Celebrate Halloween with The Ghost Hunters
October 11, 2009 by Cynthia
When you hunt ghosts for a living, everyday must seem like Halloween, but that didn’t stop Ghost Hunters Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango from enjoying Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando.
This year, Universal Orlando is devoting the entire event to bringing horror films to life – like “SAW,” “The Wolfman” and “Chucky.” The event runs select nights now through October 31.
If you’re in California, Universal Studios is running a “My Bloody Valentine” attraction instead of “Wolfman.”
For some extra Halloween fun, visit The Screamstress before October 15. She’s giving away a copy of the very funny Ghost Hunters book “Chilling Tales …read more
ScareHouse Goes Steampunk This Halloween
October 5, 2009 by Cynthia
The ScareHouse in Pittsburgh, PA has a reputation for being one of the scariest Halloween attractions in the US. Every year, they prepare a series of walk-through adventures designed to scare the living daylights out of you while at the same time impressing you with the level of detail.
This year, they’re trying something with a scifi twist. It’s a steampunk themed saga called Rampage and The ScareHouse’s creative director, Scott Simmons, came on by to tell us about it.
How did the whole steampunk idea come about?
Scott: Last year, many of us on the design team realized that we had …read more
The Haunted Mansion Decks the Halls
October 22, 2008 by Cynthia
This past weekend, I went to Disneyland with only one purpose — to see The Haunted Mansion all decked out for Halloween. . . or should I say Christmas? It’s a Halloween tradition to turn the mansion into The Nightmare Before Christmas and the makeover is beyond amazing.
In addition to the fabulous landscaping, the entire ride is re-themed for Jack Skellington and his friends including Zero instead of a floating candelabra down the hall, a giant Jack face in the ceiling of the elevator instead of a hanged man and sweet sewed-up Sally bidding you to “come baaaack” …read more


