This was my 4th time attending the haunted soirée, and each time was a unique experience. This…read moreHalloween event is my fave experience because it is immersive, interactive, fun, and spooky. I love all the creatures. My fave one was the one that took place in DTLA 3 years ago. That venue was spacious and beautiful. The only concern I have is the 2 hour time limit. There's a lot to see and do in 2 hours, plus, you gotta make sure you get all your mini cocktails included in your admission. All the rooms are spectacular and the shows are fascinating. It is always hard to solve the mystery since you have to talk to all the characters for various clues. This year, we decided just to enjoy everything.

Thursday: House of Spirits at Casa Vertigo in Downtown LA was so much fun! It was the perfect way…read morefor my friends & I to celebrate Halloween! What a spectacular experience! Premier Tickets: My 2 friends & I had Premier tickets; No line, expedited entry, as well as 5 craft cocktails of our choice (non-alcohol or alcohol) & truffles curated by a chocolate sommelier, yum! The truffles had me at hello, so delicious! One of my favorite drink combos of the night: Clever Fox Rum, Pineapple, Banane Du Bresil, Coconut, Liquer & Lime! Yum! Bartenders were friendly & we tipped them at each station! Dress Code: Your choice of Halloween Costumes, Cocktail Attire or Period Piece Attire! I combined two & was a Princess; wearing an elegant gown I purchased for the event & a sparkly crown, which I already owned! My friends went all out, dressed as 2 of the characters from a popular movie! Fun! Vibe: The crowd was amazing, friendly & often complimented each others costumes, as well as took photos together! Fun! I even had a few people bow/curtsy because of my costume! So funny & friendly! Also, the venue was so spacious; there was a ton of space to move about throughout the venue! Lights, Camera, Action: What a show! Whether the actors were on stage performing, including singing(incredible voices!) or walking around in phenomenal costumes & staying in character, I was excited at every turn! I was in awe of the details & energy that went into the costumes & performances along the way, as we navigated numerous rooms on about 4 floors of the venue!(Wear comfy shoes; stairs!) Interactive: There is a storyline; characters walk around giving you clues & tell you stories! While watching an onstage performance, they called for volunteers & my friend was incorporated into the scene, which was awesome & she had fun! I will admit to screaming a few times when the characters would suddenly appear, while walking through the maze, but it was good fun! Hahaha! Fancy & Talented: Chandeliers were everywhere, which I love!! The rooms were moody & had a glow about them! There were mazes, stories that were told, numerous photo opps, spectacular theatrics & so much more! There were even dancers pouring drinks while twirling & doing acrobatics while suspended in the air! Wowsers! Incredible! Overall: Loved House of Spirits at Casa Vertigo! The event was above & beyond what I had imagined! The production & presentation of it all was impressive on every level! I'm looking forward to going again next year! Fun times with friends! Happy Halloween, Everyone!

This place is cute for kids. I like the scavenger hunt that they had, but some of the puzzles were…read moresuper hard to find. Decor: 4/5 Boney Island features a lot of displays with various skeleton and spooky themed exhibits. The displays were cute but not very interactive. We were trying to find all the scavenger hunt numbers but that was not very well done because we asked multiple staff members about them, but none of them know what we were talking about. Price: 3/5 This place is $25 per ticket plus about $20 for parking. It took about like an hour or so to walk through the whole exhibit. It was cute to do once, but I don't think I would come back. Food/drink: 3/5 They have food trucks and a bar on site. We got fries and two blacken (charcoal) margaritas. The fries were $10 and the margaritas were $14 but were very small. I recommend eating before you get here.

A long overdue review for a really fun Halloween activity. Adults and kids really enjoyed it a lot…read more Not too scary highly recommend.

My son loves coming to this house every year in September and October. Beautiful decorations and…read moreamazing the fact that the audience can be part of this and makes it fun for all of us.

This impressive, festive yard display is a pleasure to see. The whole front yard is packed with…read moredecorations and animatronics. If you're in the area, take your kids. But seeing the yard is also fun for adults. There are several animatronics which viewers activate by stepping on a pad on the ground in front of the animatronic devices. A few of the Halloween animatronics are quite creepy. (The owners also decorate for Christmas.) Check the house's website to see what time they are playing the light/music show. The light show lasts for about 20 minutes at one time. This yard display is not a maze or walk-through. It's simply a highly creative and interactive yard display. The owners have clearly put in a ton of work. I'm not sure it's worth a drive if you're coming from a distance, but if you're in the area, it's definitely worth your time.

Doesn't exist. Came out here and it's just a business parking lot. On a positive note, discovered a…read morecool tequila bar down the street.

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Creep is back and better than ever! They've returned with a more linear format, taking place in a…read moremansion in the West Adams district (fans of Delusion may recognize this space from a previous year). There were two sections, the welcoming B&B in partnership with CBS and the show 'Ghosts' which smelled like pumpkin spice and everything nice, with the occasional possession and haunting. Then you're taken across the street for the real show and that's where Creep shines. The poetic storylines, the terrific acting and staging, the interaction, and new ideas all reminded me of the early days of Delusion which is a huge compliment. Your group of 8 is small and intimate and you feel absolutely immersed. Be prepared to be touched, whether you are taking an actor's hand or they are gently leading you somewhere, but nothing over the top. I'm so glad it's back and as good a Creep LA as ever was! Parking is neighborhood street parking, not best area but you should be able to find something.

A review of Creep x Ghosts 2024…read more I had always heard about this company over the years, but never had a chance to check it out until this year. I had considered going to another haunt, but the prices were out of my range. Creep was a comfortable $70 per person and I was lucky to grab some tickets as they were selling out. I really didn't know what to expect, but the least I can say is that I was completely blown away. The absolutely expert crafting of this experience, everything from the story to the acting to the timing to the setting, was incredible. First I was curious, then unsettled, then worried, then SCARED, and then nearly welling up with tears. These actors are so committed and every character feels so full. The way they looked into my eyes had me deeply moved and I was immersed for the entire hour we were inside. Every person in my group was interacted with and enveloped in the story. This sort of art needs to be deeply appreciated and supported in Los Angeles and I'm so grateful to all the people that put their hearts and souls into this. Thank you JFI Productions!

An absolutely MISERABLE experience, due to Toomer Security, the guard company hired to manage the…read morelong line outside this pop-up. I would absolutely not recommend coming to this pop-up (which closes this coming weekend) because I was cheated by and yelled at by the security guards for over two hours. Here are the highlights: 1) The security guards repeatedly let groups of people cut, so that I was always at the back of the line. My boyfriend and I waited over two-and-a-half hours outside on Hollywood Boulevard, and on three occasions, the security guards ordered the people toward the back of the line to "keep walking backward." Each time we were forced to walk backward, the line was shuffled, and people were allowed to cut, making it impossible to advance in line. I eventually was admitted into the event as one of the last five people before they closed for the night. 2) The guards treated us like prisoners, repeatedly yelling, "Get your backs up against the wall!" They kept shouting this even though we already were standing against the wall, and no one in line was causing problems. It was extremely insulting and humiliating. 3) The guards let in the standby line before the priority access line, and then lied to me about it. People who have purchased IMAX movie tickets to IT 2 are supposed to have priority access, per the event website. The guards also told us this, so we bought tickets and got into the IMAX line. But the guards ended up letting in the non-ticket holders AN HOUR BEFORE US. When I asked Caleb, the Toomer Security manager, about this, he didn't have an explanation and then a very terse guard jumped in and told me (lied to me) that the non-ticket holders were going to a holding area and not inside; he assured me since we had IMAX tickets we would still go in before them. I knew this was a lie because I then saw the non-ticket holders inside the venue, as I could see through the gaps of the exterior wall. 4) Once we got to the entrance we were then rushed to sign a 2-page legal waiver in tiny print. Also, no one checked our IDs or our IMAX tickets, even though Security kept telling us over and over we needed proof of being over age 17 and that we had paid for movie tickets. Why didn't they give us the waivers while we were waiting so long in line? When we finally made it inside the pop-up, it was fun (though not the 40-minute experience advertised; it was more like 20 minutes), but not worth the experience of a completely unfair line. I'm so angered by how Toomer Security treated my boyfriend and me at this pop-up, that I am canceling and refunding my IMAX tickets because I don't want to support anything that has something to do with the IT 2 pop-up experience.

Toomer, the security company hired for this event, ruins this experience…read more Harassment, yelling, lying, apathy and disregard for decency-and you get to deal with it for more than 2 hours as you wait in line. Expect constant anxiety as you have to deal with these people yelling at you nearly every minute for those 2+ hours. Caleb, the manager, obviously did not have a handle on his crew nor have any idea how to manage or plan for the event or handle the people attending. His team spent the night yelling at the crowd, barking orders for them to, "GET UP AGAINST THE WALL" in the way you'd hear a cop yell at a criminal he's been chasing down. You heard this yelled at you non-stop for over 2 hours, even if you were already up against the wall. We were also constantly told to turn around and walk another 300 feet down the block. But this was done all through yelling, without any sort of guidance or order. The result was each time we had to shuffle the line down the block, groups of people thought they would take this opportunity to cut in line. The guards didn't care about this at all, and only cared that you were against the wall. When it was pointed out that 2 people joined the end of the line after it had already been closed, Caleb put the responsibility of kicking them out on his guard, rather than being a leader and taking the responsibility. We watched him go back and forth with the guard, not taking any action, even when the guard obviously didn't want to deal with the stress of something a manager should handle. We were also blatantly lied to. We were originally in a 100+ person line. Caleb told me that if we had IMAX tickets, we would get in early, and the IMAX holder line only had 20 people. Instead the security team began with the 100 person line, and then had the preferred line for IMAX holders go after them. I brough this up to Caleb only to have one of his guards cut me off, obviously trying to win brownie points with the boss. The guard lied to me, saying, "those people who went in aren't going to go in before you, they're just going to another line to wait". I could look through the fence and see them getting to play the games. Just lying to try to get people to shut up and obey. It was another hour after they got to go in before we even got to the gates. Eventually, when we got to the gates to enter, we were individually handed waivers to sign. This was a huge bottle neck in time. Why not just have people sign the waiver while they're already in line? You make us wait long enough as it is. Even though I bought my IMAX tickets, they didn't even check that. So anybody could have gone in, even though the security made such a big deal over it. They also never checked our ID, even though we also heard them make a big deal about being over 17 or having a guardian over 30. The team also had no idea anything about the event. People who came after the lines were closed were told by the guard, "you can't come in, this is it. You'll have to come back next year". Next year? Really? This attraction was open for at least another week at that point. This attraction desperately needed a marketing team. The real nightmare was in how the customers and potential movie goers were treated. Because of the horrible way the security team behaved towards me and the other people, I actually wound up cancelling my IMAX tickets and have a general apathy towards the IT franchise. This has left a bad taste in my mouth. And in the future, if I see any event with Toomer, I'm just going to leave for something better.

My first time at Scare LA…read more I was a bit underwhelmed. I'm a huge horror/Halloween fan and I just felt like there wasn't enough to do or see here. It started off late which is a major turn off. The doors were supposed to open at 11am and instead it was almost 1130 before they were opened. It was hot outside waiting in the sun and people could not help but complain. The location is great. Old town Pasadena area which is quiet, easy to find parking, and walking distance to a lot of shops and eateries. We found four dollar parking near City hall. The exhibit hall had a lot of makeup vendors, haunted attractions (new and old), Halloween merchandise for sale, and a few goodies. I did see the cake I want for my bday which was cool. I tried out the Alone experiment which was beyong bizarre! Needless to say, it has been removed from my bookmarks. I also went to the screening room a few times. It was always pretty empty. One of the TV shows called Acting Dead was pretty good. There was a short Thriller performance that was also a disappointment. Do not remix a classic. The haunted houses on site were submerged with fog machines that made it hard to breath in the rooms. Im glad I tried it out finally, but I dont think I will be returning unless there are significant changes and more vendors.

Extremely underwhelmed…read more I build and produce a home haunt all by myself that absolutely kills the ones at this convention. The "haunts" were little more than 30 seconds of walking through trash bag wall constructed mazes with little to no attempt to scare anyone. Seriously, they were HORRIBLE! I can't believe I bought VIP tickets to this "event" - I wouldn't even pay general admission prices had I known what a joke the entire thing was. The make and take sessions were so disorganized, started 10-15 minutes late and frustrating I walked away from both sessions that I signed up for. I spent most my time standing in line for 30 minutes whenever I wanted to buy a beer. And the evening "party"? Originally advertised to be 8pm-2am and later changed to midnight after the organizers themselves realized how much it sucked. I spent the first 20 minutes waiting in line at the small bar. Music was horribly dull by a semi-decent cover band. They kept begging people to dance and in fact they made people dance if they wanted to be eligible for the costume contest. I spent a huge amount of time, money and effort on my costume. At least a dozen people stopped me to pose for pictures. But since I don't care to dance to extremely unmotivating and spirit sucking music, I don't even get "tapped" for the costume competition. Look around, there are at most 60 people there and 40 of them are sitting in chairs like it's a middle school dance...