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Halloweentime is full of Haunts, Pumpkin Festivals, Haunted Tours, and Haunted Theatre. However, not everything extends past the mesonoxian hour. Looking for something to do at Midnight after all is said and done? There's Dr. Zomba's Ghost Show of Terror.

The boutique theatre production brings back the nostalgia of a “midnight ghost show or spook show”, before the internet days. Back to the days when people would see something on stage and believe it for face value. David M Beach plays Dr. Zomba and opens the show with an introduction and some magic. Dr. Zomba's Ghost Show of Terror brings light to that and even makes fun of it comically by featuring tricks like placing a blue and white cloth in a bag and telling the audience that they switched colors when pulled out. CLICK HERE FOR FULL REVIEW!

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The LAHH celebrates it's 10th Anniversary. Long gone are the memories of the inaugural Hayride in the hills of Calabasas. Here to stay is the annual and tenured LAHH at the world renowned Griffith Park. The annual multi-haunt features the infamous hayride, the House Of Shadows "dark" maze, the fun-filled Trick Or Treat maze, The all-encompassing Purgatory scare zone, the Boo-tique and other smaller carnival activities and a food vendor. Guests were also in for a treat as the creator was also in attendance. (CLICK FOR FULL REVIEW)

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Back for it's 2nd Year, WB's Horror Made Here: Festival of Frights is significantly bigger than before! Guests arrive in a triage area with an opportunity for a red carpet photo next to a run-down carnival set. There are plenty of photo opportunities here.

Guests enter the festival though the mouth of a mural of the Joker from the ARKHAM ASYLUM maze. You are greeted by killer clowns as you walk through the street and towards the main courtyard. Prior to reaching the courtyard, to the right of you is FANGTASIA; yes the bar from “True Blood” and may we say it is an ACTUAL Bar that serves True Blood! On the left is the Little Shop of Horrors, the Lost Boys Arcade, The Crave Inn Cafe, and a make up FX class. (CLICK HERE FOR A FULL REVIEW of the Main Attractions)

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https://www.wbstudiotour.com/horror-made-here

This year, the Queen Mary offered 6 mazes instead of 7. The mazes are a little different than the previous year. Therefore, it is worth going again as you will likely notice a different story from the returning mazes. So by no means, are the mazes "watered" down; except maybe for DEADRISE (pun intended). The Ice Cave in the front next to INTREPID is a nice touch since guests can enjoy a cool down prior or after attending the mazes. The mazes on the ship are generally a lot warmer than the ones on the ground.

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Welcome to HorrorWorld in City of Industry, CA. This is a first year multi-haunt powered by some returning favorites INTO THE BLACK, THE FLESHYARD, along with the band new PSYCHO SANITARIUM whom all have decided to come together to give you three times the scare! Each major walkthrough is located in different units in the mall alongside each other. Enter the mall, proceed to the courtyard and take the elevator up. Horrorworld can be seen easily on one of the 4 corners. PSYCHO SANITARIUM is located in the first unit which also houses a bunch of mixed retail vendors and a VR Haunt titled "VKult: The first VR cult". THE FLESHYARD can be found in the unit to the right and at the very end is INTO THE BLACK. One thing we've noticed is that it literally goes from MILD to SCARY when you approach it in that order as we mentioned. Get the multi-haunt pass...if you dare!

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Knott's Scary Farm 2018 Delivers as Promised. Coming straight from the Preview/Announcement night a couple of weeks prior while harboring this excitement and willful containment, we all had high hopes for Knott's Scary Farm. It did not disappoint at all. Each of the returning mazes seemed more refined this year and simplified but in a good way. Paranormal Inc., has a new ending that put the entire storyline together. The Depths, which is new for this year, utilized great looking sets filled with monsters in the sea and an abandoned ship. Beware where you are stepping! Dark Entities, is a space adventure gone wrong as you rush to quarantine then it gets bad where the staff has to contain whatever got loose. With Dark Entities, the visitor gets immersed into a storyline where you'll have to race against time to avoid the dangerous lifeform that is running around. The Forsaken Lake scare zone makes use of an area that is rarely used. Though the scare actors are hard to see, that makes it even more scary when all of a sudden you realize it's not a regular civilian walking along side you. However, it needed to be darker and have more fog to really simulate a lake or swamp setting. We recommend going in for the Pre Scare Boo-Fet so you can have early access; the 2 new mazes are right by the buffet's location this year!

www.knottsscaryfarm.com