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San Jose, CA — Festival Fright Nights at the Winchester Mystery House is dropping the linear, one-way haunted-house route it ran last year for an open festival format that lets guests explore the estate in any order. Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group detailed the change at its Midsummer Scream panel, where the 2026 event runs select […]
Los Angeles, CA — The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride is adding a new maze that turns guests into a doomed 1980s rock band, bringing back Elvira, and serving alcohol in its haunted town of Midnight Falls for the first time. Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group detailed the 2026 season at its Midsummer Scream panel, where producer […]
Long Beach, CA — The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor is entering its 13th year with 13 icons roaming the ship, and it plans to kill one of them off in front of live audiences this season. The producers detailed the 2026 lineup at their Midsummer Scream panel, led by a new World War II maze […]
Valencia, CA — Six Flags Magic Mountain has revealed its full 2026 Fright Fest lineup, led by two new haunted mazes: a Final Destination maze built around the film franchise, and Wolves’ Blood, designed by a creator from Knott’s Scary Farm. The park detailed seven mazes, seven scare zones, and four shows at its Midsummer […]
Freaky Nikki of Obsession will be stalking you in the fog at Halloween Horror Nights this year. The unhinged girlfriend played by Inde Navarrette has brought “clingy” to a whole new level. Because of Navarrentte’s performance, single men hesitate before swiping right. Additionally, those in relationships now sleep with one eye open next to their ... Read more
Watch the Trailer for PARASOMNIA: "PARASOMNIA follows Riley, a young woman tormented by night terrors and a past of unresolved tragedy. When her best friend is the latest to go missing, she begins to suspect the demonic figure lurking in her sleep has crossed over into the real world." Directed and Written by James Ross […]
We’re less than a month away from when Michael comes home in IllFonic’s Halloween: The Game to PC and consoles. Unfortunately, the Australian Classification Board has put the kibosh on fans down under looking to reserve their copy of the game, as the board has denied Halloween: The Game a rating. Over on X, the […]
Art the Clown will have a major presence at Halloween Horror Nights this year, with a “Downtown Clowntown” Scare Zone announced that’ll feature both Art and the Killer Klowns from Outer Space. But that’s not all, as the Halloween Horror Nights team announced at Midsummer Scream last night that Art the Clown will also be […]
Blumhouse is out and Art the Clown is in. After two years of Terror Trams based on the movie studio’s horror properties, the 2026 Terror Tram at Halloween Horror Nights will star the villain of the Terrifier films. Terror Tram starring Art the Clown Terror Tram is the Halloween Horror Nights version of the World-Famous ... Read more
The announcement was made last night that Curry Barker’s Obsession is making its Halloween Horror Nights debut this year, only a few months after the film arrived in theaters. The film, a box office sensation that scared up $488 million to become the highest grossing horror movie of the year, will be featured at Halloween […]
Building on June’s reveal, Creative Assembly is taking Alien: Isolation 2 on the road to Frightfest in London, UK later this month. Not only that, but those hungry for a demo have some good news on that front. Creative Assembly made the announcement of the game’s appearance at FrightFest last week, stating that the team […]
Long Beach, CA — Midsummer Scream, billed as the world’s largest Halloween and horror convention, is leaving its longtime Long Beach home. The event will move to the Anaheim Convention Center for its 2027 show on August 6 through 8, the organizers announced at this year’s sold-out convention, and it is reviving its holiday event, […]
Long Beach, CA — Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood is hiding a character somewhere in the park this year, and finding her is part of the point. At Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights panel at Midsummer Scream, creative director John Murdy teased a character encounter based on “Obsession,” the horror film written and directed by Curry Barker, […]
Long Beach, CA — Slash wrote the music for a new Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood haunted house, and its villain sings. At Universal’s Midsummer Scream panel, creative director John Murdy revealed “Killceañera: Music by SLASH,” an original house that twists a traditional quinceañera into a revenge horror story built around a character named Lola. Murdy […]
Long Beach, CA — Art the Clown is taking over the Terror Tram. At the Halloween Horror Nights panel at Midsummer Scream, creative director John Murdy revealed that the Terrifier villain stars in the 2026 Terror Tram at Universal Studios Hollywood in a Christmas-gone-wrong overhaul called “Every Day Is Artmas.” He also turns up twice […]
Meet Nikki at Halloween Horror Nights in Universal Studios Hollywood from writer-director Curry Barker's breakout horror blockbuster, Obsession. You may find yourself face-to-face with the latest victim of the One Wish Willow's terrifying curse.
Universal Studios Hollywood has revealed the full line-up for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights 2026 event, including Terror Tram starring Art the Clown, the original house, KILLceañera: Music by SLASH, and multiple scare zones and street experiences, which round out the popular event starting on Thursday, September 3 and continuing select nights through Sunday, November [...]
Art the Clown is taking over the Terror Tram at Universal Studios Hollywood for Halloween Horror Nights 2026. The announcement was made during the Halloween Horror Nights panel at Midsummer Scream 2026, where Creative Director John Murdy revealed that the infamous killer from the Terrifier franchise will serve as the host of this year’s Terror [...]
Home Depot’s 7 FT Grave & Bones Animated LED Plague Doctor is a $199 animatronic in the retailer’s 2026 Halloween collection, and it has become one of the season’s breakout searches. What the Plague Doctor Does The plague doctor stands 7 feet tall and runs four movements. It speaks three spooky phrases and lights up […]
Krispy Kreme’s Autumn Seasonal Collection returns Tuesday, August 11, bringing back Pumpkin Spice and adding three new items. The lineup is four doughnuts and two lattes, available for a limited time at participating shops nationwide. Two of the doughnuts and one of the lattes are new. The Pumpkin Spice Cake Doughnut, the Biscoff Cookie Butter […]