Los Angeles Haunted Hayride
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]
See also[edit]
- Haunted attraction (simulated)
- Six Flags Fright Fest (active)
- Queen Mary's Dark Harbor (inactive)
- Universal's Halloween Horror Nights (active)
References[edit]
- ^ Neal Ungerleider (28 October 2015). "Why This Former Media Executive Created The World's Scariest Hayride". Fast Company. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ Richard Feloni (31 October 2016). "The CEO of a highly successful Halloween company shares the business advice she got from Mark Cuban". Business Insider. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ Nicole Weaver (20 November 2016). "'Shark Tank' Success Stories: 6 Products That Made Big Money". Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ Young Entrepreneur Council (14 July 2014). "Our 7 Favorite Shark Tank Pitches". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ Melissa Wylie (29 September 2015). "How a Halloween haunt turned a year-round moneymaker for this startup". BizWomen. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ Marshall Heyman (18 October 2015). "Haunted Hayride Hitches Up in New York". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ Larry Olmsted (9 September 2015). "Halloween Scares: New York & Los Angeles Get World-Class Haunted Houses". Forbes. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ 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.