News October 20, 2020 Dread Road Trips to Las Vegas Where the Haunt Season is Alive and Well In these unprecedented times, when haunted attractions nationwide have been forced to either close or to recalibrate completely due to...
News Videos September 10, 2020 Trailer: Nevada’s Largest In-Door Halloween Attraction FRIGHT DOME to Open Its Doors This October for FRIGHT RIDE With Halloween now canceled for Los Angelenos given the Department of Health’s ban on trick-or-treating, parties, carnivals, and haunted houses,...
News September 5, 2020 SAW’s Darren Lynn Bousman Returns with Immersive Experience “One Day Die”! I was recently referred to as a “haunt snob.” True, I’ve been lucky enough during the last twelve years to attend most...
News Videos July 20, 2020 ’50s American Sitcom Goes Pitch Black in Short Film THE GREAT FAMILY We’ve been reporting on Los Angeles-based writer, director and producer Gus Krieger for some time now here at Dread Central, from his 2016 feature...
Editorials News June 8, 2020 “HALLOWEEN: A Nightmare for Babysitters” with Essays from Chelsea Stardust, Stephanie Joens, Erin Maxwell, Staci Layne Wilson & Kalyn Corrigan As a young boy in 1979 who had mistakenly seen the third act of John Carpenter’s classic Halloween in a...
News February 10, 2020 LA Haunt Review: Zombie Joe’s Underground Gets Kinky with “The Bogeyman” Desiring something a bit out of the ordinary this Valentine’s Day weekend? Then look no further, as Zombie Joe’s Underground...
News Videos October 11, 2019 Exclusive Video & Photos: Natural History of Horror Exhibit Opens This past Thursday, October 10th, an exhibit of rare film props and history from Universal Studios’ “Golden Age” of horror...
News October 9, 2019 SCREAMFEST L.A. 2019 – Exclusive Opening Night Photos & Interviews with EAT, BRAINS, LOVE Director Rodman Flender & More With the 19th Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival having kicked off last night at TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA...
News October 8, 2019 Haunt Review: Zombie Joe’s Underground Urban Death Tour of Terror Part maze, part theatre, and all terrifying, Zombie Joe’s Underground delivers for this October season the “Urban Death Tour of...
News Videos October 4, 2019 Exclusive: First Look & Trailer for Sitges Selection LOVE BITE With director Charles de Lauririka’s short film Love Bite set to premiere this Sunday night at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival in...
News October 3, 2019 Event Report: Los Angeles’ Haunted Hayride Opens for 2019 It’s a SoCal seasonal staple: The Los Angeles’ Haunted Hayride, and we were there to celebrate its grand re-opening this...
News October 1, 2019 Graham Denman’s GREENLIGHT Tops SHRIEKFEST 2019 Winners In its 19th year, Los Angeles’ annual Shriekfest Film Festival came to a close Sunday night following three days of screenings...
