When the Tide Comes in, All Ships Rise

All the Reasons to Support Fellow Haunts and Haunters – Especially in Online Public Forums. Welcome, once again, to A Scott In the Dark. We’re getting into haunt season, and attractions have started to open—here in Florida especially. I think Disney started in August. Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not complaining, but they start a lot […]
Michigan’s Hush Haunted Attraction Grows 6X for 2019 Halloween

Hush Haunted Attraction in Westland, Michigan, is debuting three haunted houses in a new venue that’s 6X as large as the previous space. The trio of haunted houses—Descent, Coven, and Rosecliff Hall—live inside a 40,000-square-foot-building for one admission price. Hush opened on September 27th for the 2019 Halloween season and continues every Friday, Saturday, and […]
New for 2019 at Cross Roads Escape Games —The Séance Experience

Debuting at Cross Roads Escape Games in Anaheim, California for the 2019 Halloween season is The Séance, a theatrical horror experience For the 2019 Halloween season, Cross Road Escape Games unveiled a unique, theatrical horror experience with escape-game overtones—The Séance—which opened on October 2nd and will continue on through though November 3rd. Ticket costs range […]
Dead Factory Haunted House in Mexico, Missouri Focuses on Phobias

Family-Owned, Home-Grown Haunted House in Mexico, Missouri Focuses on Phobias. Dead Factory, located in Mexico, Missouri, is a 30-minute, linear, walkthrough experience in a 12,000-square-foot building. Guests enter the realm of Dr. Phil Obrian (aka Dr. Phobia), a deranged neuroscientist who specializes in a wide variety of human fears. Dead Factory allows guests to get up close […]
New Mazes and Special Events at this Year’s Haunted Fort

Historic, Haunted Buildings and Real Ghosts Await Guests at This Unique Outdoor Haunt at Fort Abraham Lincoln on the North Dakota Prairie. Haunted Fort is a seasonal attraction that takes place every October at Fort Abraham Lincoln near Mandan, North Dakota. The site is a reconstructed military fort from the 1870s and is most famously […]
HAuNTcon 2020 Announces First Sessions of Education Program

All-inclusive, full-weekend pass allows access to all education sessions, HAuNTcon and Halloween Party & Expo exhibit halls, and costume ball. HAuNTcon 2020, which will take place from January 17-20, 2020 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, has announced the first scheduled education sessions for next year’s event. The schedule features experts […]
The Four Levels of Haunt

The Importance of Targeting Your Haunt to One of the Four Demographic Audiences Welcome to the Dark! Here we are at the crux of the Halloween season. Haunters are probably not even going to have time to read this because they’re running around like crazy putting the last-minute spatters of blood and touches of pustulent […]
Twilight Actors Visits 2019 Spirit of Halloweentown Festival in St. Helens, Oregon

Peter Facinelli, who played Dr. Carlisle Cullen in “Twilight,” will light the city’s giant Halloween pumpkin at this year’s 10th annual event. As part of its 2019 Spirit of Halloweentown festival, the city of St. Helens, Oregon, is hosting “Twilight” star Peter Facinelli, who will light the city’s giant Halloween pumpkin on Saturday, October 12. Facinelli starred as […]
Tampa Theater’s 2019 “A Nightmare of Franklin Street” Halloween

A horror film festival, short-form horror story contest, campfire stories, and creepy storytelling for adults are featured in Tampa Theatre’s 2019 Halloween season event. The historic and haunted Tampa Theater will be presenting 14 evenings of petrifying programming on select nights from October 18 to 31 with the return of its A Nightmare on Franklin Street Halloween celebration. This […]
The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor 2019 Event Overview

Open from Sept 26 – Nov 2 on 23 select nights, The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor occurs in the harbor surrounding The Queen Mary Ship in Long Beach, California. This Halloween event has 6 terrifying Mazes, nightly live entertainment, secret bars and exciting rides such as Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch Sinister Swings, plus the 4D […]