Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights rolled out the red carpet to celebrate opening night pn September 9, 2022. They welcomed Hollywood icons such as the OG final girl herself, Jamie Lee Curtis, filmmakers Jordan Peele and Jason Blum, Freaky star Vince Vaughn, Nope star Brandon Perea, Halloween Ends star …
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 »PopHorror Goes To ScareLA Los Angeles, CA 2018: Summertime Halloween
People are generally surprised when I admit to never having attended a horror convention, and they’re not alone. I’m surprised at this unfortunate fact. However, after interviewing Jon Schnitzer (which you can find here) and Shar Mayer (which you can find here) for their hit documentary, Haunters: The Art of …
Read More »Interview With Jon Schnitzer: Discovering the Underground World of Haunts, Part 2
*In case you’re coming here first, this is the second part of our interview with Haunters: The Art of the Scare creator, Jon Schnitzer. To read part 1 first, you can go here. Jon Schnitzer: (con’t) There is a therapeutic value of being scared. I call it “scareapy.” Every October, …
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