Midsummer Scream 2025 - The Ultimate Halloween Warm-Up Is Better Than Ever!

Happy Halloween Everybody! We know a lot of you feel it's too early for Halloween, but for us, our favorite season never ends! And to prove that we have a great update for you from this years fantastic Midsummer Scream! We were at the event last Saturday and Sunday and were able to take in the amazing show floor, Hall of Shadows and of course some great theme park panels. 

​Let's head into the fog and check it out! 

Welcome to Midsummer Scream 2025!

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Midsummer Scream Show Floor

This year let's start off with the Show Floor. This is where you're going to find all of your favorite Haunted vendors as well as some displays from the likes of Universal Studios, LA Haunted Hayride, Fright Fest, Scary Farm and many others. This is typically where you'll find some amazing cosplay as you'll see below! 

Haunted Hayride always in the house!

We love the Spooky Swap Meet!

Be sure to check out the LA Haunted Hayride this year! It's a lot of fun.

Universal Horror had a fantastic booth right at the entrance to the show floor.

It was incredibly popular all weekend ...

A look at the Scary Farm booth before the giant killer popcorn arrived

Fright Fest

So much amazing merch to spend your money on

And amazing cosplay at every turn

Wonder if they found their dog

Fright Fest Monsters

Got my vote!

A shirt made just for me!

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Hall of Shadows

To us, the Hall of Shadows is the heart of Midsummer Scream. This is where you'll find all of the mini haunts from home haunts all the way to movie studios.

And even displays for family-friendly events

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The Panels

Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest

The panels (for us) kicked off with Six Flags Magic Mountain's Fright Fest! Mike and Mark gave us all the details for this years event.

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Knott's Scary Farm

As usual, Knott's Scary Farm was on hand for a fantastic panel. No new maze announcements due to their nightmares revealed event a few nights later, but we did get announcements for two mazes entering their final season.

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Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights 

To cap off the weekend it was, as always, Halloween Horror Nights! Art came out with our hosts, but not really.

John and Michael were here to break it all down. The first half of the panel consisted of pre-submitted questions from the crowd that shed some new details on this years houses.

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The second half of the panel featured Damien Leone and Phil Falcone who came out to break down Terrifier.

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Wrap-Up

We hope you'll join us at Midsummer Scream 2026! 

I just want to send a shout out to the creators of Midsummer Scream. Rick, David, Claire and Gary. What you've created is truly amazing and even as the event has grown the past few years it still feels like a huge family. The fact that you all roam the event all weekend talking with people, taking pics and being genuine human beings is not lost on anybody. 

For us, we're always so thankful to be included in events such as this and the fact that you appreciate the input and coverage from a website like ours. There's something to be said for people who have a passion for all things Halloween being able to actually cover Halloween things. We will never forget what an honor it is! 

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