midsummer Scream for another amazing year, already counting down the days until next year. 
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Related Videos: ​

Related Updates: 
  • Disney California Adventure Food and Wine Festival 2018
  • Legoland California Deep Sea Adventure Hard Hat Tour
  • Coasting With Culture: Adrenaline Peak at Oaks Park
  • EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival 2018
  • Holidays in Las Vegas and a Preview of MGM Life Rooms


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2016 Haunt Season Wrap Up 

11/2/2016

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Well, it's finally here. The end of the Haunt Season. 

As a site, this was our third year covering Halloween and we've had an absolute blast. We attended more Haunts this year than any other year, and it still was just a drop in the proverbial bucket. 

Below are our rankings, this is by no means a complete list of everything that is out there. Some of these events still have some nights coming up this weekend so be sure to check them out if you haven't already. 

If you missed ANY of our Halloween Updates be sure to check them out.



Best Theme Park Haunt - Knott's Scary Farm
With the addition of new mazes and the freshening up of some previous years mazes it was another banner year for the amazing Knott's Scary Farm. 
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Small improvements like the Skeleton Key rooms and new effects in mazes made the event seem fresh. The moving of Infected from Camp Snoopy to it's own maze not only made the overall experience for Infected that much better but freed up Camp Snoopy for an all new Scare Zone. 

Best Independent Haunt - Motel 6 Feet Under
This was a tough category as there were 3 amazing Independent Haunts that could have claimed this spot (we'll touch on those below). But this event works in every way, not because it's extreme, not because it's gory, but because it's just a FUN Haunted House. 
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Photo: Albert Lam
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Photo: Albert Lam
Motel 6 Feet Under is open this weekend (November 2 through 5) so if you missed this you still have a chance. 

Best Home Haunt - Backwoods 
So let's say you go to some imaginary "Haunt Graveyard" and get animatronics and sets that basically tells the history of Southern California Scary Events and put them all in your house. And then it all works in an amazing way. That's what Backwoods is and it's amazing. 
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​Best Maze - The Exorcist (Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood AND Orlando) 
Yep, this maze was our favorite at two separate events 2500 miles apart. And for VERY different reasons. The Hollywood Maze edges out the Orlando maze EVER so slightly but this maze had the perfect blend of storytelling and amazing effects. 
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood and Unviersal Orlando are both  open November 4 and 5

​Best Scare Zones - Fright Fest - Six Flags Magic Mountain
This is now the third year SFMM has taken this award from us and for good reason. SFMM is HUGE but they manage to pull off filling almost every inch of their park with monsters and the best make-up team in the business. 
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We will say that there were a few dead spots this year (namely on the back side of the park). We are pretty sure this was because the area around Riddlers was supposed to close prior to Fright Fest and then they decided to keep it open. The Suicide Squad scare zone was great and we hope we'll see the expansion of the DC Universe Scare Zone into Metropolis for next years event. We'd also like to see the expansion of The Ruins near Apocalypse. ​

​Best Talent - Queen Mary's Dark Harbor
This category wasn't even close. The talent at Dark Harbor has so much freedom it's really hard for the other events to compare. 
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Not tied to any corporate structure they are free to interact with the guests as they see fit, free to do things that other parks would freak out about while still maintaining safety for themselves and guests. ​

​Best New Maze - (tie) Shadowlands - Knott's Scary Farm and Aftermath 2 - Fright Fest
We typically exclude Halloween Horror Nights from this category as they don't tend to repeat mazes, but that's not to take away anything from these two amazing mazes. One (Shadowlands) a completely original idea that we've never seen before and the other (Aftermath 2) a resurrection of a previous maze but on steroids. 
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​Best Returning Maze - Reign of Terror
If you've never done Reign of Terror in Thousand Oaks you are really missing out. This event is on par and in some ways exceeds even the biggest and baddest theme park haunt maze. The talent here is amazing and the size of the haunt is staggering. It takes a good 20-25 minutes to get through the entire event. And something we've never seen before, in-maze line control that totally works. 
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While this is the best "Returning" maze, they change it up enough each year to keep it fresh and exciting and you shouldn't miss Reign of Terror in 2017.

Best "First Year" Event - Gorlesque
With so many existing Haunts in Southern California you'd think there wasn't room for anything new. You'd be wrong. But you've gotta be different to make a splash, and Gorlesque found that happy place between interactive, scary, sexy and amazing. One of the most talked about events for 2016. We can't wait to see what they come up with for 2017. 
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Best Haunted Ride: Crash Test Zombies - Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
How do you make awesome bumper cars even better? How about adding Zombies and naming it after an obscure Canadian band from the early 90's with a hit song that still doesn't make any sense (not sure if that last part is actually true ... well, MmmmMmmmMmmmMmmm still doesn't make any sense). 
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Best Family Event: Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party
Haunted Events are getting better every year, but so are the family events. But there's something about this party at the Magic Kingdom that's just so special and fun each and every year. 
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Best "New To Us" Haunt - Sinister Pointe: Fear The Mark
There are SO many events to cover that we only get to see so many each year, which is why we hadn't been to Sinister Pointe before. And now I'm sad because we had such a scary good time at this event and their 4 realms. To be fair, some of us on the staff had experienced Sinister Pointe before, but we'd never reviewed it as a website. 
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Sinister Pointe is open the next two weekends (November 4 and 5 / November 11 and 12) so be sure to get your "Mark" before it's too late

Related Updates: 
  • Review: Motel 6 Feet Under - Anaheim, CA 
  • Sexy, Sultry, Sinister, Scary Gorlesque - Adults Only Halloween Event 
  • Review: Delusion - His Crimson Queen 
  • Queen Mary's Dark Harbor 2016 - Pictures and Video
  • Preview of Reign of Terror Haunted House in Thousand Oaks ​​


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