Spirit Halloween the Movie poster

Have you ever wondered, or maybe fantasized, what it’d be like to spend the night in a Spirit Halloween store? What happens after hours? Does any of the merchandise come alive? Well, it’s about to in a new movie featuring the chain. Spirit Halloween: The Movie releases on VOD onContinue Reading

Haunted bride and groom pulling a stagecoach

Some haunted houses offer off-season events, like Christmas or Valentine’s Day haunted houses. The Scare Factor lists those as well as the smattering of year-round haunts that operate around the country. But all of those are just single event venues, not an entire Halloween horror town like the one filmmakerContinue Reading

Horse-drawn carriage in front of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel has some pretty groovy 2022 package deals all season long. However, while perusing a Michigan Live article that shared them all (there are over 30), three in October especially caught my eye. Let’s check them out and you’ll probably see why. They might catch yours too.Continue Reading

Skeleton watching Muppets Haunted Mansion on TV

Even though Halloween is over, it’s not too late to write about Muppets Haunted Mansion, is it? I mean, technically Halloween is over. But for some of us, it lives on in our hearts all year. If we can find a way to enjoy it anytime, we do! That’s whyContinue Reading

Great Pumpkin LumiNights sign

Are you a pumpkin/Jack-O-Lantern lover? If so, Dollywood’s Great Pumpkin LumiNights is well worth a visit when the park puts on its Harvest Festival. It’s a pumpkin lovers paradise! But it’s not just enjoyable at night. Or on sunny days.  We visited on October 30, the last day of theContinue Reading

Butch Patrick's Halloween Bash

What’s old is new again this Halloween. Elvira is prescribing new movies every Sunday in October on Netflix’s socials for the streamer’s Netflix and Chills Halloween offerings. Now another boob tube horror icon is hosting a movie marathon. Butch Patrick, the original Eddie Munster from the hit TV series TheContinue Reading

Monster to Midnight poster

Among the cool places we jaunted this year was Distortions Monster World. It’s a monster museum in Denver, Colorado, that showcases creations from the world-renowned “Monster Makers” at Distortions Unlimited. For Halloween season this year Distortions Unlimited and the award-winning production team at Blazen Illuminations have teamed up to presentContinue Reading

Creepy baby doll with human hair from Sanilac County Museum FB announcement

A lot of museums and historical societies host Halloween-themed events. Last year I thought the Pickering Museum Village’s haunted drive-thru ghost tour was pretty clever. However, have you ever heard of a museum holding a creepy baby doll contest? I never have, but that’s what the Sanilac County Historic VillageContinue Reading

Long Island Monster Gallery sign from Facebook

I sort of have a thing for macabre museums, which is why a post from Bloody Disgusting about the Long Island Monster Gallery, a horror movie museum, caught my eye. Was the Mineola, New York, museum something similar to Distortions Monster World in Denver? Yes and no. They’re both immersiveContinue Reading

Ghostober 2021 discovery+ poster

We know that this year’s Ghostober Halloween programming crosses over between brands and platforms. The best place to scream everything —er, stream everything— is discovery+. Because some of Ghostober 2021’s programming is exclusive to the streamer. We’re talking haunted houses and ghoulish ghost stories to poltergeist-laden paranormal investigations —and aContinue Reading

Nightmare on Beech Street food

Here’s some info about another haunted dining experience, this time from a restaurant in Long Beach, New York. Starting October 8, The Beach House is transforming itself into the Nightmare on Beech Street. It’s not one of Fever’s Haunted Dining in the Dark experiences. Although Patch staff member Jerry BarmashContinue Reading

Terror on Tubi logo

Terror on Tubi kicked off on October 1. It contains four new Tubi originals as well as more than 5,000 horror and paranormal titles. Thanks to an interview I did with R. H. Stavis and Katherine Fisher for their short horror movie, Posies, I had a little heads up thatContinue Reading