With a new spooky camp theme and a nod to a classic family-friendly Halloween flick, Creep it Real OC will return to Santa Ana this month.
The annual celebration is an all horror-themed festival with hundreds of holiday vendors and various creepy experiences that will take over the Heritage Museum of Orange County on Sept. 16-17. Now in its fourth year, the mostly outdoor event is the creation of husband-and-wife team and Halloween fanatics, Megan and Kevin Valantine.
“We got a Halloween market, a little bit of celebrities, photo ops, live entertainment, DJs, food trucks, roaming characters. We have a little bit of everything for the Halloween community,” Megan said during a recent phone interview.
Here’s what you can expect during the Creep It Real OC weekend.
“Hocus Pocus” Museum
In honor of the 30th anniversary of Disney’s family-friendly film about a trio of Salem witches, “Hocus Pocus,” Creep It Real OC will include a tribute to the movie in the form of a pop-up museum. There will be plenty of costumes, concept art, photos and a bust of Mr. Binx the cat on display. Celebrities from the movie will be on-site for a panel discussion, too, including Vinessa Shaw, who starred as Alison Watts, and Omri Katz, who portrayed Max Dennison, and Jason Marsden, who voiced Mr. Binx.
A Creepy Camp
To go along with the camp theme, a camp director will be roaming around and supervising the scene. He’ll be leading singalongs and trying to get visitors to agree to be in an archery tournament that may involve people wearing shirts emblazoned with targets.
There will be plenty of photo ops, like a mess hall where a sinister cook will be showing off his “gourmet” meals and a run down old cabin that houses a punk rock camp counselor who is trying to recruit unlucky souls to join him. Keep a lookout for horror characters walking around and Halloween legends like Michael Meyers cruising through the camp, too. There will also be live Halloween music…
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