Alyssa Concha, Author at Haunting

Freeform's Halloween Road - 2021 - Heritage Square Museum - Los Angeles CA

Freeform’s Halloween Road Unites Audiences with Nostalgic Movies

October 1, 2021 By Alyssa Concha In Installations / Pop-Ups, Review No Comments

This is Halloween, this is Halloween. The chorus echoes in the distance. Against a cemetery filled with ivy-adorned headstones, each signifying the demise of someone important. But who? Well, there’s Sarah Sanderson: Devoted Sister, Basic Witch; Thackery Dinx: No, it’s not Zachary; and Casper: Before he was a mattress, he was a ghost. A white [...]

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Creep It Real OC Expo 2021 Brings an Early Taste of Halloween to Orange County

August 29, 2021 By Alyssa Concha In Conventions & Festivals, Creep It Real OC, Cross Roads Escape Games, Lights OUT, News No Comments

Creep It Real OC Expo 2021 I hope you already bought your tickets to Creep It Real OC Expo 2021 coming up on September 12. This short 1-day convention is packed with Mini-Haunt experiences, Fun Photo Ops, Performances, and a ton of spooky vendors taking place at the historic Heritage Museum of Orange County. Exhibiting [...]

Magic Mountain Holidays in the Park Drive-Thru Experience | Christmas 2020

Los Angeles Holiday Guide 2020

December 20, 2020 By Alyssa Concha In Dinner & Drinks, Experiential Supply Co, Guides, Installations / Pop-Ups, Meyer2Meyer Entertainment, News, Rated R: A Horror Speakeasy, Theme Parks & Installations No Comments

While the Halloween season is Haunting's bread and butter, we enjoy all holidays and the exuberance and passion of the Christmas season is one of our favorites. With the current Covid restrictions, most of the light displays that once delighted our eyes have transitioned to drive-through experiences that allow us to witness the same spectacle [...]

Fright Farms - Haunted House - Drive-Thru Haunt - Drive-Thru Experience - Norco - CA

Fright Farms and Not So Spooky Farm Provide Frights and Family Fun

December 15, 2020 By Alyssa Concha In Immersive Horror, Immersive Theater, Review No Comments

Men in yellow hazmat suits approach the car, our closed windows keeping us safe. They wave wands over our vehicle and over the people outside to see if anyone is infected. But before the scans can be completed, a shambling shell of a former human in a blood-stained lab coat stumbles out from behind a [...]

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Twisted’s Demons in the Dark Scared Us in a very Creative Way

November 25, 2020 By Alyssa Concha In Home Haunts, Review, Twisted Minds Productions No Comments

In the hills of Los Angeles, a secret haunt hid in the darkness of the night. In August, keen and clever patrons paying attention to Twisted Experiential Design’s Instagram stories may have seen instructions to apply for limited slots of a secret Halloween experience. But even if you applied, only some were selected—and those lucky [...]

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The Dreich Society’s Fear Fest 1941 Brings Classic Monsters to Life

November 20, 2020 By Alyssa Concha In Dreich Society, Home Haunts, Review No Comments

I step through the threshold of the small movie theater and hear the soft melody of Phantom of the Opera playing. To my right, the iconic white half mask of the Phantom lies on a table. To my left, giant stone arches invite me down a long dark hallway. As I walk, a precariously hung [...]

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A Walk-Through Home Haunt Crawl on Halloween Night in Orange County

November 19, 2020 By Alyssa Concha In Guides, Home Haunts, Review, Twisted Dreams No Comments

Thank you to Chelsea Cook, Alyssa Concha and Taylor Winters for their contributions in writing or photography to our walkthrough home haunt crawl article. Walkthrough haunts were few and far between this year. With all the Covid restrictions, many haunts switched to elaborate yard displays. However, there were a small few who created outdoor experiences, [...]

County Line Fright Fest - The Asylum - Haunted House - Yucaipa - CA

County Line Fright Fest’s Asylum Elevates the Traditional Haunted House

November 18, 2020 By Alyssa Concha In Countyline Fright, Haunted House, Review No Comments

I push through two red doors, both marked with crosses, and enter a hazy, fog-filled cathedral. Large stained-glass windows glow at the opposite end of the room illuminating an empty pulpit. Numerous dark hooded figures fill in the pews, their heads bowed in prayer. I slowly inch down the aisle trying to determine which, if […]

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Inland Empire Yard Haunt Displays – A Tour of Ontario, Corona & More During Halloween

November 9, 2020 By Alyssa Concha In Guides, Halloween Yard Displays, Review, Yard Display No Comments

Thank you to Chelsea Cook and Taylor Winters for their contributions in writing or photography to our Inland Empire Yard Haunt Displays article. If you’re looking for a fun and family friendly way to round out your Halloween in the Inland Empire, consider adding a Inland Empire Yard Haunt Displays crawl to your agenda. These [...]

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Los Angeles Halloween Guide 2020

November 1, 2020 By Alyssa Concha In BCR: A Place to Scare, Beware the Dark Realm, Caitlin Manor Haunted House, Countyline Fright, Desert Decay Manor, Dreich Society, Fear Farm Phelan Haunted Screampark, Haunted Hayride, Hellsir Cemetery, High Desert Haunted House, Into The Black, JFI Productions, Las Vegas Haunts, Lights OUT, Majestic Repertory Theatre, Meyer2Meyer Entertainment, News, Opechee Haunt, Perdition Home, Pirate's Cave, Prism, Rated R: A Horror Speakeasy, Realm of Shadow, Rosehill Haunt, Spooky Hollows, The Fleshyard, The Haunted Shack, Twisted Minds Productions, Zombie Joe's Underground No Comments

Halloween is part of Los Angeles culture. In 2019, there were over one hundred home haunts, over twenty large-scale and professional haunts, and countless immersive horror experiences available for audiences and participants alike to be scared and partake in the season. Unfortunately, with the Covid-19 recommendations restrictions, many of our favorite haunts have gone dark [...]