From Films to Haunted Houses:Halloween Events in the Poconos

Photo credit/ Hotel of Horror website

By Yaasmeen Piper
A&E Editor

Pocono Cinema Halloween Week
Enjoy a week of Halloween classics including, “Night of the Living Dead,” “Halloween,” “Last Man on Earth” and “The Shining” at the Pocono Cinema and Cultural Center.

The films start Oct. 27 and run through Nov. 2. Tickets are available at the SAA office located on the second floor of the Union.

For the full list of showing times visit http://www.poconocommunitytheater.org/

Great 2017 Pocono Pumpkin Festival
Located at the Country Junction—World’s Largest General Store, for $10 customers can experience hayrides, a 3D haunted house and a family corn maze.

The festival is open every weekday from 12-5 p.m. and weekends 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Every Friday and Saturday between 7 and 11 p.m. the Country Junction presents “The Haunting at the Waldorf Hotel.” Explore the hotel filled with ghoulish monsters and creatures. Visit http://www.countryjunction.com

Spooky Days 2017
The afternoons at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm is packed with fun Halloween themed activities such as crafts and wagon rides. After 5 p.m. activities become more sinister including a murder mystery not suitable for children. “Spooky days” runs from Oct 27-29. For more information on events and times visit http://quietvalley.org

Hotel of Horror
Walk through Saylorsburg’s haunted house located at route 115 Cherry Valley Rd.

Explore this 200-year-old, abandoned resort formally known as the Lake House Hotel.

The Hotel of Horror is not suitable for children.

Visit hotelofhorror.com for directions and ticket prices.

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