Friday, September 18, 2015

Halloween in LA 2015 Master List

The master list this year is broken down by Film, Haunt, Events and On Halloween proper itself. Keep this list in your favorites as it'll updated, but be sure to stay connected to Things To Do In LA for all the latest on what to do for Halloween. Get ready to be spooked all through October and even starting as early as this September. This list will make you gasp as it grows, populating with fiendish delights. Dance parties and djs will start to rise from the dead to take over. Beyond the veil of horror film festivals and special screenings they'll be even more for LA is a city that makes Halloween year round. When Halloween finally hits it will consume us all. And you Sir or Madam or will have this handy list to look at. Now start planning your frights!

Film

SpectreFest 
Sept 3-Oct 30
Main Location
The Cinefamily
611 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
$Varies by event, but around $14.00

An onslaught of horror films, special events and musical performances spread out over two months. The festival comes from SpectreVision, owned by Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller and Elijah Wood. Not surprisingly it starts off with Cooties, teachers vs kid zombies, starring Wood.








Shriekfest
Oct 1-4
Raleigh Studios
5300 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038
$10.00 per block, an All-Fest Pass, good for all four days of the festival, is now available on our website, for just $140.00, this pass includes the opening night party and guaranteed entrance to all films/Q&A's.

The definition of an indie horror festival. This festival includes new talent of strange sci-fi to funny horror comedy in four days. Some times it can really be hit or miss so choose on what looks right for you to get the most scares. Their opening premiere is 6:15, the first feature shot in first-person POV and in one continuous take (I'm not sure if that's true.) Hunting, however comes close to home as anything set in LA does it for TTDILA. The premise of being hunted in or around the city is always a frightening idea.
 
Beyond Fest 
Oct 1-12
Egyptian Theatre
Average $11 

There's more than a few horror films including a specials for Evil Dead and Evil Dead II with Bruce Campbell and Edgar Wright talks after. Classics like The Beyond and Invasion of the Body Snatchers our ready to scare a new generation.










Screamfest
Oct 13-22 
TCL Chinese 6 Theatres
Average $11.00
Festival Pass available

Blown away by some of the titles here, all so spooky all so indie cool. Imagine yourself eating a big bowel of Halloween candy as this feature is just "so good" and sweet!  We get the LA premiere of the Tales of Halloween. Eleven directors “The October Society,” ten short films and all in the theme of Halloween!We have Patchwork playing about three women cut up and put back together for a new Frankenstein like horror comedy. Slumlord;Claire and Ryan, our newlywed couple who don't know their being watched by their creepy landlord. Phase IV; I remember watching this late night sci-fi film about super intelligent ants and having my mind blown. These have been just a few.

Creature Features Present: The Monster Squad
Sun, Oct 11, 2015, 1pm
The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles
$15 - $65

One of the best 80's films where kids take on classic universal monsters.

ARMY OF DARKNESS midnight screening!
Friday, October 16, 11:55pm
The Vista Theather
$11.50









Dawn of the Dead
Friday, October 23, 8pm
Million Dollar Theatre 
$18


A Nightmare on Elm Street

Street Food Cinema Will Rogers State Park
$12

Freddy's debut on the big screen is back and outside. Special guest Heather Langenkamp – who starred as Nancy in this horror classic. Langenkamp will be on-hand for an 7:30pm Q&A before the 8:00pm screening – where she will share stories of late-director, the genius Wes Craven.  Then after the movie, there will be a special screening of “Never Sleep Again” – the documentary about this iconic film – which features interviews from Langenkamp, Craven, and Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund.


Dracula Double Feature
Sunday, October 25 and Wednesday, October 28
2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Multiple Theaters


Enjoy a specially produced introduction from Turner Classic Movies that will give insight into both of these 1931 vampire-horror films.
Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment are thrilled to present a double-feature event of the classic 1931 vampire film Dracula  Along with the iconic Bela Lugosi version, horror fans will have the opportunity to see the Spanish language version shot at night with a different cast.

John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN
Thursday, October 29, 7:30 p.m.
Multiple Theaters
$
 John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN back to select cinemas nationwide for a special one-night event

Ghostbusters
Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 7:30pm
Egyptian Theatre 6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
$12






All-Night Horror Show!
October 30, 7:30pm
New Beverly Cinema
7165 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
$20
Sold out!
Six rare feature films along with an incredible assortment of trailers, cartoons and shorts for a 12-hour marathon of the most mind blowing horror ever released on film!

10th Annual Dusk-To-Dawn Horrothon 
Sat, Oct 24,7:30pm
Aero Theatre 1328 Montana Avenue,
Santa Monica, CA 90403
General $20, Student/Senior $18, Members $15 - includes all-night snacks and coffee

The Wiltern Night Of Horror
October 30, 7pm
The Wiltern 3790 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010
$15.00 - $30.00

Get ready for an intense night of scares: on October 30th, 2015 The Wiltern will host the pre-halloween mega bash, featuring a quadruple-feature horror movie screening, dance party hosted by Henry Pope, costume contest, virtual reality horror film showcase and live hollywood FX makeup presentation by Cinema Makeup School. Hosted by comedy legend Christopher Meehan.
Feature presentation of:
An American Werewolf in London (R)1981 Fantasy/Horror 1h 37m
The Cabin in the Woods (R) 2011 Thriller/Mystery 1h 45m
The Descent (R) 2005 Thriller/Drama 1h 39m
Demons 1985 Horror 1h 28m




Parties

Halloween Warehouse Party: Solidisco






Halloween and creepy warehouse parties just seem to go too hand in hand to not host one of our own! So we ask you to join us on October 31st for our first ever Take Two Halloween Party at a secret location in the Downtown Los Angeles warehouse district. We have Solidisco coming out to headline the night with MANY more supporting acts being announced soon!


Facebook Finds
Oct 30-Nov 1
All around LA

Big list of Halloween parties via Facebook.



Entertainment



October 2-November 14, 2015: 7:30 p.m.
Mountain View Mausoleum & Cemetery
*DO NOT ENTER FROM FAIR OAKS
2300 N. Marengo Ave. Altadena CA 91001
$45

This year’s plays:
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Grove of Rashomon
The Ebony Frame

*THIS IS A MOVING SHOW WITH MANY STAIRS TO CLIMB! Patrons should wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to walk at least 2,000 steps throughout the evening. The show will end at approximately 10:35PM each evening.

We’ve heard nothing of good reviews of the sold out shows of Wicked Lit at the Cemetery, That’s right, you’ll be see classic lit come back to life in a graveyard. This year’s adaption of the Japanese The Grove of Rashomon with different stories of what happened to a mother’s daughter might make for a scary evening. Don’t forget you’ll be following the performances, not just watching them.

Carrie: The Killer Musical Experience
Oct 8-Nov 15
Los Angeles Theatre
615 S. Broadway. Los Angeles
$40/$80/$125

Carrie makes it back after that awful remake. You'll be given a 360 degree view of the event and supposedly be immersed in the show. I wonder if you need a poncho for buckets of blood?


War of the Worlds
Every Saturday in October, 8pm
The Steve Allen Theater
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

$25

Originally performed by Orson Welles and his Mercury Radio Theatre the night before Halloween in 1938, the broadcast created such a stir that people actually thought there was a Martian invasion underway in Grover's Mill, New Jersey. Each performance will have a special guest star.

Anaheim Fall Festival & Halloween Parade
Saturday, October 24, 2015 11:00 am
Anaheim Packing District 
440 S Anaheim Blvd
Anaheim, CA 92805
Free

A parade and festival for Halloween that's been going since 1924. Plenty activities for the youngins' and a festival for games ans food.


featuring Symphony In The Glen 
Saturday, Oct 24, 2015 7:00 PM
The Greek Theatre
2700 N Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027
$8-$100
Spooky scary music to enjoy with the whole family and a trick or treat village starting around 4:30pm before the show.
Trick-or-Treat Village opens at 4:30 PM


Saturday, October 24, 10:00pm
UCB Franklin 
5919 Franklin Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028
$10
  
For years, Universal Studios Hollywood put on an annual Halloween stage show starring Bill and Ted, lampooning the biggest pop culture happenings of the previous year. Recently, the show was canceled forever for being dumb and bad. That's why we decided to keep the tradition alive by presenting what we think Universal Studios' 2015 Bill and Ted show probably would have been. Because Los Angeles deserves an extremely unfunny, genuinely upsetting comedy show featuring empty pop culture references and two characters from a movie that has not held up well. No one is safe. Not even... The Avengers?!

Oct 25, Sunday,1:00pm - 3:00pm
Creature Features
2904 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, California
Free 
Celebrate the publication of a new book on 25 years of cult horror comedy TREMORS with a landmark signing that will see cast and crew from across the franchise unite to meet fans for the first time! Not Kevin Bacon.


Wednesday, October 29, 7pm
Mayan Theatre
$40-$75
 
EVIL DOCTORS vs MASKED MANIACS Dr. Cerebro & Dr Maldad vs Mr Cacao & Relampago ALL MINI MONSTERS MATCH! More Mexican Masked Madness HANDPICKED ACTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD! MARAWA THE AMAZING!  Aerial Pole Superstar LEIGH ACOSTA Y Mas Mas Mas!!!






(sponsored )
Thursday, October 29, and Friday, October 30
Doors open at 7:30pm. Show starts at 8pm.
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater
1345 W. 1st Street

 Los Angeles, CA 90026
 $20 at talescrypt2015.bpt.me or $25 at the door

The Captured Aural Phantasy Theater is back for two nights of horror just before Halloween. They're bringing back to life the "Tales from the Crypt" comic book. Just think of the scares as they rekindle the old stories that inspired generations of horror-tellers performed live right in front of you!

Thursday, October 29, 9:30pm
UCB Franklin
5919 Franklin Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028 
$5 

Come out at the Witching Hour to scream yourself dead with laughter along with all of your favorite performers and talents.Spooky sketches, ghost stories, and very scary special surprises...This is the ultimate Halloween show, for and by fans of horror.You'll die if you miss it!

October 29-31 
Theatre at Ace Hotel
929 South Broadway, Los Angeles, 90015).
$$
*Many performances already sold out!

Universal Studios' 1931 original with a live score by Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet.

The Exorcism of UCB Sunset
Friday, October 30, 10:30pm
UCB Sunset
5419 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
$5
UCB moved into the Sunset location a year ago and since then weird,
inexplicable things have been happening. Is Sunset haunted? Come hear
true stories from members of the community, watch the found footage of
a group that dared to stay over night and be joined by a real life
ghost whisperer who will cleanse the place before your very eyes!

Activities

Trick-or-Treating Event at the Natural History Museum! 
Saturday, Oct 17,11:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Halloween activities are FREE with Museum admission.
Trick-or-Treating and join in the fun with pumpkin decorating, crafts, and activities.

Wednesday, October 21, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Anaheim GardenWalk
$10
*Wait-list only

Dress in your favorite vampire inspired get-ups while sampling a variety of bites from local vendors. Though no blood will be served, plasma free sips will also be available for your enjoyment!






Saturday, October 24, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Grand Park

200 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, California 90012
Free
For the third year in a row, Grand Park partners with Self-Help Graphics & Art to present a traditional Noche de Ofrenda ceremony honoring the dead and featuring prayer led by the local indigenous community. 
Sat, October 24, 12:00 pm
Hollywood Forever
6000 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
$20
Oct 24-25 9am-5pm
Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Free with general admission
Aquarium of the Pacific’s 16th annual Scarium of the Pacific—a spooktacular educational Halloween event for the whole family. Enjoy special Halloween programs, including the annual children’s costume contest, the creepy coloring contest, face painting, magic shows, underwater pumpkin carving, spooky storytelling, kooky crafts, eerie animals in the Great Hall, and much more.

Old Pasadena Halloween Celebration
Oct 24-25, Oct 30-Nov 1
Old Town Pasadena
Free

Two weekends of Halloween fun for the whole family, they're even going for the Day of the Dead too. Special activities for families on all dates, with of course safe trick-or-treating on Halloween.




Oct 24 at 7:00pm to Nov 15 at 7:00pm
Q Pop
319 E 2nd St, Ste 121, Los Angeles, California 90012
  
 The Harajuku Halloween in LA starring MILPOM★ event will feature original art and prints, concept art and storyboards from the animation production, and special merchandise. Additionally, there will be a video message from cast and creators in Japan!
The story takes place in a certain ordinary town where it is natural for everyone to wear an animal costume head.


Goblins And Wizards Market Crafts Faire
Oct 24-25
Whimsic Alley
5464 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90036
24 vendors who will be selling their handmade goods in our Great Hall
Oct 25, Sunday,1:00pm - 3:00pm
Creature Features
2904 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, California
Free 
Celebrate the publication of a new book on 25 years of cult horror comedy TREMORS with a landmark signing that will see cast and crew from across the franchise unite to meet fans for the first time! Not Kevin Bacon.
Tuesday, October, 27th, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Hollywood Forever
6000 Santa Monica Blvd.
$35 before October 23rd
$50 on and after October 23rd
Special Halloween party at the graveyard with all the staples including costume contest.











Escape From the Cursed Forest - Los Angeles
October 29 - November 1
Iam8bit

2147 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90026
$27 Advanced + Fees
$35 At The Door

From Japan, a team escape game of you being lost in cursed forest with witches. Puzzle-solving with five others in a group to get out. Your only way out, save a princess!







Friday, Oct 30, 4:00pm - 10:00pm
The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
1419 N Topanga Canyon Blvd, Topanga, California 90290
$15 for Adults, $10 for Students, Children under 5 are free!

Our Spooktacular Halloween Event Returns! Don your most ghoulish costume and bring your spouse, your date, the kids, the grandparents, your aunts and uncles -even the family skeleton from your closet! It’s frighful fun for all ages!





Saturday, Oct 31. 2pm-5pm
Show runs October 31, 2015 - November 8, 2015
$5 or buy CN product? 

Sounds great for fans of AT shows, what Halloween related Cartoon Network art could come up. Or will it be art just related to the cartoons, thus making less sense of why it's happening on Halloween. They should have just done a Marceline event, oh CN licensing  you often don't meet any of my expectations as a consumer, the idiotic brands you connect with some times. Not this time, but that first AT watch and that clothing line at Gallery 1988, yessh.
 
Come by Gallery Nucleus October 31st from 2:00 - 8:00PM as we team up with Cartoon Network and Penguin Books to host one of our biggest all-ages events celebrating the studio's amazing line of hit cartoons!

We will be exhibiting new original CN inspired artwork, with some of CN's lead studio artists from Steven Universe, Adventure Time, and Clarence in attendance for signings as well as a CN themed costume contest. This will be an unforgettable event to kick-off your Halloween night!
Haunts


September 18, 19, 25, 26, 27, October 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, and November 1, 2015. 7:00pm - 2:00am
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608
Starts at $59 with other special deals and combos

The Walking Dead returns with “The Walking Dead: Wolves Not Far” based on Season 5 of the series. It promises to have twice as many zombies than any other maze built at Universal and will be the longest. You’ll start at Terminus and find walkers with W’s carved in their heads as you make it to the Del Arno Food warehouse.

We have “Guillermo del Toro Presents Crimson Peak: Maze of Madness” based on a new film by del Toro, you can transverse a paranormal labyrinth.

Insidious isn’t left behind with all three films being remember in “Insidious: Return to the Further.” Scenes and ghouls from each film will make their way to the land of the living to get you.

This one is hard to believe and frankly horrifying to have to write, “This is the End 3D, “based on the film minus the 3D will have z maze this year. The Seth Rogen comedy will be transformed it what me the dumbest, but fun mazes to check out at Horror nights.

For old time horror fans we have “Halloween: Michael Myers Comes Home.” Let us all remember Michael Meyers messed up life and his unstoppable killing sprees.

Coming back, AVP: Alien vs. Predator

The Terror Tram this year will be based on the film series The Purge in Terror Tram: Survive the Purge. We guess the Walking Dead will be huge as we seem to be missing a maze or two and it’s not taking over the tram this year.

Scares Zones this year include: The Purge: Urban Nightmare; based on the film series of a one night killing spree in the US. “Exterminatorz; hybrid creatures—part pests, part human. Corpz; corpses come to life from World War I and the Dark Christmas with the Krampus.

Oddly, Jabbawockeez will have a show, their know for their hip hop dance routine and have featured on TV and currently do show in Vegas at the Luxor. The troupe does wear creepy white masks.


September 24 – October 31
Knott’s Scary Farm hours:
7:00pm – 1:00am Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays
7:00pm – 2:00am Fridays and Saturdays
8039 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620
Tickets start at $39.99. You can buy a Fright Lane pass to get ahead of the night's competetion.



If the 1,000 monsters don’t get you the new mazes will. “The Dead of Winter” has you trying to escape from a Snow Queen with an army of undead Vikings and an army of beasts. Those with the Skeleton Key unlocks bonus. “PARANORMAL, INC. - Case #1 – The Haunting of Hayden Hill  traps you in a hospital, this new maze will feature aerial stunts.

The Calico Mine has become “My Bloody Clementine.” Clementine was murdered brutally years ago and wishes to dish out justice to anyone foolish to venture into here abode.

Coming back to the park is Elvira, with a brand new show, Elvira’s Asylum, to fear and have fun at.
Returning mazes include Tooth Fairy and Gunslinger’s Grave: A Blood Moon Rises.
Special Ops: Infected - Patient Zero, the one where you shoot zombies with laser guns, returns do give you another shot.

Some of the new monsters that will go up and scare you include the Deadly 7, based on the seven deadly sins. They’ll be seeing you soon.

For little devils there’s Knott’s Spooky Farm. Starting Oct 3- until Halloween, you can take the kids to the park during the day for special Halloween events.

Six Flags Fright Fest
Sept 26-Nov 1
Fri-Sun
Magic Mountain
26101 Magic Mountain Pkwy, Valencia, CA 91355
More info to come

Dark Harbor
Oct 1-Nov 1
The Queen Mary
1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90802

As low as $20 some nights, more for front of line passes and parking

New this year the Lullaby Maze with an all new Sideshow:Freaks & Oddities. They'll have the Big Top Bar with "bubbling absinthe potions." Paintball and ancient Egypt clash in Curse of Anubis: Paintball Adventure. More details to come.

Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort
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Disneyland Resort
Valid Park Admission Required



  • Celebrate the season with the Haunted Mansion Holiday, brought to you by Jack Skellington, from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the residents of Halloween Town.
  • Escape the clutches of freaky phantasms as you are launched to a haunted section of the universe on Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy.
  • Drop in for ghostly encounters and hair-raising thrills at The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
  • Take a spooky stroll down Main Street, U.S.A., which is transformed into a Pumpkin Festival with hundreds of hand-carved pumpkins on display—and no two alike.
  • Observe Dia de los Muertos with a traditional skeleton display in Frontierland.
  • Discover the thrills and chills of the Disneyland Resort on the Disney’s Happiest Haunts Tour that takes you on lively adventures through Disneyland Park.
Brick-or-Treat Party Nights
October 3, 10, 17, 24, and 30, starting at 5pm
Legoland
1 Legoland Dr, Carlsbad, CA 92008
$35-$65
  • Expanded Brick-or-Treat Trail, including 2 stations in SEA LIFE Aquarium
  • Coast Cruise transformation into the Ghost Cruise
  • Hubble Bubble’s Dance Party
  • Wanda’s Jelly Fish Disco in SEA LIFE Aquarium
  • Costume Contests with categories of LEGO, Creative, and a NEW Group category that you can enter with family or friends
  • More Halloween adventures at Heartlake City and Fun Town!


Los Angeles Haunted Hayride
Oct 1-Oct 31
4730 Crystal Springs Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90027
$30 hayride only
$43 general admission

This year it's the Boogeyman? Check out our review.










Creep
Oct 2-Oct 31
718  E. Jackson St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
$20 in advance, 18+

Here's our review.

You'll be trapped in a haunted warehouse downtown. To make it more intense and beating the ever flowing lines of the theme parks it's only six to a party that transverses this new twisted maze. Themed horror rooms and interactive scares as it all gets darker. Twisted games only makes us wonder what else is going on at this new haunt. We can't wait to try it out.


Think Tank Gallery 939 S. Maple Ave Los Angeles, CA 90015









Evil Twin Studios WARD 13
October 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, & 31
1020 El Centro St. 
South Pasadena, CA 91030 

(Entrance on Fairview Ave,)
$15 online $17 at the door 

Walk through this haunt in small groups. From the little the give online it seems to be based around an insane asylum. This group has been doing it for a few years so they must be doing something scary.

The Alone Experience: Unweave the Rainbow
October 17, 18, 21-25, 28-Nov 1, 2015 
$50-$75

 A fully immersive 45-minute walkthrough experience, which you enter alone. Its an artistic exploration of fear, loneliness and self preservation. We can't comment as we've never tried it here at TTDILA, however this is it's fourth year of production. From what we've glossed over you do get touched and it is in no way like a normal haunted house.

This year's theme is head scratching to say the least:
Unweave the Rainbow is four experiments in human emotion that explore interaction. When light encounters an object, one of four actions occur; diffusion, refraction, reflection and absorption.
 

The 17th Door
 2856 El Camino Real, Tustin, CA 92782
Tickets/Hours?

Each door sets loose a new horror, it a first time haunt that's already getting much love.

There site was down when we tried to find out more info. LA Times gave it a great review, but a bit outside of the regular city limits.

The Hollow
Oct 26-29
Chloe's at Golden Road Brewery
5410 W San Fernando Rd.
Glendale, CA 91203
$65

Drink at be merry at a brewery much like Ichabod Crane did before he went missing or really when he just lost his head . Three-course meal and a party the slowly changes into something else.

Home Haunts

Hollywood Gothique has the best list of home haunts. Here's some of our top choices.






The Backwoods Maze Yard Haunt 
October 16-18, 23, 24-25, 30-31 7-10pm
1912 North Pepper Street
Burbank, CA 91505
 Free, but donations accepted

I've always been impressed by the maze out in Burbank and this year's theme is the future, one year it was I think pigs taking revenge on humans or cannibals. It's quite long and an amazing build for someone's backyard.


Boney Island Yard Haunt
4602 Morse Avenue, Sherman Oaks, CA 91432
October 17 & 18 – 6-10pm
Oct. 21-31 – 6-9pm weekdays, 6-10pm weekends
Free

More safe for the kiddies than a teenager out for a night of fun.














Revenge of the Ninja Maze and Block Party 
TBA. Usually the last few days of October, with the block party on Halloween night from 6-9pm
The Way of the Shadow Martial Arts Academy
18727 Crenshaw Boulevard, Torrance CA 90504
Block Party is free; suggested donation for the walk-through maze is $5 (and a bargain at the price).

It's a ninja-themed horror maze, it just sound great coming of the tongue or writing it.



Events

The Spider Pavilion
Now until Nov 7
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
$5 for adults and $3 for kids with admission to the museum

Over 300 creepy crawly spiders to see in person, forget butterflies, there just lunch to these arachnids.


Son of Monsterplaooza

Sept 18-20
Marriott Burbank Hotel
Starts at $25

Three days of the Burbank-based horror convention. Special guest from horror movies and plenty of goodies to get before Halloween.




September 25 - 26
The REEF L.A.
1933 S Broadway, Los Angeles, California 90007
$20-$35
A late night horror film festival, horror booths and hot rods. An odd assortment of more to prepare before October starts.



September 26, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Creature Features
2904 W Magnolia, Burbank, California
The Monster Squad Group Art Show is once again celebrating the epic 1987 film where aband of middle schoolers takes on five of Universal's monsters













On Halloween

Sleepover at the Museum
October 31 - November 1, 2015, 8pm
Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90007
$135
21+

Unlike Robin Williams...let's steer clear of that joke. On Halloween night you can spend the night in the Natural History Museum. You'll learn about taxidermy, go on a scavenger hunt and eat well with a buffet. Craft beer and wine included. There's a promise of a natural history-themed movie?

In the morning enjoy the new Mummy exhibit and hope they don't get you at night! Breakfast buffet if you survive.



Saturday, Oct 31, 8pm
The Theatre at Ace Hotel
929 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90015
$34 to $160
21+ Black and white attire required

A screening of Dracula 1931 edition followed by a performance by Philip Glass and frequent collaborators the Kronos Quartet. Afterward, a dance party starting at 10pm. Special DJ’s and themed rooms.






Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Live with Danny Elfman
Saturday, Oct 31, 8pm
Hollywood Bowl
$$

The child-hood classic from Disney and Tim Burton you loved as a kid, live on stage. On Halloween no less, so goth girls in LA just (joke deleted)









Curse of the Demon (1957) + Carnival of Souls (1962) + Night of the Living Dead (1968)) (triple feature)
 Saturday, Oct 31, 8pm
New Beverly Cinema
7165 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States
$8

Forget hanging with friends, stay inside and watch three black and white films on Halloween.







Street Food Cinema: Shaun of the Dead
Saturday, Oct 31, 5:30pm-11pm
Exposition Park
700 Exposition Park Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90037
$17

Shaun of the Dead with food trucks, bands and outside.
  
SUPER TIGHT Halloween Extravaganza!
Saturday, Oct 31,10pm
The Cinefamily
611 N Fairfax Avenue

Hosted by Casey Rup (of Starburns Industries) and Kevin Riggin (of Days of Our Lives).
This month’s special holiday show will feature Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab presenting a Halloween themed “Found Crap,” musical musings from Tim Heidecker, a spooky Halloween presentation from 2Wet Crew (Dj Douggpound, Mikey Kampmann, and Jay Weingarten), psychic readings from Kate Berlant, live musical scores from Guy Blakeslee & Strangers Family Band, a DJ set by Sun Araw, and a special performance by Yung Jake.
Afterwards, join us on the Cinefamily patio for art installations, magic acts, specialty cocktails, and delicious food by Cinefamily Chef Gary Campbell, aka Stiff Peaks.
*COSTUMES REQUIRED* Impress us with your weirdest and wildest Halloween finery!

8th Annual Halloween Party for Downtown LA Kids
Saturday, Oct 31, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Grand Hope Park @ FIDM
919 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
$5 online $8 at the door
 

Children and their families living in Downtown Los Angeles are invited to celebrate Halloween at our 8th Annual Halloween Party in Grand Hope Park at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM.)


Halloween Trick-or-Treat at Westfield Topanga & The Village
Saturday, October 31st
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Westfield Topanga & The Village
6600 Topanga Canyon Boulevard
Canoga Park, CA 91303
Free

Westfield Topanga & The Village retailers will be hosting a special trick-or-treat Halloween event for children aged 12 and under. Children and families can stop by both centers to hunt for treats at participating retailers for fun, safe trick-or-treating.


Saturday, October 31, 11:00am - 11:59pm
Neon Retro Arcade
28 S Raymond Ave
$10/person for 2 hours
Special Halloween events and costume contest.


Saturday, Oct. 31, 6:30 p.m.
Rusty's Surf Ranch 256 Santa Monica Pier 
Santa Monica, CA 90401
$12 in advance/ $15 at the door
Zombies take over the pier and Third Street Promenade in search of booze instead of brains. Join them!
Halloween Organ With Film: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Saturday, Oct 31, 8pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Starts at $38

It's "Horror in the Hall" as the silent classic is accompanied live by Clark Wilson on the Hall's monster organ.




West Hollywood Carnival
Saturday, Oct 31
6 p.m. -11 p.m
Along Santa Monica Boulevard from Doheny Drive to La Cienega Boulevard
Parking: To help visitors, permit parking restrictions will be suspended by the City of West Hollywood from 11 a.m., Wednesday, October 31st to 6am, Thursday, November 1st. Parking meters are enforced.
Free

The biggest Halloween event on Halloween in LA, taking up almost all of West Hollywood, a huge street carnival. Multiple stages for music to hear as you stroll down the street in costume. The turn out in numbers is around 500,000. For new comers, it is a heavy cross dressing event and very connected to the LBGT community. Everyone is however welcome and has some of the most amazing costumes you'll see.