2015 Season Primer
Tis the season, Haunt Fans! Usually, we write about how the weather is cooling down, well that hasn't happened just yet! But Football is back, schools are in full swing, hockey season is starting, and the calendar is almost to October, so it must be time to prepare ourselves for the mayhem ahead! As we shake the zombies and creatures of the dark to awaken them from slumber and dust away the cobwebs (or in our case, add them to the perfect corner), here's a few notes to wet your appetite for the haunting season that awaits us. As always,...
The Halloween Gathering on the Chicago Cultural Mile
On October 24, 2015 the Chicago Cultural Mile Association plans to launch one of Chicago’s most exciting, new initiatives—The Halloween Gathering. This powerful event will gather Chicago’s vast and diverse creative communities for an all-day festival culminating with a magical nighttime parade. Drawing together world-renowned institutions including the Field Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Columbia College Chicago and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, as well as unique local organizations like Louder Than a Bomb, Silent Theatre Company, and guilds of artists in assorted fields, this dramatic display will activate Halloween as the...
HellsGate Haunted House Opening POSTPONED
The opening of HellsGate Haunted House has been postponed until 2016. Although Zombie Army Productions worked tirelessly to get the doors open for the 2015 season, a project this massive simply has too many variables, many of which are beyond our control. But don't worry! We are incredibly excited to show Chicagoland our beautiful and hideous mansion in the woods and we will continue to work throughout the coming winter, spring and summer to bring you HellsGate in October of 2016. Have a great Halloween season, keep on screaming, and we look forward to terrifying you in one year's time!...
Basement of the Dead: Now Hiring!
Basement of the Dead Haunted House is now hiring. To schedule an interview call (815) 693-2613 or email basementofthedead@gmail.com. Is your haunted attraction hiring for the 2015 season? Email the details to spirits@hauntedhousechicago.com and we'll post it for you!
The 13th Floor Haunted House Is Hiring
Do you go bump in the night? Do you give people the heebie-jeebies? Have you assisted in opening gates to other dimensions for evil demi-gods? If so, look no further! 13th Floor Haunted House is hiring for the Halloween season in all markets. For details and audition times/dates/location, visit http://www.13thfloorchicago.com/jobs.html! Is your haunted attraction hiring for the 2015 season? Email the details to spirits@hauntedhousechicago.com and we'll post it for you!
Wickedly Whiting Coming to Whiting, IN This October
The dead have risen, and they're hungry. Consumed with a ravenous desire for human flesh, they are everywhere. All they do is kill, and the people they kill awaken, infected with whatever it is that is causing the newly dead to rise. Society is crumbling. The streets are in ruins. Your own family and friends may have joined the ranks of the undead. And they're coming right at you... Join us in Whiting, Indiana for the first ever Wickedly Whiting Festival! Located 17 minutes south of the Chicago Loop, this Halloween festival is the first of its kind in the...