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Tim Curry, the actor who first brought Pennywise the Dancing Clown to the screen, died on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at his home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles. He was 80. His manager, Marcia Hurwitz, confirmed the death to Variety, and a cause was not given. Curry’s career ranged widely, from Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The […]
The season’s most-copied piece of Halloween glassware now has a dollar-store version. Dollar Tree is selling embossed Halloween glass tumblers, each with a matching colored lid and straw, for $1.50 apiece, and shoppers have clocked them as a near-identical dupe for the raised-icon juice glasses that go for around $16 to $18 at chains like […]
Pabst Blue Ribbon has a Halloween trick up its carton. The brand is teaming with Jason Universe, the Friday the 13th label from rights-holder Horror, Inc., on a fall collaboration whose 12-pack is die-cut so the box itself folds into a wearable Jason Voorhees hockey mask. The pack wears the franchise’s look, a bloody machete […]
The horror season is upon us! Halloween Horror Nights 35 is set to begin Friday, August 28th at Universal Studios Florida. For those who have visited the event in the past, you know what to expect. For those who haven’t, get ready for some unforgettable, horrific encounters… Universal Orlando’s haunted houses are known for their [...]
This year, Food Network is taking its fan favorite Halloween competitions to a terrifying new level that will deliver eye-popping […]
Horror fans are spoiled for choice when it comes to themed beverages this Halloween season. And for Fanta lovers, Halloween is going to be a Scream. For the first time ever, Ghost Face® is teaming with Fanta for a Halloween collaboration: Ghost Face® Punch – a brand-new limited-edition Dark Berry Punch flavor. The slasher icon […]
John Murdy, creative director of Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood, walked through the event’s Sinners haunted house with the lights on and laid out how his team turned one of the most decorated films in Oscar history into a maze full of firsts. “This house has a lot of innovations. Things we’ve never tried to do […]
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party has pulled a handful of characters straight out of the Haunted Mansion for 2026, and they came ready with material. The new meet-and-greets near the party’s welcome area put guests face to face with two of the manor’s residents, the all-new ghost Lady Fermotta and the mansion’s very-much-alive steward Blair Lockward. […]
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party has a new pirate show for 2026, and Captain Hector Barbossa is running it. The Pirates of the Caribbean villain storms the Adventureland stage across from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, claims the festivities as his own, and renames them Captain Barbossa’s Buccaneer Bash before drilling the crowd into a […]
This year Howl-O-Scream at SeaWorld Orlando is bigger and bloodier than ever! The event consists of 5 haunted houses, all of which feature nostalgia from the 1990’s. I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Final Catch is SeaWorld’s first movie house. The IP house is based off of the 1997 slasher I Know What ... Read more
HamiKuma, the zombie bear mascot from Universal Studios Japan, returns with new merchandise at Universal Orlando Resort for Halloween Horror Nights 2026. Who is HamiKuma? HamiKuma is a popular zombie teddy bear in Universal Studios Japan. As the story goes, he was a side show act in a traveling circus. His fellow performers were jealous ... Read more
The 2026 “Deathly Afraid” necklace for guests who want a less intense Halloween Horror Nights is now available at Universal Studios Florida. Deathly Afraid Necklace – $20 Introduced last year, guests can wear one of these light-up necklaces to signal they don’t want to be scared in common areas like scare zones. The necklace does ... Read more
The viral Halloween bucket hunt has a smaller sibling. As shoppers chase the $2.98 Halloween trick-or-treat buckets at Home Depot, Petco, and Lowe’s, they keep running into a different item entirely: a tiny, palm-sized version of the same hardware-store bucket, sold as a collectible for one or two dollars. Searches for “mini bucket,” “lowes bucket,” […]
Universal Orlando is adding a members-only bar to Halloween Horror Nights 35. The Keyholder Bar is a limited-entry spot open on HHN event nights from August 28 through November 1, built for Universal Orlando Annual and Seasonal Passholders. Regular event ticket holders without a qualifying pass or benefit cannot get in. The bar sits to […]
The original Halloween trilogy is heading back to the big screen. John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), and Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) return to AMC theaters on three consecutive nights, September 4, 5, and 6, presented by the upcoming Halloween: The Game. The screenings lead into the game’s September 8 launch. […]
A24’s Backrooms, the studio’s highest-grossing film of all time both domestically and globally, makes its streaming debut exclusively on HBO Max in the U.S. on Friday, September 25. It then debuts on HBO linear on Saturday, September 26 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Backrooms stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell. […]
Target has removed a children’s Halloween costume from its Hyde & EEK! Boutique line and apologized after online critics said the product’s mask and marketing image evoked blackface and minstrel caricature. The item, the Kids’ Circus Glow Clown Halloween Costume Bodysuit, sold for $25 as part of Target’s 2026 Hyde & EEK! Boutique assortment. It […]
The Halloween Horror Nights 35 Tribute Store opened on August 25, providing a themed experience for purchasing event merchandise. The store is located next to Revenge of the Mummy and will be open all day to all guests, not just during HHN events. Video Tour Halloween Horror Nights 35 Tribute Store The store matches this ... Read more
The Attractions Podcast: Knott’s Scary Farm haunted maze parodies Disney, plus latest theme park updates and more from Attractions Magazine.
Halloween Horror Nights season is upon us, and Universal Studios Hollywood invited us to preview two of this year’s new houses: Sinners and Killceañera: Music by Slash. Both houses are located in the Upper Lot, with Sinners in the Fallout location from last year and Killceañera in the Parisian Courtyard, where the Monstrous Trilogy was [...]