Yearly haunted attraction in Griffith Park
The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride is a yearly Halloween haunted hayride in Los Angeles, California, located near the city's Old Zoo in Griffith Park .[ 1] It was created by Ten Thirty One Productions , subsequently receiving a record Shark Tank investment from Mark Cuban ,[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] and bought out by haunted attraction company Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group.
Opened in Calabasas, California in 2009,[ 5] [ 6] the Hayride has long been held in Griffith Park and features not only the hayride itself, but both original mazes and those based on horror intellectual property.[ 7] During the COVID-19 pandemic , the Hayride was reinvented as a drive-in theater attraction in San Dimas, California with wandering performers,[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] before returning to Griffith Park in 2021.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] In recent years, the attraction has been set at a 1980s Halloween festival in the fictional town of Midnight Falls ,[ 14] [ 15] which Time Out compared to Sons of Anarchy and Twin Peaks .[ 16]
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^ Painter, Alysia Gray. "LA Haunted Hayride Is Conjuring a Drive-up Experience" . KNBC . Retrieved September 13, 2023 .
^ "LA Haunted Hayride Shifts To Drive-Up Experience In San Dimas For 2020" . KCBS-TV . August 26, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2023 .
^ Schena, Susan C. (August 28, 2020). "Griffith Park's 'Haunted Hayride' Plans 'Drive-Up' Scare For 2020" . Patch Media . Retrieved September 13, 2023 .
^ Cooper, Matt (October 15, 2021). "13 spooky best bets for Halloween fun: Elfman and Eilish, haunts, kids' stuff and more" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved September 13, 2023 .
^ Fadroski, Kelli Skye (August 18, 2021). "The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns to Griffith Park" . Los Angeles Daily News . Retrieved September 13, 2023 .
^ Cota-Robles, Marc (September 23, 2021). "Looking for some Halloween fun? Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns to Griffith Park on Friday" . KABC-TV . Retrieved September 13, 2023 .
^ Chow, Vivian (August 31, 2023). "Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns to Griffith Park for 15th Anniversary" . KTLA . Retrieved September 13, 2023 .
^ Davis-Friedman, Samantha (August 25, 2022). "Los Angeles Haunted Hayride 2022 returns to Griffith Park" . Attractions Magazine . Retrieved September 13, 2023 .
^ Juliano, Michael (August 15, 2023). "Los Angeles Haunted Hayride" . Time Out . Retrieved September 13, 2023 .