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Cue the scary organ music, for it is time to announce Hollywood Gothique’s annual Halloween Haunt Awards, recognizing the finest achievements for 2012. Which haunts had the spookiest  ghosts, the scariest monsters, the most disgusting gore, the most atmospheric architecture, or the most amazing special effects? Read on to find out – if [...]

It’s the morning after Halloween – but that’s no reason to be mourning. With October 31 having fallen in the middle of the week, a handful of Halloween events in Los Angeles are remaining open through the weekend. So if you feel yourself going through withdrawal pains, consider the following options. (Be careful: some of [...]

This installment of the annual Halloween Haunt Odyssey is a bit of a geographical jumble, exploring the paranormal activities lurking inside two amateur Halloween events separated by miles of freeways. Divergent in location they may be, but Pumkin Jack’s Haunted House and Rotten Apple 907’s Wilsley Manor share certain salient traits: both of them are [...]

Looking for last-minute, inexpensive ways to enjoy Halloween in Los Angeles? Look no further, as Hollywood Gothique presents its must-see list of Halloween Yard Haunts.
By now, you have probably maxed out your credit card purchasing VIP tickets to the Knotts Berry Farm Halloween Haunt and/or Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, not to mention [...]

Hollywood Gothique previously posted an announcement regarding this year’s Rotten Apple 907 yard haunt, whose theme for Halloween 2012 will be Willsey Manor. However, we just received the poster art, along with a description of the back story for this year’s event.

This October, Rotten Apple 907 goes back to basic with a haunted house theme. The back story is that the Willsey Manor was was inherited by brothers William and Ramsley Thompson in the late 1800; unfortunately, one of the brothers suffered from homicidal tendencies, and his victims still roam the halls of the manor, where you will encounter them – if you dare.

Location: 907 N. California Street Burbank, CA 91505

Description: Rotten Apple – one of the best Halloween yard haunts in Los Angeles – returns for 2012 with another new theme: Willsey Manor. As always, admission is free, but donations will be accepted for charity; this year’s recipient is Family Promise. No word on what awaits us within this year’s haunt, but Rotten Apple 907 always presents an enjoyable variety of impressively scares. 2012 DATES: October 26-28, 31

Drum roll, please – or should that be a funeral dirge? Whatever soundtrack you choose to play in your mind or on your computer while reading this, it is time to bestow our annual accolades for the Best Los Angeles Halloween Events. As with last year, I will dispense with rigid categories in favor of [...]

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 [...]

Our exploration of 2011’s Halloween Yard Haunts began last week with our trip to Boney Island (reviewed here). Next, we move on to Burbank for a pair of Amateur Halloween Events that display enough skill and imagination to rank along side professional Halloween Haunted Houses & Hayrides in Los Angeles.
The Backwoods Maze Yard Haunt (1912 [...]

Dates: October 22-23, 28-31
Hours: 7-9pm Sundays and Halloween night; 7-10pm Fridays and Saturdays.
Location: 907 N. California Street Burbank, CA 91505
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Description: Burbank’s brilliant walk-through Halloween attraction goes far beyond being a yard haunt: it’s a maze filled with props, mechanical effects, and live actors – all of which combine to rival professional Halloween [...]

Hollywood Gothique’s 2010’s Halloween Haunt Odyssey – an annual tour of amateur yard haunts – begins in Burbank, which seems to have become the bleeding, beating heart of Halloween in the San Fernando valley. Within an easily drivable distance are no less than four worthwhile haunts, with several other decorated yards also in the area: Spider-Lights, the Backwoods Maze, Nightmare Junction, and Rotten Apple 907’s Nightmare at the Museum. Click through for details.

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 [...]

Location: 907 N. California Street, Burbank, CA 91505
Dates: October 23 (preview); 24, 29-31. Hours are 7-9pm (till 10pm on the 29th and 30th)
Description: Rotten Apple 907 presents a new horror show for their annual yard haunt, this one built around the premise of a top secret military program gone wrong.