I step toward the door, but a disheveled man blocks my exits. He’s a patient of the insane asylum I’m visiting – and does not want me to leave. He picks up a phone hanging on a nearby wall and licks the receiver, spittle dripping down his ratty beard. He adjusts his Santa hat with […]
The warm mug of hot chocolate warms my ungloved hands. I snuggle further into the soft couch as I take a sip, my beverage warming me from within. An older woman enters the inviting room filled with twinkling lights and holiday knick-knacks, her energy lighting up the space. She straightens her homemade skirt as she […]
Special thanks to Paul Koudounaris, for the featured image. Although Christmas in the United States is traditionally merry and bright, recent years have seen a rebirth of some of the darker traditions spread around Europe, the best known being Krampus. Los Angeles has become home to a thriving community of Krampus enthusiasts, who celebrate […]
The 2018 haunt season was absolutely massive, from a completely rejuvenated Dark Harbor to some of the best home haunts around. But as is becoming tradition, the year in walk-through mazes couldn’t end without a few holiday haunts. There weren’t nearly as many festive frights to be had as in recent years, especially with the […]
Disclaimer: the following is a spoiler-rich recap of HVRTING’s How to Summon Santa event from December 2018. Please also note in the interest of full disclosure: HVRTING is an extreme haunt offshoot of this website (Haunting.net), and the two entities share multiple staff members, including the writer of this review, on occasion. The writer attended […]
Paulie’s Polymers might be a fantastic plastic bag company, but thanks to government bans and terrible marketing, the Los Angeles branch is in trouble—and just before the holidays, too. And yet, here we are, the members of the San Diego branch (the one branch doing fantastically well), joining our fellow L.A. employees for their yearly […]
With immersive pop-up events gaining popularity, especially for big budget film releases or special occasions, it only makes sense that these ventures have grown to include both Los Angeles night life and the holidays. Happy Holidays Ya Filthy Animals is an unofficial, fan-made, immersive holiday experience that plunges guests into three classic Christmas films: Home […]
To get it out of the way bluntly right up top: Texas’s 3 HaunTs may be the most unnerving haunt operating in America today, and if their “Xmas Scream” holiday overlay is any indication, their bigger and beefier Halloween edition will deliver an ungodly amount of scares. Situated on a road […]
Hidden in California’s High Desert, along the lonesome trek from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, is Apple Valley; and while Apple Valley may be out of the way for some, it is home to All Saints Lunatic Asylum. This haunted house is one of the purest, most charming experiences of the season. All Saints is […]
Since 2015, Orange County’s The 17th Door has staked its claim as one of the most controversial, boundary-pushing, and intense haunted attractions. Combining a flair for the dramatic with some of the most demanding physical challenges in the haunt world, The 17th Door provides an experience unmatched by many of its contemporaries. But that’s all […]
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