Month: August 2017

2017 EVENTS ATTENDED DURING HAUNT SEASON

I love going to haunts and Halloween themed events all year, but I go a little crazy during haunt season (late September through early November). Here is a list of the events and haunts I am attending in 2017 in the order I attended them/by state.

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CALIFORNIA HAUNTS:

Niebolt House (IT experience in Hollywood)

Night Shift DTLA

9/16/17 Fright Fest at Magic Mountain

9/17/17 *NEW* Elevator escape room at The Basement 

9/17/17 Rizo’s Scarehouse

9/23/17 Knott’s Scary Farm

9/28/17 Queen Mary Dark Harbor

9/29/17 Talladega Frights

9/30/17 Universal Studios HHN

10/1/17 Sinister Valley Haunted House

10/12/17 Walls Grow Thin

10/13/17 Glowzone Psycho Circus

10/14/17 Haunted Trail at Balboa Park

10/14/17 Savage House

10/14/17 DeadRingers (coffin escape game)

10/14/16 Motel 6 Feet Under

10/15/17 Into The Black

10/15/17 Coffin Creek

11/11/17 CreepLA

OHIO HAUNTS:

10/20/17 Leweisburg Haunted Cave

10/20/17 Dent Schoolhouse

10/22/17 Factory Of Terror

10/22/17 Blood Prison

10/22/17 Haunted Hoochie

10/23/17 USS Nightmare

10/23/17 Land Of Illusion

10/25/17 Magic Castle Halloween event

10/26/17 Los Angeles Haunted Hayride

10/27/17 Fleshyard

10/28/17 Freakling Bros

10/28/17 Las Vegas Haunted Asylum & Hotel

TENNESSEE HAUNTS:

10/6/17 Ruby Falls Haunted Cavern (Dread Hollow)

GEORGIA HAUNTS:

10/6/17 Paranoia

10/7/17 Netherworld Haunted House & Escape Rooms

10/7/17 Containment

10/7/17 Six Flags over Georgia

10/8/17 13 Stories 

10/8/17 Folklore

10/9/17 Mission Escape Atlanta escape games

*LIST SUBJECT TO CHANGE

2016 EVENTS ATTENDED DURING HAUNT SEASON

I love going to haunts and Halloween themed events all year, but I go a little crazy during haunt season (late September through early November). Here is a list of the events and haunts I attended in 2016 in no particular order.

SOCAL HAUNTS:

The Tension Experience

Universal Studios HHN

Fright Fest at Magic Mountain

Knott’s Scary Farm (Skeleton Key)

Sinister Pointe

Motel 6 Feet Under

Delusion

Los Angeles Haunted Hayride

ROT

Coffin Creek

Scream Kingdom

All Saints Lunatic Asylum

Scream Zone

HOME HAUNTS:

Rotten Apple

Backwoods Maze

The Haunt with no name

Boney Island

PENNSYLVANIA HAUNTS:

Terror Behind These Walls

Field of Screams

Shocktoberfest

Pennhurst Haunted Asylum

 

MASSACHUSETTS HAUNTS:

Barrett’s Haunted Mansion

Spooky World

Haunted Overload

Chambers of Terror

Hysteria Conner’s Farm

Gallows Hill Theatre (performance)

 

HAUNTS- The IT Experience: Neibolt House Hollywood – California


Stephen King’s IT comes to theatres September 8, 2017, but before you see the movie you can experience the house where IT lives.


The pop-up out of season haunted house is located in Hollywood, California and is open from 1p-11p daily. However, if you don’t have a ticket be sure to arrive early because they cut the line before 11pm.

Event Website: http://www.thatswhereitlives.com

 

Please note: I have seen this called an immersive experience online, but it is a walk through haunt. While you are immersed in the surroundings, this would not fall in the category of “immersive” such as Tension, Sleep No More, or Delusion.

HAUNTS- Midsummer Scream – California

There are many different conventions for Halloween and Haunt enthusiasts, but Midsummer Scream is the top in SoCal. It was a very large event this year with many mini haunts, mini escape rooms, vendors for all of your Halloween desires and most notably amazing panels and workshops. There was even a kids area with family friendly entertainment and crafts. It was nearly impossible to see everything I wanted to, much less everything. I recommend getting there early and planning to stay the entire day for every day of the 2018 event.

Event website: http://midsummerscream.org/

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How to start your own escape room business

Many people want to know how to start their own escape room business. I know there was a room full of curious entrepreneurs at the Midsummer Scream class this year where guest speakers Madison & Luke Rhoades lectured on the topic. The Rhoades are the creators and owners of Cross Roads Escape Games (pun intended). They were kind enough to allow me to record the talk. This is Part 1 covering the basics of dealing with the city, fire codes, etc. They are scheduled to cover the more creative side of the business this weekend at their lecture at ScareLA.

Be sure to play Cross Roads Escape Games:

https://crossroadsescapegames.com/