Midsummer Scream has revealed the details of the 2022 Hall of Shadows that will run as part of the Halloween and Horror festival July 29-31 at the Long Beach Convention Center. The “theme” of this year’s Hall of Shadows is “Halloween Comes Home” and will again be the unique, darkened section of the convention where guests will be able to experience displays and mini haunts from pros and home haunters alike. This will be the biggest iteration of the Hall of Shadows yet, being almost 100,000 square feet in size.

CalHauntS will once again be creating the entry portal from the show floor into the Hall of Shadows. This year’s entry is called “Midsummer Estates” and will feature a small neighborhood with homes decorated for the community’s annual Halloween Festival. Beyond “Midsummer Estates”, guests will find 17 other haunts and attractions waiting in the darkness. Hall of Shadows will be in operation Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31 from show open to close; it will not be operational Friday, July 29th as haunters put the final touches on their amazing creations.

What will you be able to experience? Check it out.

• Bones Gulch (Castaic) – From the minds that brought you Beware the Dark Realm, Restless Souls Manor, and The Farm home haunts, a brand-new attraction is coming! Bones Gulch is proud to bring a small display of what we have in store for you this October to the Hall of Shadows.
• Fear Farm (Victor Valley) – Venture deep into the cold earth beneath the farm, where a labyrinth filled with pure evil awaits your arrival.
• Temecula Terror: The Crypt (Temecula) – A church and catacomb themed walk-through. Explore the carnage of a church’s botched exorcisms.
• Reichland Asylum: The Return of Sarah Crawford (Riverside) – They said she worshipped the occult, locking her deep in the wards of Reichland Asylum and throwing away the key. Little did they know she was the least of their worries… Unearth the secrets of the Crawford family and the dark powers that lie deep in the corridors with Reichland Asylum: The Return of Sarah Crawford.
• Straight to Hale Productions: Demon Creek (Alta Loma) – The town of Casket Creek has a sordid history, rife with witches using black magic and wreaking havoc. The townsfolk fear they may never escape the wickedness that hangs like a menacing cloud over their once-peaceful town, but it appears that an even more sinister entity looms in the shadows.
• The Witching Hour: HALLOWEEN – A Terrifying Walkthrough Experience (Atwater) – Encounter the Myer’s home and come face-to-face with The Shape himself. Enter if you dare: everyone is entitled to one good scare!
• Casa Calaveras: A Walk-Thru Art Experience – Stroll through an intimate series of glowing, peek-in dioramas and uncover the heart-filled tale of José & Gloria, the couple from the hereafter. A great way to introduce your kids to Día de los Muertos – Since 1999.
• Gothic Hills Cemetery (Riverside) – Gothic Hills Cemetery returns to the Hall of Shadows with a new interactive theatrical display based on their Riverside, California haunt. This Halloween guests will experience the prequel to the Fitzroy story in their biggest season ever.
• The Quail Run Carnival (Agoura Hills) – Come win some Halloween candy in a handmade, vintage-style, Halloween Carnival! Play either MASH THE MONSTERS or THE SEANCE, play a spooky vintage ARCADE CABINET, or spin our FORTUNE WHEEL to see your future! New games added every Halloween!
• Exquisite Corpse: REDWATER! Vol. 1 – In the first part of this three-part walk-through series Obadiah, Elijah, and Beauregard Manning (children of the infamous crazed scientist Dr. Joseph R. Manning) set out on a strange and gruesome journey to find their recently missing father. Step back into 1985 and join us in Redwater, Louisiana, to embark through the ratty pages of a mysterious old comic book titled: REDWATER! Vol. 1
• Boomers! Parks – Guests begin training as new overnight security for Boomers! and encounter paranormal entities!
• Lights OUT: ICON – Welcome to Club ICON. Tonight’s category is Battle Royale, where two legendary houses compete to be the most ICONIC house of them all. Who will slay, or sashay, away? • Santa Ana Haunt: Shades of Hell (Santa Ana) – Shades of Hell serves as the gateway to your worst nightmares. Everyone has different fears – and they are all here, waiting for you.
• Corona Haunt: Tales of Halloween (Corona) – A modern look into the horror stories that kept you up at night as a child. Brave the ghosts, witches, and demons of Halloween night!
• The Dreich Society: Nightmare (Ontario) – Deep in the woodlands of Japan stands an ancient temple, originally designed to trap the land’s spirits of the night. Will you survive a peek behind the curtain in their realm, or be trapped forever in their eternal nightmare?
• The Haunt With No Name… Yet (Tarzana) – Wandering on a eerie night, you find an unknown place. It is forgotten by time but seems haunted and filled with mysterious and spooky things. You decide to take the time to explore what is happening at the Haunt With No Name.. Yet.
• Realm of Shadow: Hamre Manor (Norwalk) – The Lord of Shadow and his Matron have returned to the attic space of Hamre Manor. Come find your way through his minion-filled hallways, and prepare to confront the evil within!
• The Decayed Brigade slider team will return to the Hall of Shadows with three incredible exhibitions on Saturday July 30th, and three on Sunday July 31st – show times to be announced soon

“Hall of Shadows is a celebration of the creativity on display by some of the amazing haunters here in SoCal each year. I truly feel that what they accomplish in such a short amount of time is a temporary art exhibit; it lasts for a couple of days, and then is gone forever,” says Rick West, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Midsummer Scream. It’s true though. This is one of the things that makes Midsummer Scream so unique. You can actually sample haunts. It’s also a wonderful gateway scare for the fright-curious.