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The DroneArt Show: Harry Potter sends 1,200 drones into the night sky in formations timed to music from the films, with a live electric violinist on stage, and it’s coming to five U.S. cities this fall, starting in Salt Lake City on October 9. It’s open to all ages, and adult tickets start at $44.12, […]
The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy is a 90-minute evening where performers bring four of Poe’s stories to life while you drink a cocktail paired with each one, and it’s playing 16 U.S. stops this fall. A second show, Chapter Two, has four different tales and four new cocktails. Tickets start at $55 for guests 21 […]
Monroe, NY — Pure Terror Scream Park, a Hudson Valley haunt about 40 miles from New York City, holds the Guinness World Record for the longest walk-through horror attraction, and its 2026 season adds Gargoyle Den, a new haunt where a cemetery’s gargoyle statues come to life. Its 10 attractions are open select nights through […]
New York, NY — Blood Manor, a 10,000-square-foot haunted house in a Tribeca building on Broadway, opens its 2026 season on Friday, October 2, and runs 22 nights through November 7. Tickets start at $50, and for $350, Blood Manor will put you in makeup and costume and send you in as one of its […]
Rust, Germany — Europa-Park, Germany’s largest theme park, is celebrating Halloween with separate daytime and nighttime events. During the day, through November 1, the park is decorated with 180,000 pumpkins and puts on Halloween shows, including a vampire circus on ice. At night, through November 7, part of the park becomes Traumatica, a horror event […]
Thousands of filmmakers across the world want to be the next Kane Parsons or Curry Barker. Many of them even have the tools and the talent to make the horror happen. What they’re lacking is the audience. That’s where Ripcord emerges from the shadows — not with a scare, but an opportunity. With Ripcord, fans […]
Ghostface hosts, Freddy Krueger, the Cryptkeeper & M3GAN are guests, and your favorite skeleton gets top billing: LVCRFT's ‘Skeleton Sam’s Deadtime Stories’ rises from the grave October 1: "LVCRFT, the spooky-music supergroup and horror media company whose members write global pop hits by day and Halloween records by night, releases its 8th album, ‘Skeleton Sam’s Deadtime […]
With new mazes that showcase Final Destination, Friday the 13th, and more, Fright Fest at Six Flags Great Adventure is a terrifying triumph.
Pluto TV is celebrating Halloween with a massive horror collection arriving in October, joining the previously announced “Double Feature Fridays” all through October. The streaming platform is kicking off spooky season October 1 with the return of Halloween Hits, featuring a deep lineup of horror favorites available to stream free on demand throughout the month, alongside […]
Anaheim, CA — Disneyland has four new Halloween popcorn buckets for 2026: the Headless Horseman on his black horse, Mickey as a vampire in a cape and top hat, the Haunted Mansion’s Hatbox Ghost, and Ursula, Maleficent, and the Evil Queen around a flaming cauldron. The new cups and sippers include a commemorative Haunted Mansion […]
We are two days away from the start of October, which means we are just two days away from the start of AMC’s FearFest, the network’s annual month-long celebration of all things horror. This year’s AMC FearFest is extra special, as AMC has dug up the corpse of the Crypt Keeper and they’re forcing the […]
More than 120 Southern California homes are opening as Halloween attractions this October, from skeletons on the front lawn to backyard mazes with live scare actors. The SoCal Haunt List counts 127 home haunts across the region so far this year, and only one of them lists an admission price. Here’s how the scene breaks […]
Each week of Halloween Horror Nights 35 at Universal Orlando Resort, a new magnet is released based on one of the event’s icons or IPs. Here are all of the magnets released so far and a preview of upcoming magnets. Lil’ Boo Magnet – $14 The first magnet released features this year’s Lil’ Boo artwork. ... Read more
Beetle House LA, the every-day-is-Halloween bar and restaurant that announced last year it was closing its Hollywood Boulevard home, is back for one more spooky season. From Oct. 8 through Nov. 7, it’s a retro Halloween party at The Compound in Commerce, with $30 timed tickets, spooky street food and cocktails, a DJ, sideshow acts, […]
The cool, creepy coven known as LVCRFT have a new album, and Skeleton Sam's Deadtime Stories is the perfect Halloween listen.
Much like seasonal decorations, the tradition of dressing up for Halloween is much older than most folks tend to realize. That’s why it’s no surprise that this practice has shown up in genre movies since the dawn of cinema, with some of the most recognizable cinematic imagery of all time being inspired by Halloween costumes. […]
Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles has four Halloween events this October, and two of them are already sold out. Still on sale: Street Food Cinema’s 21-and-over Boo-ze, Bites & Frights, with haunted pathways and horror double features on October 16, 17, 23 and 24 from $45, and Magic Market’s Bewitched witch market on October […]
If you don’t want to make your own pumpkin-shaped pizza this Halloween, you can buy one at Target. The Market Pantry Pumpkin Shaped Pizza is a 17.45-ounce take-and-bake pepperoni pizza with cheddar in the cheese blend, and it’s $6, the same price as Target’s new ghost-shaped pizza. The Pumpkin-Shaped Pizza The Market Pantry Pumpkin Shaped […]
Walt Disney World is launching a new set of Halloween treats on October 1. Disney’s Animal Kingdom starts its Halloween menu that day with eight treats, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios adds a new Maleficent Funnel Cake and brings back the Ghost Cream Puff. Disney marks seven of the 10 as new, and its foodie guide, […]
Universal’s official Obsession Halloween costumes are on sale at the NBCUniversal Store for $74.95 each, and Bear’s set has already sold out in every size. Nikki’s set, with her purple floral dress, temporary tattoos, a foam brick printed “i love you so so so so so much,” and a One Wish Willow, is still on […]