In the midst of the tragedy, tumult and anxiety that seemed to characterize a good part of 2020, there existed a general underlying collective fear among Halloween and haunt fans in the months leading up to the favored holiday. Would...
You’re in a dark room, alone. The phone rings. You answer: “How can I help you?” It’s a boy. He’s scared. And he wants your help. “I grew up really loving alternate reality games and haunted houses, which the intersection...
Triggered is a 2020 South African horror-thriller following nine friends with a dark secret as they camp in the woods. After a night of partying, the friends wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on...
Fright Farms is a new haunted drive-through experience that is winding its way through SilverLakes Athletic Complex in Norco in the Halloween post-season. The theme? A pandemic, of course. The haunted drive-through is a story-driven, monster-laden, socially distanced experience that...
The new documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street is a surprising film that is part the remarkable life story of actor Mark Patton and part a celebration of the film that has become his claim to fame, Nightmare...
Even Michael Myers is sad about Halloween 2020. Horror short filmmaker Andrew Kasch, of Burbank, captures this sadness — and comedy — perfectly in Halloween Is Canceled, a comedic recreation of the opening scenes of the horror classic Halloween, with some twists. “It’s...
A Halloween season without Knott’s Scary Farm would have seemed unthinkable to horror fans this time last year. But here we are. And though it’s certainly been challenging on many levels, the Halloween and horror community has united in working...
A pandemic nearly killed what would have been the 15th year of “Night of the Living Dead” returning to Fullerton’s Maverick Theater. And while this year’s show technically does not take place at the theater, but rather at a nearby...
Corona Haunt explores an outdoor theme for its 2020 walk-through, “Shadow Mountain.” Because of COVID-19, the creators behind the Corona, California home haunt implemented stringent health and safety protocols, and did proceed as a walk-through experience. Although the event’s future...
Famed B-movie critic Joe Bob Briggs, Darcy the Mail Girl and horror movie icon Felissa Rose are brightening up Halloween 2020 for guests of Joe Bob’s Haunted Drive-In, which spans three days and two cities. The horror B-movie drive-in also offers...