



The Backrooms is coming to Los Angeles. Well, technically Burbank, but if you’ve ever driven the 134 at rush hour, you already know that’s its own psychological horror experience. From May 13 through May 17, A24 is dropping Angelenos straight into Backrooms, the internet’s favorite fluorescent nightmare turned big screen horror film. The pop up is free, reservation based, and…
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Halfway to Halloween has come and gone. The kites have cleared out over Pasadena. The fog machines are back in storage. For about five minutes, it almost felt like Los Angeles was taking a breather. Not a chance. This is Los Angeles, home to the Halloween Capital of the World, where spooky season never really leaves. It…
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The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire is one of the best times of the year in Southern California, and somehow, after seven weekends of chainmail, turkey legs, and people saying “good morrow” with alarming confidence, it’s already down to its final week. If you’ve been meaning to go, this is your last shot. The faire’s 64th season wraps…
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Once Easter is over, April can start to feel like a weird in-between dream—half spring bloom, half early summer chaos, and if you squint just right, a little Halloween energy trying to claw its way back in. Here’s everything worth leaving the house for in the second half of April. Events Renaissance Pleasure Faire Weekends Ongoing…
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Check out our video coverage of The Buena Vista Haunt here! If you don’t know about Burbank’s home haunts, you’re missing out. This town treats October like a month-long block party. Every year, dozens of yard displays pop up that look like full blown movie sets. These are seriously the most intricate and ambitious yard…
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The Pumpkin Cemetery just flipped the switch and set the tone for spooky season in Burbank. It’s the first home haunt here to light up this year, and it’s already doing victory laps on the block. Yes, you just saw the leaves blow past the window, and the fog is slowly creeping in. Spooky Season…
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Fall is creeping into Los Angeles, and so is the Spider Pavilion—NHM’s seasonal, sun-filled enclosure where webs hang at eye level and hundreds of orb weavers do their quiet engineering all around you. Educators point out the architecture—zigzags, funnels, and giant orbs—and answer every “uh…is that one looking at me?” with science and patience. Timed…
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How lucky are we, to live in a city where you can watch horror movies in a world famous graveyard, and Halloween lasts all month? If you have never done Cinespia at Hollywood Forever, fix that. The Fairbanks Lawn turns into a giant picnic. You bring blankets and snacks. You bring beer and wine. You…
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If you’re looking for ways to steep yourself in Halloween and fall vibes without ge, start here. Bob Baker Marionette Theater flips the switch on Halloween early this year with its Hallowe’en Spooktacular, a one hour blast of marionettes, music, and glow-soaked stage tricks. The local legend status is real. Bob Baker has pulled strings…
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