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Terror on Laura Street Haunt - Home Haunt - La Habra - CA

Terror on Laura Street Haunt Uses its Space Incredibly To Maximize Scares

November 1, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Home Haunts, Review, Terror on Laura Street No Comments

“Take my advice,” a nine-or-ten year old girl says. “Just make sure you survive.” She guards the front entrance of Terror on Laura Street Haunt— and when the group in front of us hasn’t exited yet, she leans forward, showing off a red tail attached to her jumpsuit. “I’m Gwen, but today, I’m a devil! [...]

Fairbrook Manor Haunt - Home Haunt - Long Beach CA

Fairbrook Manor Haunt Excels in Bringing an Incredible Haunt to Long Beach Communities

October 30, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Fairbrook Manor, Home Haunts, Review 2 Comments

Fairbrook Manor Haunt is a home haunt—and community wide experience—located in Long Beach, California. Now in its third year, and sophomore year as a walkthrough haunted house, the experience offers a snaking path throughout the front sidewalk and yard of the Long Beach home, creating an experience that lasts a six to eight minutes—but will [...]

The Haunted Mansion Haunt - Haunted House - Lake Forrest - CA

The Haunted Mansion Haunt Dares You to Walk Through this Disney-Themed Haunted House

October 30, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Haunted Mansion Haunt, Home Haunts, Review No Comments

The Haunted Mansion Haunt is a walkthrough haunt experience, mirroring that of the famous Disneyland ride that spans a sizable footprint through their garage, both side yards, and backyard. The experience can take anywhere from ten to fifteen minutes to traverse, with areas in which you will stop and a small scene will play out, [...]

Ferris Home Haunt - Ferris Haunt - Home Haunt - Garden Grove - CA

Ferris Home Haunt Father and Son Team Creates a Western Saloon With A Secret

October 29, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Ferris Haunt, Home Haunts, Review No Comments

Rows and rows of alcohol line the shelves above the bar. But it’s not those spirits that are talking to me. A spectral image of a woman is projected onto a wall, as she pleads to us, to find her body and give her peace. As she finishes her ask, I hear a click, and [...]

Terror in T-Town Haunt - Home Haunt - Tustin CA

Clowns and Cotton Candy Fog Come Alive in Terror in T-Town Haunt

October 29, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Home Haunts, Review, Terror In T-Town No Comments

“Did you say your prayers? And take your vitamins?” The ringmaster asks me as I stand in front of the mouth of a Titan sized clown. I nod and he holds the curtain open, as I step past teeth and tongue and into fog. The sweet scent of cotton candy is almost overpowering as the [...]

Mystic Terror - Roswell - Home Haunt - Garden Grove CA

Mystic Terror Haunt ’s Roswell Haunt Exceptionally Explores Conspiracies and Aliens

October 29, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Home Haunts, Mystic Terror, Review No Comments

“The math just doesn’t make sense!” A scientist in a lab coat bangs his hands against the wall, a white board in front of him containing equations and chemical formulas. I step forward and he notices me. “What are you doing in here? Get to containment!” He steps aside, revealing a man in a protective [...]

The Haunted Rose - Beyond the Gates of Turnbull - Whittier Museum - Whittier CA - Haunted House - Haunting 2023 Halloween Guide

The Haunted Rose Explores the Dark History of Whittier Beyond The Gates of Turnbull

October 22, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Haunted House, Review, The Haunted Rose No Comments

Beginning in 2016, The Haunted Rose has become one of the most impressive home haunts in Southern California. With a background as a professional haunter at Knott’s Scary Farm, and credits at Disney and Cirque du Soleil, creator Ryan Banfield can tell an evocative narrative with gorgeous set design and strong theming. In the past, [...]

Twisted Dreams Haunt 2022 - Home Haunt - Buena Park CA

Twisted Dreams Haunt is a Gritty Grindhouse Nightmare Come to Life

October 22, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Home Haunts, Review, Twisted Dreams No Comments

Twisted Dreams Haunt’s The Land Closest to Hell is a grindhouse, Ed Gein-inspired haunted walkthrough that doesn’t shy away from the grittiness and intensity of a Texas Chainsaw Massacre film. Nestled across an unassuming home in Buena Park—just miles away from Knott’s Scary Farm—brave haunt goers can find Twisted Dreams and their gory, dismembered victims [...]

Santa Ana Haunt - Shades of Hell: Goodbye - Home Haunt - Santa Ana CA

Santa Ana Haunt’s Shades of Hell: Goodbye is a Strong Third Year

October 22, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Home Haunts, Review, Santa Ana Haunt No Comments

“Help me, help me!” A guest in line, directly behind me screams. A demonic nun, her face pale as snow, reaches for him. But his dramatic cries for help find no solace among the line of haunters, ready to enter Hell. The man falls to his knees, but the demons grab him—and drag him inside. [...]

Rotten Apple 907 - Evil in the London Fog - Home Haunt - Burbank CA

Rotten Apple 907 Masterfully Recreates A Replica Of Evil In The London Fog

October 31, 2021 By Taylor Winters In Home Haunts, Review, Rotten Apple 907 No Comments

The cobbled street is uneven and rocky; my feet are more careful. But it’s not just my steps that are hindered here, the fog is dense and has a certain weight to it. It’s amplified by the narrow corridor of London businesses, huddled together as if their uniformity could protect them from the plague spreading [...]