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Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner will reunite with their Strange Darling filmmaker JT Mollner for Skeletons, an upcoming creature feature that also stars Brie Larson and John Goodman. We’ve learned this week that it’s releasing in Summer 2027. Skeletons will release in theaters from Sony on June 4, 2027. The film’s cast will also include Ione Skye, Keith Carradine and Daithí Ó Haragáin. From Sony Pictures, Skeletons is […]
Multi-night Frequent Fear and Rush of Fear passes are now available for Halloween Horror Nights 35 at Universal Orlando Resort. As Universal previously announced, multi-night passes that include Express Pass have been discontinued. Halloween Horror Nights Multi-Night Passes The following prices are for online purchases. In-person purchase prices are higher. Halloween Horror Nights Rush of ... Read more
Universal Orlando has released information and prices for multi-night tickets, including the Frequent Fear Pass, for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights 35 at Universal Studios Florida. Available passes include Rush of Fear, Frequent Fear, Frequent Fear Plus, and Ultimate Frequent Fear, with prices starting at $229.99. As reported last week, Express Pass add-ons are no [...]
The first ticketed Halloween event of the year is August 7. Plus who’s actually buying that $25,000 Balrog. Halloween is less than three weeks away. Now that you’re done panicking, let me explain. August through October used to be the “shoulder season” in theme parks, the slow time after summer when families were settling into […]
Orlando, FL — Universal Orlando has put its Halloween Horror Nights 35 multi-night Frequent Fear passes on sale, and it has added a brand-new 5-House R.I.P. Tour to the 2026 lineup at a lower entry price than the standard R.I.P. product. Both are showing up in the Universal Orlando app first. Some buyers have reported […]
The Halloween International Film Festival will return to the historic and haunted Outer Banks of North Carolina for its 7th
Sony Pictures has officially set a release date for one of its most anticipated upcoming horror films. JT Mollner‘s (Strange […]
The Halloweenies take a break from the cenobites and dig up the deadites again to review Evil Dead Burn. It’s a full house for this installment and the feelings are all over the place with some divisive takes amongst the five of them. Lucky for you, there’s a seat at the table… join them and […]
The spooky comic book series Afterlife with Archie is getting a live action television series adaptation from Disney+, and Deadline reports that it’ll premiere for Halloween 2027. The upcoming series from Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions brings to life the comic book from Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla. Afterlife with Archie turns the town […]
Scream Factory brought Frank LaLoggia’s 1988 Halloween movie Lady in White to Blu-ray several years back, and now Vinegar Syndrome gives the film a 4K Ultra HD upgrade. Vinegar Syndrome’s Lady in White 4K release is available now and shipping now! Watch the trailer below and grab your copy from Vinegar Syndrome today. This limited […]
The story of 2026 Halloween retail isn’t a single big-box winner or a viral 12-foot skeleton. It’s the fandoms. This year’s shelves and search bars are dominated by licensed IP: Five Nights at Freddy’s, Hocus Pocus, and The Nightmare Before Christmas are running the tables at the biggest retailers, and a second tier of Ghostbusters, […]
HalloweenCostumes.com has released its 2026 animatronics lineup, and it is the largest and most ambitious the retailer has ever put out. This year’s collection tops more than 75 new pieces, including one that stands nearly 14 feet tall and costs as much as a car. Leading the class of 2026: a $24,999.99 Lord of the […]
Anthropologie's Halloween 2026 collection is live with 439 pieces from $12 to $498, including new Icon glasses, cat stoneware, and illuminated vines.
Redlands, CA — After 45 years running Southern California’s largest pumpkin patch, Live Oak Canyon in Redlands is opening its first-ever haunted maze this October. It is called The Hollow, and it takes over the farm after dark on weekends from October 2 through October 31, 2026. As the farm’s own tagline for the event […]
Disney runs Halloween on six resorts across three continents, and no two do it alike. This hub tracks every Disney Halloween celebration for 2026 with dates as announced and a full guide for each covered resort, updated as the remaining parks make their announcements. Every Disney Halloween at a Glance Resort Event 2026 Dates Walt […]
Shanghai Disney Resort has not announced its 2026 Halloween event yet, but it has confirmed one is coming: the resort’s 10th Anniversary celebration materials promise an autumn “spook-tacular cavalcade” on this year’s calendar. The standalone Halloween announcement has landed in late August each of the last two years, so the wait should be short. Here […]
Disneyland Paris has confirmed its Disney Halloween Festival for September 26 through November 1, 2026, an earlier start than last season. The park’s own pitch sets the tone: mischievous Disney Villains join Mickey and Friends “in conjuring up a happy haunting in Disneyland Park, filled with spellbinding décor and exclusive entertainment.” The full program is […]
The Legendary Haunt Tour is the haunt industry’s post-season field trip: every November, haunted attraction owners, actors, makeup artists, and enthusiasts travel together to tour haunts that have earned legendary status, with the kind of access the public never gets. The 2026 tour runs November 5 through 7 in North Carolina, visiting Woods of Terror, […]
Field of Screams in Mountville, Pennsylvania enters its 34th season as one of the biggest names in American haunting, an HAA-certified Iconic Top Haunt that bills itself as America’s number one haunted attraction. Brothers Gene and Jim Schopf founded it on the family farm in 1993 and have scared more than a million guests since. […]
No city on earth packs more Halloween into one season than Orlando. Four theme park events run overlapping calendars from early August through November, and the area’s only HAA-certified Top Haunt operates a short drive west. This page lists every major Orlando Halloween event for 2026 with dates and a link to our full guide […]