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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-hell-raising-parties">HELL-RAISING PARTIES </h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="765" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/HALLOWEEN-2-promo-image-scaled-e1726154713154-1024x765.jpg" alt="Halloween at Scala club " class="wp-image-4979" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/HALLOWEEN-2-promo-image-scaled-e1726154713154-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/HALLOWEEN-2-promo-image-scaled-e1726154713154-300x224.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/HALLOWEEN-2-promo-image-scaled-e1726154713154-768x573.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/HALLOWEEN-2-promo-image-scaled-e1726154713154.jpg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">More sequins than Strictly at Scala&#8217;s Halloween Ball </figcaption></figure>



Start planning your costume now for the <a href="https://phoenixartsclub.com/events/a-terrifying-night-in-soho-halloween-cabaret/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Soho Halloween Cabaret </a>(28 Oct-1 Nov) at Phoenix Arts Club, because there&#8217;s a prize for the best. One of the most terrifyingly brilliant nights out in the West End, expect cabaret, aerial acrobats, themed cocktails, drag artists, prizes and surprises, all set in the allegedly haunted dressing rooms of an iconic London theatre. 



Want to get high on Halloween? Then you&#8217;d better book a ticket for Sky Garden&#8217;s <a href="https://skygarden.london/halloween-at-sky-garden/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Day of the Dead x Halloween Party </a>(31 Oct). You&#8217;ll dance the night away 35 floors up with amazing views of London, while sipping Dead Man’s Fingers cocktails (sounds, err, delicious), skull painting, and (hopefully) winning the scariest costume competition. 



More petrifying party antics taking place across town in King&#8217;s Cross at <a href="https://scala.co.uk/events/tg-halloween-ball-2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Torture Garden Halloween Ball 2</a> (26 Oct), Scala&#8217;s massive all night Halloween rave (goes on until 6am), where you&#8217;re encouraged to dress to your &#8216;Halloween fetish alter-ego&#8217;. Time to dust down those rubber gloves. 



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="877" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-11.03.52-1024x877.png" alt="Black at the Mansion halloween party " class="wp-image-4980" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-11.03.52-1024x877.png 1024w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-11.03.52-300x257.png 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-11.03.52-768x657.png 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-24-at-11.03.52.png 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Black at the Mansion </figcaption></figure>



Muddy fancies going glam for <a href="https://www.themansionlondon.com/next-event" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Black at the Mansion</a>, a high-end Halloween party at a private venue in Holborn, with two dance floors, VIP area, DJs, live musicians and make-up artists on hand to transform you from gorgeous to ghastly (and help you win a prize for best costume). We&#8217;ve also got out eye on Club de Fromage&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fatsoma.com/e/rrticgsa/murder-on-the-dancefloor-part-1-club-de-fromage-halloween-special?utm_campaign=prom_ss&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=dynamic" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Murder On The Dance Floor Halloween Special</a> at the O2 Academy in Islington (26 Oct &amp; 2 Nov), and Ministry of Sound&#8217;s <a href="https://www.ministryofsound.com/tickets/protocol-halloween-nicky-romero/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwrp-3BhDgARIsAEWJ6SxAPHKXrr9MKJ-Mg0UdX0pXncYV0afSgRJNbTtio8Arxw5hXfTgCOkaAlgpEALw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Protocol Halloween: Nicky Romero</a> (26 Oct). 



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-scary-cinema">SCARY CINEMA </h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="576" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/Unknown-6-1-1024x576.jpeg" alt="Hocus Pocus by Disney " class="wp-image-4989" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/Unknown-6-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/Unknown-6-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/Unknown-6-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2024/09/Unknown-6-1.jpeg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Disney&#8217;s Hocus Pocus, not that scary apart from the make-up </figcaption></figure>



Rooftop Film Club in Peckham has some spooky screenings throughout October before it closes for the season, including <a href="https://rooftopfilmclub.com/london/film-collection/freaky-frightful-friday/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Freaky Frightful Fridays</a>, Se7en (27 Sept), Scream (10 Oct) and Beetlejuice (18 Oct), so wrap up warm and prepared to get scared. 



Pull on your corset and stockings and get involved with a <a href="https://claphamgrand.com/event/rockyhorror1-halloween24/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rocky Horror Picture Show</a> Halloween special at the Clapham Grand (26 Oct, 6-9pm), or how about watching Disney&#8217;s <a href="https://www.disneytickets.co.uk/hocus-pocus-concert-tickets" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hocus Pocus</a> at the Eventim Apollo (30 Oct)? See the movie about three witches in Salem on Halloween while a live orchestra plays along. Spellbinding stuff. 



And if you want to fully immerse yourself in horror on Halloween head to the <a href="https://princecharlescinema.com">Prince Charles Cinema</a> on 31 Oct for a bucket of pop corn and side of goosebumps while watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, There Will Be Blood, The Thing and The Exorcist. Frightful. 



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-creepy-culture">CREEPY CULTURE </h2>



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Forget Day of the Dead and embrace <a href="https://londonmonthofthedead.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">London Month of the Dead</a>, which has some spine-tingling events planned throughout October, including torch-lit walks, ghost stories, cemetery tours and a Halloween cabaret feast. The Natural History Museum is also getting its freak on and hosting <a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/events/halloween.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Halloween at the Museum</a> (31 Oct, 6.45-11pm), a late night takeover of the galleries including a silent disco and spooky tours. Or how about catching Gothic Opera <a href="https://www.gothicopera.co.uk/mariaderudenz2024" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Maria de Rudenz</a>&nbsp;by Donizetti at the Battersea Art Centre (3 Oct-2 Nov)? 



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*Sound the klaxon* For the first time ever Kew Gardens has decided to embrace this creepy time of year and we couldn&#8217;t be more excited about <a href="https://www.kew.org/kew-gardens/whats-on/halloween-at-kew" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Halloween at Kew 2024</a> (18 Oct-3 Nov). What to expect? We hear there&#8217;s a fire garden, glowing pumpkins, illuminated haunted woods with creepy neon cobwebs, ghastly ghouls, wicked witches, larger-than life spiders and beastly bats. Not forgetting hot toddy&#8217;s and devilishly decadent hot chocolates.

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