Weekly News Episodes

I’m writing this week’s letter from Beijing, where I’m seeing Universal’s Halloween event for the first time, and our full review of Halloween Horror Nights Singapore is live. Two new surveys show Halloween spending remains at the top while price sensitivity is up everywhere, so keep both rungs: a premium tier for guests who want to spend, and a clearly communicated value ticket for those watching their budget. In this issue: - Halloween Horror Nights Singapore - What the new spending data mean...

Fall is officially here, and we're only 35 days away from Halloween. By this weekend, every major theme park Halloween event in the U.S. is open, Alton Towers, Movie Park Germany, and Disneyland Paris are open in Europe, and our tracker shows more than 30 haunts opening tonight and tomorrow alone. This is crunch time, and all of us are in the middle of shows. So I'm giving you permission: take care of yourself, and enjoy some of it. If anyone disagrees, tell them I said it was OK. Also this week...

100+ Haunts nationwide are preparing to open for Valentine's Day next month, and we'll explore one haunt, Fright Nights WV, and its strategy in depth.

Haunted Attraction Industry News for the week of May 19th, 2025.

A roundup of Haunted Attraction Industry News for the week of April 25th, 2023.

Eerie Easter events are happening around the country, plus Otherworld is opening.

Valley Fright Nights opens at LA Pierce College this weekend; Land of Illusion's Haunted Scream Park announces 2022 Entertainment Schedule; Southern Screams is coming to Holy City Brewing September 30th - October 31st; Escape the Madness opened in...

The Texas Haunters Convention takes place this weekend - July 16th & 17th; Son of Monsterpalooza returns to Burbank October 14th - 16th; The next Haunted Attraction Association Zoom Mixer takes place July 28th at 8:00 p.m. EDT; Applications are now...

A roundup of news from around the haunted attraction industry for the week of April 12th, 2022.

This week’s Haunt News: Attendee Registration now available for the Midwest Haunters Convention and Texas Haunters Convention; The Book of Haunters V8

News from around the Haunted Attraction Industry for the week of March 29th, 2022.

Our roundup of news from around the Haunted Attraction Industry for the week of March 22nd, 2022.

Your weekly roundup of news from around the haunted attraction industry. This week we focus on Transworld's Halloween show.

Here is a summary of this week's news: California's Great America & ValleyFair are transitioning away from scary for Halloween into family-friendly events; Halloween Club's 9th Annual Spook Show returns to La Mirada, CA September 24th; ScareCon will...

Today, we’re discussing ways the industry will change from the Russia Invasion, the Galactic Starcruiser, the Harry Potter Exhibition, Peppa the Pig, and the new Attack on Titan Exhibition. Subscribe our newsletter:...