This is pretty scary, but in a good way because it looks like Southern California is rising above the rest when it comes to must-attend horror conventions.
Macabre Daily, a respected online publication that covers the national horror industry, has just published its list of the Top 10 Must Attend Horror Conventions of 2025, and four of those conventions are right here in the Southland.
“There are other conventions throughout the nation but Southern California seems to be cornering the market when it comes to horror conventions,” said Samuel Santiago, senior reporter at Macabre Daily who compiled the list for the Ohio-based national online publication that covers all aspects of the horror industry, from horror movies to sci-fi and horror oriented video games.
The list was published on Jan.7 and includes Long Beach’s Midsummer Scream, which was launched in 2016 and is the largest of the local horror-specific conventions in the area, attracting more than 50,000 people to the city’s convention center during its three-day run each summer. It’s set to return Aug. 15-17.
Also on the list is Monsterpalooza, which takes place at the May 30-June 1 at the Pasadena Convention Center, and while it’s not a horror-specific convention, San Diego Comic- Con also made the top 10 due to its international appeal and the fact that it’s always had a strong horror component. The Comic Con returns to San Diego June 23-27.
Rounding up the list is Creep I.E., the newest of the conventions which was launched in 2022 and is returning to the Ontario Convention Center Jan.31-Feb. 2.
“We’ve been around three short years so to make that Top 10 list of most anticipated conventions in the United States along with other major conventions here in Southern California is a major honor,” said Brian Boget, founder of Creep I.E. and its equally scary sequel convention Creep I.E. Aftermath, which will take place this September in Ontario.
“We pride ourselves on our celebrity guest list,…
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