We all know that ScareLA is coming, August 8th and 9th, at the Pasadena Convention Center. We all know that HorrorBuzz readers get 20% off tickets to the event by using code:HORRORBUZZ. Did you know that there are a seemingly endless amount of experiences to be had?
One of the stand out highlights from last year’s ScareLA event were the mini versions of haunted houses, spooky experiences, and live theatre that were there to enjoy. This year promises to be bigger and even better than before with a scary sack of goodies bursting at the seams, ready to be unleashed. It will be a seemingly endless collection of previews from some of Southern California’s best haunts, waiting for you. Experience a sampling of what’s to come this Halloween season. The best news is that the majority of these experiences are included in your ticket. If there is an additional fee it is minimal.
Below is a listing along with our gut instinct on what to see first.
APOCALYPSE
We’re thrilled to announce the world premiere of APOCALYPSE, the first ever real-time convention zombie infection game! Created by ScareLA in partnership with Gantom Lighting and Controls and Reel Guise Cosplay, Apocalypse spans over 100,000 square feet of the ScareLA showfloor, with players interacting with real brain eating zombies, zombie hunters and more for over four hours of gameplay.
Space is limited on this so act fast. –CLICK HERE – or we’ll eat your braaaaainzzzzz…
BuzzThoughts: This sounds like it is going to be one hell of a fun game. The only problem here is that if you are planning on seeing any major panels, this might cut into the time you would be spending in line. Just saying’.
Interactive Showcases and Games
Looking for love in all the wrong places? ScareLA Presents: Serial Killer Speed Dating. (Yes, actual speed dating, but with a sinister twist.) Somebody in the room is hiding a dark secret. The guy or ghoul you hit it off with might be…killer. RSVP Here
Produced by Abel Horwitz
BuzzThoughts: Thank Cthulhu, somebody finally added a dark and evil side to dating. Produced by staff writer, Abel Horwitz, this offers an interesting way to meet up and interact with like-minded horror folk. Will you die painfully or just meet the serial killer? (rimshot).
The Vault of Darkness
You’ll be given a less than reliable flashlight to explore The Vault of Darkness. Plan to have all your senses engaged, stimulated and pushed to their limit. Pay attention or you may just get lost in the dark forever…
Produced by Evil Twin Studios, sponsored by Gantom.
BuzzThoughts: Evil Twin Studios produced the exceptional Raymond Hill Mortuary last season. They have proven a keen sense of scares and atmosphere. Keep this high on your list
Alone
ALONE, a fully-immersive and existential experience that explores the range of human emotions, returns to ScareLA and presents the second out of four separate experiences — Index of (re)Fraction.
BuzzThoughts: The Alone team knocked it out of the park last year with their reality-bending treatise into the netherworld of ScareLA. Will they do it again? We really hope so because this was one of the highlights from last year’s event. Get a spot for this right away.
Theatre: Urban Death
LA‘s longest running horror theatrical experience, Zombie Joe’s Underground’s Urban Death, brings a terrifying version to ScareLA. Visit their table for information on how you can view their brand of terror up close.
BuzzThoughts: You have not seen a fearless performance until you have seen the actors from Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre perform their signature show, Urban Death. Make the time to go catch this show as it is something that you will simply not forget.
Virtual Reality Experiences
Experience the future of haunted experiences utilizing Oculus Rift and virtual reality technology from Virtual Screams.
Make contact with the spirit world in this mind-bending journey through a surreal haunted house in, The Seance, a new virtual reality experience from Spectral Illusions, debuting at ScareLA.
Nevermind, the bio-feedback video game that literally feeds off your fear, they will debut the Oculus Rift version at ScareLA.
BuzzThoughts: The Virtual Screams team offered a scary, and entertaining hide and seek game last year that surprised us with how convincing it was. This year we have three virtual reality experiences to choose from. This is going to be a lot of fun.
Haunted Attractions
In Spooky Hollows’ Legends of the Swamp unearth the terrifying history of a now drained swampland and help investigate rumors of long lost children who appear as ghostly apparitions, and the evil monsters that may lurk.
Descend into Hells Bells, the boozy, infernal world of the Drunken Devil and explore a southern gothic version of Hell, where wayward souls are tortured for their sins by seedy manifestations of vice and malice.
Field of Screams The Haunted Stadium and The Bloodshed Brothers invite you to come sit and bare witness to a live exorcism in a unique experience not of this world. Straight to the bowels of Hell you shall descend!
Try and survive this hallucination of hell – alone! On the Darkside they like to take it… one victim at a time!
From Fear Station, experience The Birth of the Windigo: a mysterious creature killing hunters in the forest. We have received word that the ranger is held up in a hunting shack. Meet him there and get to safety. Can you escape The Windigo’s curse?
Discover the secrets of a lingering curse more vile than anything you could imagine in this preview of the haunted attraction, Curse of the Devil Swamp.
The bazaar of unusual creatures and strange sights known as the “Goblin Underground” will be located somewhere within the ScareLA showfloor. From the legendary design group Figment Foundry.
BuzzThoughts: The Haunted Experiences line up is pretty impressive this year. We have our favorite places like Curse of the Devil Swamp, Drunken Devil, and Field of Screams alongside Figment Foundry, The Darkside, and Spooky Hollows.
This will give you plenty of things to do if you didn’t get into the classes or missed a particular presentation. If you haven’t yet, you really need to snap up a ticket. The admission alone gets you into the panels and most of the experiences listed above. That is some insane value and a hell of a lot of fun.
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Those TWD cosplayers are amazing. I have seen them at several conventions now. See you guys at ScareLA!
i cant wait to go to this, there is so much to see I really wish it was longer than 2 days. I think I need say 4 days to see and experience everything I want to see, I want to do everything on this list it all looks awesome, plus all the panels and other crazy stuff.