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Michael Myers now has his own video game, and it is out just in time for Halloween. Halloween: The Game drops you into 1978 Haddonfield to either take the mask as the Boogeyman or fight to survive the night, and it is available now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. How the Game Works […]
Spirit Halloween’s new 6-foot-10 Pennywise animatronic is already sold out online. Tied to the series IT: Welcome to Derry, the $299.99 clown bends into a bow and plays Pennywise’s official laugh, and Spirit lists it as restocking soon. A 6-Foot-10 Pennywise That Bows and Laughs The animatronic stands 6 feet 10 inches tall and is […]
The Last Kiss, a new Blumhouse teen slasher starring Mckenna Grace, comes home on digital September 15 to buy or rent with no subscription. Grace plays a teenager cursed to see how anyone she kisses will die. A First Kiss That Turns Deadly Laurel (Mckenna Grace) imagines her first kiss will be a fairy tale. […]
Davis, CA — Davis is raising a zombie horde for Halloween, and it is free. The 8th annual Zombie Bike Parade Halloweekend Festival takes over Community Park on Saturday, October 31, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with 25-plus entertainment stations, a BMX stunt show, a morning Monster Run, downtown trick-or-treating, and a 2:30 p.m. […]
A Las Vegas lounge is spending October as a Halloween cocktail bar. The Sand Dollar Lounge’s “The Haunting on Spring Mountain” runs October 1 through 31, with a dozen spooky drinks poured into skull glasses, cauldrons, and a clown-faced mug, plus nightly live music and wall-to-wall décor. The Full Menu The Haunting on Spring Mountain […]
Oreo’s new Halloween monster cookies cost nearly $5 apiece. The OREOiD Monsters box packs 12 fudge-dipped, hand-decorated Oreos in four monster designs for $39.99, and the cheapest shipping pushes a box to $57.20 delivered, or roughly $4.77 a cookie. Inside the Box: Four Monster Designs The OREOiD Monsters Fudge-Dipped Cookie Box comes from OREOiD, Oreo’s […]
Long Beach, CA — The Queen Mary has opened three new haunted staterooms that guests can book overnight, year-round. Called Paranormal Passage, the rooms are themed to the Long Beach ship’s famous ghost legends and start at $392 a night, joining B340, the cabin long billed as the ship’s most haunted. About the Paranormal Passage […]
Pumpkin spice popcorn is back for fall at Prospector Popcorn — and every bag helps employ people with disabilities. The Connecticut non-profit tops its classic caramel corn with a hand-mixed blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves and a white chocolate drizzle, $8 for a 3.5-ounce bag. Caramel, Warm Spice, and a White Chocolate Drizzle […]
Spirit Halloween’s “10-for-10” coupon takes 10% off your entire purchase, and Spirit donates a matching 10% to a children’s hospital in your area. It’s the annual Spirit of Children charity effort, the retailer’s charity, which has raised more than $164 million for children’s hospitals across the U.S. and Canada since 2006. How to Use the […]
For Spooky people who train through haunt season (like myself), Bucked Up just announced Halloween Pre-workout. Bucked Up already offers 5 levels of pre-workout, and the new Limi-Dead Edition gives each formula its own Halloween candy flavor: Peach Rings, Tiger’s Blood, Boo Berry, Sour Gummy, and a cranberry-orange Jacked-O’-Lantern. Plus, a caramel apple “Franken Juice” […]
You can be the Goodyear Blimp this Halloween. Spirit Halloween and Goodyear have teamed up on the first officially licensed Goodyear Blimp costume: a $79.99 inflatable that blows up into the blimp’s blue-and-yellow shape with a built-in, battery-powered fan, available now only at SpiritHalloween.com. An Inflatable Blimp With a Built-In Fan The costume turns you […]
Halloween: The Game has been available for a full week at this point, and developers Illfonic have announced a second patch update for the game that will be rolling out today. The team explains, “Since our Early Access launch, our team has been working hard to quickly address reported bugs, improve performance, evaluate game feedback, […]
Jack in the Box is partnering with THE SIMPSONS to bring their Treehouse of Horror episodes to life through a special Halloween menu.
It’s not the Halloween Season until a scare actor in a ghillie suit leaps from nowhere and almost makes me spill my White Claw—one of the many dangers of Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, which we thrill-seekers face willingly. I returned to Hollywood for another year of haunted houses, themed cocktails, and festive celebrations cooked up […]
Shudder’s Season of Screams this Halloween season will feature a handful of premieres including Hallowarrior, a post-apocalyptic Halloween movie starring Milly Shapiro (Hereditary). Hallowarrior premieres October 16 on Shudder. Check out the official poster below. Milly Shapiro stars as Pumpkin, the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenging the wasteland […]
Pumpkin is back at Playa Bowls. The new Jacked 4 Pumpkin menu includes three new items, now available at 400+ shops: Happy Pumpkin Acai Bowl, Apple Cinnamon Crunch Bowl, and Banana Cream Pumpkin Pie Smoothie. The Happy Pumpkin Acai Bowl is topped with a chocolate hazelnut jack-o’-lantern (for that extra touch of fall). The Three […]
Enter the world of Resident Evil (a.k.a. Biohazard) at Halloween Horror Nights in Universal Studios Japan. Resident Evil: Requiem – The Dive Resident Evil: Requiem – The Dive is an R15 (ages 15+) house in which guests are “relentlessly pursued by hideous creatures that will make you want to cover your eyes, with unpredictable attacks ... Read more
The 19 Crimes monster wines have a new howl. Four years into its Universal Monsters collection, the wine brand has added The Wolf Man, a glow-in-the-dark bottle that joins returning favorites Frankenstein, the Bride of Frankenstein, and the Mummy. Inside is a full-bodied Australian red the label calls Howlin’ Hour Red Blend, with notes of […]
This year marks a milestone for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Japan. The event features their first-ever R-18 house, requiring guests to be 18+ and sign a waiver before entering. Lights Out: Nightmare Isolation Lights Out: Nightmare Isolation, also known as Afterimage, is the first R-18 house in Halloween Horror Nights history. R-18 is ... Read more
Halloween-inspired Minions were spotted during Halloween Horror Nights 2026 at Universal Studios Japan. Minions at Halloween Horror Nights A purple evil Minion and Minions dressed as a mummy and Frankenstein’s monster were spotted out on the streets near Minion Park. The mummy Minion has one eye, with beige bandages covering most of his body. Meanwhile, ... Read more