Summer is upon us and it seems like a looonggg time to wait until Halloweentime is here. But fear not! We have some great ideas to keep even THIS season spooky while you wait!

#1 Head To A Haunted Summer Camp With Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group

When: Fridays & Saturdays in July
Where: ZJU Theatre in North Hollywood
4850 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91601
What: CAMP WHITSIT – Immersive Theater Production

Missing the Summer camps of your youth? Well Zombie Joe is calling all courageous scouts to CAMP WHITSIT for their whimsically-haunted immersive camp experience. Gather those merit badges!

Tickets ($15) and more information on their WEBSITE

#2 Go Crazy At All Saints Lunatic Asylum

When: Friday July 13th
Where: Apple Valley
22521 Shawnee Rd.
Apple Valley, CA 92308
What: Haunted Attraction

The All Saints Lunatic Asylum in Apple Valley is opening its haunted halls for one night only from 7pm to 10pm to celebrate Friday the 13th. This is their last haunt before Halloween, so don’t miss it!

“All Saints Lunatic Asylum’s institutional operations have been suspended until further notice.
Nearly 50 years ago, All Saints Lunatic Asylum lost funding and was forced to close its doors. Patients unable to leave, Doctors with nowhere to go, the once cutting edge mental health facility fell into obscurity. Enter if you dare!!!”

Tickets ($10) at the box office and more information on their WEBSITE
Additional spooks! They also have a themed escape room on site – Escape The Asylum!

#3 Get Lost In The Cemetery With The Lost Boys

When: Saturday July 14th
Where: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90038
What: Cinespia movie screening in the cemetery

Bring a picnic dinner and step foot into a REAL cemetery for this nighttime showing of The Lost Boys!

“Sleep all day. Party all night. It’s fun being a vampire!
Grab your holy water (garlic just won’t do) for this horror comedy classic that’s made to be seen under the night sky! When suburban punks turn out to be beach town vampires, two brothers (Corey Haim and Jason Patric) find themselves entangled with the deadbreath biker gang led by a rebellious Kiefer Sutherland. One brother gets bitten by the love bug and drawn into the vampiric group, and the other must defeat the undead with one splattering plot twist after another.”

**UPDATE – this event is SOLD OUT but check out the other movies Cinespia will be featuring!** Tickets ($12-$20) available HERE
More Information HERE

#4 Attend A Science Fiction Double Feature At The Egyptian

When: Thursday July 26th
Where: The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
What: The Frighteners / Re-Animator double feature

Grab your popcorn and get comfy for this Jeffrey Combs double feature. He’ll be there in person!

“Friday Night Frights presents a COMBS double feature – Both in 35mm! Combs is one of the great unsung character actors working today. But we’re gonna sing his song on July 26 with two of his greatest performances! First in Peter Jackson’s criminally underseen 1996 spookfest, THE FRIGHTENERS, in which Combs plays the obsessive and deeply weird antagonist FBI Agent Dammers. Then we follow that up with the role that launched Combs career (and put him on Jackson’s radar), the lovably amoral med student Herbert West in Stuart Gordon’s seminal 1985 horror classic, RE-ANIMATOR.”

Tickets ($12) through Fandango HERE

#5 Follow The Black Cat To Midsummer Scream

When: July 28th-29th
Where: Long Beach Convention Center
What: Halloween/Haunt/Horror convention

Midsummer Scream returns to Long Beach for a third year so get ready for two fun-filled days of everything Halloween, haunt and horror!
“Dozens of presentations from creative professionals, celebrities, and influencers from in and around the horror, entertainment, and Halloween industry, along with a massive show floor and onsite haunts. From the Hall of Shadows, filled with a theme park’s worth of haunted attractions, to hundreds of vendors and wandering monsters, Midsummer Scream is the place to go to live your nightmares or find the inspiration and means to create them.”

Various ticket tiers available and more information on their WEBSITE

#6 Celebrate Summerween at ScareLA

When: August 25th-26th
Where: Los Angeles Convention Center
What: Halloween/Haunt/Horror convention

It’s not Halloween, it’s SUMMERWEEN!
Returning for its 6th year this August at the LA Convention Center, this convention is a destination for Halloween pros and fans of all ages. Dubbed as a “true pop-up Halloween theme park,” convention-goers will start off the scare season early by learning about the hottest horror attractions and products, taking classes, enjoying mini haunts and immersive experiences, shopping a whole showfloor of amazing vendors and more!

Various ticket tiers available and more information on their WEBSITE

#7 Hang With Monsters In The Making At Son Of Monsterpalooza

When: September 14th-16th
Where: Marriott Burbank Convention Center & Hotel
What: SFX, Film, Collectibles (& More!) convention

Say goodbye to Summer and usher in the fall season at Monsterpalooza’s off-shoot event, SON OF MONSTERPALOOZA! This event features over 150 vendors, special exhibits, celebrity guests, makeup demos & much more all weekend!

Tickets and more information on their WEBSITE

Good luck out there! Stay cool, and stay creepy!