HAUNTS AGAINST HUNGER Food Drive 2009

Hunger remains a serious issue for many residents of Illinois, as almost a half-million people each year rely on food provided by the Greater Chicago Food Depository's network of pantries, soup kitchens and shelters. Working poor families, parents of young children and the elderly are among those who need our assistance to not go hungry.

In 2009, ChicagolandHalloween.com  is heading up the 2nd Annual "Haunts Against Hunger" Food Drive with the Greater Chicago Food Depository. If it is in your means, we will be taking donations of non-perishable food that will be donated from October 17th to October 31st just in time to help families for the Thanksgiving & Christmas season! Our headquarter drop site is at the Worth Halloween House in Worth, IL. Our kick off/media night is on October 18th, 2009. To find our network of collections sites go to chicagolandhalloween.com

If your decorated home or business is the Halloween hit of your area and you would like to help provide food for hungry people in the Chicago metropolitan area, we would love to have your home become part of the CLH "Haunts Against Hunger" team and become a "Collection Haunt" (drop off point). To become a "Collection Haunt" go to chicagolandhalloween.com to join the team!

This year we hope not only to entertain fellow Halloween lovers but to try and help our community as well. You can too!

We need items high in protein canned meats, beef stew, chili and peanut butter. Also needed are canned vegetables and fruits, rice, pasta and cereal. With your help, we can restock the shelves with food for hungry people. Thank you for joining us in the fight against hunger!

BRING THE FEAR to Navy Pier Zombie March

CALLING ALL CHICAGO ZOMBIES! Join us in inaugurating the 2009 Halloween and haunted house season as we BRING THE FEAR to Navy Pier!

On Saturday, October 3, zombies are invited to gather at the fountain in front of Navy Pier at 4:30 pm. We'll shamble our way through the inside of the Pier and back down the outer deck and directly into The Fear Haunted House.

ALL ZOMBIES GET IN FREE!

That's right! Anybody who shows up AS A ZOMBIE at The Fear Haunted House at Navy Pier between 6:00 pm and closing on October 3rd GETS IN FREE!

Haunted House Reviews 2009

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boils and Ghouls, it is now the moment that you have been waiting for... OPENING DAY FOR REVIEWS! Between Tonight and Devil's Night, the Haunted House Chicago Review Team will be visiting over 53 haunted attractions within a 150-mile radius of Chicago.

Look for all the reviews to be posted in the review section. AND on Halloween, get ready for Haunted House Chicago's most complete Top-10 list ever created!

Want to know where the Review Team is headed? Want to follow along? Check out their Twitter feed for real-time updates from their journey:

http://twitter.com/HauntedHouseChi

Where do you want to scream today?

Halloween Is In The Air...

The leaves are starting to turn, the air is cooling and Halloween is in the air! The stores have rolled out their Halloween costumes, the seasonal Halloween stores are starting to pop up in the 'burbs and the online shopping for Halloween Props and Decorations, Halloween Decor and Party Supplies, costumes, accessories, crafts and ideas has never been better!

HauntedHouseChicago.com (as well as the other DarkChicago.com sites like ChicagoZombie.com, ChicagoHorror.com and ChicagoVampire.com) is looking forward to giving you lots of reasons to get your scare on this season. Let's hear it for Halloween 2009!

Casting Notice: The Fear at Navy Pier Actors/Actresses

Dates: September 18th, 2009.10am to 6pm.
September 24th, 2009. 2pm to 8pm.
Talent must attend make-up and acting workshops in order to work.
Workshops Sept. 24th 6:30pm-8:30pm 


Location: South Gateway Park, Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave
Chicago, IL

Pay: Determined by Position.

Equity/Non-Equity: NON- EQUITY.


Ages: 16+

Time Commitment: Thursday October 1st thru Sunday November 1st, 2009.

• Thursday & Sunday 5pm to 11pm.
  
• Friday & Saturday 5pm to 1am.
• Tues. Sept. 27th non-paid training day
• Weds. Sept. 28th

** Additional Training Day: September 24th, 2009. **

Materials to prepare: Dress comfortably and appropriately. We will be doing acting and make-up workshops. Please bring a water bottle and wear comfortable shoes. There will be a dinner break.

Contact: E-mail questions or concerns to Dan dan@ZAP23.com

**This is a Zombie Army Production**

Open Casting Call: Statesville Haunted Prison & City of the Dead

Casting Notice

Statesville Haunted Prison Featuring City of the Dead Haunted Houses will be casting for the 2009 season on September 19th & September 20th, 2009. (Saturday & Sunday) from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Talent must attend make-up and acting workshops both days in order to work:
19th Make-up 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm
20th acting 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Casting will take place at Statesville, 17250 S. Weber Rd. in Crest Hill,IL 60441
*Enter the farm and follow the drive to the backand you will see the Statesville façade. Please use discretion when entering the location.

Pay: Determined by Position.

Equity/Non-Equity: NON- EQUITY.

Time Commitment:

• Thursday October 1st thru Sunday November 1st, 2009
• Thursday & Sunday 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
• Friday & Saturday 5:00 pm to 1:00 am.

** Additional Training Days: Saturday September 19th & Sunday September 20th, 2009. **

Materials to prepare: Dress comfortably and appropriately. We will be doing acting and make-up workshops. Please bring a water bottle and wear comfortable shoes. There will be a dinner break.

Contact: E-mail questions or concerns to Jillian Jillian@ZAP23.com

*This is a Zombie Army Production**

Once Again, Folks - New Site, New Everything : PLEASE DON'T IGNORE THIS POST

There appears to be some confusion about how old HauntedHouseChicago.com (prior to July 2009) user accounts work with the new site, so here's the answer: THEY DON'T. Your old login info doesn't work anymore; HauntedHouseChicago.com changed ownership last year and had to be re-engineered from the ground up.

The site is BRAND NEW, 100% re-built. Old usernames, passwords and listings are GONE. You MUST create a NEW user account, and all haunted houses that want to be listed MUST CREATE THAT LISTING. We will not do it for you.

The whole point of all this was to (a) get rid of the dozens of outdated listings for no-longer-existing attractions and (b) put the ability to edit haunted house and Halloween event information directly into the owners' hands. Please help us help you! List your haunted house, attraction or Halloween event!

Contact Page / Email Issues Found, Fixed

All of HauntedHouseChicago.com's contact email addresses and the contact page appear to have broken when we relaunched the site. We have identified the problems and corrected them (thanks to those who took the time to track us down and tell us!). If you've tried to contact us and couldn't, we apologize - please get back to us at spirits@hauntedhousechicago.com!