For the first year in a long time, I'll most likely be staying home Halloween night this year. The West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval is canceled for COVID-19; and it doesn't seem like a very good idea to go anywhere else where there might be crowds.
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But I thought maybe I could roam around a bit on my own on Halloween Eve night to see what spooks I could scare up in the LA area.
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Every year, I always want to head up to Santa Clarita to check out the haunts just north of LA, but I always poop out before making the hour-plus drive.
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But last night, I finally made it.
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My first stop was The Doll House home haunt in Santa Clarita, where I got to spend some creepy and quality alone time with some yard-dwelling cuties.
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While in the area, I also visited Coffinwood Cemetery...
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...which not only makes good use of its front yard...
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...but also allows for a bit of a walk-through haunt attraction.
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Larger than life figures make their offerings while keeping visitors at arm's distance...
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...though it's likely something befell them other than the coronavirus.
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I didn't see any live werewolves...
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...but the cemetery was plenty full of skulls...
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...and skeletons.
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After a quick stop at the Beware the Dark Realm medieval castle-themed maze (where I may or may not have caught the bubonic plague)...
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...I hopped off the 5 Freeway on my way home and swung by the city of Burbank...
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...where I've had some good luck with Halloweentime home haunts before...
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...to visit the Circus of Nightmares on one of its "Scare Nights" starring live, pint-sized clowns.
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It's technically considered a "drive-by" haunt...
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...but by the time I arrived sometime around 9 o'clock, all the activity had attracted quite a crowd out front.
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That was the scene at the Burbank yard haunt known as Holiday Fantasies Come to Life...
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...which is just a stone's throw from the Disney lot...
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...and this year pays tribute to the world of Disney with its "FANTASMIC!" yard display.
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I can't wait to go back and see what they do for the next holiday (a.k.a. Christmas).
So, now that I've had one big night out full of Halloweeny stuff, I won't feel so bad about spending my big night in tonight.
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