Ghoulish and ghastly grown-up fun

Don’t think that Halloween is children-centric. Nay. Adults can get in on the action, too. Any why not? There are ghouls, goblins, and Ghostbusters! While Easter and Christmas lose their childhood luster as we get older, Halloween manages to keep us young. We’ve culled some very adult-friendly events to help celebrate the macabre as only seasoned adults can.

October 16, 2011; 8:55 PM • by RVANews staff

Don’t think that Halloween is children-centric. Nay. Adults can get in on the action, too. Any why not? There are ghouls, goblins, and Ghostbusters! While Easter and Christmas lose their childhood luster as we get older, Halloween manages to keep us young. We’ve culled some very adult-friendly events to help celebrate the macabre as only seasoned adults can.

7th Annual Richmond Zombie Walk

One of Richmond’s staples returns for a zombie walk through Carytown. There may be close to 800 zombies (!!) in attendance.

• Date: October 29th
• Time: Around 2:30pm
• Location: Carytown
• Cost: Free

Blood Lake Haunted House

This devious cast of terrifying characters stalk their prey like the voracious timber wolf stalks sheep. Beware the plethora of tricks and traps for the unwary traveler on this path of doom, for the breeze that blows on Windy Hill this October carries a chill like no other.

• Date: October 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st
• Time: Opens at 7:30pm
• Location: Windy Hill Sports Complex, 16500 Midlothian Turnpike
• Cost: $7 – $9

Creepy Hollow Hayride

Virginia’s Halloween legend returns for it’s 19th year! Take a narrated tractor drawn hayride into the depths of Creepy Hollow. This is one ride you’ll need to scream to survive!

• Date: October 2oth, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st
• Time: 7pm – 1opm, 11pm
• Location: 14435 Stone Horse Creek Road, Glen Allen, VA 23059
• Cost: $7 – $9

Eerie Nights Ghost Tour

Join Eerie Nights for a walk through Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom that you will never forget. No cheery tour guides here! You will be lead by our “ghoul guides”, a band of the walking dead, and told stories of the ghosts that haunt the city. Discover the dark secrets and long forgotten horrors that lurk in the shadows of one the Nation’s most haunted cities. For MATURE audiences!

• Date: October 16th, 2oth, 23rd, 27th
• Time: 6pm
• Location: 17th Street Farmers Market, 17th and E. Broad streets
• Cost: $10 – $13

Halloween Special at Balliceaux

Come out to see Amazing Ghost, Mikemetic & Carlito.

• Date: October 29th
• Time: 10:30pm
• Location: 1200 E. Cary Street
• Cost: Free

Haunted Capitol Hill Ghost Tour

Ascend Richmond’s magnificent Capitol Hill with your Ghost Host and you’ll find out that it’s not just elected officials and security guards who patrol the hallowed halls of Virginia’s legislative and executive seat of power, but something beyond this world – something experienced by an amazing number and variety of people over the years.

• Date: October 28th
• Time: 9pm – 10pm
• Location: 1200 E. Cary Street
• Cost: $13

Kings Dominion Halloween Haunt

Haunt will take place on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays through October 30. With 10 haunted mazes, 6 spooky shows, 6 scare zones and all the thrilling rides and attractions, the Haunt at Kings Dominion is the largest Halloween themed event in the Mid-Atlantic.

• Date: October 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th, 30th
• Time: 10:30am – 10pm or midnight
• Location: Kings Dominion
• Cost: $22 – $60

Monster Mash Fridays on the Patio

Enjoy wine tastings, costume contests, light appetizers, and music provided by DJ Billy Holiday.

• Date: October 28th
• Time: 6:30pm–10pm
• Location: James River Cellars, 11008 Washington Highway (Glen Allen)
• Cost: $14

Movies and Mimosas: “Psycho”

Watch a horror classic while sipping on some delightful mimosas. What’s better than that?

• Date: October 29th & 30th
• Time: 11am (doors open at 10:30am)
• Location: James River Cellars, 11008 Washington Highway (Glen Allen)
• Cost: $5.50

The RCC Must Die

The Richmond Comedy Coalition presents their own take on a slasher flick in this live and totally unscripted improv comedy show. Your suggestions fuel the action as comedy and carnage collide. Featuring an audience costume contest to win a guest-starring role in the show.

• Date: October 28th
• Time: 8:30pm – 10pm
• Location: Gallery 5, 200 W. Marshall Steet
• Cost: $7 ($5 w/ valid student ID)

Taboo Dead Sexy Halloween Party & Fashion Show

Hosted by the Taboo Girls and featuring a fashion show, three awesome bands, and tons of games and prizes, there’s clearly nothing more exciting going on in RVA on Halloween Saturday!

• Date: October 29th
• Time: 8pm – 2am
• Location: Canal Club, 1545 E. Cary St.
• Cost: $10 – $12

Uncivil Wards Dark History/Non-Ghost Tour

Retrace the steps of those who suffered off the battlefield during the Civil War. The Uncivil Wards tour takes guests on a journey through the section of old Richmond where inmates and patients fought for survival while citizens struggled to cope with and quarter the overwhelming flood of war casualties and POWs, and where slaves were incarcerated while awaiting their fate on the auction block.

• Date: October 29th
• Time: 1pm – 2pm
• Location: 2000 E. Cary St.
• Cost: $13

Unhappy Hour: “Master of the Macabre”

Is that the beating of the old man’s heart or the band playing in the Poe Museum? Nobody does Halloween like the Master of the Macabre, so come to the Poe Museum for the final Unhappy Hour of the season. Wear your costumes and come prepared for an eerie evening featuring live music with the Happy Lucky Combo.

• Date: October 27th
• Time: 6pm–9pm
• Location: Edgar Allan Poe Museum, 1914 E. Main Street
• Cost: Free (cash bar)

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Know of any other events that should be added to this list? Email them to our editor Nathan Cushing at nathan@rvanews.com. For more fun spooky festivities going on in and around Richmond, be sure to check out the RVANews Halloween Guide.

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