SPOOKY HOUSE
NEW LOCATION:
21512 Nordhoff Street between Topanga Canyon and Canoga
Chatsworth, CA
E-Mail: Info@spookyhouse.com
Website:www.spookyhouse.com
Is Spooky House your favorite Halloween Haunt? Vote for it in our online poll. Read our review of Spooky House 2007.
2007 DATES: September 28 & 29 (Opening Nights); October 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 24-31; November 2-3. PLEASE NOTE: The previously announced opening on September 28 has been pushed back until October 5.
HOURS: 7:00pm to 10:00pm Sundays and Weeknights; 7:00pm to Midnight Fridays & Saturdays & Halloween night.
CHILDREN'S MATINEES: Every Saturday & Sunday from October 6 through October 28 - noon to 4:00pm. Expect the same decor but fewer ghouls
TICKETS: $8.50 childrens shows (both mazes); $20.00 for regualar shows (includes both mazes); $26 VIP tickets (both mazes, less waiting); $46 for Platinum Pass Tickets (immediate walk-in to all attractions via VIP entrance and free Spooky House 18 souvenir t-shirt). Group tickets - 12 or more -available for $2 off regular of VIP ticket prices; must be purchased at box office, not valid with other offers. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAUNT TOUR PASS: : This $48 pass grants admission to Old Town Haunt, Seaside Haunt, Spooky House, and Fearplex. Visit all four this season and get a free "Haunts Survivor" t-shirt. Tickets available only in advance.
PARKING: Info not available
FEATURES: One of the best Southland seasonal Haunts, Spooky House used to be located located at a permanent facility in the parking lot near a mall that allowed for greater detailing of sets: there were lots of elaborate scenes, some indoors, some outdoors, and plenty of ghouls, makeup and effects. For 2005 & 2006, Spooky House moved to a temporary location, inside an abandoned movie theatre. Many of the old props and effects survived the transition, but there were some big changes: less elaborate decor and no more outdoor sections to the mazes, which generally seemed somewhat shorter that they used to be. For 2007, they have moved into a new, permanent location, which should see a return to the impressive architecture and detailed sets for which the haunt is justly famous.
MAZES & ATTRACTIONS: Unfortunately, Spooky House is trimming back to two attractions for 2007. The wonderful "Turbidite Manor" is no longer house here (it has moved out of Los Angeles), and there is no Club 13 dance room.
DRAWBACKS: It's popular, so it's crowded. You will have to wait in line, especially later in the season. VIP tickets help (somewhat). In the past, the mazes have frequently seemed understaffed (with numerous hidey holes and blind corners untenanted by the ghosts they were so obviously designed to house), but that no longer seems to be the case in the new location. Also, when things get busy, the staff has a tendancy to rush the guests through the mazes without allowing time for the cast to reset after the previous group, with the result that you can miss some of the scares and mechanical effects. RELATED HAUNTS: Spooky House has branched put in recent years, supervising two other Halloween attractions: Old Town Haunt and Seaside Haunt.
REVIEWS: Spooky House 2004 (opening night) - Spooky House 2005 (first year in abandoned theatre location) - Spooky House 2006 (featuring Turbidite Manor) - Spooky House 2007 (first year in Chatsworth location)
VIDEO: Check out our visit to the 2006 Spooky House presentation, including an interview with Turbidite Manor creator Nathan Hamilton.