Hollywood Gothique

Dates: October 21 through November 5
Location: Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery, 2300 N. Marengo Avenue, Altadena, California
Wicked Lit’s innovative productions – based on the works of Poe, Lovecraft, Dickens, etc – fully immerse the audience in different times and locations, creating a unique brand of shuddery entertainment, quite distinct from other Halloween events in Los Angeles.

Dates: October 14-16, 21-23, 28-30
The Ghost Tour at Stathearn Park brings to life the history of Simi Valley, told by dead souls from the past. The experience is not intended to be frightening, but it does hit the right mood for Halloween. People interested in history and/or in enjoying Halloween without being assaulted by costumed maniacs, will find this event to be a pleasant and educational diversion.

Date: October 30
Hours:

6:30pm to 8:00pm: Red Carpet Arrivals
7:30pm to 1:00am Halloween Launch Benefit

Location: The Conga Room L.A. Live, 800 West Olympic Boulevard # 235, Los Angeles, CA 90015-1366
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Description: The sCare Foundation – a newly founded non-profit organization whose goal is to alleviate the hardships of poverty and homelessness facing North American youth [...]

Date: October 30 at 8:30pm
Location: ArcLight Pasadena, 336 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA
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Description: ArcLight Cinemas presents a screening of the 1982 special effects opus, about a family whose daughter is dragged into another dimension by supernatural entities.
Rating: R
Running Time: 114 mins
Genre: Horror
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Dominique Dunne, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O’Rourke, Beatrice [...]

Lon Chaney as Erik, the Phantom
This silent film adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s novel is one of the classics in the history of the horror genre, although it actually predates the widespread use of the term “horror film.” With its static camera style and sometimes slow pace, this old-fashioned gothic-mystery-romance about a deformed madman-musician, who haunts [...]

Dates: October 14-31
Hours: 8-11pm weeknights & Sundays; 8pm-midnight on Fridays & Saturdays
Theatre 68 doesn’t have the expanse of other Halloween haunts in Los Angeles, but it offers something distinctive that you would be hard pressed to find elsewhere: a more personal, intimate variety of horror, with audience and characters engaged up close and personal.

The caretaker at Fallen Angel Cemetery sent us this video, showcasing the souls of the damned who have been cast down to the nether regions. We don’t usually post videos from outside sources, but this one does a good job of conveying the atmosphere and look of this nifty little yard haunt. The only aspect [...]

Lon Chaney, Jr.’s Wolf Man may be cinema’s most famous lycanthrope, but there can be little doubt that this 1960 film from Hammer Productions is the best werewolf movie ever made. It features all of the studio’s classic virtues: beautiful sets, effective music, colorful photography, solid scripting, memorable performances, and a muscular directorial approach that [...]

Dates: October 15-31, 7pm to 1am
Location: 2821 S. Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90018

Description: This amateur Halloween yard haunt – which has been in operation several years now – features scary decorations with a few animatronics, music and sound effects.
On Halloween Night, there are treats for the kids and a few costumed characters delivering a [...]

Dates: October 28-29
Location: The New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: It’s a double bill of 1980s slasher horror, featuring makeup effects by Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD). For you art house film historians out there, THE BURNING is an early work from the Weinstein Brothers, who went [...]

Date: October 29 at 8pm
Location: The Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N. Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: Head on over to the Silent Movie Theatre for Halloween fun.
From the website:
If you’ve been a part of the Cinefamily for a while, then you know how monumental our Halloween parties are. It’s our birthday [...]

Date: October 27 at 7:45pm
Location: The Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N. Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Description: The Cinefamily presents a double bill of the first two PHANTASM films. Writer-director Don Coscarelli will be on hand to answer questions between the screenings.
From the website:
Is there a more aptly named horror movie than [...]