Confessions of a Halloween Freak

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Mar
24

Halloween 2025

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Midsummer Scream 2025 – Didn’t get free VIP haunters passes this year.  I dressed as Carrie, girl clown from Terrifier 2 & Audition in that order.
Mitch came out on Saturday & I skipped the evening party for the first time ever.  Jon came out on Sunday.

Los Angeles Haunt trip in Sept.
Thurday was Universal Halloween Horror Nights on a regular pass. Skipped Five Nights but hit everything else.
Friday was Queen Mary Dark Harbor and Jon came out with us.
Sat was Bob Bakers Marionette theater for the Halloween show with David and Deb. One of the most whimsical things I’ve ever seen. Then I skipped free tickets to LAHH and went to dinner with Mitch & then Mitch, Adrian and I went to Delusion (their first time in DTLA) and the venue was promising but the show sucked, not very interactive and it was short.
Sunday, went to Oogie Boogie Bash at Disney Cali Adventure with David and Deb. That was a long ass day & night. Crashed at their hotel.

Undead Maze was at the old Hogs & Heifers, generously donated to us by Downtown Grand. We got that haunt up VERY fast & it was a lot of work. We lost the first weekend due to fire code shit like we had to spray our walls with retardant spray, blah blah.  I was there every single night coordinating the actors and sometimes I’d be doing 3 roles. Nick also came and scared some of the nights.   Hubby was there on Fridays and Saturdays & also halloween.  There were some amazing scares but not as busy as we’d like. We were open for 2 more days after halloween. The tear down was so traumatizing that I’ve blocked it out of my head.


Mar
24

Halloween 2024

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Midsummer Scream 2024 – I got the 2 free VIP haunters passes again!  David and Deb were there and they stayed on the Queen Mary.
Midsummer Scream came early this year in end of July.
My costumes were The female clown from Terrifier 2, The Exorcist and The Exorcist on Sunday again. 1st time doing a repeat.

Sept Los Angeles Haunt trip: Thurs was Knotts as usual. I stayed at the knotts hotel and legit GOT POISONED by whatever chemicals they were using to redo their pool.
Friday – Did LAHH and then Delusion which was by USC for the first time in some famous mansion.
Saturday – Queen Mary Dark Harbour & Jon came with us.
Sunday – my feet issues were so bad that I didn’t know I could do a full night at Six Flags so Jon and I went to Night of the Jack o Lanterns kiddie walk cuz we had free tickets.

Undead Maze was closed so I did my whole haunt season at Halloween Maze. First weekend I was in the cage in the Saw room. Then i was a posessed girl in the church scene the rest of the time.  I didn’t get to know the cast because I did my own makeup everyday, except for Abby of course, who was in my scene. HM was very hectic and super fun. Helped with the tear down & wow that was a lot of work.

I took the last weekend before Halloween off & played hooky to LA.  Friday I hung out with Jason and then did my bucket list Halloween home haunt hopping in Burbank. I think I had around 33 stops on my list & saw some surprises on the way. Talked to some amazing haunters and thanked them, gave them gifts.  I want to cry from that experience.
Saturday I slept in and then drove to the Anaheim Halloween Festival (another huge bucketlist item) and met up with Jen, won a set of disney books & watched the entirety of the Anaheim Halloween Parade. Magnificent and a true bucket list item. After that I drove straight to Santa Ana Haunt (by Disneyland) where Chewy gave me gratis admission.  One of the best halloween days I’ve ever had..
Sunday, Adrian, Jon and I went to the Beetlejuice experience on Hollywood Blvd. Then we went to Ghosts X CreepLA to an amazing mansion and performance by USC. One of the best immersive horror experiences ever.  This was the best Halloween weekend of my life; extremely grateful.

Took Halloween partially off & handed out Candy with Hubby, Andrew and Dieter. Then rushed over to HM at 9pm where Nate pushed me into the haunt & I was a posessed girl on the bed, right after the zombie house. It was non-stop people and lots of screaming.  Great way to end the season.


Mar
24

Halloween 2023

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Midsummer Scream 2023 – I didn’t get free haunter passes this year. I went with C on friday and Adrian. I dressed as Lydia from Beetlejuice Cartoon, The Exorcist and the female terrifier clown in that order.

Sept 2023 – I went on my usual Orlando/Tampa trip and went to Epcot for the 1st time and loved it.
LA Haunt trip – I went to Knotts on Thurs again as we always do!
Friday, Castle Dark and then Delusion in Pomona?  Yes, cuz it was my 2nd year doing Delusion and the last year it was in Pomona.
Saturday was LAHH and Angel of Light in the theater in DTLA. I met Nick for the 1st time that year and also treated myself to a photoshoot with Rawl of the Dead.
Sunday – Went to Six Flags Fright Fest with Adrian

Haunt season. We got the Undead Maze up in 6 days; what a record!  Tony and I (along with Dieter) scared at it every night it was open.  It was a busy season the last few weeks.  On the days that HalloweenMaze was open, but we were closed) I scared there as the Evil Dead girl in the bathtub & also did one night as an evil christmas elf which was a dream!


Mar
24

Halloween 2022

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Midsummer Scream. Had gotten free VIP haunter passes through their haunter pass program.
That’s the year that David & Deb came as well.  For costumes, I was Audition, Carrie and the Nun, in that order of days.

Haunt Tour 2022: I did do my Orlando/Tampa trip that year in Sept and went to HHN Orlando and Seaworlds halloween thing.
Then I went to L.A. the first week of October (Undead Maze was non-operational that year) and did Knotts Scary farm after 17th door.
Friday:  Coffin Creek. Delusion in Pomona.
Saturday: LAHH & then Urban Death.
Sunday:  Queen Mary dark harbor with Jon as well.

As a haunter:  I was at the Meadows Mall haunt for 1 weekend and a half in the bathroom/bedroom.  Then I moved over to Halloween Maze for the rest of the time as a crazy patient in the hallway (1 day), a clown several times and then as a zombie bite victim handing a flashlight to the patrons.
That was the year that D passed on Halloween day.  I remember passing out candy on Halloween night and then getting the news in the middle of it. Not that many kids came for candy.


Aug
22

Halloween 2021

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No midsummer scream but we had a smaller event in the Pasadena convention center, awaken the spirits. The night before, the fire alarm went off in the middle of the night; they made everyone wait outside. Anyways, it was still fun, yet not whole and we had to wear stupid covid masks.

Haunt Tour Los Angeles. Sept 30th+

Castle park, castle dark for 1st time. Good magic show, cute lil rides, nice freshman try at haunted houses.

Did Dark Harvest corn maze in Corona (their first year). Also Universal HHN.  What else?? I can’t remember.

Undead Maze opened and was at Tivoli Village for our last year there at that location. It was crazy packed since ppl were hungry for events cuz of Covid. Tony and I had to go to Vancouver middle of the month for an emergancy. I just remember the haunt being very busy.


Aug
22

Halloween 2020 COVID edition

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Covid edition made it possible for me to actually go to yard displays all over Socal.

Stayed at Jon’s house. Went to LAHH drive in haunt near Raging Waters; it kinda sucked. We went to another drive thru one that was really expensive and it was even worse… Not enough actors and couldn’t see anything.  One evening was spent in NOHO and Burbank, ate at Bob’s Big Boy & then we hit 13 yard displays! I have some of the owners resin handmade pins.  Rotten Apple 907 was epic, plus the rock n roll one, circus of nightmares and just too many to name.

Another night was spend in Ontario & rancho Cucamonga & then to Dark Harvest Corn Maze in Corona by the Perdition haunt guys.

Jon and I also explored Sunken City in San Pedro! So cool.

This was the year I went viral on tik Tok. We handed our candy on Halloween night. Not many kids came and I vowed to not take anything for granted ever again.


Aug
22

Halloween 2019

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Midsummer Scream 2019 – I was Lydia from the Beetlejuice cartoon & then Carrie. The day before, Adrian and I went to the pirates adventure dinner. I also stayed at Jason’s before & had tons of fun

The entranceway was Spooky tiki and I was all for it! Charles phoenix had a presentation. Ready or Not movie had an immersive activation.  Great show as always.

I also was in Tampa working so my first haunt was Busch Gardens Tampa with Jeremy! Good times. I got like no sleep and then the next day, drove to Orlando and went straight to Universal HHN on a REGULAR ticket. A wonderful abdl buddy met up with me and helped me navigate through all the haunts; we did 8/10.  I also did a session with the guy from Jacksonville.

This was the year Town Square had that horrible haunted house that sucked and spent way too much $$ on I don’t know what.

Haunt Tour LA – first weekend of October. This was the year I “quit” the haunted house&  house & David, Ackerman and I took a road trip to LA! First stop, knotts scary farm on a VIP ticket. 2nd night we did LA Haunted Hayride, FON productions play about witches and ended with Urban death. We also went to Mystic Museums Evil Dead attraction.  I was annoyed at Mike so I stayed the night at Cats house.

Next day we did FreeForms Halloween attractions in LA. Then drove to  an indie haunted house done by half of the Perdition haunt team, Adam. It was very fun and then we went to 17th door. That’s the year they filmed spookshow 17  and had all the very large mechanical effects. It really fired us up! On Sunday, we did Queen Mary and David loved that one. That’s the first time I met Wayne, where he was MCing the slider show. Super fun filled trip.

The next weekend, we all helped with undead maze. I couldn’t let hubby do it alone but I was still grumpy with Shaun. I honestly felt like he didn’t value our effort and time, he doesn’t trust me with stuff and doesn’t try to improve the haunted house. There’s a lot more but I don’t want to get into it. I didn’t help with the build or decorating at all. The last couple weeks were more busy.

Donny handed out candy at our house that year.

Since Halloween was on a thurs, on Friday I flew out to LA, hung out in long Beach where I also fisted someone and then drove to Coffin Creek. It wasn’t busy which made it all the more creepier. It was cold AF; I had on my new winter jacket and thought I’d die. Drove all the way back to Cats house in Silver lake.

The next day I tried to go to a home haunt but it was closed. I met a random haunt enthusiast outside and we went to Red Robin and chatted for hours. Then I drove to Westminster for Sinister Pointes, the Mist.  Was a fucking amazing event & even chatted with Jeff afterwards about it. Also went to Third Eye “horror of the orient”, an Asian themed haunt which had impeccable timing and I also freaked out about crawling over a dead body.  Drove all the way back to Jason’s.

Closed out the weekend with a regular ticket to Universal HHN. The US maze was fun!


Aug
22

Halloween 2018 & Midsummer Scream

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Scare LA was GONE bye bye this year, forever! Midsummer was super fun. I dressed as the nun & also the ring. The theme of the Hall of Shadows Entrance was Frankenstein.  We had regular tickets that year and never again! Adrian and I stayed at a hotel in Long Beach, north east of the con. On Sunday night, we went straight to Queen Mary to do the ghost tour & I had my ring costume on & ppl took pics with me.

I remember doing sessions at a Gardena hotel before it. Hitched a ride back to Vegas with Hunter & we explored the abandoned rock a hoola water park while he was dipped.

Haunt Tour Los Angeles 2018-

Sinister Pointe opening night in Laguna Nigel. Was waiting for Adrian to get there and had a meltdown in the car. It was in the old Macy’s & had 2 haunted houses and 1 indoor hayride (which was amazing) plus some scare zones. We did everything twice. The space was really huge which made the mazes feel smaller. Jeff fucking knocked it out the park.

Went to HorrorWorld which was only operational one year. There were 3 haunted houses inside a mall in Puente Mall. Perdition’s haunt was very theatrically focused.

Also did Knott’s Scary Farm, 17th door and Queen Mary!

Some of us went to Bonnie Screams & their haunted houses went great but they had a decent magic show and some fire performers outside. We also did a actor exchange with Las Vegas Haunts at meadows Mall.

This was the year Hubby was in between jobs and had the free time to not only help build the haunted house but also decorate it as well. It was so much work at our first year at Tivoli Village. Tony scared as Michael Myers with me every night & really enjoyed it! So thankful that I have my haunt partner. The location was pretty slow that year. Haunted attractions network went through it as well & gave some feedback.

On Halloween night, after closing, we had our friends come (and jessi, who was handing out candy at our house,.brought Yoshi and storm) and then we renewed our vows as our characters. It was pretty amazing. I made.necklaces for the women and keychains for the guys & had horror cake pops.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Aug
22

Halloween, Midsummer & Scare LA 1017

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I went to both Midsummer Scream AND Scare LA this year. Midsummer fucking knocked it out of the park; it was crazy fun. Then Scare LA was the next weekend and I was staying at Cats & then Ubering to DTLA convention center.  ScareLA was basically in just one big room with the classrooms as little tented sections within that one big room. it was noisy… we tripped the circuit breakers while using too many heat guns and the section went dark. There was an Annabelle activation & that’s when I met my haunt friend Adrian!
The few days in between the cons I had a hotel room in Culver City and did some sessions.

Undead Maze was NON-Operational this year.

I went to Universal HHN on a regular ticket by myself on Thurs Oct 12th, 2017. Then I got fast food and got locked out of cats house, LOL. I had to climb the balcony & knock on her bedroom window to wake her up.
Friday, I went to the opening of Backwoods Maze in Burbank. I can’t remember what else Adrian and I did that weekend. I think it was Reign of Terror, Urban Death and LA Haunted Hayride. and then food at Bobs Big boy but it was really late.
Saturday. Was it Queen Mary and then 17th Door?  Was Knotts one of the other days?


Aug
22

Halloween 2016

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SCARE LA was in Pasedena and I stayed at Carols house. My costumes were Twisty the Clown and I can’t remember cuz I suck.

LA Haunt Trip – see previous posts.

Undead Maze was at Galleria Mall parking lot this year. It wasn’t the best location.
It was Shaun, David and I doing almost all the work. Tony scared a little bit on weekends. It wasn’t a great location.  I spilled my drink on the maze blueprint that year LOL.
I remember the Maya Train where I’d drive down Warm Springs and pick up the actors like Kristina, Casey, Lewie and sometimes Chris.
I made Mike Tyson Mysteries costumes for Hubby and I. we wore them around Town Square and Galleria for fun.