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With Halloween just four days away, we’ve rounded up some of the creepiest and kookiest costumes available around Ellisville and Ballwin.

Lady Gaga
Description: Lady Gaga is the controversial pop star who inspires comments every time she changes her outfits.
Where/Pricing: Lady Gaga accessories including gloves, masks and wigs range in price from $5.99 to $19.99 at Party City. The complete outfits at Party City range in price from $44.99 to $59.99. Accessories like gloves, wigs and masks range in price from $8.99 to $22.49 at Halloween Express. The complete outfits range in price from $54.99 to $59.97, also at Halloween Express.

Angry Birds
Description: Don’t confuse Angry Birds with Hitchcock’s The Birds. Angry Birds is a video game released by Apple in 2009. Since then it has become an addictive, guilty pleasure of many. Characters in the video game include red and yellow birds and a King Pig.
Where/Pricing: Adult red, yellow Angry Birds and King Pig costumes are available at Party City for $49.99. The children’s Angry Birds and King Pig costumes are sold out at Party City. Halloween Express has Angry Birds masks in red, yellow and King Pig, available for adults, teens and tweens for $37.99. Adult red Angry Birds and adult King Pig costumes are available for $64.99 at Halloween Express. Infant red Angry Birds and infant King Pig costumes are available for $29.99 at Halloween Express.

Amy Winehouse
Description: The soulful singer’s passing has brought her music and her life attention. Her distinct look is easy to duplicate with a wig and some eyeliner.
Where/Pricing: The Rehab Adult Wig is available for $16.99 at Halloween Express. The wig is poofed on top with long curls hanging down. Note that the wig is not sold as an Amy Winehouse wig, but rather the Rehab Wig.

Charlie Sheen
Description: Actor Charlie Sheen’s recent drug problems, conflicts with CBS over the hit show Two and a Half Men, and controversial declarations about having “tiger blood” and “winning” have made him a popular choice this Halloween.
Where/Pricing: A Charlie Sheen mask and shirt combination is available at Party City for $24.99, and the mask alone is $16.99. A Charlie Sheen-esque white hat is also available (complete with a band that says “winning”) for $16.99, also at Party City.

Jersey Shore
Description: The Jersey Shore is a popular MTV American television reality series, whose participants—The Situation, Snookie, Paulie and JWoww have become popular because of their distinct qualities.
Where/Pricing: From wigs, to fake muscle tees, to headphones and complete outfits, these costumes are available at Walmart, Target, Party City and Halloween Express. Prices range from $9.99 to $49.99.

Smurfs
Description: The Saturday morning cartoon series, with the little blue creatures, has made a come back with a Smurf movie.
Where/Pricing: Target is offering adult costumes and masks from $22.99 to $59.99. Kid’s Papa Smurf and Smurfette costumes are available at Target for $29.99. The Smurf costumes are popular this year, infant and toddler costumes are sold out at Target. All Smurf costumes are sold out at Walmart. Halloween Express has infant, toddler, kid and adult Smurfette and Papa Smurf costumes ranging in price from $26.99 to $49.99

Rainbow Brite
Description: Rainbow Brite, another animated series from the ’80s, has inspired Halloween costumes this year.
Where/Pricing: The woman’s adult costume is available for $69.99, and the wig is available for $29.99 at Target. The women’s costume is also available at Halloween Express for $69.99.

Written by Natalia Motola.

Starting the weekend off with some Halloween flair, the Caufield’s annual Halloween Parade is Tonight, October 14th. Go out dressed in costume to see all of the Halloween floats. Everything from scary floats to the not so scary floats. It is an event for the whole family and it is always lots of fun. The parade starts at 7PM at Mid-City Mall and will proceed down Baxter Avenue.

Also this weekend, you can go to Sunny Acres Farm for Pumpkinfest. Enjoy all of the different Halloween season activities that Sunny Acres has to offer. This is another family-friendly event. If you’re looking for something a little more scary, Sunny Acres Farm also has a haunted corn maze at night called Cobb’s Haunt. It’s a scary corn maze that you don’t want to miss!

In addition, you can also catch Horrorfest at the Georgetown Drive-In. In our opinion, there is no better way to watch a good horror flick than at the drive-in. It’s the perfect environment to enjoy all of your horror movie favorites. It adds to the creepiness of the movies and certainly makes for more fun! It’s also easier to scare your significant other or your friends!

Of course, ALL of the local haunts are now open and in full force. Screams are being heard all over Louisville from all of the great haunts in town. You can always get a little different experience by turning your haunted house visit into an adventure by checking out the Danger Run.

And finally, the World’s Largest Halloween Party at the Louisville Zoo is also open. This is another great annual event for the entire family. Whether your looking for family fun, a date night, fun with your friends, Louisville has got it all this weekend!

If you haven’t got your pumpkins yet, now is the time! A great weekend to carve your jack-o’-lanterns!

For many people, autumn events like Halloween are fun times to dress up in costumes, go trick-or-treating, attend Halloween parties, and eat yummy treats. These events are also opportunities to provide nutritious snacks, get physical activity, and focus on safety. Below are the CDC’s tips to help make the festivities fun and safe for trick-or-treaters and party guests.

Swords, knives, and similar costume accessories should be short, soft, and flexible.
Avoid trick-or-treating alone. Walk in groups or with a trusted adult.
Fasten reflective tape to costumes and bags to help drivers see you.
Examine all treats for choking hazards and tampering before eating them. Limit the amount of treats you eat.
Hold a flashlight while trick-or-treating to help you see and others see you.
Always test make-up in a small area first. Remove it before bed to prevent skin and eye irritation.
Look both ways before crossing the street. Use established crosswalks wherever possible.
Lower your risk for serious eye injury by not wearing decorative contact lenses.
Only walk on sidewalks or on the far edge of the road facing traffic to stay safe.
Wear well-fitted masks, costumes, and shoes to avoid blocked vision, trips, and falls.
Eat only factory-wrapped treats. Avoid eating homemade treats unless you know the cook well.
Enter homes only if you’re with a trusted adult. Otherwise, stay outside.
Never walk near lit candles or luminaries. Be sure to wear flame-resistant costumes.

EXPECTING TRICK-OR-TREATERS OR PARTY GUESTS?

Follow these tips to help make the festivities fun and safe for everyone!

As many of you know, there are more things to do in the Louisville area than you can shake a stick at. However, if you are looking for a truly unique experience unlike anything else found anywhere in the country…well, Louisville’s got that too! It’s the one, the only Danger Run.

The Danger Run is an attraction that has called Louisville home for over 17 years and is one of the oldest Halloween attractions in town (and one of the older ones in the country). It is also one of the most widely known. People have driven as far as Texas just to go on the Danger Run. In fact, one year a group of college students at Gonzaga drove across the country to do the Danger Run. In case you didn’t know, Gonzaga is a university in the state of Washington!

Why are all these people going all of this way just to do a Halloween attraction? Well, if you’re from Louisville then you don’t realize that you can’t find another event even similar to Danger Run in any other city or town ANYWHERE. It is one of a kind! So when they say the one and only, they mean the one and ONLY! It is an all-inclusive haunted attraction that is designed to give you an entire night of haunted entertainment AND give you the absolute biggest bang for your buck.

Think about it! The Danger Run gives you admission to the Danger Run adventure game (which is INCREDIBLY fun by itself!); it gives you admission to TWO $20 haunted houses (TOTAL $40 VALUE); you get a free cheeseburger from DQ Grill & Chill; you get free vampire fangs; AND if you have 4 or more people in your car you also get $10 in gas from Speedway! You get ALL of that for only $16.99 per person! That’s a value that is unequal to ANYTHING we have EVER seen!

So what is it and why is it so special? The Danger Run is a haunted scavenger hunt-style game that you play in your car with your friends. You go to one of the three area starting locations (Lowe’s on Dixie Hwy, Lowe’s on Hurstbourne Pkwy, or Lowe’s on Veterans Pkwy) to start the Danger Run. You will be floored by their attention to detail. You are first told to tune your radio to an AM channel which they have set-up to help explain the Danger Run to you. This is something you would expect to get at Disney World or Universal Studios, not at a haunted attraction in Louisville, Kentucky!

As the radio broadcast goes over everything about the Danger Run, you are approached by their seasoned employees that know this event like the back of their hand. In fact, we have been told that most of the people working at the Danger Run have been involved for anywhere from 5+ years to 16 years. That is incredible dedication to stay with an event for this amount of time! They take care of EVERY aspect for you and make sure you thoroughly understand the event. They welcome questions and they cover every angle of the event. And from personal experience, they will even offer you a hint or two to get started!

At that point, you get your book of clues and then you’re off! The object is to solve the clues and make as few mistakes (wrong turns) as possible. They are able to tell how close you are to the exact mileage of the course based on the mileage you put on your car. If you’re under or over, they will know it! By solving the clues correctly, you will find your way to TWO of Louisville’s BEST haunted houses. You don’t pay any extra once you get there! Your Danger Run ticket INCLUDES the haunted destinations that you find! PLUS, if you solve all the clues without making a ton of mistakes you could make it in the TOP 50!

The TOP 50 are the groups that absolutely knocked their Danger Run adventure out of the park. These are the people that barely made any mistakes at all and accumulated almost the exact distance of the course on their car. The TOP 50 are invited back for the Danger Run Finals Party where they will compete for the title of Danger Run Champion. Very cool!

It is crazy to what extreme these guys go through to make the event what it is. They have integrated technology into the event, they base all of their changes to the event on customer feedback, it is a well-oiled machine and a local Louisville attraction that you do not want to miss this Halloween season.

If you are looking for something different, exciting, and probably the best deal in town, Danger Run is what you want to do! Best of all they have 12 different courses which means you can go on it 12 different times and get a different experience! The courses all have the same haunts, but the change the haunts up every year to give you a whole new experience every year! Check out this one of a kind haunt! More information for this event can be found at dangerrun.com.

By now, many of you have likely seen billboards or other advertisements for the Haunted Code. I’m sure you’ve also wondered “What the heck is Haunted Code?” As always, we at Louisville Halloween are here to inform you all about this new Halloween season promotion.

The Haunted Code isn’t a haunted house or event like most Halloween happenings in Louisville. The Haunted Code is a game that you play simply by visiting some of your favorite haunted attractions in the Louisville area. How do you play? Simple! You go to one of the three participating attractions and you will receive a game piece with your admission into the haunt.

Once you have your game piece, you use a coin to scratch it off to reveal your “code”. It’s very much like a scratch off lottery ticket! Once you have your “code”, you then go to the Haunted Code website and register your code to see if you’ve won cash or prizes. It’s that easy! The more times you visit the participating attractions, the more chances you have to win!

What can you win? Prizes include an XBox 360, a Nintendo Wii, a Netbook Computer, Haunted Code Swag, Haunted Attraction tickets for 2012, Restaurant Gift Certificates, and oh did we mention $10,000! That’s right! ONE lucky person will be the winner of $10,000 in cold, hard cash! Not to shabby!

More than 100 prizes will be given out by the Haunted Code. To start playing for your chance to win HUGE PRIZES head to Industrial Terrorplex, Haunted Hotel, or Wolf Creek Haunted Forest haunted attractions to get the bejesus scared out of you and get your game pieces. Good luck and have fun!

Every year, we are all faced with a question that plagues our minds…what do I want to be for Halloween? It is a difficult decision to make to have the PERFECT costume. Some years we want to stand out, other years we want to fade into the crowd. Some years we want something funny, sometimes sexy, other years we want to be vile and scary. The question ultimately becomes, if you could be ANYTHING for a night…just one night, what would it be?

Personally, I tend to lean towards the scary side of things. Put me in something rotting or something bloody and I’m good. Maybe it’s a guy thing? On the other hand, women tend to lean towards something sexy. Even if the costume is a sexy costume, it is always more fun to give it a scary twist. Many ladies want to be a Playboy bunny or some other sexy little number. Why not change it up and be a Playboy bunny zombie? It then becomes a multifaceted idea and you can get even more creative with it. For instance, many Playboy models have implants. As a Playboy zombie, the implants could be rotting off of your chest. Is it twisted? Sure, but it adds more to your costume!

However, I have been known to do the occasional funny costume as well. The best thing about humorous costumes is that in most cases you can create them in the comfort of your own home. If you are low on funds, this is the way to go! You don’t need any fancy make-up, just stuff you have laying around the house. Or you can always head to a local consignment shop and get a costume on the cheap. For example, a friend of mine found a purple jogging suit (which I am convinced was women’s clothing) which fit him quite snuggly. He used it to turn himself into “The Jesus” from the Big Lebowski. It was completely ridiculous, but extremely funny. Even better, one of my other friends came as Walter! It was a perfect combo. Had I known I certainly would have been The Dude!

Of course, kids’ costumes are always fun to conjure up as well.¬ The best thing about their costumes is that you can make them look as ridiculous as you want and there is little they can do about it. It’s like Ralphie’s pink bunny outfit in A Christmas Story. That’s all part of the fun of dressing up your kids for Halloween though! That is until they get old enough to pick out their own costumes.

So, there really is no limit to costume ideas. My only suggestion is try to put a twist on a popular idea. It gives your costume a fresh look and it makes it a lot more fun to put together. That is of course what it’s all about! Have fun coming up with your costume this year!!! If you’re looking for stores to shop around at, make sure to visit our costumes page! If you need help brainstorming costume ideas, feel free to post a message on our Facebook page (facebook.com/louisvillehalloween) or send a tweet to @lvillehalloween!

While the haunting season has begun, there are many out there that do not like haunts and just enjoy spending time with their family doing Halloween related activities. Or maybe you like haunts AND family Halloween activities. A great way you can spend time with your family this Halloween season is by taking a trip to one of the many farms to pick out your perfect pumpkin. With so many great places to go, finding that special pumpkin should be a snap…er thump, depending on your perspective! Personally, I have always been fond of the trip to Huber’s in beautiful Starlight, Indiana, but we all have our favorite places we like to go.

GREAT TIPS FOR PICKING OUT THE PERFECT PUMPKIN

We thought we’d give you a little insight on how you can pick out the best pumpkin in the patch (or the store).

If you follow these simple rules, you too can have a perfect pumpkin this Halloween season! Happy Picking!

Well the Halloween season will be going full steam ahead with the opening of most of the local haunted attractions this weekend! Most (if not all) of your favorite haunted attractions will open this weekend. In fact, some attractions were even open LAST weekend.

LAST WEEKEND’S OPENINGS – WOLF CREEK HAUNTED FOREST

One of the haunts that opened last weekend was Wolf Creek Haunted Forest in Shepherdsville, KY. Wolf Creek returned last weekend with a killer start to the season. This year, Wolf Creek actually featured 2 separate haunts in one location for one price! The new attraction at Wolf Creek is called Project Alpha. Project Alpha is centered around a zombie theme/infection theme. So far we’ve heard great things. They are open again this weekend and every weekend through October! You will even get your chance to win $10,000 playing the Haunted Code!

OPENING THIS WEEKEND – DANGER RUN THE MOST FUN YOU’VE EVER HAD IN YOUR CAR!

This weekend, one of the many attractions to open includes the Danger Run. For those of you that don’t know, the Danger Run is a scavenger hunt style game you play in your car where you will solve clues to find haunted houses which are included with your admission. The Danger Run is a unique, fun attraction that is the only attraction of its kind any where in the world right here in Louisville! Even if puzzles are your thing, the Danger Run gets you admission into TWO $20 haunts ($40 total value) with your $16.99 admission. That alone is more than double the cost of your ticket! It’s like a Groupon deal for haunts, but only better because you get the adventure game with it! You also get free food and free gas! It is definitely worth checking out! Get your tickets now on LouisvilleHalloween.com!

THE ASYLUM HAUNTED SCREAM PARK

Also opening this weekend is the ENORMOUS Asylum Haunted Scream Park at Paintball Asylum. Paintball Asylum has featured an extremely popular haunt called Darkness Falls. This year they have expanded to 3 more attractions all at that single location! It features two primary haunted trails: Darkness Falls and Zombie City. The other attractions include Zombie Hunting, a paintball arcade with real live…err…dead zombies and the Carnivale of Lost Souls. It is an enormous attraction packed full of scares and fun.

HAUNTED NETWORK HAUNTS

In addition, the Haunted Network will be opening their haunts this weekend as well! Many regard the Haunted Network to have some of the best haunts in the area. Their haunts include the Industrial Terrorplex in Jeffersonville and Haunted Hotel in downtown Louisville. Industrial Terrorplex has undergone a MASSIVE overhaul and features 2 BRAND NEW attractions! The two new haunts at the Terrorplex are CarnEVIL 3D and Infected. From what we’ve seen, both should be incredible haunts. And then of course let’s not forget the legendary Industrial Nightmare and Dementions. Of course last be FAR from least is the Haunted Hotel. Haunted Hotel has been deemed one of the best haunts in the country and is one of the longest standing haunts in Louisville. It’s a scary attraction you don’t want to miss! You could even win $10,000 playing the Haunted Code!

NIGHTMARE FOREST HAUNTED TRAIL

Then, Nightmare Forest is also opening this weekend! Nightmare Forest has been in the Ville for MANY MANY years and is widely considered to be one of the best haunted trails in the area. It too features multiple attractions all in one location featuring a secondary haunt called the Trail of Terror and NEW for 2011 is the Watch-N-DIE…I mean DrIvE-in. We’ve been told that the event is going to be better than it has ever been so we will have quite a show in store for us. If you like outdoor attractions, you won’t want to miss it!

THE DEVIL’S ATTIC HAUNTED HOUSE

Another BIG opening this weekend is the Devil’s Attic. The Devil’s Attic was new in 2010 and for 2011 they have moved to an ENORMOUS, scary new building near downtown Louisville. This is a haunt that we have had the privilege to visit and interview. Upon our visit, we got to walk through the attraction and get a firsthand look at what you will get to see at the Devil’s Attic and let us tell you…it is an INCREDIBLE haunt. Great attention to detail, amazing scenery, and a very scary ambiance. This is an attraction you’ll want to hit this season. You can even sign-up to win a hearse! Devil’s Attic’s preview will be posted soon!

FEAR FAIR HAUNTED HOUSE

Another haunt that we were privileged enough to visit recently is Fear Fair. Fear Fair is a haunt that is about an hour north of Louisville, but it is well worth the drive! Fear Fair is easily one of the regions top haunts. With film quality sets and in your face actors, this was a jaw-dropping haunt. While we were there for an interview and preview for you, we will be jumping in our car again later this season to go check it out again while it is running. Amazing enough, this is even a charity haunt! All the proceeds goes the the Jaycees! Who’d a thought such an incredible haunt would be a charity event. If you have time, go see this one!

OTHER GREAT LOCAL HAUNTS – PSYCHOMANIA

Lastly, some of the other great local attractions opening this weekend include Psychomania Haunted House in Clarksville! Psychomania is the ONLY haunted house that is located in an old, abandoned theater. It is an ENORMOUS attraction that has an incredible attention to detail, tons of actors, and scares around every corner. You can even get your tickets to this attraction right here on LouisvilleHalloween.com! You can also get tickets for Terror at the Fun Farm in Lanesville AND NEW THIS YEAR Grim Tales presented by the Haunted Yard.

GRIM TALES HAUNTED HOUSE

Grim Tales is a brand new attraction in Middletown that is being presented by the Haunted Yard. The Haunted Yard has been a Halloween staple in the Louisville area for over 20 years! It was a FREE yard haunt in Louisville and it was sooo much more than just a yard haunt. It was a haunted experience! If the Haunted Yard gives us any inclination what to expect at this haunt then it will be one incredible attraction.

THE SCAREFEST CONVENTION IN LEXINGTON

Oh…and if you’re not yet in the haunting mood, then you can take a drive down to Lexington for the regions largest paranormal convention called Scarefest. At Scarefest you can enjoy a ton of REAL haunted places, ghosts, etc. You can also see some of your favorite horror movie icons including Kane Hodder, Lea Thompson, Lin Shayne, Elvira, Lance Henricksen, Michael Beihn, Bill Moseley, and so much more! If you’re not in the haunting mood, but want to get in the haunting mood then this is the show for you!

Like we said a HUGE weekend this weekend and MANY MORE TO COME!!!

The Halloween season is starting to take shape in Louisville. With Labor Day over, Halloween is on it’s way! Events and attractions are gearing up for this season and there is a LOT to be excited about for 2011!

At the beginning of the season, you can check out one of the largest paranormal conventions in the country at the Scarefest Convention on September 23rd-25th. While it is in Lexington which is about an hour from Louisville, this is a convention worth heading to Wildcat country for. You will be able to meet a whole slew of horror movie stars, paranormal celebrities, browse the booths, and so much more. It is an incredible convention to start the season with.

The very same weekend, you can start cracking clues to find haunted houses on the Danger Run. The Danger Run is a haunted attraction unlike any other in the country and it is ONLY right here in Louisville. If you are looking a unique way to experience the Halloween season, see parts of the Ville you’ve NEVER seen before, visit TWO premium haunted attractions, have an entire night of Halloween entertainment all for one low price then this attraction is for you. It is the biggest bang for your buck with all Louisville Halloween attractions and it is an event that is different than anything you’ve ever done.

Also that weekend, most of the local haunted attractions will be opening. One multi-attraction, haunted theme park is the Asylum Haunted Scream Park located at Paintball Asylum. Asylum Haunted Scream Park has 4 attractions all located at one location. At the Asylum, you can experience one of the area’s SCARIEST attractions Darkness Falls. Darkness Falls has become widely known as one of the best attractions in the area. In addition the Asylum Scream Park has 3 BRAND NEW ATTRACTIONS! One of which is a zombie themed haunted house called Zombie City! Zombie City is a haunted attraction that is a quarantined city that was overtaken by zombies. Now you will go face to face with a zombie apocalypse! Last, but certainly not least, they also have live entertainment and games at the Carnivale of Lost Souls AND a paintball shooting gallery where you can shot REAL LIVE…err…DEAD zombies call Zombie Hunting! It is quite an attraction.

Other featured haunts in the Louisville area include Nightmare Forest, The Devil’s Attic, Fear Fair, Wolf Creek Haunted Forest, Industrial Terrorplex, Psychomania, Terror At The Fun Farm, and Haunted Yard Presents Grim Tales. All of these haunts are ranked as some of the best haunts around and you will NOT want to miss any of them! In fact, you will even be able to purchase some of your tickets right on the Louisville Halloween website! What a convenient way to get all of your haunt tickets all in one place!

If you’re looking for something NEW to do this Halloween season, then you should DEFINITELY check out Evil Dead the Musical at the Alley Theatre. Evil Dead the Musical is an off-broadway musical of the cult classic the Evil Dead. If you’ve ever wanted to experience one of your all-time favorite horror movies on stage then this is your chance! It is laugh-out loud funny and BEST of all you can even get seats in the SPLATTER ZONE! The Splatter Zone is a particular seating area that you will get drenched in blood. Don’t worry, you get a poncho and protective eye wear. However, it is one of the most unique theatre experiences you’ll ever have and you will walk out with blood and a grin on your face.

With so much to do in Louisville and SOO much more to come you won’t want to miss the Halloween season in Louisville in 2011.

With the popularity of zombie movies and AMC’s The Walking Dead, zombies are making a HUGE comeback. As a result, we are seeing a tremendous amount of events in the Louisville area that are immersed in the brain-eating theme.

To start out, this year has welcomed a new Humans Vs. Zombies game to the Louisville area. What is Humans vs. Zombies? Humans vs. Zombies is a game where there is a group of people acting as zombies and a group acting as humans. The humans are trying to kill the zombies by shooting them with their Nerf gun (or other choice of weapon) and the zombies are trying to eat the brains of the living essentially turning the humans into zombies. It was started on college campuses years ago and now it is spreading like a wildfire.

Coming up on August 29th is the annual Zombie Walk in Louisville. The Zombie Walk is every August 29th at 8:29PM. This date and time commemorate the creators’ birthdays. Thousands of folks go to the intersection of Bardstown Rd and Eastern Pkwy dressed as zombies to walk the streets to create a Louisville Zombie Apocalypse. It is an INCREDIBLE event and best of all…it’s FREE!

Then of course you also have Evil Dead the Musical. Evil Dead the Musical is an off-broadway musical being performed at the Alley Theatre. Ash’s friends are turned into zombies one by one and he is forced to make a decision, kill his zombie compadres or be turned into a zombie himself. This is a musical full of laughs and blood. In fact, there is even a splatter zone where you should go prepared to get drenched in blood!

And of course saving the best for last, this year there is even a BRAND NEW haunted house in town centered around zombies called Zombie City. Zombie City is located at the Asylum Haunted Scream Park which has a total of 4 events. Another of which is also a zombie attraction called Zombie Hunting. This is a game in which you get to shot REAL zombies with a paintball gun. What an idea?! So not only do you get to run for your life from zombie in the Zombie City haunted house, but you also get to shoot zombies in an arcade style shooting gallery. Very cool concept!

With all of the zombie events and attractions around town, you are sure to get you brain-eating fix this Halloween season!

Time to get the horror party started early in Louisville! This weekend July 22-24 is the Fright Night Film Festival at the Fern Valley Hotel in Louisville. The Fright Night Film Festival is one of the region’s largest film festivals with TONS of celebrities, movie premieres, vendors, haunted houses, and much more! If you are into horror movies at ALL or even if you’re not, the Fright Night Film Festival is a great way to spend the weekend!

You can meet and get autographs from John Carpenter (who directed Halloween, The Thing, Escape from L.A., just to name a few), Henry Winkler (The Fonz), Kane Hodder (Jason Vorhees), and many more! Then you can party the night away with a masquerade ball and a NUDE body paint show! Even if you’e not into horror, who doesn’t like a nice body paint show?! Best of all, we will have a booth in the vendor hall! So come by and say hello, catch a peep (PUN INTENDED), get some autographs, and have a blast!

Check it out this weekend, to get your tickets visit frightnightfilmfest.com. We’ll see YOU there!!

Are you ready for an experience like no other right here in Louisville, Kentucky? On July 2nd, Louisville is bringing back the dead in the ultimate game of human survival. Humans vs. Zombies! Humans vs. Zombies is played across the world by people of all ages, nationalities, and backgrounds. The only requirement is that you love fun. Zombies don’t discriminate by race, gender, or sexual preference/identity – they will eat you unless you work together.

It’s a game that has been all the rage in colleges across America and now it is coming to the Ville. Will you be a part of Humans vs. Zombies? Or will you be one of the sad souls that refuse to fight back and are eaten alive by the zombie takeover. Be there to fight the battle July 2nd!

A popular haunted convention called HauntCon is coming to Louisville in April. What is a haunted attraction convention you ask? It is a convention created for haunted attraction creators that haunters use to purchase props, masks, costumes and attend how-to seminars. This gives haunters a way to interact and find the BEST way to scare a bejesus out of you.

However, the convention isn’t all business. The haunt folks have been known to be a fun crowd to be around. The convention also tours some of the best local haunts to give other haunt owners ideas for their own haunts and also give them a taste of Louisville haunts. In addition, there is a costume ball and a hearse parade.

If you are a haunter, want to be a haunter or just a haunt fan, you should check out HauntCon on April 30 – May 2 in Louisville. Tickets are available online at HauntCon.com. We look forward to seeing you there!

With Halloween a mere week away, the Halloween happenings are in full force. If you ever thought there isn’t anything to do in Louisville, think again! Louisville is overflowing with things to do this Halloween.

Whether you like haunts or trick-or-treating, there is PLENTY of options for you, your family and you friends this Halloween season. Browse the site, find something interesting that you have never done and head out the door! There are plenty of FREE events for those of you on a tight budget.

Trying to stay fit? Louisville even has 2 Halloween races that you can enjoy. One of which is a race on the trails that surround the dreaded Waverly Hills. Very creepy! Get yourself out of the house and have some fun this Halloween season and experience all the Louisville has to offer!

Most haunted attractions have opened up for the season, but there are still a couple whose opening night will be this coming weekend. Opening this weekend is the Devil’s Attic, Cobb’s Haunt, and the Culbertson Mansion. The Devil’s Attic and Cobb’s Haunt are newer events, but Culbertson has been around for many a year. Culbertson is haunt that should really not be missed by ANY haunt lover.

If you’re not in the mood for a haunted attraction, Actor’s Theatre has just what you need to quench your thirst for…Halloween! Actor’s Theatre of Louisville is hosting two Halloween season shows, Dracula and The Mystery of Irma Vep. Both shows offer something different. Dracula is more on the scary side whereas The Mystery of Irma Vep is a comedy. Both shows are INCREDIBLE and offer some great Halloween season entertainment.

Looking to spruce the house with Halloween decor this season? Check out one of the local costume/decoration shops for all of your Halloween needs. If you are looking for something a little more unique, head down to Glassworks and Blow Your Own Pumpkin. It is great fun for the entire family.

It certainly wouldn’t be Halloween without getting a pumpkin. There are a ton of local farms that offer some great pumpkins to deck your house out for the haunting season.

We are only in the beginning of this year’s long list of Halloween to-do’s, so be sure to keep watching for all of the latest Halloween happenings because you can find it all RIGHT HERE on LouisvilleHalloween.com!

It is Officially here, let the screaming BEGIN! While the Louisville Zombie Attack walk kind of kicked off the Halloween season, the couple of weeks of down time sort of took our mind of things. Tonight the Halloween season officially kicks off as several haunted attractions open their doors.

So, if you’re ready for a good scare and want to get a jump start on the haunting season now is the time to get out there and visit local haunts. A word of warning, from our experience MOST haunts are not completely ready for opening night. Improvements are generally made and they are typically in better shape on the 2nd night or even the 2nd weekend after all the bugs have been worked out and actors are more comfortable.

If you plan to hit the haunts next weekend, then we highly suggest going on Saturday night. The haunts will be primed and ready to scare the living **** out of you )

HAUNTS OPENING TONIGHT

Wolf Creek Haunted Forest
Nightmare Forest at Otter Creek
Field of Screams
13 Fears Haunted House
Baxter Avenue Morgue

Local haunts and Halloween attractions are gearing up for what promises to be one of the best Halloween seasons in Louisville to-date! A lot of new great attractions this year and the return of some of your favorites! Some new things for the season include the show The Mystery of Irma Vep. It is a dark comedy at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville that looks like a riot!

Looking for a show a bit more on the gory side, you can also check out Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber on Fleet Street. You may be familiar with the silver screen rendition of the musical starring Johnny Depp. It is a dark and twisted show and I am pretty positive that you will walk out covered in blood.

Looking for some great haunted fun? The return of Louisville’s favorite haunted adventure the Danger Run is sure to give you what you’re looking for! It is an entire night of Halloween entertainment including $40 worth of haunted attractions, free food, and free gas for only $15.95 per person. It would hard to find a better deal on a haunted attraction ANYWHERE! Not interested in an entire night of fun with your friends? You can stop by any of the local haunts and get your 20-30 minutes of fear. One new local event that looks very promising is the Devil’s Attic. This event is new for 2010 and it looks like it could be one heck of a show.

Of course, if you’re only interested in decorating your house and Halloween parties, Louisville is stocked on all of this as well. There are tons of great local stores to get your decorations and costumes, a lot great farms to get your pumpkins, and endless amounts of Louisville Halloween parties and costume contests. You can get everything you are looking for…right here in Louisville!

Kicking off the Halloween season, the Louisville Zombie Attack walk has been unearthing thousands of zombies each year in search of BRAINS. The Louisville Zombie Attack is a zombie walk that takes place in the heart of the Highlands at the corner of Bardstown Rd and Eastern Pkwy. The tradition is to start the walk at 8:29PM on 8-29 each year.

While August 29th is on a Sunday this year, tradition is tradition. The Louisville Zombie Attack Walk occurs rain or shine and will ALWAYS be on August 29th. Nothing stops a zombie from coming out to play!

If you don’t have a costume, then make one! Most of the costumes you will see are made from scratch. If you don’t feel like dressing as a zombie, then just come down to see the zombies take over the street. It is a sight right out of a Romero movie. It is one of Louisville’s coolest events and it truly kicks off the entire Halloween season!

Check out the event details here.

This Friday is no normal Friday…this Friday is Friday the 13th. To those of us who are a fan of Halloween, Friday the 13th is the next best day! It is a day that is surrounded by a creepy vibe mostly because the horror movie series featuring Jason Voorhees…you know, the guy in the hockey mask. If you are reading this and you are completely clueless who I am talking about you need to stop reading, go to your Netflix or Blockbuster account and rent Friday the 13th. Get the original, not the Michael Bay remake. Not to say that the remake isn’t good, but to really get a good idea of what the movie is all about you need to stick to the originals.

Speaking of the remake, one very cool way to celebrate Friday the 13th is to go to the Georgetown Drive-In and watch the 2009 Friday the 13th on the BIG screen. What is even cooler about the event is that our friends over at Psychomania Theater of Terror will be there with some of their actors to REALLY liven things up. If you think you have seen Friday the 13th think again! There isn’t anything like seeing the movie outdoors at the drive-in with actors dressed as Jason creeping around the drive-in to scare the wits out of you! It is a very neat, pre-Halloween season event that you should definitely go check out.

Plus, I heard from a little bird the Psychomania will be handing out coupons for their haunt as well. So, good movie, getting scared, and haunted savings! Very nice!

The site has been up for less than a month and we are already getting rave reviews from our viewers. We are trying to appeal to everyone that visits the site to give EVERYONE all of the Halloween season information for Louisville. Like we’ve said before, Louisville is a happenin’ place for the Halloween season and there are ton of things to check out.

With so much to do, we are confident to say that we have nowhere near all of the information that we planned to have posted. There are a lot of parties that have yet to announce dates, times, and themes, there are haunts that haven’t announced themselves yet, more places to get great pumpkins, pumpkin designs, trick-or-treating dates and times, and SOOO much more.

Any information that you can send our way to help us make this site everything YOU want it to be please just let us know! In the meantime, I hope that you enjoy all of the content we have on the site thus far and keep checking back with us for new stuff, discounts on events, awards, and MUCH MORE!

Thanks for visiting and stay tuned for more great Halloween info!

For those of you that like horror movies, you are in for a treat this weekend because Louisville is the host of the 2010 Fright Night Film Festival. If you are anything like me (and I think you are, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this) you are a horror movie freak. I love a good, and a bad, horror movie. If it is good, I love to rave about it and if it is bad I love to complain about it.

At the Fright Night Film Festival, you will get to see it all. The good, the bad, and the ugly. In addition, you will get to meet a lot of really cool guests at the show including Roger Corman who will be receiving the lifetime achievement award. There will be a ton of actors from your favorite flicks including Halloween and Dawn Of The Dead, just to name a few.

So instead of sitting on the couch with a bowl of popcorn watching your favorite horror flick on dvd, head out for the festivities of the Fright Night Film Fest. It is sure to be a blast!

We would like to welcome you to LouisvilleHalloween.com. We officially launch the site on Monday, July 26, 2010. Louisville Halloween is a website dedicated to bringing you all the latest and greatest information on Halloween happenings and must sees. There is a ton of stuff to do in Louisville for the Halloween season. Take a look around our site and keep watching because we will be posting even more as we find it.

Thanks for visiting and we hope that you start using our site as a resource for all of your local Halloween needs!