Silly and Chill
Brick-or-Treat
10/1–31
Construct your own model jack-o’-lantern at Legoland Discovery Center.
Pumpkin Festival
9/25–10/25
Wander through a “spooky” maze and get your fill at a pie-eating contest at Stone Mountain Park.
The B-52s Halloween Scream
10/30
The Athens quartet bring their brand of spirited, costumed fun to the Fox. Expect glitter.
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Netherworld
Through 11/7
Scream your way through this 40,000-square-foot Norcross haunted house, full of Hollywood-realistic gory effects.
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The Ghastly Dreadfuls
10/14–31
The adults-only staging of ghoulish stories and songs returns to the Center for Puppetry Arts.
Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton
10/30–31
An orchestral ode to the pair’s macabre sensibilities. Character costumes encouraged.
Smart and chilling
The Sleepy Hollow Experience
10/1–11/1
This interactive production leads the audience through Serenbe’s stables, where the Headless Horseman awaits.
Capturing the Spirit of Oakland
10/23–31
Learn about some of Oakland’s “eternal residents” in this after-dark tour.
Zombethics
10/31
Emory scholars explore: What does it mean to be “good” in the face of an undead apocalypse?
Illustrations by Dan Woodger
This article originally appeared in our October 2015 issue.
