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This is Halloween: NYC’s best places to make a scene – Metro US

This is Halloween: NYC’s best places to make a scene

The Delancey’s Zombie Prom
Douse a fluffy prom dress and your best up-do in fake blood, because the living dead want to dance. Make sure to look your damnedest, because they’ll be crowning the King and Queen of the Zombie Prom.
Friday, 168 Delancey St.
$15, 212-254-9920

Boo(zy)
If sipping on a pumpkin- spiced beverage won’t be enough to get you in the Halloween spirit, visit the DR2 theatre, where five playwrights weave spooky tales — and pair each story with a cocktail.
Friday, 101 E. 15th St.
$18, 212-868-4444

The Empire Room
The magnificent Art Deco space on top of the Empire State Building will be transformed into purgatory on Saturday from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Devilishly enjoy: complimentary vodka cocktails, DJs and a costume contest.
Saturday, 50 Fifth Ave.
$15, 212- 643-5400

Kastel Bar
To go more intimate and sophisticated, visit Kastel in the Trump SoHo, where the Pumpkin Punch is made with aged rum, pineapple and lemon juices as well as pumpkin spice puree.
Saturday, 246 Spring St.
212-842-5500

Sushisamba 7
Who said sushi couldn’t be scary? Come with your best anime costume for this Cosplay-themed event.
Sunday, 87 Seventh Ave.
212-691-7885

Webster Hall
The venerable music venue becomes Webster Hell on Halloween night. And it’s definitely the place to be after the parade ends — if not for the flame-filled simulation of a virgin sacrifice ritual, then for the $5,000 costume contest.
Sunday, 125 E. 11th St.
$45, 212-353-1600

Steampunk Haunted House: Beautiful Dreamer
Through Sunday
466 Grand St.
$25, 212-598-0400
www.steampunkhaunted
house.com
Leave it to Lower East Siders to take getting scared to a whole new level of artistry. Devoid of any blood or gore, the Steampunk Haunted House, now in its second year, focuses on the aesthetic of the Victorian Era to create apparitions and elegantly terrifying frights.

Blood Manor
Through Nov. 6
542 W. 27th St.
$35, 212-290-2825
www.bloodmanor.com
Blood Manor seems to be the most traditional gore-fest of the bunch, with enough fake blood to supply every “Saw” film there ever was. And they cover all the bases when it comes to freaky monsters — werewolves, vampires, zombies, serial killers, even psychotic clowns will be there — and not in short supply.

Vortex Theater’s NYC Halloween Haunted House
Through Sunday
115 W. 27th St.
$15-$30, 212-352-3101
www.nychalloweenhauntedhouse.com
The ominous rules for this haunted house are enough to make your hair stand on end — firstly, you have no choice but to walk through alone. You will be touched. Each audience member, armed with a flashlight and a protective facemask, will be asked to sit, crawl, wear a blindfold and remove their shoes and socks. A waiver must be signed before entering. There’s even a safety word if you need to be escorted out. Yeah, it’s safe to say that this is going to be terrifying.

Nightmare: Superstitions
Through Nov. 13
NOHO Event Center
623 Broadway
$30-$35, 212-352-3101
www.nightmarenewyork.com
Every year, those freaky posters of a white-eyed kid creep up on us. At Nightmare: Superstitions, you enter the defunct Blooming­- dale Lunatic Asylum, where those suffering from extreme paranoia have voluntarily locked themselves away, seeking protection after they broke a superstition. It’s up to the visitors of this haunted house to take on the bad luck the patients would’ve received.