It’s time to crack out the fancy dress and scoff everything pumpkin spice flavour because Halloween is fast approaching. From horror hits singalongs to Squid Game bingo, here’s how to make your Halloween spook-tacular rather than a total nightmare.
Hotel of Horror at The Standard
The Standard is getting a spooky makeover this Halloween thanks to Deeper In Movies. The haunted hotel will be screening Carl Theodor Dreyer’s silent classic Vampyr, with a live score from Loose Bones, and a special version of The Shining that plays forwards and backwards at the same time. Critic and author Alan Jones will be presenting a lecture on the films of Dario Argento, psych-folk-pop group Vanishing Twin will be performing live and Frankie Valentine, Hforspirit x Wavefield, and Todestrieb x Lyzz will all be hitting the decks. The dress code is classic horror, so prepare to get ghoulish.
Sun 31st October 2021
10 Argyle St, London WC1H 8EG
standardhotels.com
Halloween Tours at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Theatre Royal Dury Lane is reportedly one of the most haunted buildings in the world, home to a whole host of ghostly residents (it’s even featured on Most Haunted) and this Halloween you can see for yourself with a late-night tour. After a pre-tour cocktail in the Cecil Beaton bar, you’ll be taken on tour of the theatre, learn about its history and maybe even catch a glimpse of the venue’s most famous ghost The Man in Grey.
Mon 25th – Sun 31st October 2021
Catherine St, London WC2B 5JF
thelane.co.uk
Halloween at Dirty Bones
Break out the fancy dress, don your dancing shoes and head to any of the Dirty Bones sites on the Saturday for a spooktacular party featuring DJs, cocktails and NYC-inspired comfort food. Or if you ain’t afraid of no ghost, make it a movie night on Halloween itself with a screening of Ghostbusters at the Kensington restaurant. Tickets are £15 for the film, a drink and popcorn.
Sat 30th & Sun 31st October 2021
Carnaby, Kensington & Shoreditch
dirty-bones.com
The Dread & Breakfast
Kraken Rum always puts on a screamfest for Halloween and this year is no different as they’re opening The Kraken Dread & Breakfast, the first hotel to guarantee you a terrible night’s sleep. After cocktails and music at the abandoned hotel’s bar, guests will be allowed to explore the cursed corridors, but only the most fearless will be invited to stay the night, where they’ll have to endure crank phone calls, blood-curdling screams, banging on the walls and even visitors from beyond the grave. Think you’ve got what it takes to survive this haunted house? Book your tickets here.
Thurs 28th – Sat 30th October 2021
10 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3LH
krakenrum.com
Jack The Ripper Walk at Discount Suit Company
Discount Suit Company is teaming up with London Walks for a spesh Jack The Ripper tour this Halloween. After a hot punch outside the bar, you’ll be taken on a tour of the backstreets of Spitalfeilds and Whitechapel led by tour guide Simon Whitehouse, learning about the crimes and the investigations that followed, before returning to DSC for more bevvies, where you can get 25% off your bill for the night.
Sun 31st October 2021
29A Wentworth Street, London E1 7TB
theumbrellaproject.co.uk
Hijingo Halloween
You’ve binged Squid Game, now you can experience it for yourself, only in a much less dangerous and much more fun way. Multi-sensory bingo hall Hijingo is putting on its own version of the red light green light game this Halloween, complete with the staff in Squid Game masks, as well as some ghoulish rounds of bingo, spooky cocktails and scarily good prizes up for grabs.
Sat 30th October 2021
90 Worship St, London EC2A 2BA
hijingo.com
Beavertown Pub Invasion
Halloween is gonna be out of this world at Beavertown’s new pub the Corner Pin in Tottenham, because aliens have landed and you need to help make peace with the invaders. The brewery has teamed up with Swamp Motel to create an immersive alien experience and once you’ve made your way through the UFO crash site , you can party with the extraterrestrials. Tickets are FREE and include two beers to help get the human-alien relations off to a good start.
Fri 29th October 2021
Corner Pin, 732 High Rd, Tottenham, London N17 0AG
beavertownbrewery.co.uk
Halloween at Swingers London
Swingers is getting spooky this Halloween with the courses at both the West End and City sites transformed with coffins, skeletons, zombies and a Trick or Treat wheel, where you can either bag yourself a prize or end up with a forfeit. As well as street food from Swingers residents Patty & Bun, Breddos Tacos, Pizza Pilgrims and Crosstown Doughnuts, there’ll be exclusive Sweet Treat and Fiery Trick cocktails from Don Julio on offer too.
Fri 29th – Sun 31st October 2021
Swingers City | 8 Brown’s Building, London, EC3A 8AL
Swingers West End | 15 John Prince’s St, London, W1G 0AB
swingers.club
Penny Tration’s Hallo’kween Quiz at The Spread Eagle
Penny Tration is back in action this Halloween with a spesh drag quiz at vegan pub The Spread Eagle in Homerton. It’s two quid entry, there are rounds of Halloween-themed questions and interactive battles, and there’s a cash prize up for grabs for the winning team.
Thurs 28th October 2021
224 Homerton High Street, London, E9 6AS
thespreadeaglelondon.co.uk
Halloween at Between The Bridges
Between The Bridges is going big this spooky season with a whole week’s worth of Halloween-themed events. On-site pub The Reaper’s Arms will be hosting a horror hits singalong with Massaoke and a live show from DJ Yoda; The Grand will be taking over the Spiegeltent with spooktacular drag shows from the likes of Jayde Adams, Joe Black and Myra DuBois; and there’ll be a Drag (Brunch) Out Of Hell featuring queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Mon 25th – Sun 31st October 2021
Queen’s Walk, South Bank, London, SE1
betweenthebridges.co.uk
Halloween at Park Chinois
Things are getting awfully spooky down at the lower floor of Park Chinois in Mayfair. The Chinese fine dining restaurant is adding some hair-raising twists to their menu and live shows, including a special Halloween dim sum afternoon soirée. Their performers will be sporting some rather different attire than usual, terrifying guests with red capes and skeleton catsuits and the restaurant’s lavish interiors will also be getting a touch of horror with cobwebs and candles all over the place.
Fri 29th – Sun 31st October 2021
17 Berkeley Street, Mayfair, London W1J 8EA
parkchinois.com
Oblix At The Shard’s Halloween Party
There’s no escaping the 32nd floor of London’s Shard. Known for dishing up lobsters and wagyu with a view by day, Oblix will transform into a frighteningly lofty cocktail bar for a one off Halloween party. Expect live DJs, bone-shaking bartenders and a selection of cocktails to calm your nerves. Dressing up is encouraged (in other words, don’t be a fancy dress Grinch) and you won’t need a ticket as walk-ins are plenty welcome.
Sat 30th October 2021
Level 32, The Shard, 31 St. Thomas Street, London SE1 9RY
oblixrestaurant.com
Signature Brew’s Halloween Spooktacular
The boozy bandits at Signature Brew have teamed up with the movie-minded people at Deeper Into Movies to host a Simpson’s Themed Halloween spectacular. That means you’ll be able to swig back countless cans of Signature Brew’s IPA’s, lagers and sours whilst watching some classic Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes. The punk band Salem will also be hosting a DJ set that is sure to coax out some terrifying dance moves.
Sat 30th October 2021
Unit 15, Uplands Business park, Blackhorse Lane E17 5QJ
signaturebrew.co.uk
