Haunted Attraction Network

If you’re in SoCal and don’t have plans for Halloween week yet – Don’t panic! We have a SoCal Halloween Guide to lay out what’s left. Plus: The Thirteenth Hour’s Benjamin Gagne on Safety and Pivoting; Erebus updates; Dead Last Drive-In Home Haunt; Universal Studios Japan is hosting a face mask cosplay contest for Halloween; Crealy Theme Park’s Halloween Spook-Fest returns; 'Covid Safe' Hallowe'en promised at Windsor's Legoland.
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Max from the Ohio Haunters Association brings his weekly Ohio Haunt Update. Nassau County Halloween attraction comes under fire for lack of social distancing. Twelvepole Manor to open outdoor trail after indoor attraction shut down. Commissioners grant permit, allow Reaper's Realm to continue operations for the remainder of Halloween season.

Alex Crow discusses the 2020 Creatures of the Night at ZooTampa and their focus on performer interactions.

News: Halloween Food Crawl and Creature Safari Announced at Legg Lake; Reese's Is Sending Out Trick-Or-Treat Doors Full Of Free Candy For A Socially Distant Halloween Treat; Anoka’s huge Halloween festival returns to its roots amid pandemic.

Justin Fix from JFI Productions (producers of CREEP Los Angeles) discusses their 2020 Halloween show ‘INSIDE.’ INSIDE is a socially-distant bite-sized Halloween treat. Quarantined households (up to 5 people MAX) are invited to a guided outdoor ghost tour. Guests will creep around an iconic haunted LA property for a quick night of spooky stories and striking visuals. Ghostly poetry chronicles this mansion’s dark history as guests get a glimpse INSIDE decades of horrific Halloween nights at home. An ensemble cast of 15 brings these short and terrifying tales to life. An homage to horror and all the charms, thrills, and chills of Halloween, INSIDE is a haunted house experienced from the outside.

In the news today: A Texas Haunted House is using Monster Repellant to make guests feel safe; Halloween Displays in Parkland Vandalized by Suspected Teens; Italy governor eyeing COVID surge blasts “idiotic” Halloween; Google launches ‘Frightgeist,’ an interactive website that displays costume trends.

Fort Edmonton Park’s DARK Halloween event has made some changes this year to accommodate the guidelines around the pandemic and the limitations imposed by the park’s construction activities. As a result, much of the Halloween programming will be virtual, but there will be one, live, limited capacity event on site. Rather than its usual 12 days of events, there will be 31 days of DARK throughout the month of October. The emphasis this year is the DARK coming to guests through virtual activities rather than guests venturing into the DARK.
Full Story: https://hauntedattractionnetwork.com/fort-edmonton-park-dark-halloween-2020/

This week on Green Tagged:

Big moves at Disney; Eastern State Penitentiary considering discontinuing Terror; INSIDE brings new voyeuristic experience to LA; coworking from a Ferris Wheel at Tokyo’s Yomiuriland; Aquarium Yoga debuts at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park; Knott’s launches Spotify playlist; Airbnb celebrates Halloween.

Full show notes: https://greentaggedshow.com/theme-park-industry-news-green-tagged-oct18/

The witch is back to read you some spooky stories.

Published in 1902, "The Monkey's Paw" is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs, first published in England in the collection The Lady of the Barge in 1902. In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate.

Interview: Socal Haunt Update from The Haunt Line.

News:
Hawaii's first drive-thru haunted house kicks off at Aloha Stadium: https://www.kitv.com/story/42744337/hawaiis-first-drivethru-haunted-house-kicks-off-at-aloha-stadium
Pick Your Own Hand-Blown Glass Pumpkin from This Artist's Hocking Hills Pumpkin Patch:
https://www.citybeat.com/arts-culture/culture/blog/21145058/pick-your-own-handblown-glass-pumpkin-from-this-artists-hocking-hills-pumpkin-patch

Virtual Events
Drag Superstar Nina West’s ‘Heels Of Horror’ Halloween Variety Show Going Digital for 2020: https://www.allhallowsgeek.com/drag-superstar-nina-wests-heels-of-horror-halloween-variety-show-going-digital-for-2020/
Broadway is coming together for virtual The Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween benefit concert:
https://ew.com/theater/the-nightmare-before-christmas-virtual-benefit-concert/
Shoutout to stalker Farms:
https://www.q13fox.com/news/stalker-farms-creates-haunted-drive-through-to-avoid-covid-19-concerns

Interview: Johnny from Haunt Scene gives an overview of haunted attractions in the Central Florida area.

News:
New hygiene standards for Hong Kong tourism businesses aimed at getting out message city is safe to visit despite Covid-19 pandemic
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3104711/new-hygiene-standards-hong-kong-tourism-businesses

Interview: Max is back for the weekly update on what’s happening with haunted attractions in Ohio.

News:
Halloween decor's realism at Riverside home prompts multiple calls requesting fire department response - ABC7 Los Angeles:
https://abc7.com/halloween-house-firefighters-riverside/6970548/
Knott’s launches Spotify playlists using music from their scare zones:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/34eU29ZBhar08uANFIJTMG
Spooky Story Time with Alice Cooper:
https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/2112750?s=67&unique_share_id=c67a00fe-a62e-4939-a6e3-1e8f4e6ba6de
Edmonton Shout Out!
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-haunted-houses-keep-scares-coming-amid-covid-19-pandemic
Zombies invade Tampa’s nautical Halloween attraction ‘UNDead In The Water:
https://www.wfla.com/news/around-town/zombies-invade-tampas-nautical-halloween-attraction-undead-in-the-water/