Welcome to Scare Zone, just another strip mall Halloween Horror House… or is it? From the strobe room to the masked maniacs wielding chainsaws, knives and pitchforks as they chase paying customers through the halls of this haunted maze, it’s one good jump scare after another. However, as terrible things …
Read More »Spirit Halloween Hosts Contest for Terrifying Trip to Universal‘s Halloween Horror Nights
Spirit Halloween, the nation’s largest Halloween specialty retailer, is bringing Halloween dreams – and nightmares – to life with the chance to win a trip for two to experience Halloween Horror Nights at Universal. The lucky winner will come face to face with hoards of horrifying mutants, monsters, and maniacs …
Read More »Scream n’ Stream: Inside Central Florida’s Hottest Halloween Ticket
“The best job I ever had was working for Halloween Horror Nights,” says Chris Louis, co-founder and production manager of Scream n’ Stream. In any other year, he’d be going head-to-head with Universal’s annual extravaganza. In any other year, however, there wouldn’t be a Scream n’ Stream. But it has …
Read More »Our Adventures At Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 29 (2019) – Part 2
Be sure to check out the first part of my review of Halloween Horror Nights 29, and then continue on right here! Haunted Houses The ten haunted houses of Halloween Horror Nights 28 were split clean down the middle – five based on movies and TV shows, five based on …
Read More »Our Adventures At Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 29 (2019) – Part 1
I didn’t even make it out of the airport before I saw the t-shirts. Dracula. Demodogs. The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. Oh my. It’s time, once again, for Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights, where the syrupy fog rolls in and the pizza fries sell like hotcakes. Ten new haunted houses. Five …
Read More »Method Actor Ron Keck: From Grinch and Clown to Ghosts and Ghouls
Anyone who visits Universal Studios in Hollywood knows that the theme park showcases several actors portraying characters such as Dracula, Frankenstein and the Mummy. Among the iconic character personalities is the ghost with the most – Beetlejuice! Portraying this beloved character from Tim Burton’s classic ’80s horror comedy is Ron …
Read More »Universal Studios Hollywood – Halloween Horror Nights 2019 Recap
Universal Studios Hollywood kicked off the Halloween Haunt season on September 12, 2019 with a Halloween Horror Nights Fan Preview Night. This year, they opened their gates to fans, with me among them. I was thrilled to receive an invite on behalf of PopHorror, to tread carefully among the creatures …
Read More »Event Recap: Midsummer Scream Marks The Official Kick Off To Halloween 2019
Halloween and horror enthusiasts of every age gathered at the Long Beach Convention Center in California to celebrate all things spooky. Since its first year back in 2016, Midsummer Scream has skyrocketed into one of the leading conventions to hit Southern California. I was in the mix of it all, …
Read More »Our Trip Through Halloween Horror Nights 28 – Part 2
Halloween Horror Nights 28’s 10 haunted houses are split clean down the middle – 5 based on movies and TV shows and 5 original concepts. I covered the IP houses in the first part of my review, so that leaves an absolute grab bag of houses to prove what Universal’s …
Read More »Our Trip Through Halloween Horror Nights 28 – Part 1
Nothing gets under my skin like the syrupy perfume of fog juice. It’s a conditioned response that tells the pit in my stomach that an unholy night is falling, where the shadows stretch into sinister shapes, chainsaws beckon like gas-fed cicadas and lines creep on for all eternity. That smell …
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