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.

I was literally like a kid in a candy store with this event. Poor Jaime was holding all of my bags…read moreof goodies that I've purchased or received as I was running from one end of the building to the next. He even had marks on his wrists from the bags. The more I saw, the more I purchased. There had a lot of hard to find stuff that any horror junky would drool over. One thing I really loved about the event was the organization. You knew where to park, the check-in was quick, the layout was mapped out great and there were not a ton of people where you couldn't interact with the vendors or people signing. I asked a lot of questions and everyone that was participating gave me an in depth answer to whatever crazy question I had. Not sure what you wanted to do for Halloween? Almost every haunted maze and attraction was on board giving out coupons and a sneak peek at what they had in store for visitors. I was really surprised at how many mom and pop attractions we had in Orange County. Though they aren't the biggest productions, I'll definitely have to hit them up and see what they're all about. Costumes were encouraged and some people really got into it. If you wanted something unique for the horror month, there was not a shortage of custom makeup demos, vendors selling unique masks and places offering crazy costumes. I definitely walked away feeling (more) inspired. If you were really adventurous, they even had coffin rides. I'm super claustrophobic, so couldn't participate, but it was fun watching the people get in, have the lid closed and seeing them on a television from a hidden camera inside the morbid vessel. They had double rides and single rides and the whole experience simulated what it was like to be lowered six feet under into the ground. It's completely pitch black and you can only feel see what's around you. I wish I would have paid attention to the schedule more closely as I missed out on some cool workshops, lectures and the horror trivia. My friends went and their pictures looked awesome. I was too busy buying Freddy Kruegar replica gloves, Dexter bobbleheads, You're Next masks, and getting signed copies of the original Poltergeist shooting script. Next year, I'm for sure dedicating more time to my experience and maybe even carrying it over into two days. If you were hungry, they had a good amount of food trucks outside for you to choose from. We went the Greasy Weiner (get your mind out of the gutter) route and were happy with the decision. I'll have to review them later. The offerings even included a kosher truck and Hot Dog on a Stick, which provided a chance to score some delish lemonade after a day of shopping and picture taking. Most vendors accepted credit cards, so that was a plus. I didn't bring enough cash and pretty much spent most of it at the first booth I visited, so if you're a junky like I am, plastic is a lifesaver. I'll definitely be back next year. No questions asked.

I saw this show almost two years ago and the album finally came out, which reminded me to write a…read moreYelp review. My boyfriend and I regularly bring up how amazing it was and how much we want it to come back to LA. This show is absolutely visionary. It is hauntingly beautiful yet cacophonous (in the best way) - a visual, sonic, and story telling adventure. I'm really good at sweeping my feelings under the rug and this show was also weirdly therapeutic, forcing me to feel something for a change! I'm writing this for if and HOPEFULLY when the show comes back to LA. It's a whole immersive experience. Lean into it. Get a fancy drink. Do it up and enjoy! Warning, the show is very loud. I think it adds to the experience in a huge way and is meant to be mildly uncomfortable, but if you are sensitive, maybe bring ear plugs.

Loooved the show and the whole experience! It was truly immersive. Loved the story and the…read moreSoundtrack was amazing, visual effects was mesmerizing; the whole production was spectacular!!! Highly recommend!! My husband is not really into shows, he just goes cuz I love them, but he actually truly enjoyed the whole production! Please come back to LA!! And make more like it!!

This popup is probably one of my most favorite Halloween themed event I went to this year! It's…read morepretty dang nice that they take photos for you and send them to your email. So streamlined and convenient! No need to take your phone out every time and nobody to get in the way. You can also go in whatever sort of order you want throughout the house. If you're a Nightmare Before Xmas fan... you will love it. Or if you are a fan of Halloween (which I totally am) you will love this. That being said... they do not allow re-entry... not even to put more time in your parking spot. I didn't enjoy this policy as it actually made us leave before we finished since I didn't want a parking ticket. With the event being in LA, I would've hoped they were a bit more flexible. However, I did learn my lesson - download the parking app from the meter, so I guess it was mostly my fault! :P In addition... the section of the popup with the holiday trees from Nightmare Before Xmas was impossible to take a photo at since they kept chasing us away because they said it was a hazard. How?! It would've been an amazing photo op! It looked sooo cool! Ah well. That being said, it was a blast. You can spin Oogie Boogie's wheel for prizes and other interactive areas. Definitely a blast for children and/or adults! :)

We were able to go to this popup with D23, the Disney fan club…read more Everything in it was pretty awesome. It was pretty much another popup made to take pictures in different scenes and you have to be into the movies that they're using in order to be excited. But these were definitely some of our favorites. First was the house and a few scenes from the movie Hocus Pocus. You can even take a picture riding the vacuum cleaner. Then there was a bunch of Nightmare Before Christmas stuff. You take pictures on top of the famous Jack and Sally hill, inside of Oogie's lair, in the Trick or Treater's bathtub, and even riding in the Mayor's car, wearing his hat! Aside from those amazing pics, we took pics in the Adam's Family house and in a photo booth with themes from the old Scream movie. Great experience, I'd recommend for any Disney fan.

Halloween Horror Nights is my FAVORITE yearly event! I look forward to it every year, and somehow…read moreit just keeps getting better. Every year, we managed to get through all the mazes, plus a few rides and snacks, and we only get general admission! Most of the mazes were SO immersive, and I love how much detail goes into bringing these horror stories to life. Even when the maze was based on an IP I wasn't particularly excited about, I still ended up having so much fun going through it. The wait times can definitely be rough, but that's part of the deal with an event you only go to once a year. You have to plan your night carefully and accept that you'll probably spend a decent amount of time in line, especially with general admission. Now, the food is a different story. I keep trying the event food every year, hoping it'll finally be good, but it just never seems to hit the mark for me. I want to love it, but the food is consistently the weakest part of the event.

I was so happy and lucky we were able to go to Halloween Horror Nights this year. It has been…read moreyears since I had been and we had a great time. Let's get the obvious out of the way, then just have a good time. First, yes, it is expensive, that is why I said above, I was lucky to go. Second, yes, there are a ton of people and lots of walking. Third, the lines are long. Ok, now that is out of the way and you know what to expect, now you can just had a good time. The scares as you walk around in specific areas are fun, other parts there are not so many actors on the streets to scare you, but there are plenty once you go into the houses and it is really fun if you just let go and know there will be a bunch of people around n front of you and behind you. There are 8 houses that you can visit, we somehow were able to see all 8 houses without early entry and without fast passes and took in the Purge stunt show, walked around seeing the actors and had just a great time. We did a lot of walking and had a plan, we actually saw our last house about 1:30 am, so we made great time. We started with Sinners as it seemed to be the one most wanted to see, we are lucky we did, later in the night the wait was about 2 hours+. We waited only about 20 minutes. They did a good job with the set, but not enough vampires inside. After that we hit Evil Dead and Hell Raiser, got through Evil Dead in 30 minutes, pretty cool inside and fun. Then Hell Raiser, that is when the lines started to get long. Hell Raiser was one of the ones I liked most. After that we headed to the lower lot, hit the Ozzy house, loved the Ozzy house, each room was themed to some of his music they had playing. This was my favorite house. Then we Dead, Deader, deadest, that one had a lot of jump scares. Then off to Stranger things, pretty cool inside, not really scary though. We skipped Killer Klowns to hit up Terror Tram and Art the Clown in case we ran out of time. The tram was really fun and the houses or land with all the Art the clowns was really fun. We even stopped and took a one on one shot with Norman Bates in front of the Psyco House. Then we were off to Killceanera, lucky there was a lull in the line and made in through quick. Really cool decorations inside and the theme was cool, but it was pretty small. By this time it was after midnight and the final show performance of The Purge: Dangerous waters. This was really fun and a live action show, they did a great job. Once the show ended, we headed back to the lower lot and made it through Killer Klowns, hitting or 8th and final house. This was my least favorite, not that it was bad, but there has to be the favorite and the least favorite, but still fun. So there you have it, we made it! They put in a ton of work to make it fun for all, accommodate as many people as they can and make it scary enough for young and old. The tickets were expensive and we opted not to spend even more for early entry and fast passes. Even though I am sure it would have been great to have the passes, just could not justify spending even more. But we were able to get it all done as well, so it worked out. My pictures are blurry at best and not great walking through dark houses, but did my best. Enjoy!

I never get tired of this. They do such a great job, and it…read moreis so cleverly put together, that you cannot help but enjoy it. Not scary, just fun. In other words, you can bring kids. It's an outdoor show, repeating about every 20 minutes. Be sure to turn off your headlights when you are parking so you don't run it for everyone else. A Halloween tradition!

This house is always done up really well. The main story has remained the same, but there are some…read moreupdates from year to year. Definitely one that I keep coming back to over the years and still enjoy. Thanks for putting in all the work to set it up. It must take a month to put it all together.

Run by Meyer2Meyer Entertainment, the same folks who do Rated-R Speakeasy in Glendale, The Bite…read moreL.A. was a Halloween-themed & Christmas-themed drive-though event in Oct 2020 & Dec 2020 created due to the COVID-19 pandemic at Legg Lake. As prior reviews have mentioned, considering the strict public health guidelines that Meyer2Meyer had to adhere to: the design of the event, scare-actors & overall atmosphere were first-rate and entertaining. The food & beverages were top quality -- as was the staff & security who ran the event. Just one caveat, and it's a minor one: they have YET to announce the winners of the Ugly Sweater Car Contest and I have been waiting with bated breath to find out the winners are! But, a huge enthusiastic THUMBS UP to The Bite L.A. Should they do something similar for another holiday in 2021 with the pandemic still ongoing, I will GLADLY purchase a ticket without hesitation.

Umm.... what the actual F..... Other reviews have me…read morequestioning what they're reviewing. Not scary at all, food was not good at all. A total waste of plastic. Be sure to come 1 hr. Early. It literally took us 1 hr making line to get in. The scare actors have minimal to no enthusiasm. You drive around the lake at 3MPH going from tent to tent getting a tray of not the best food. Scare: 1-10 : 0 Food: 1-10: 0 Actors 1-10: 0 enthusiasm 1hr wait to get in 50-55 min drive thru event Basically drive tent to tent picking up food, and getting cold mini patty which is just Hawaiian bread with a thin slice of cold meat. Mack & cheese .... just disgusting

Really cool event! Best if you can get a time via the RSVP system, so you don't have to wait very…read morelong, but there is a stand-by line. (And at the time my friend and I went, on a Saturday around 2pm, the stand-by line was only a few minutes' wait. That may change if people read about it in the media.) Once you're in, you take off your shoes and store them in cubby holes. Then you head into a short orientation. (No jumping. No bouncing against walls. This is not a bounce house, even though it looks like one. Etc...) And then they open the plastic door and let you into a magical world of color. At times, the colors seem to change the longer you are in a "room," as your eyes get adjusted. You can sit or lay on the floor to get a better look or to take pictures. On a hot day, the air conditioning vents are welcome. (Some parts of the attraction can get quite warm, so stopping at an a/c vent now and then sort of offsets that.) It's hard to explain what Exxopolis is. It's as if you are Alice in Wonderland and you've just fallen down the rabbit hole, but instead of a new land, you land in magical ribbons of light. And to make the exhibit even better, every few minutes, a different sort of singing/musical group comes through. In the few minutes we were there, we hit an opera singer and a New Orleans-style jazz band. Highly entertaining exhibit. And this Los Angeles stop is totally free! Definitely recommend it. If you have kids, it'd be a great event to bring them to, as long as they're old enough to understand they can't jump on the walls like a bounce house and that this is more of a "relax and check out the colors" kind of activity.

We randomly found out about this installation the day before and arrived early on the last day and…read morewas able to get standby tickets. We had to wait 3 hours, but it was definitely worth the wait. If it comes through your city, you must check it out.

Loved this experience so much!!!! Highly recommend!!!…read more We brought our food, snacks, and pillows in the car. You can use the radio or your cell phone to tune into the website. The entire event was contactless Security was riding around in bikes. It felt so safe. Very family friendly. They had food trucks, bathrooms, and concessions. 10/10!!!!!

(Attended 07/28/21 WE, 07/29/21 TH, & 07/30/21 FR @ 5:00pm and 8:30pm): Gather your tribe and…read more"drive into" The Rose Bowl for some movie fun! I heard about the Tribeca Drive-In At The Rose Bowl last year during the first COVID-19 summer and was interested to go since I loved and attended many of the other non-drive-in outdoor cinema events. However, I felt it was still too early to be out in the wild while COVID was still raging on. Fast-forward to 2021, and Tribeca decided to return for a second season with COVID conditions slightly better than 2020 (the Delta variant continued to spread as of this review), so I gathered a few friends and excitedly checked this out for several nights to watch "Wayne's World" https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=E-DeGOiEzuvWmRAiDYrDvA&userid=8jVT2inwc8GIQ6sH2UG9Vw and "Purple Rain" https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=bfHeeYNqgJM86JCXf7C50g&userid=8jVT2inwc8GIQ6sH2UG9Vw. Was this worth the wait to get us all out of our homes!? PURCHASE General Admission Per Vehicle ($30.00 x3 + $5.00 fee x3): Purchased online (I believed the price was the same at the door the day of the event but possibly higher a fee), this was open parking so first come-first served although it seemed there might've been VIP tickets that placed you closer to the screen. You were allowed to be outside your vehicle but must maintain very close proximity. And upon check-in, you were handed information for which radio channel to tune in to https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=XFUe-mQef7rVwtwlWBgFfA&userid=8jVT2inwc8GIQ6sH2UG9Vw and how to order food through the DoorDash app https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=teK8iIeffho06nAUx5iFgw&userid=8jVT2inwc8GIQ6sH2UG9Vw. Chicken Kabobs ($17.00): This was one massive skewer of thick pieces of nicely marinated juicy tender chicken along with an assortment of sliced green bell peppers, cucumbers, and onions served with a side of spicy dipping sauce. I surprisingly bought this pricey food item which thankfully didn't disappoint except for a lighter wallet. This definitely filled me up for the rest of the evening but probably wouldn't order it again https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=XSb87k8V1Jm2M9QFQ8nVDQ&userid=8jVT2inwc8GIQ6sH2UG9Vw. Seasoned Curly Fries w/Jalapeño Cheese Sauce ($8.00): A massive amount of curled spuds I swore the basket it came in was either bottomless or somehow never-ending! The cheese sauce had a nice spicy hotness to it but ran out of it halfway through my potato plantation which was fine since the fries tasted fine without it. With a nice crispiness in each bite until you reached the bottom where they were softer due to the moisture, not a bad meal at all; but this was a lot of fries to deal with for one person https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=jGpOSdzS3xcrVAHv1AhH1A&userid=8jVT2inwc8GIQ6sH2UG9Vw. SERVICE The online purchase was a breeze. Onsite directional signage to the main entrance was minimal at best (located at Lot F) https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=-eJcQuflOlHPYLrAfvkyGw&userid=8jVT2inwc8GIQ6sH2UG9Vw. But once you arrived, the ticketing and parking staff, respectively, were friendly and helpful. The same could be said about the concession employees (there was a bar tent I didn't try), and directions to the restrooms were sufficient https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=6I83ppaDR1LdOP1daVViTw&userid=8jVT2inwc8GIQ6sH2UG9Vw. Both audio and visual systems were very clean and clear. I didn't recall any onsite ATM machines. Generally-speaking, everything was fine and ran smoothly but just needed more signage once you got off the freeway since there were so many lots on the expansive Rose Bowl grounds. PARKING (FREE) Plenty of parking on the makeshift drive-in Lot F - 'nuff said https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=HLvvHky_uciuzRD_iTTMvQ&userid=8jVT2inwc8GIQ6sH2UG9Vw. ATMOSPHERE, DÉCOR, AMBIENCE A large open-air asphalt parking lot https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=Yh7TpFIOR6W5uI-U4hYAuw&userid=8jVT2inwc8GIQ6sH2UG9Vw with a state-of-the-art movie screen. Exposed to the elements, you heard random sounds from conversations, dogs barking, and vehicle traffic, etc.. The aforementioned gigantic movie screen was your TV while your vehicle's radio provided the music and audio. ATTIRE Totally casual, so I would normally be in a t-shirt, boardshorts, and flip-flops. OVERALL Tribeca Drive-In At The Rose Bowl was a nostalgic fun time and would consider it again.The concept was perfect for the new norm of social distancing. The films shown were a wide range from old, new, classic, art-house, and more. The onsite staff were very charming and helpful, while the food menu was somewhat limited. Thankfully, you were allowed to bring your own food. I found very food value based on the prices, service, and experience noted above (TOTAL paid experience was around $130.00; no tip required). And, they accepted my credit card of choice...AMEX! 4.0 STARS