Monthly Archives: August 2016

Knott’s Scary Farm Reveals All Programming for 2016 During Season Passholder Event

Posted on August 28, 2016

This past week, Knott’s Berry Farm hosted a special event for its Season Passholders, lifting the veil and shedding light on every aspect of Scary Farm 2016 that fans can look forward to experiencing very soon!

Hosted by the always-exuberant Jeff Tucker, the Knott’s Scary Farm event was pure spectacle from beginning to end, starting with the massive Charles M. Schulz Theatre filling with fog before monsters of all shapes and sizes crept into the audience, snarling and lunging at excited guests and members of the media. A soundtrack of Scary Farm music from years and mazes past played loudly as some 2,000 fans – some who had waited more than 10 hours to be first in line – spilled into the theatre. Once everyone was in, lightning flashed, thunder boomed, and the show began.

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Opechee Haunt’s Dollhouse of Death Thrills for Multiple Reasons

Posted on August 25, 2016

Opechee Haunt 2015_8290Long-time Theme Park Adventure fans will no doubt recall our love of a home haunter by the name of Sam Kellman. Not only is Sam extremely focused and motivated, incredibly driven, professional, highly creative, very articulate, and a perfectionist to the very last detail when it comes to creating haunted attractions – he won’t be graduating high school until 2020. He’s a teen haunter with just as much passion and operational sense as anyone we’ve ever met in this industry, and Sam’s just getting started! Actually, that’s not entirely true… Sam has been producing haunts for years; since 2011, to be exact. In short, Sam started doing this at an unusually young age – and he’s absolutely grabbed our attention.

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SoCal Haunt Directory 2016

Posted on August 10, 2016

Haunt Directory 2016

This is a comprehensive listing of haunts throughout Southern California. It features theme park/attractions, stand-alone events, and home haunts. If you own a haunt that should be included on this list, please contact us at TPAComments@gmail.com. To be included in our 2016 SoCal Haunt Directory, a haunt must have a website/fan page and a physical address. We will continue to update this page throughout the Halloween 2016 season, so it is never too late to contact us. If your favorite haunt is not on this list, they either have not updated their information for 2016, or may not be returning this season. When visiting these haunts, be sure to tell them you found them on Theme Park Adventure!

THEME PARKS & ATTRACTIONS

Dark Harbor (Queen Mary) – 1126 Queens Hwy., Long Beach CA 90802

Fright Fest (Six Flags Magic Mountain) – 26101 Magic Mountain Pkwy., Valencia CA 91355

Halloween Horror Nights (Universal Studios Hollywood) – 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City CA 91608

Halloween Spooktacular (SeaWorld San Diego) – 500 Sea World Dr., San Diego CA 92109

Knott’s Scary Farm (Knott’s Berry Farm) – 8039 Beach Blvd., Buena Park CA 90620

Mickey’s Halloween Party (Disneyland Resort) – 1313 Disneyland Dr., Anaheim CA 92802

Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns (Fairplex) – 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona CA 91768

Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns (Los Angeles Convention Center) – 1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles CA 90015

STAND-ALONE PRO HAUNTS & ATTRACTIONS

Boccali’s Haunted Hayrides – 3277 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai CA 93023

Creep Los Angeles – 2316 N. San Fernando Rd., Los Angeles CA 90065

Cross Roads Escape Games – 4245 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim CA 92806

Dead Zone 805 – 5353 Walker St., Ventura CA 93003

Delusion: His Crimson Queen – 2200 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90018

Fallen Saints (The Actors Group Theatre) – 2813 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank CA 91505

Field of Screams the Haunted Stadium (The Diamond) – 500 Diamond Dr., Lake Elsinore CA 92530

Friends of CID Haunted House – 2700 Little Mountain Dr., San Bernardino CA 92405

Haunt at Heritage Hill – 25151 Serrano Rd., Lake Forest CA 92630

Gorlesque! – 224 E. 11th Street, Suite 501, Los Angeles CA 90015

Los Angeles Haunted Hayride (Griffith Park Old Zoo) – 4730 Crystal Springs Dr.,  Los Angeles CA 90027

Motel 6 Feet Under (Anaheim Business Expo Center) – 1960 S. Anaheim Way, Anaheim CA 92805

Savage House (Westfield Mission Valley) – 1640 Camino Del Rio North, San Diego CA 92108

Scream Kingdom (Splash Kingdom Waterpark) – 1101 California St, Redlands CA 92374

Screenshot Productions (Bardo Thodol/The Rope) – Greater Los Angeles Area

Sinister Pointe’s Fear The Mark – Orange County Area

Reign of Terror (Janss Marketplace) – 197 N. Moorpark Rd., Thousand Oaks CA 91360

The 17th Door (The Market Place) – 2856 El Camino Real, Tustin CA 92782

The Basement – 12909 Foothill Blvd., San Fernando CA 91342

The Bunker Experience – 20 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena CA 91103

The Curiosity Shop Escape Room – 3466 University Ave., Riverside CA 92501

The Fleshyard – 5702 La Palma, Anaheim CA 92807

The Haunted Hotel – 424 Market St., San Diego CA 92101

The Haunted Trail (Balboa Park) – 6th Ave., San Diego CA 92101

The Scream Zone (Del Mar Fairgrounds) – 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar CA 92014

The Tension Experience: Ascension (Los Angeles Area) – Ticket Holders Notified of Address

Trap House (Think Tank Gallery) – 939 Maple Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90015

Urban Death Tour of Terror (Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group) – 4850 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood CA 91601

Wicked Lit (Mountain View Mortuary and Cemetery) – 2300 N. Marengo Ave., Altadena CA 91001

HOME HAUNTS

Beware the Dark Realm – 28621 Sugar Pine Way, Santa Clarita CA 91390

Boot Hill – 16 Goldenrod, Irvine CA 92614 – 2014 TPA Story

Manhattan Beach Haunted House – 1648 10th St., Manhattan Beach CA 90266

Mourning Rose Manor – 5250 Aurelia St., Simi Valley CA 93063

Perdition Home – 5181 Manor View Dr., Yorba Linda CA 92886

Restless Souls Manor – 38143 52nd St. E., Palmdale CA 93552

Rotten Apple 907 – 907 N. California St., Burbank CA 91505

Spooky Hollows – 16418 Gilmore St., Van Nuys CA 91406

The Backwoods Maze – 1912 N. Pepper St., Burbank CA 91505

The Haunt at Daisy Avenue – 16887 Daisy Ave., Fountain Valley CA 92708

The Haunt With No Name… Yet – 19351 Hatteras St., Tarzana, CA 91356

The Haunted Rose – 12116 Groveland Ave., Whittier CA 90604

The House at Haunted Hill – 4400 Saltillo St., Woodland Hills CA 91364

The Hyde Street Massacre – 30167 Silver Ridge Ct., Temecula CA 92591

The Opechee Haunt – 1307 Opechee Way, Glendale CA 91208 (Admission Fee)

VanOaks Cemetery – 5822 Norwich Ave., Sherman Oaks CA 91411

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