Here it is, boys and ghouls! The 2018 comprehensive list of all that is creeptastic and horrorific this September – November! BEHOLD!  The season starts early this year! Keep checking back here, I’ll update this as more Halloween goodness is announced. This Horrorgirl is LA based, so most of these are local. Let me know if you have an LA event you’d like me to add to the list.

September 1st
Haunted Hiking – (ongoing) Fridays and Saturdays $25

September 8th
Coven FX Makeup Demo 12-2pm @ Loft Ensemble Theater – Free
Revenge of Slashback Video Opening Reception @ The Mystic Museum 8pm $10
Cinespia: Scream @ Hollywood Forever

September 14th
Universal Studios Horror Nights Begins (runs select nights through November 3rd)
Son of Monsterpalooza (Sept 14th-16th)

September 15th
Six Flags: Fright Fest Begins (runs select nights through Oct 28th)

September 20th
Knott’s Scary Farm Begins (runs select nights through October 31st)

September 22nd
Halloween Club Spookshow Biz-aar – Free

September 27th
Queen Mary Dark Harbor Begins (runs select nights through Nov 2nd)
The Wicker Man 45th Anniversary Screening – Beyond Fest

September 28th
Anna and the Apocalypse West Coast Premiere – Beyond Fest

September 29th
Beyond Fest: Cronenberg WITH Cronenberg epic 13 film retrospective series begins with an all day marathon (tickets go on sale September 1st) check out the full schedule here
Reign of Terror Haunted House Begins

September 30th
Beyond Fest: Cronenberg with Cronenberg The Fly + Naked Lunch

October 1st
Beyond Fest: Cronenberg with Cronenberg Videodrome

October 2nd
Maniac w/ Eli Roth in Person – Beyond Fest

October 4th
The Monster Squad Double-feature with WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS w/ Special Guests  – Beyond Fest

October 6th
Festival Obscura Presents: Night of the Living Dead @ Sunnyside Cemetery
Halloween Day Triple Feature (Black Christmas, Halloween (1978) + HALLOWEEN (2018) West Coast Premiere! w/ Guests – Beyond Fest

Tuesday, October 9th
Swingin’ with the Mouse: Villains @ Rockwell Table & Stage

October 11th
Boney Island Begins (runs 15 select magical nights through Oct 31st)

October 12th
Pumpkin Nights @ Pomona Fairplex Oct 12th-Nov4th

October 13th
Secret Movie Club: Dracula in 35mm! @ The Vista

October 19th
Murder Box @ Dynasty Typewriter
Long Beach Zombie Fest Weekend (Oct 19th-21st)
Secret Movie Club: Silence of the Lambs in 35mm! @ The Vista

October 20th
16mm 80s Horror Sequels Movie Marathon @ Dynasty Typewriter
Secret Movie Club: Poltergeist in 35mm! @ The Vista
Netflix Presents The Spellman House from The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Hocus Pocus Party @ SugarMynt Gallery 7-11pm

October 23rd
The Nightmare Before Christmas w/ 4-D Effects @ El Capitan  (runs through end of October)

Thursday, October 25th
Festival Obscura Presents The Texas Chainsaw Massacre @ Art Theatre Long Beach

October 26th
Secret Movie Club: Suspiria (1977) in 35mm! @ The Vista
Suspiria (2018) opens in LA + NY
Devil’s Playground 8pm @ Lethal Amounts : Art of the Vintage Horror Movie Poster
Music for the Masses Dark 80s New Wave Halloween Party @ Resident

October 27th
Sunnyside Cemetery 23rd Annual Historical Cemetery Tour 9am-3pm  tickets @ hslb.org
Anaheim Halloween Parade + Festival 

October 28th
Carrie Prom @ Resident – 8pm FREE
La Cita Halloween Costume Party
Zombie Bloody Zombie @ La Cita 2-9pm

October 31st
Lizzie – as in Borden.. Musical @ Resident
Cretin Hop + Green Slime Presents Monster Hop @ Resident
Monster Mash w/ Teenage Goo Goo Muck @ Alex’s Bar