BLOG: Ten Halloween hang-outs, horrors and hauntings in Los Angeles
Emily Henry | 10-30-2009 | Comments |
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Knott's Scary Farm Halloween HauntPros: Genuinely scary! The lights are off and the monsters are out...
Cons: Expensive and a relatively long drive.
Dates: Sept 24 - 27, Sept 30 - Oct 4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-25, 28-31, 2009
Hours: 7 pm - 2 am Fri-Sat, all other days 7 pm - 1 am
Cost: $31.99 to $49.99 in advance, $53.99 at the gate
Special Offers: Discount coupons are often available at Ralph's Supermarkets and various fast food restaurants (check What's Hot on the website); VIP tours available, hotel packages.
Info: www.knotts.com
Note: Do not wear costumes. Not recommended for children under 13 or the timid. (From Go Los Angeles.com)
Spirits of Troy Halloween at USC
Pros: Students know how to party.
Cons: USC alums and affiliates only.
Time: October 31, 2009 from 3:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: McCarthy Quad
Street: Trousdale Parkway
City/Town: Los Angeles
Tricks at Treat with USC students as part of the University Residential Student Community Halloween festivities. Jumping castles, haunted houses and bobbing for apples in the center of campus and door-to-door trick or treating in the dorms. (From University Park Family.com)
Halloween Party and Art Show
Pros: Cultured entertainment for a good cause.
Cons: Not very spooky.
Time: October 31, 2009 at 7pm to November 1, 2009 at 2am
Location: The Watts Art Gallery
Street: 9101 HOOPER AVE
City/Town: Watts 90002
Phone: 310 365-7433
The Queen Mary Shipwreck Halloween Terror Fest
Pros: Grand, scary and different.
Cons: $29 to $40 a ticket.
The venerable ocean liner is transformed with seven spooky mazes, some on the ship, others on land, two all-age dance parties and live band performances.
Location: The Queen Mary - 1126 Queens Hwy. Long Beach, Ca. 90802
Dates: Oct 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 22-24, 27-31, & Nov 1, 2009
Hours: 7 pm - midnight, later some nights
Cost: $29, Fast Pass $40
Info: Go Los Angeles.com)
Halloween at the Horrific Hoover Recreation Center
Pros: Carnival and haunted house!
Cons: "Officials"...
The official Halloween Party site for the City of Los Angeles! The Parks and Recreation Department will fill the park, basketball court and gym with inflatable games, a haunted house and candy. Entrance is free, but the carnival will cost $5 for three tickets. (From University Park Family.com)
The Haunted Hollywood Tour
Guided night-time tours of famous death and scandal sites around Hollywood. Private tours available.
Location: Tours leave from Grauman's Chinese Theatre, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028
Dates: Nightly departures
Hours: 5 pm departure
Cost: $35-75
Info: Haunted Hollywood Tours.com
West Hollywood Halloween Carnival
Pros: Best costumes on display in LA, for free. Great atmosphere.
Cons: Crowded, crowded, crowded.
Location: Santa Monica Blvd. from La Cienega Blvd. to La Peer Dr., West Hollywood, CA
Date: Friday, Oct 31, 2008
Hours: 6 - Midnight
Cost: Free
Parking: $10 in specified parking structures. Check the website for street closures and parking structures.
Info: West Hollywood Halloween.com, (323) 848-6503
Haute Dog Howl’oween Parade
Pros: Dogs in costume.
Cons: People who dress their dogs in costume.
Location: Starts and ends at Livingston Park, 4900 E. Livingston Dr. at Park Ave., Long Beach, CA 90803. The pups parade on the sidewalk down Park Ave. to 2nd Street to Nieto and back on the other side of the street.
Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009
Hours: Park festivities are noon – 5 pm, parade is 2:30 – 3:30ish, Children's costume competition at 4:30 pm.
Cost: $15/dog advance entry, $25 on site, free to watch
Info: Haute Dogs.org
Paranormal Activity
Pros: Scary.
Cons: Really, really scary. And yet cheesy, short, and underdeveloped too.
Location: a movie theater near you. Check out Fandango.com for listings.
Staying at home and watching a horror movie
Pros: Free, fun, comfortable, no cost for parking and no crowds (unless you want there to be).
Cons: No one gets to see your costume (which might also be seen as a pro).
Best scary movies for home rental: Halloween (the original, as well as the recent adaptation), The Exorcist (scariest movie of all time), Poltergeist, The Shining, Aliens, Rosemary's Baby, a Nightmare on Elm Street, Arachnophobia, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence of the Lambs, Psycho, the Fly, Carrie, the Omen, the Ring, the Blair Witch Project.
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