Laguna Hills isn’t inherently a scary place, but Sinister Pointe is looking to change that. Taking over the old Macy’s in the Laguna Hills Mall, they have transformed the location into three floors of terror, containing two mazes, one dark ride, scare zones, vendors, and more. Put it all together, and you get SCARY PLACE, [...]

This Halloween season is going to get a little sinister. Sinister Pointe announced their big, blood-soaked, Halloween return! They are one of our favorite haunts and are one of the most inventive haunted attraction company in Southern California. This fall, Sinister Pointe Productions will unleash a brand new kind of Halloween event, Sinister Pointe’s Scary [...]

It's that time of year again. the saccharine melodies of the holidays have become inescapable and even the most stalwart Halloween lovers have swapped their yard skeletons for cheeful elves. Luckily for scrooges like myself, Sinister Pointe's 4thish Annual Not So Merry Holiday Haunt is here to pervert that most innocent of holidays into something [...]

Fresh off their Halloween run, Sinister Pointe has announced that they will return to the Christmas season once again with A Not So Merry Holiday Haunt! Though this particular event took a break last year (instead, opting for a Hunt of Krampus), this holiday tradition returns for its 4th(ish) year to spread a little Christmas [...]

Some of you might find this offering a little more editorial than my usual review/recap or nostalgia offerings, but it's been a different kind of haunt season this year, and I wanted to turn the spotlight back on some of the amazing and talented people we have met running around in the fog the last [...]

Sinister Pointe returned to the traditional “haunt” again this year, with their “choose your own adventure” type show “Fear The Mark.” We were first introduced during Midsummer Scream, where Sinister Pointe’s booth allowed you to go inside, and be marked by one of the four entities awaiting you inside. As the story goes for this [...]

Cross Roads Escape Games. Sinister Pointe. The 13th Room.  These escape room experiences are well-known to fans in southern California, and their owners/creators came to Midsummer Scream to talk about the phenomena of escape rooms, and their own experiences creating one. Madison Rhoades from Cross Roads (The Fun House and The Hex Room) said she [...]