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Freeform's 'Halloween Road' Returns to Heritage Square, With More Candy and More Sanderson Sisters

“Freeform’s Halloween Road” is back, and this year visitors can get out of the car and experience it first hand. Held once again in Highland Park's Heritage Square, the outdoor, immersive event features the worlds of “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Hocus Pocus,” “The Addams Family” and more.

Continuing through Tuesday, here are some of the attractions for this year's event:

• Extended “Hocus Pocus” Drag Show – In-depth drag show featuring scenes from “Hocus Pocus” and starring the Sanderson Sisters.

• Finkelstein’s Lab from “Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas”

• “The Addams Family” Mansion – Pose for a photo in Pugsley’s new electric chair.

• More trick-or-treat stations

• Halloween characters including Sarah and Winne Sanderson, Billy Butcherson, the Ghostbusters, Uncle Fester, Wednesday Addams and more

• The Sanderson Sisters’ cottage and Billy’s grave in Old Burial Hill from “Hocus Pocus”

• Spiral Hill, Halloween Town Hall, Oogie Boogie’s Lair and Lock Shock and Barrel’s Treehouse from “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”

• Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and the Ecto-1 from “Ghostbusters”

Some pics:

FREE L.A.: Halloween Road Comes to Heritage Square, Via Freeform

They do enjoy Halloween on the Freeform channel, which programs the entire month of October with spooky favorites like "Hocus Pocus," "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Ghostbusters." The network has also held a pop-up, Instagram-friendly Halloween space in Los Angeles in recent years; but in 2020, due to the pandemic, Freeform has gone the drive-thru route.

And it's much fun! Located in Heritage Square — home to the collection of classic Victorian homes and buildings that were saved during the demolition of downtown's original Bunker Hill neighborhood — the "Freeform Halloween Road" celebrates some of those movies mentioned above, including a "Hocus Pocus" dance number, a "Ghostbusters" Stay Puft marshmallow man and a "Nightmare Before Christmas"-themed prize station. There's also a few trick-or-treat stops along the way, and plenty of interaction from the actors decked out in spooky gear. Some pics:



































Yep, there's even a photo opp in the car. “Freeform’s Halloween Road,” continues through October 5 and it's free! You just have to register here. Freeform's month-long Halloween programming can be found every night on the network.