One of the most unique elements of Midsummer Scream, the world’s largest Halloween and horror convention, is its Hall of Shadows—a massive dark zone featuring a monstrous array of haunted attractions, photo ops, and live entertainment. This week, the event announced its most ambitious Hall of Shadows ever for its 2026 run.
This year’s theme is “Descent Into Darkness,” and guests are invited to venture beyond the veil into a world of perpetual nightfall, where the most ambitious collection of haunted attractions in Midsummer Scream’s history has been assembled. Creating the entry portal experience this year is Eulogy Collective, Southern California’s only year-round haunted attraction. With each step deeper into the hall, guests will encounter vignettes and characters from its various seasonal overlays, each more twisted and macabre than the last.
Universal Horror Unleashed is bringing the heat from Las Vegas with a terrifying character encounter, marking the attraction’s blood-soaked debut at Midsummer Scream. Guests will get up close and personal with some of the attraction’s most infamous icons. Meanwhile, Lionsgate Entertainment returns for their third year with an all-new walk-through attraction, inviting guests deep into the woods where they’ll come face-to-face with an ancient evil.
All passes for Midsummer Scream include admission to every attraction in the Hall of Shadows. Guests holding Gold Bat VIP credentials will enjoy priority access to most attractions, bypassing General Admission standby queues. The Hall of Shadows will be open to guests all three days of Midsummer Scream—Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 7 to August 9.
“I sound like a broken record every summer,” says Rick West, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Midsummer Scream. “But yet again, this year’s Hall of Shadows is absolutely the most intense and ambitious lineup of haunts and attractions we’ve ever assembled at Midsummer Scream. It’s so exciting to welcome the team from Universal Horror Unleashed — this is the first time we’ve hosted an attraction from Las Vegas; a very important bridge between the SoCal and Southern Nevada haunt communities. Of course, we’re also thrilled to have Lionsgate returning with a brand-new walk-through for fans to experience. Our friends at Eulogy Collective will set the tone for everyone’s descent into the darkness and fog-filled belly of the beast, where fans will find more than 15 unique attractions created by some of the most talented haunters anywhere in the world.”
Within the darkened expanse of the Hall of Shadows, guests can explore an incredible assortment of haunted attractions, chilling displays, thrilling photo ops, and live entertainment that include:
- Rawl of the Dead: A visit to the Hawkins National Laboratory for some photographic fun
- H&L’s Realm of Horror: A terrifying witch hunt through a cursed forest
- Clowns v Skeletons: Kooky, spooky home haunt fun making its grand return
- Straite to Hale: A shot of fear and a round of terror as guests explore a ramshackle Floridian distillery
- The Haunt With No Name… Yet: The eerie, hallowed grounds of a long-forgotten Celtic graveyard
- The Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns Bar: Thirteenth Floor Entertainment is serving up spooky libations for guests 21 and older, in the glow of dozens of grinning gourds
- Fear Farm: A blood-sucking horde hidden away for generations within a dilapidated manor
- The Haunted Carwash: Another go-around with your favorite soapy and sudsy monsters
- The Dreich Society: A totally tubular romp through an old movie theater showcasing some of the best horror flicks of the 1980s
- Realm of Shadow: A chilling exploration through whisper-filled halls of the Shadows Hollow Asylum
- Monclova Media Group: The continued twisted cinematic misadventures of Sid from “Toy Story”
- Black Casket Productions: An abandoned old morgue where forgotten souls refuse to decay in silence
The Hall of Shadows will also be home to Decayed Brigade for three days of high-energy slider exhibitions. Fans of all ages gather each year to witness this epic display of inhuman agility and terrifying precision. Midsummer Scream guests can catch this world-class sliding team on Friday night, with three shows daily on Saturday and Sunday.
Midsummer Scream returns to the Long Beach Convention Center August 7 to August 9. Passes for this year’s show are on sale now at MidsummerScream.com.
