Ever stumbled on a tiny haunted preview that made you mark your calendar right away? That’s what happened at Midsummer Scream’s Hall of Shadows (Long Beach Convention Center)—easily the best part of the con for horror fans, with mini haunts teasing SoCal’s top Halloween offerings.

I beelined here first, and Black Casket Productions’ morgue preview stood out: a timed lobby scare, a sobbing actor ripping a corpse’s head and hurling it (rebound rope made it look like it’d hit me!), witty charismatic actors, plus a coffin exit.

SoCal folks—planning to hit Black Casket’s full haunt this Halloween? Or have a tiny preview got you counting down to October?