los angeles Archives - Page 2 of 16

Hotel Who - Immersive Theater - Los Angeles CA - Murder Mystery

Hotel Who Invites Guests to Stay Overnight and Immerse Themselves In a Murder Mystery

October 16, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Dinner & Drinks, Immersive Theater, Review, The Hotel Who 1 Comment

Note: While we recommend the full overnight Hotel Who experience to those that can afford it, we also recognize that with all the immersive horror and haunted houses this season, money is extremely tight. Hotel Who is offering discounted tickets for the experience alone (no overnight hotel stay) for only $125. With a six-hour immersive [...]

Murder House Productions - Ghosted - Haunted House - Los Angeles

Murder House Productions’ Ghosted is a Witty Haunted House About Dating in the Digital Age

October 16, 2022 By Taylor Winters In Haunted House, Murder House Productions, Review No Comments

“Hello? Hello?” A ghostly voice echoes out against the darkness. The walls are overgrown by something alien, almost plantlike it’s in connectivity—but in it is something familiar: a phone. Texts scroll by, but they’re all blue, and one sided. There’s no response from the other side. I take a step forward, and a hand grabs [...]

The Alice Cocktail Experience - Dinner & Drinks - Immersive - Los Angeles - CA

The Alice: An Immersive Cocktail Experience Wants You to Paint a Cocktail

December 15, 2021 By Taylor Winters In Dinner & Drinks, Review 1 Comment

I’ve often seen a cat without a grin, but a grin without a cat; well, that’s the most curious thing I ever saw in all my life. Before I could remark this out loud, the grin speaks. I’m the Cheshire Cat, and who might you all be? It’s neon smile glows, hidden among ivy and [...]

American Contemporary Ballet - The Nutcracker Suite - 2021 - Performance Theater - Los Angeles - CA - Immersive

American Contemporary Ballet Invites You to Enter the Nutcracker Suite

December 8, 2021 By Taylor Winters In American Contemporary Ballet, Immersive Theater, Performance Theater, Review No Comments

Ding. The elevator door opens to an unfinished space. On the sixth floor of an LA skyrise. Plastic sheeting divides a construction zone from a makeshift office. Two women sit at their respective desks; one leafing through a magazine, the other looking over a clipboard. Neither seem to even notice me when I walk through [...]

Intruder Escape - The Clown Academy - Haunted House - Immersive Horror - Los Angeles - CA

The Clown Academy by Intruder Escape is Better than Squid Game with Clowns

October 19, 2021 By Taylor Winters In Haunted House, Immersive Horror, Intruder Escape, Review No Comments

A series of candles, all aglow. A Ouija board is placed on the bathroom sink, hanging over the edge. The room is filthy. Not just dirty—but the kind of grime that makes you want to take a shower just by standing in the room, even if you don’t touch anything. I know I haven’t touched [...]

Lilly Rose - Spooky Tea - Spooky High Tea - Dinner & Drinks - Los Angeles - CA - The Wayfarer Hotel

Spooky Tea at Lilly Rose Delights the Senses with its Secrets

October 18, 2021 By Taylor Winters In Dinner & Drinks, Review No Comments

If you’ve never been to the Lilly Rose in downtown Los Angeles, let me be the one to introduce you to this little secret hidden gem. Located down an elevator ride into the basement parlor of the Wayfarer Hotel, this speakeasy bar is where the whimsical meets the wonderful. Home to magic, live music, burlesque [...]

Midnight Falls - Los Angeles Haunted Hayride - Los Angeles - LA Haunted Hayride - Large Scale Attraction - Haunted House - Thirteenth Floor Productions

LA Haunted Hayride’s Midnight Falls Emerges As A Halloween Highlight

October 4, 2021 By Taylor Winters In Haunted Hayride, Review, Theme Parks & Installations No Comments

LA Haunted Hayride's Midnight Falls may be my new favorite of what we call the large-scale haunts. This category usually includes such behemoths as Universal Halloween Horror Nights, Knott’s Scary Farm, Six Flag’s Fright Fest, and the now dark Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor. While LA Haunted Hayride has always been well-known, it hasn’t always had [...]

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 [...]

Hatch Escapes - Lab Rat - Escape Room - Los Angeles - CA

Lab Rat by Hatch Escapes Is A Must-Play Narrative-Focused Escape Room

August 10, 2021 By Taylor Winters In Escape Rooms, Review No Comments

I have a bowl, a water dispenser, and of course, an exercise wheel. It’s not much, but it’s home. Well, a home shared with between two and seven others. Oh, and don’t mind the giant rat towering over me. He’s just a doctoral student who’s studying human intelligence. Oh, and definitely don’t mind the vacuum [...]

MurderCo: Pure Evil Black Market Escape Room - MurderCo - Pure Evil - Escape Room - Extreme Haunt - Upland - CA

MurderCo: Pure Evil Infuses Extreme Horror into an Escape Room Setting

June 22, 2021 By Taylor Winters In Escape Rooms, Extreme Haunts, Review 1 Comment

The best escape rooms immerse audiences in their worlds. Thus, the intersection of immersive horror and escape games was a logical extension of the genres, and a very successful one at that. From The Basement to Crossroads Escape Games’ The Hex Room, these rooms are always rated as top-tier games, even when put against non-horror [...]