Midsummer Scream 2025 Schedule
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Screaming Room 2025 Preview and Blood Bat Film Competition Kick Off
Get a taste of what’s coming at the Screaming Room Film Festival 2025 Preview. There’s plenty to see at the fest with over 77 films by indie horror filmmakers from around the world playing over three days. This is also the kick off moment for the Blood Bat Film Competition where competitors get the rules of the game and start their weekend of movie making. Don’t miss it!
07:00 – 8:00PM
Screaming Room
Crimes & Passions
Julienne of Light Bulbs, Cold, HUNGER, SCRUMPTIOUS, The Stranger in the Snow
All is fair in blood and guts. Witness the depths that people will sink to in tales of love and lawlessness. We’ve all been there, right?
07:00 – 8:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
Drag Story Time
Information Coming Soon
07:00 – 10:00PM
Promenade Stage
RE-ANIMATOR – The Midnight Mass 40th Anniversary Experience
Death Is Just The Beginning… Join the Midnight Mass Podcast for a one-night-only, full-frontal, all-senses-firing celebration of RE-ANIMATOR’s 40th Anniversary! Hosts Peaches Christ @thepeacheschrist & Michael Varrati @michaelvarrati are digging up the goods with a pre-show party packed with ghoulish glamour and a scream-worthy tribute to horror icon Barbara Crampton @barbaracrampton —appearing LIVE and in the flesh! – Come dressed to distress for the Re-Animator Cosplay Competition – Ghoul-glam encouraged, gore rewarded. – This is the only way to kick off your Midsummer Scream weekend—don’t lose your head and miss it! Following the pre-show will be a screening of Re-Animator (1985) directed by Stuart Gordon. A deliriously gory cult classic that injects new life—and buckets of blood—into H.P. Lovecraft’s mad science mythos. When an ambitious medical student discovers a serum that brings the dead back to life, all hell (and entrails) break loose. Hilarious, horrifying, and outrageously over the top.
08:00 – 09:00PM
Screaming Room
A Captive Audience
Gaslighter, IN THE NAME OF… , WreckVlogs, YES DEAR, Slideshow
Where do you think you are going? Sit right down and enjoy these short films that will snare you with ghastly tales of entrapment, captivity, and confinement.
08:00 – 09:00PM
Ghost Light Theater
Barry’s Truth or Scare!
Barry’s Truth or Scare is BACK! Play everyone’s favorite horror trivia game hosted by an annoying puppet, now with more fabulous celebrity guests and even better prizes!
Featuring:
- Barry Under Your Bed
- Jeff Heimbuch
- David Howard Thornton
- Samantha Scaffidi
08:00 – 09:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
Cecil & His Fine Furry Friends
Information Coming Soon
08:00 – 09:00PM
Showfloor Stage
To Be Announced
Information Coming Soon
09:00 – 10:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
Psychic Buster
Join Psychic Buster, The Paranormal Idiot, for a one of a kind performance featuring mind reading, psychic phenomena, and one very haunted doll.
Featuring:
- Psychic Buster
09:00 – 10:00PM
Screaming Room
Waking Nightmares
Stopclock, Candy (dir Kim), Nothing personal, daddy, The Bothy on the Cold Mòr, Urn, The Re-Education of Jane Brown
It’s only a dream. Or is it? Sit back and drift into a frightening world where dreams and reality collide. Your only hope is to survive long enough to wake up.
11:30 – 12:30PM
Screaming Room
Stalkers & Slashers
Night of the Copycats, Poacher Poacher, Voyeur, Rear Road, Surprise!
Who’s that behind you? It’s just your personal stalker ready to slash their way into your heart. Literally. Join us as we survive five tales of obsession gone horribly wrong.
12:00 – 1:00PM
Classroom A
To Be Announced
Information Coming Soon
12:00 – 1:00PM
Classroom B
Editors, Not Monsters!
Come learn the occult mysteries of the editing world! Freelance editor Alexa Tanen will show you what different editors do and how to keep your relationships with them from turning monstrous. She’ll also share her most frequent feedback for horror writers so that you can stay one step ahead of the zombie pack.
Featuring:
- Alexa Tanen
12:00 – 1:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
LVCRFT: Skeleton Sam’s Dance Party
Information Coming Soon
12:00 – 1:00PM
Ghost Light Theatre
To Be Announced
Information Coming Soon
12:00 – 1:00PM
FrankenStage
Monstrosities of Dungeons & Dragons
Nox will take the audience on a tour through Dungeons & Dragons lore, where he’ll discuss some of the game’s most notorious monsters, such as Owlbears, Displacer Beasts, and the most deadly creature of them all — the Tarrasque.
Featuring:
- Wesley “Nox” Crowe
12:00 – 1:00PM
Promenade Stage
Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest Presented By Snickers Presentation
Information Coming Soon
12:30 – 1:30PM
Grand Ballroom
Ghost Files w/ Ryan Bergara & Shane Madej
Get an inside look at their unique approach to ghost hunting and how they delve into the internet’s most compelling paranormal evidence in some of the world’s most haunted locations, along with a Q&A with the audience.
“Ghost Files” is produced by Watcher @wearewatcher a production studio that launched in January, 2020, by Steven Lim, Ryan Bergara, and Shane Madej, the team that previously created BuzzFeed Unsolved.
Shane and Ryan will be signing autographs following the presentation on the Midsummer Scream showfloor.
Featuring:
- Shane Madej
- Ryan Bergara
12:30 – 1:30PM
Screaming Room
Sinister Cinema
Are You There, Contraction, Bugaboo, The Night Nanny, 401
Hidden in the dark corners of the movie house is something evil. Welcome to Sinister Cinema where we consider chronicles from the dark corners of the celluloid frame.
1:00 – 1:15PM
Showfloor Stage
Scott Blugrind The Multimedia Electric Guitar Comedian
Scott Blugrind The Multimedia Electric Guitar Comedian Tribute To The Legends of Horror
Featuring:
- Scott Blugrind
1:00 – 2:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
Psychic Buster
Join Psychic Buster, The Paranormal Idiot, for a one of a kind performance featuring mind reading, psychic phenomena, and one very haunted doll.
Featuring:
- Psychic Buster
1:15 – 2:15PM
FrankenStage
The Stunts Behind the Slashing
Learn how horror characters kill, or get killed, from some of Hollywood’s top stunt performers! From being set on fire, to elaborate fights with bladed weapons, to height defying freefalls.
Featuring:
- Douglas Tait
- Lorena Abreu
- Trampas Thompson
- Tree O’Toole
- LeeAnna Vamp
1:30 – 2:30PM
Classroom A
Haunt Home-styling & Hosting
Learn tips on how to embrace the spooky culture, through decor and entertainment, 365 days of the year.
Featuring:
- Diana Vogel
1:30 – 2:30PM
Classroom B
Creating the Sounds of Knott’s Scary Farm
In this class, Dan will open up sound designs from previous years to discuss how those sounds were created and how you can create sounds just like these for your haunted attraction. A complimentary sound effect library from HorrorSound.org will be downloadable at the end of the class.
Featuring:
- Dan Bieranowski
1:30 – 2:30PM
Screaming Room
Happy Halloween
HALLOWEEN: Collection of Evil, On Halloween Night, Sour Tooth, Shadow
Happy Halloween brings you 5 eerie tales set during that time of year when candy is abundant, jack o’ lanterns blink and flicker, and mischief fills the air. Don’t forget to check your candy.
1:30 – 2:30PM
Promenade Stage
Haunt Spotlight 2025
A look at some of 2025’s most renowned haunts, and discussion of the upcoming season with their creators.
Featuring: Fear Farm, Eulogy Collective (formerly Santa Ana Haunt), The Curse of the Raven, Sombras Cemetery, The Buena Vista Haunt, and VanOaks Cemetery.
Come get your early Haunt fix with this group as announcements are made, stories are shared, and general Halloween goodness abounds during this must-see presentation for SoCal haunt fans!
Featuring:
- Derek Young
- Diego Linares
- Jesus “Chewie” Garcia
- Joey Jiuliano
- Kristy Bradvica
- Rix Boker
- Rick West
1:30 – 2:30PM
Ghost Light Theatre
Horror Musical Parody Revue
Performances from the casts of Saw The Musical and Scream’d and more, along with a conversation about the creation of horror musical parodies.
Featuring:
- Cooper Jordan
- Alyssa Corella
- Al Kaplan
- Jon Kaplan
- Troy Heard
- Katie Marie Jones
- Joey Derby
- Ray Winters
- Nick Pereira
- Liz Harper
- Harker Jones
1:45 – 1:55PM
Showfloor Stage
To Be Announced
Information Coming Soon
2:00 – 3:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
Cecil & His Fine Furry Friends
Information Coming Soon
2:00 – 3:00PM
Grand Ballroom
Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group Presentation
Join Thirteenth Floor as they reveal what’s in store this fall. Hear exciting updates from the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride, Delusion, Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns, and their newest event, Festival Fright Nights at Winchester Mystery House.
2:30 – 3:30PM
Screaming Room
Die Laughing
Skeeter, Fright Cardio: Fit Not Bit, HATMAN, Positive Vibes Only, Volume One, EVIL DINNER, Small Town Psychopaths, Good Boy
Laughter can kill you in this hilarious block of horror-comedy shorts. Positive vibes, killer mosquito men, and the psychopaths are just some of the comedic highlights in this comic block of movies
2:30 – 3:30PM
FrankenStage
What Happened to Extreme Haunts?
In the 2010’s, a controversial trend of physically & psychologically aggressive experiences emerged in the haunt world, such as “Blackout” and “The Victim Experience.” The rise of these experiences caused equal outcry and praise from audiences and a rash of attention from the industry: is this where we are headed? Nearly a decade after the height of interest a question remains: what happened to this subgenre and is there a future? Join us as we explore the trend, controversy, history, present and future to find out what exactly happened to “the next big craze” in haunts.
Featuring:
- Josh Randall
- Justin Brink
- Austin Minard
- Russell Eaton
2:30 – 3:00PM
Showfloor Stage
Slumber Parties & Slashers Fashion Show
Get ready for the most epic Horror Fashion show in the world! Only live at Midsummer Scream! The ghouls at Killer Fitness slay the stage in this homage to the 1980s slumber party! This nostalgia themed spectacle brings big hair, bold looks, the hottest models and horror-chic activewear straight from your nightmares. Expect live music, killer dance numbers, surprise performances, and more! It’s not just a fashion show, it’s a full-on fright fest!
3:00 – 4:00PM
Classroom A
WTF is…GIALLO?
Before there was HALLOWEEN and FRIDAY THE 13th there was… Giallo! The films of Italian directors Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Sergio Martino, and Lucio Fulci directly inspired the American Slasher movies of the 1980s. Join us for an introduction to Giallo: stylish, sexy, and bloody thrillers with roots in Italian Baroque Art, French Naturalism, pulp fiction, psychoanalysis… and product placement!
Featuring:
- Robert Parigi
3:00 – 4:00PM
Classroom B
How to Start a Home Haunt
Learn from some of the best in the home haunt world on how to create your own haunts and horrors in your own backyard!
Featuring:
- Tim Fowler
- Jamie Weisgerber
- Greg Packard
3:00 – 4:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
LVCRFT: Skeleton Sam’s Dance Party
Information Coming Soon
3:00 – 4:00PM
Ghost Light Theatre
Tales of Terror: Horror Comics Come Alive!
See vintage horror comic book stories come alive! Captured Aural Phantasy Theater mines the depths of terror from the golden age, including Tales From The Crypt stories, to chill audiences with timeless thrills! We are the only group in the world authorized to bring the original Tales from the Crypt comics to life on stage. Performances feature live reads of vintage comic book tales, projections of the original art, live music, singing, and more! We give old comics a modern voice.
Featuring:
- Captured Aural Phantasy Theater
3:00 – 4:00PM
Promenade Stage
“The Strangers: Chapter 2” Filmmaker Panel, presented by Lionsgate
Slash your way back into the world of the Strangers with an exclusive panel surrounding the upcoming sequel The Strangers ― Chapter 2, featuring director Renny Harlin (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Exorcist: The Beginning), producer Courtney Solomon (After), producer Mark Canton (300, Den of Thieves: Pantera), and editor Michelle Harrison (The Strangers ― Chapter 1, “Channel Zero”). You’ll dive deep into the horror with the filmmaking team as they discuss the behind-the-scenes process of bringing these iconic characters to the big screen ― and get a terrifying taste of what’s to come in the next thrilling chapter. Please beware: Three masked individuals have been spotted in the area.
3:30 – 4:30PM
Grand Ballroom
The Return of the Living Drag 3: Tales of Terror
Horror icon Peaches Christ guides us through ten terrifying tales of terror, each more sickening than the last. Queens, Kings, Monsters, and ghouls will seize the stage for an all-new extravaganza of ghastly horror drag in stunning 3-D. Audience Advisory: PG13-level humor and content.
Featuring:
- Peaches Christ
- Selena Blackwater
- JenniFerocious
- Cream
- MR. HE
- Reel Guise
- Lavender
- LUXE the Drag Queen
- Felony Dodger
- Miss Clair Voyance
- Leeko Rae
- April Showers
4:00 – 5:00PM
Screaming Room
Anthology of Terror
In A Nutshell, Vivir, New Year, New You, Agnes Wakes Up, Frere Jacques
Four tales of terror to feast upon. This tome of engrossing chronicles will haunt you long after the lights come up.
4:00 – 5:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
Drag Story Time
Information Coming Soon
4:00 – 5:00PM
FrankenStage
“Ghostwood Manor” Documentary Premiere
World premiere of the 30-minute documentary and a Q&A with the filmmaker and haunter!
Helium Vision is a new documentary series covering creative people and spaces. This debut episode covers the history Stephen Taylor’s Ghostwood Manor haunt “The Curse of the Crimson Dagger” – a life size sunken pirate ship that he built as a maze in his Pasadena driveway.
Featuring:
- Stephen Taylor
- Vice Cooler
4:15 – 4:25PM
Showfloor Stage
To Be Announced
Information Coming Soon
4:30 – 5:30PM
Ghost Light Theatre
Barry’s Truth or Scare!
Barry’s Truth or Scare is BACK! Play everyone’s favorite horror trivia game hosted by an annoying puppet, now with more fabulous celebrity guests and even better prizes!
Featuring:
- Jeff Heimbuch
- Barry Under Your Bed
- Anthony Gonzalez
- Naomi Grossman
4:30 – 5:30PM
Promenade Stage
BLOODLINES: The Evolution, Psychology, and Legacy of Gore in Horror Cinema
Discussion of the latex-heavy ’80s to the slick effects of the 2000s to the raw brutality of Terrifier, pulling the thread on how gore isn’t just for shock but a tool of expression, rebellion, and empathy.
Featuring:
- Greg Nicotero
- Sandy King Carpenter
- Nick Castle
- Shelby Novak
- Michael Roffman
4:30 – 5:30PM
Classroom A
Scare the Living Daylights Out of Them! A Scaring and Lighting Tutorial
You can have the most realistically detailed haunted attraction, the most elaborate and astonishing props and the most eye-popping costumes and makeup, but none of it makes a difference if you can’t scare anybody. You have to give them something to scream about. A scare is a carefully crafted art form that comes in many types and flavors. A successful haunted attraction is based upon the ability to frighten and fully entertain your guests. In this lively session, Roger Hayes will explain how to creatively use fear and to eliminate bottlenecks in the haunt, how to effectively use lighting to enhance scares and set, how to use scares to move the guests through the haunt and increase throughput. A complete and well-designed scare will keep patrons coming back for more! This insightful discussion will examine specific options that you can use in your haunted attraction to scare the patrons, fueling their nightmares. Attendees in this session will learn how improve their haunts with more effective scares from an avid haunter with an engineering background and an artist’s eye.
Featuring:
- Roger Hayes
4:30 – 5:30PM
Classroom B
Writing Horror Short Fiction
Short fiction is undergoing a renaissance, and short horror fiction is a powerful way to express the range of horror narrative possibilities. Whether you would like to be published in magazines, anthologies, or building your own horror story collection, Nebula and BSFA finalist Jendia Gammon gives perspective both as a horror fiction author and publisher.
Featuring:
- Jendia Gammon
5:00 – 5:10PM
Showfloor Stage
Psychic Buster
Join Psychic Buster, The Paranormal Idiot, for a one of a kind performance featuring mind reading, psychic phenomena, and one very haunted doll.
Featuring:
- Psychic Buster
5:00 – 6:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
George the Giant
Information Coming Soon
5:00 – 6:00PM
Grand Ballroom
Knott’s Scary Farm Presentation
Information Coming Soon
5:00 – 6:00PM
Screaming Room
Splattertown
Housewife, Little Deaths, Pimple Patch, Caleb, BELLY BELLY, The Parcel
Welcome to Splattertown where everything is soaked in crimson gore. This block features the messiest, most blood-drenched shorts we could find for you right here, all in one block.
5:30 – 5:45PM
Showfloor Stage
Scott Blugrind The Multimedia Electric Guitar Comedian
Scott Blugrind The Multimedia Electric Guitar Comedian Tribute To The Legends of Horror
Featuring:
- Scott Blugrind
6:00 – 7:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
LVCRT: Skeleton Sam’s Dance Party
Information Coming Soon
6:00 – 7:00PM
FrankenStage
Haunt Comp
After months of hardwork and dedication, join the Haunt Comp camp counselors as they take the stage to showcase the horrifying creations of this year’s competition, and crown the 6th official winner of Haunt Comp! Haunt Comp is a haunted house design competition, focused on educating the next generation of haunt designers through workshops and deliverables, such as writing, visual development, operations, and more! Participants are taught and coached by an esteemed selection of judges, from events such as Knott’s Scary Farm, Midsummer Scream, Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor, and Halloween Horror Nights!
Featuring:
- Taylor Scott
- Xochilt Khoury
- Hannah Sandeen
6:00 – 7:00PM
Ghost Light Theatre
Peepshow Menagerie’s “Vault Of Haunted Tease: Horror Comic Burlesque Vixens Unbound!”
From the pages of your favorite horror comics and brought to “life” onstage, L.A.’s longest running theatrical burlesque show Peepshow Menagerie presents the “Vault Of Haunted Tease: Horror Comic Burlesque Vixens Unbound!” – Exclusive to Midsummer Scream for 2025 and featuring burlesque parodies of well known horror characters and hosted by the multi-award winning Scarlett Letter!
Featuring:
- Scarlett Letter
- Pinky Petite
- Mowgli Wilde
- Belle Morte Baudelaire
- Bettie Black
- Yasmine Vine
- Ginger D’Amore
- Babycakes Mahoney
- Winter Sinclair
6:00 – 7:00PM
Classroom A
Terror Between the Sheets: The History of Horror Comics
Beginning in the late-40’s, comic books broke ground in the style and sophistication of horror storytelling. At their height in the early 50’s, over 50 million of these comics were being sold a month to kids and adults, including titles like “Tales from the Crypt” and “Vault of Horror.” Join Benjamin Dickow, lecturer on the history of comics and director of Captured Aural Phantasy Theater, an LA-based performance group that brings these vintage terror tales to life, for a journey through the origins of comic book horror and how these books continue to influence movies, comics and stories today.
Featuring:
- Ben Dickow
6:00 – 7:00PM
Classroom B
To Be Announced
Information Coming Soon
6:00 – 7:00PM
Screaming Room
WTF???
Mama Doom- Man Parts, Talk, Talk, A Nightmare on 34th Street, Old St. Nick, Munieka TV
What does mama, talk, and nightmares have in common? That’s right, nothing. But they are all here in this insane block of shorts that make “random” look basic. Whiskey tango foxtrot indeed!
6:15 – 6:30PM
Showfloor Stage
To Be Announced
Information Coming Soon
8:00 – 11:59PM
Grand Ballroom
The Party from Beyond
The Devil’s Masquerade! DJ Dance Party, Bars, Games, Prize Giveaways, Costume Contest.
Party pass or Gold Bat Pass required for admission!
8:30 – 10:30PM
Screaming Room
“The Jester 2” Screening and Q&A
Lights, Camera, Slashin’
Enjoy an exclusive advance screening of “The Jester 2” followed by a Q&A with the director.
10:30PM
Grand Ballroom
$500 Costume Contest
Watch or enter our annual costume contest!
$500 COSTUME CONTEST RULES:
· Party guests interested in entering the Costume Contest must have their picture taken by our photographer at a clearly labeled location near the entrance of the Grand Ballroom between 8pm and 10pm.
· At approximately 10:45pm, Finalists’ photos will be projected on the screens in the Grand Ballroom. If you see your photo displayed, our Party Host will inform where to meet up with all other Finalists.
· At approximately 11:00pm, Finalists will be brought on stage, and a winner of the $500 prize will be chosen.
· Eligible finalists must show proof of party admission with their Gold Bat or separately purchased party wristband.
Judging based on:
– Originality
– Homemade and assembled costumes encouraged
11:00 – 12:00PM
Screaming Room
Spooky Stories
TIGRE, Brim Broome Boulevard, A Boy Opens the Door, NO TRESPASSING IN TRANSYLVANIA, Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake, Summon a Gravedigger, GRAB, Howl if You Love Me
Gather round the for a set of spooky tales, parables, fables, and myths sure to send a shiver down your spine.
12:00 – 1:00PM
Screaming Room
Art House Horror
Haunted, The, Drama Queen, Bellum, REFLECTIONS, Last Call, Perfect Wall
Art and horror collide in this collection of mysterious shorts. Haunting, baffling, and yet undeniably alluring, this block explores frightening with an artistic touch.
12:00 – 1:00PM
FrankenStage
Castle Dark Presentation
Members of the creative team behind Castle Park’s alter ego, Castle Dark, will unveil plans for the their 2025 event, which has a brand new story this year. Joining moderator Noah Martinez of disnoahland on stage will be Creative Director Joseph Ancheta and Creative Designer Kolten Bierman.
Featuring:
- Joseph Ancheta
- Kolten Bierman
- Noah Martinez
12:00 – 1:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
Drag Story Time
Information Coming Soon
12:00 – 1:00PM
Classroom A/B
Evolving Your Scares
Through changing times and audiences, learn from veteran scareactors about what it takes to keep scare (and keep scaring!) in haunts.
Featuring:
- Ted Dougherty
- Ed Kobb
- Glo Haro
- Star Romano
12:00 – 1:00PM
Ghost Light Theatre
Tales of the Ancient East
Temptation awaits! An ancient storyteller is resurrected from the depths of hell, he takes you on a dark and magical journey through the lost legends of the ancient East… The serpent is coiled, the fruit is ripe—do you dare take a bite?
Featuring:
- Antony Zioni
12:00 – 1:00PM
Promenade Stage
To Be Announced
Information Coming Soon
12:30 – 1:00PM
Showfloor Stage
Magic with Micah the Magician
From Penn & Teller: Fool Us and The Magic Castle, enjoy the interactive magic of Micah the Magician!
Featuring:
- Micah Cover
12:30 – 1:30PM
Grand Ballroom
90 Years of the Bride of Frankenstein: She Lives!
Join for an all-female panel of horror creatives and experts as they discuss and celebrate the lasting impact of the Bride of Frankenstein, and explore how this silent, electrifying character became a cultural legend.
Featuring:
- Micheline Pitt
1:00 – 2:00PM
Screaming Room
Creatures of the Night
Candy (dir Burn), Did You Remember The Cat?, ABHORRENT
Creepy, crawly, and downright yucky, this collection of shorts features those things that go bump in the light. Enjoy three stories that highlight the monsters we all love.
1:00 – 2:00PM
FrankenStage
Inside the Toybox: Crafting the World of Poppy Playtime
Join the creative minds behind Poppy Playtime—writers, artists, and designers—as they pull back the curtain on the making of the hit horror game and invite you to explore the twisted toy factory like never before. From early concept sketches to the spine-chilling storylines, the team will share how they bring the eerie world of Playtime Co. to life. Learn how your favorite characters were developed, where their creepiest ideas come from, and maybe even a sneak peek at what’s next.
Featuring:
- Andrew Lobel
- Kristina Hearen
- Sky Flagare
- Eric True
- Amber Ogden
- Jeff Heimbuch
1:00 – 2:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
LVCRT: Skeleton Sam’s Dance Party
Information Coming Soon
1:15 – 2:15PM
Promenade Stage
Four-Legged Frights: Keeping Your Pets Safe at Halloween
It’s important to keep our fur babies safe during our favorite time of year, especially on the big night itself — Halloween. Join actor/influencer/animal rescuer Nathan Kehn (aka Nathan The CatLady), music artist, ex-military, cat lover and rescuer Sterling “TrapKing” Davis who traded the stage for the streets, renowned domestic and exotic wildlife veterinarian and conservationist Dr. Evan Antin, and podcast host/producer Steven Ray Morris (See Jurassic Right, Keanan And Lakin Give You Dèjà Vu, The Purrrcast) for a heartfelt, insightful discussion and audience Q&A, followed by a meet-and-greet next to the Black Cat Lounge.
Featuring:
- Dr. Evan Antin
- Sterling “TrapKing” Davis
- Nathan Kehn
- Steven Ray Morris
1:30 – 1:45PM
Showfloor Stage
Scott Blugrind The Multimedia Electric Guitar Comedian
Scott Blugrind The Multimedia Electric Guitar Comedian Tribute To The Legends of Horror
Featuring:
- Scott Blugrind
1:30 – 2:30PM
Classroom A
How to Craft a Dynamic Scene
Learn to create dynamic scenes in your haunt that captivate the imagination, immerse guests into the experience and make them come back for more! Get the things you want noticed to pop. Craft your haunt in order to hide your scare actors in the scene and use misdirection until they are ready to startle!!! Join this lively discussion with us!!
Featuring:
- Roger Hayes
1:30 – 2:30PM
Classroom B
Creative Design for Haunted Attractions
Dive into the world of creating a haunt attraction with maze designer, Gus Krueger! From the blue sky ideation phase to infesting haunts with ghosts and ghouls, learn about what it takes to bring nightmares to life!
Featuring:
- Gus Krueger
1:30 – 2:30PM
Ghost Light Theatre
To Be Announced
Information Coming Soon
2:00 – 3:00PM
Screaming Room
Dark Dimensions
Killergotchi, Unable to Comply, Necessity, Instant Life
Enter a world of sci-fi terrors as we present four stories of otherworldly frights. Welcome to Dark Dimensions where horror is just a click away.
2:00 – 3:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
Psychic Buster
Join Psychic Buster, The Paranormal Idiot, for a one of a kind performance featuring mind reading, psychic phenomena, and one very haunted doll.
Featuring:
- Psychic Buster
2:00 – 3:00PM
Grand Ballroom
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor presentation
Information Coming Soon
2:30 – 3:30PM
Promenade Stage
Alien Encounter: The Legacy of Disney’s Scariest Attraction
In 1995, Disney opened arguably its scariest attraction ever, The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Join the host of Dizney Coast to Coast podcast as he speaks with talent who created the attraction along with the team who produced a bloody live tribute of the show in Los Angeles.
Featuring:
- Tony Gardner
- Amit Itelman
- Adam Franklin
- Jerry Rees
- Rick Rothschild
- Jeff DePaoli
2:30 – 3:30PM
Ghost Light Theatre
Horror Nerd Presents: The Annabelle Sessions
Annabelle comes home to Midsummer Scream, and is bringing horror’s most terrifying villains to….talk about their feelings? Join us for The Annabelle Sessions, the demon doll doctor will see you now.
Featuring:
- Samantha Hale
2:30 – 3:30PM
FrankenStage
Scary and Bright: Hallmark Christmas And Horror
Join us as we explore the strange but true crossover between Horror and Hallmark Christmas Movies. Hear from the people that create both scary and merry movies and entertainment as we explore why two very different things are just so awesome.
Featuring:
- Kimberly J. Brown
- Carolyn Hennesy
- Daniel Kountz
- Michael Varrati
- Mike Zara
- Norm Gidney
3:00 – 3:30PM
Showfloor Stage
Slumber Parties & Slashers Fashion Show
Get ready for the most epic Horror Fashion show in the world! Only live at Midsummer Scream! The ghouls at Killer Fitness slay the stage in this homage to the 1980s slumber party! This nostalgia themed spectacle brings big hair, bold looks, the hottest models and horror-chic activewear straight from your nightmares. Expect live music, killer dance numbers, surprise performances, and more! It’s not just a fashion show, it’s a full-on fright fest!
3:00 – 4:00PM
Screaming Room
Tales of the Occult
The Red Hourglass, The Whisperer, Virgin
Grab your Ouija board and your custom planchette as we dive into three frightful tales from the other side
3:00 – 4:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
George the Giant
Information Coming Soon
3:15 – 4:15PM
Grand Ballroom
The Hell House LCC Universe
What began as a low-budget indie horror film in 2015 has evolved into a full-blown cinematic universe. We will deep dive into the mysteries behind the lore, revisit old character, discover new ones, reveal real-life unexplained phenomena, and learn how Hell House LLC embraces the unknown in this forever changing horror genre.
Featuring:
- Stephen Cognetti
- Joe Bandelli
- Elizabeth Vermilyea
- James Liddell
- Ivotres Littles
3:45 – 4:45PM
FrankenStage
Godzilla and The Monsters of Toho: 70 Years of Kaiju
Steve Ryfle, coauthor of Godzilla: The First 70 Years — The Official History of the Japanese Productions (Abrams Books, 2025) dives into the history of Godzilla and the Japanese giant monsters that have followed in its sizeable footsteps, and discusses the themes, filmmaking techniques, and personalities that have sustained the genre’s worldwide popularity for seven decades and counting.
Featuring:
- Steve Ryfle
3:45 – 4:45PM
Ghost Light Theatre
To Be Announced
Information Coming Soon
4:00 – 4:10PM
Showfloor Stage
Psychic Buster
Join Psychic Buster, The Paranormal Idiot, for a one of a kind performance featuring mind reading, psychic phenomena, and one very haunted doll.
Featuring:
- Psychic Buster
4:00 – 5:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
Cecil & His Fine Furry Friends
Information Coming Soon
4:00 – 5:00PM
Screaming Room
Screaming Room 2025 Awards and Blood Bat Finish Line
This is it! Welcome to the Screaming Room 2025 Awards! Join Mr. He and Queen Coke Francis announce the big winners including audience favorites, the coveted Palm D’Gore for best of the fest. This is also the finish line for the Blood Bat Film Competition where filmmakers had the weekend to create a short horror film of 5 minutes or less.
4:00 – 5:00PM
Ghost Light Theatre
Take a Stab! With Darcy the Mail Girl
Darcy the Mail Girl will be joined by her horror contemporaries to Take A Stab at this horror themed game show! This isn’t just any old trivia though, these contestants will be play F***, Marry, Kill with our favorite horror baddies, guessing Final Girls and First Boys, and even trying to guess what villain would be eating which disgusting dish!
Featuring:
- Darcy the Mail Girl
5:00 – 6:00PM
Grand Ballroom
Halloween Horror Nights Presentation
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Featuring:
- John Murdy
- Michael Aiello
5:00 – 6:00PM
Pumpkin Patch
LVCRT: Skeleton Sam’s Dance Party
Information Coming Soon
5:00 – 5:10PM
Showfloor Stage
To Be Announced
Information Coming Soon