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Once again, Hollywood Gothique finds itself transgressing the borders of its native soil in pursuit of Halloween events of northern climes of California (in this case, the Winchester Mystery House Fright Nights), leaving us without adequate time to fully review all the great Halloween attractions in Los Angeles. Allow us to rectify this error with a trio of mini-reviews, focusing on Old Town Haunt, FrightFair, and Wicked Lit – each of which made it onto our lists of 2012 Halloween Recommendations.

Wondering what will be the best Halloween haunted house events in Los Angeles this year? Which should you eagerly anticipate like Dr. Markway swooning over Hill House in 1963’s THE HAUNTING? Which should you avoid like the Lutz family considering a return to Amityville? Hollywood Gothique acts as your real estate agent, taking you on a virtual tour of all the hot haunted properties that should be on your 2012 must-see list.

Location: Pierce College, 20800 Victory Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA

Description: The annual Halloween Harvest Festival and FrightFair ScreamPark at Pierce College returns from another season of family-friendly festivities by day and fearsome frights at night. For the kids there are such fun activities as pumpkin carving and hayrides. For Halloween freaks, there are the Factory of [...]

FrightFair ScreamPark is looking for monsters to haunt, harass, and harangue foolish victims this Halloween. If you think you have what it takes to scare Los Angeles fright fans silly, then this is the job for you. But beware: one of the highlights of this haunted attraction has always been the aggressive nature of its [...]

We know you’re out there, you prevaricators and procrastinators, wasting the precious days of October until Halloween Night rolls around, when suddenly you realize: This is it, the last chance to visit this year’s Halloween Theme Park Attractions, Halloween Haunted Houses & Hayrides, Halloween Yard Haunts, Community Halloween Haunts, Halloween Haunts for Children, Halloween Parties [...]

I always knew this gig would make me famous. A few seconds of my video of  the FrightFair Screampark show up in a segment that the local NBC news station recently ran a segment on the Pierce College Halloween Harvest Festival, which is where FrightFair takes place.
Hey, anything that throws a little attention toward this particular [...]

A Halloween event that is fun even before you reach the haunted mazes
Over the last decade, perhaps in response to competition from the big Halloween theme park attractions, there has been a trend among the smaller Halloween events in Los Angeles – a trend toward morphing these haunts into “destinations.” The proprietors do not want [...]

Last Halloween, we did not investigate the FrightFair Screampark until late in the October season, and we had time to post only a short mini-review of a fine haunted event that deserved much more attention from us. We certainly had good intentions to go back and write a more detailed assessment, but other commitments and [...]

Location: Pierce College, 20800 Victory Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA
Date: October 1, 10am to midnight
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Description: This year, Ben Von Stawn presents his second annual Monster Party at the Halloween Harvest Festival and FrightFair Screampark. In addition to all the other Halloween hijinx provided at the fest, there will be live music, artists, and [...]

Harvest Fest Dates: September 23 to October 31
FrightFair Dates:  October 1-2, 6-9, 13-16, 18-23, 25-31
Location: Pierce College, 20800 Victory Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA
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Description: One of the best Halloween events in Los Angeles returns for another season of frights and delights, with both the family-friendly Halloween Harvests Festival and the very scary FrightFair [...]

To my surprise, looking over last year’s posts, I find no 2009 edition of Hollywood Gothique’s annual Halloween Haunt Awards. Although memories fails me here, I believe this decision was based upon the fact that any post-Halloween round-up of events and attractions in Los Angeles would have been somewhat redundant with my “Must See Halloween [...]

It’s the final weekend; time is running out! You have paused and prevaricated, allowing the October days to slip through your fingers, and now you are in a last-minute flurry, trying to see as much as you can before midnight of November 1 arrives, bringing Halloween to a conclusion. In this limited two-day window of Saturday and Sunday, what are the absolutely essentail Halloween haunts that you must see in 2010? Read on to find out…

Dates: September 24-26, October 1-3, 7-10, 13-17, 19-24, 26-31
Location: Pierce College, 20800 Victory Blvd at Mason Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Description: For 2010, all of Fright Fair’s usual virtues are intact in 2010 – and amplified to the nth degree. We cannot quite put our finger on what is different, but whatever the reason, this year’s dose of Halloween horror is even scarier and more fun than before.