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10/3/2024 0 Comments

Review: LA Haunted Hayride 2024

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Last weekend we were invited out to the 2024 version of the LA Haunted Hayride! This is one of our favorite annual traditions, right in the middle of Griffith Park. While admittedly we did prefer the old location that was more isolated, this years event was a blast and you won't be disappointed. 

You can find more information on the LA Haunted Hayride here. 
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Welcome back to Midnight Falls
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Our favorite super creepy Halloween Town is back!
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The citizens of Midnight Falls are always spectacular
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Our first maze of the event was MonĂ¡e Manor, or what we fondly were calling the Janelle Monaze. We all really enjoyed this new take on the classic Midnight Mortuary that has been featured at the event in previous years. It was obvious she/they had a lot of fun with this.
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Hellbilly Halloween is back this year and as always is a ton of fun. One thing about the mazes at the Hayride is they are quite long.
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The Carousel has gotten a nice refresh this year!
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The 3rd maze is the classic Trick or Treat. While we really enjoy this one, we do miss when it was actually "Trick or Treating" through the maze. It was always fun to ring all of the doorbells and see the characters. Hopefully they'll bring this back sometime.
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Of course the main attraction is the Hayride itself.
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We absolutely loved the Hayride this year. While we do miss when this used to be 20-25 minutes long, a HUGE kudos to them actually putting benches in the trailers this year. It makes the experience MUCH more comfortable.
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As always, the best part of any event like this is hanging out with our dear friends and Haunt Crew from HorrorBuzz, Theme Park Duo and Haunt Photoblography.
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We love our haunt crew, they're just the best. (photo credit: Albert Lam)

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9/13/2024 0 Comments

Halloween 2024 Event Reviews and Information

Looking for a review or information for a 2024 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. 

If you would like us to share information about your Halloween event, send us an email!

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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​Event Reviews and Updates

Click links to see updates after they are posted
  • September 5 - Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood Opening Night
  • September 13 - Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest Extreme
  • September 14 - Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood
  • September 19 and 20 - Knott's Scary Farm
  • September 26 - Zombie Joe's Urban Death Tour of Terror
  • September 27 - LA Haunted Hayride
  • ​September 29 - Oogie Boogie Bash at Disney California Adventure
  • September 29 - Dark Harbor at The Queen Mary 
  • October 4 - Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest Extreme
  • October 5 - Knott's Scary Farm
  • October 9 - Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood
  • October 11 - Santa Clarita Haunts and Fright Fest Extreme
  • October 12 - Orange County Haunts and Knott's Scary Farm
  • October 16 - Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood
  • October 23 and 24 - Halloween Horror Nights Orlando
  • October 25 and 26 - Walt Disney World
  • October 31 - Knott's Scary Farm
  • November 1 - Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest Extreme
  • November 2 - Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood

Event Information

Click Links to see event information
  • Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood Kicks Off 2024 Season Beginning September 5th! 
  • UNIVERSAL ORLANDO’S HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS 2024 NOW OPEN
  • ​Six Flags Magic Mountain Unveils California’s Largest Haunt Fright Fest Extreme 
    Beginning September 7th! 
  • Knott's Parts The Fog To Reveal Details About The 51st Year of Knott's Scary Farm Beginning September 19th
  • Knott’s Spooky Farm Kicks Off on September 26 with all new Spooktivities with Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang
  • ​Six Flags Over Georgia Fright Fest Begins September 14th and Promises to be Stranger than Ever Before
  • Brick-or-Treat Monster Party is BACK at LEGOLAND® California Resort This Fall
  • Scarywood at Silverwood Theme Park Announces New Haunt and Dates for 2024 Season, beginning September 27th 
  • All-New Halloween Harvest Debuts at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay on September 7 Featuring Park-Wide Fall Family Fun
  • North Hollywood’s Scariest Haunted House Zombie Joe's Urban Death Tour of Terror Returns September 27th
  • Zombie Joe's Bringing Back Fan-Favorite Dark Dark Ride Ride Beginning September 12!
  • Howl-O-Scream at SeaWorld San Diego Unleashes ALL-NEW Nightmares, Scare Zones, Thrilling Entertainment and More, begins September 27!
  • The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor Returns to Long Beach This Fall!
  • Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group’s Magic of the Jack O’ Lanterns Returns to Whittier Narrows Park This Fall
  • Los Angeles Haunted Hayride Returns to Griffith Park for its 16th Year
  • Six Flags Over Georgia Launches Three Festive Fall Events Beginning Friday September 13th 
  • New Fright Fest Extreme Opens Friday the 13th at Six Flags Great Adventure Resort
  • The Count’s Halloween Spooktacular Opens September 14th at Sesame Place San Diego
  • Castle Dark Returns to Castle Park in Riverside Beginning September 20th​

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8/5/2024 0 Comments

Midsummer Scream 2024 - The Ultimate Halloween Event Lives!

Happy Monday everybody and welcome to our update for Midsummer Scream 2024. It's been a week now since the event ended and it's taken us pretty much that long to recover. Of course, we did post some videos last week that will be included below. 

Before we get there I want to re-post a note that I put on our Facebook page 5 years ago today. Because it still absolutely holds true. 

August 5, 2019: 
Before we get too deep into the in's and out's of panels and more, just wanted to share a few thoughts on the experience of the weekend.

More than amazing panels, or fog, or mazes or aisles upon aisles of amazing things to spend all your money on, what I take most out of this past weekend is love.

People who have never been to any Halloween event or MSS are missing out. Halloween brought all of these people together. Some were there to see Theme Park panels. Others to learn about scaring, or just to shop.

But all were there because we love Halloween and all things that go bump in the night.

Not once the entire weekend did I see anybody acting out, everybody was polite, considerate and amazing. And it was CROWDED. We talked with people we know, and met so many new people just standing around waiting in line.

None of the actual horrors that exist out in the world made it's way into Midsummer Scream. I know it may sound hard to separate the two, but it's not. It's all about a shared love of horror and Halloween.

And it comes down to the 4 people in charge. They've helped to create a culture of love and acceptance that is at the core of the Haunt Community. And it's so amazing. - Gregg
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Hall of Shadows

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As always with our Midsummer Scream updates we're going to start with the Hall of Shadows. Because, to us, this is the heart of the event. And for the panels and announcements we are typically there for, this is really where it started for many of those haunters. With their home haunts. And there were some amazing ones this year. 
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This years entry was created by the one and only Fear Farm!

Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest Extreme 

Our first panel of the weekend was the Fright Fest Extreme Panel from our friends at Six Flags Magic Mountain. I'm not going to go into too much detail because we have a recording of the full panel, but this years event sounds amazing. 

I have to be honest, I was shocked that they're bringing back all of the previous mazes in addition to the new ones, but happy to see Aftermath getting a facelift. 
The park also had an awesome display on the show floor where we got to chat with a lot of the crew throughout the weekend. They're all super excited for this years event. 
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Queen Mary's Dark Harbor

A couple of months ago we were excited to be on The Queen Mary as they announced the return of the fantastic Dark Harbor. And we got some details about this years event! 
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First up was a quick history lesson about Dark Harbor.
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As they were planning for Dark Harbor 2024 they found a lot of props and costumes that had just been sitting on the ship since 2019. Some was salvageable. Some was not.
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Preparing for 2024 Dark Harbor photo shoots.
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The swings are back!
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And so is Lullaby!
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Some new and returning characters!
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In addition to the swings, they are also bringing with it a new fully restored Carousel.
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A new maze featuring the Ringmaster
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And of course it wouldn't be Dark Harbor without The Captain, but maybe The Admiral now? Hmm. =)
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Lots of returning food and of course bars.
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They then started discussing the classic B340 ...
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Which led into another maze announcement continuing the story of Samuel The Savage ... Breakout!
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And lastly, a new maze announcement. Infirmary.

Knott's Scary Farm

The other "announcement" panel we did was for Knott's Scary Farm, which didn't really have any announcements other than confirming that this will be the last year for Wax Works. 

While light on announcements, we did get a great deep dive into this classic maze from Daniel Miller. 
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We've included a video of Daniel's walkthrough of this classic maze.
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There were a few other things talked about at the panel including Entertainment and the return of The Hanging last year.
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What it takes to actually dress and get make-up on all of our monster friends ...
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And of course the overall atmosphere of Knott's Scary Farm
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All Knott's Scary Farm info for 2024 will be announced on August 22nd. We will unfortunately not be there but I'm sure it will be great.

Halloween Horror Nights

Of course the most popular panel of the entire weekend was Halloween Horror Nights, and we've got a few videos to share from that super long panel. We figured we'd break it up by topic for you. 

​Universal also had a pretty amazing set up on the show floor. 
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Show Floor

Let's end this look at Midsummer Scream 2024 with some of the show floor, some amazing cosplay and just general pictures throughout the event. 
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Our HHN Panel Crew!! Some legends here. And then me. =)
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Would be remiss if we didn't send a shout out to all of the amazing White Bat's. One of the biggest things we heard about previous events was the crowd control for the large panels (namely the HHN panel). This year it was flawless. Congrats everybody!
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Make your plans to visit Midsummer Scream in 2025! And we'll see you there!

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