Twin Cities Horror Festival XIV
The nation's longest running live performance horror festival.
4 Halloween movies, theater, and entertainment near Blaine.
Halloween entertainment is spread across the region, from Minneapolis's Twin Cities Horror Festival to Candlelight Halloween Concerts in Mankato. You can also find performances like Locally Grown Theatre's Dracula in Cottage Grove.
Indoor soccer tournament where teams compete in Halloween costumes.
Apocalyptic Minneapolis pub crawl featuring drink vouchers, party bus, and after party.
Explore St. Paul's gangster history with a ghostly twist.
Costumed run along the Mississippi River benefiting Shriners Children's Hospital.
Explore all Halloween shows, performances, and entertainment nearby.
Poll the group's floor, not its ceiling: one miserable friend outweighs three thrilled ones. Atmospheric picks, gothic, classic monsters, psychological slow-burns, keep mixed groups together, while jump-scare and gore films suit self-selected crews who opted in. Check a scene-detail review site when someone has a specific no-go like eyes or needles. Seat the nervous ones on the aisle.
Outdoor screenings cancel or postpone for rain and real wind, usually announced 2-4 hours ahead on the organizer's social feed, so check before driving. Ticketed events typically honor tickets at a rain date; free ones just evaporate. Build the double plan: know which indoor screening or streaming-plus-takeout night replaces it, and keep blankets in the car either way through October.
Only by choice at reputable shows: performers read the room, and the universal signals, back rows, avoiding eye contact, a polite headshake, are respected. Front-and-center seats plus enthusiasm are read as volunteering. If participation would genuinely ruin the night, email ahead or tell staff at the door; most productions happily flag you as watch-only. The listing's participation description means what it says.