As a huge fan of cinema history, especially when it comes to our beloved genre, I was especially thrilled to attend the recent preview night of Warner Bros.’ new horror-themed evening tour, “Horror Made Here: A Halloween Screening and Twilight Tour,” which runs at the studio’s iconic lot in Burbank, California on Friday, October 28th and Saturday, October 29th.
“Horror Made Here” attendees will get a special look at various shooting locations at the Warner Bros. lot during a guided tour, including where Elvira was almost burned at the stake for Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (which was also a location used in The Monster Squad), the church where Sam Emerson and The Frog Brothers loaded up on holy water in The Lost Boys, the Chinatown set from Joe Dante’s Gremlins, and more.
During the tour, guests will also get to check out several “haunted” locations and will be taken through the Warner Bros. prop department, which is the largest prop house around, featuring hundreds and hundreds of years’ worth of cinematic history within its packed shelves and displays.
Prior to departing, we also had the opportunity to check out a collection of props and artifacts at the “Stage 48: Script to Screen” experience that showcases items from various Warner Bros. genre productions, including Annabelle, The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, Interview with a Vampire, The Exorcist, A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), and several delightful Gremlins make an appearance, too.
And while it wasn’t part of our preview night tour, those who come out for “Horror Made Here” will experience screenings of The Conjuring (on Friday night) and The Conjuring 2 (on Saturday night) at the Stephen J. Ross Theater located on the Warner Bros. lot, a spooky treat that’s sure to put you in the Halloween mood.
For those of you cinephiles living in the Los Angeles area who have always wanted to check out some of the sights on the Warner Bros. lot, and who would enjoy getting a horror-fied twist with your experience, you’ll definitely want to check out the “Horror Made Here” tour. It’s really informative, it’s a lot of fun, and there’s a lot to geek out on over there.
For more information on “Horror Made Here: A Halloween Screening and Twilight Tour,” or to get tickets, click here.
Check out our preview night gallery below!
Heather A. Wixson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, until she followed her dreams and moved to Los Angeles in 2009. A 14-year veteran in the world of horror entertainment journalism, Wixson fell in love with genre films at a very early age, and has spent more than a decade as a writer and supporter of preserving the history of horror and science fiction cinema. Throughout her career, Wixson has contributed to several notable websites, including Fangoria, Dread Central, Terror Tube, and FEARnet, and she currently serves as the Managing Editor for Daily Dead, which has been her home since 2013. She's also written for both Fangoria Magazine & ReMind Magazine, and her latest book project, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume One will be released on October 20, 2021.
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