The Fright Gallery's History

Explore the dark history of The Fright Gallery by taking a tour of our vaults, if you dare.  The links below will lead you through the graveyard to ghastly eras from the past, present and future.
 

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The Early Years 1980-1986

This terrifying experiment began as The Horror House, but quickly outgrew its haunted home, eventually transforming into Burbank's famed annual attraction The Fright Gallery.
Ancient horrors Parade float Abandon hope, ye who enter
"You're a ..?" Possessed She looks bugged

                                                                

Taking Over the Parks 1987-1993

The Fright Gallery possesses larger venues like the Starlight Bowl, McCambridge Park and finally Verdugo Park -- scaring up frights and funds for Burbank's float in the annual Rose Parade.
Weird science
An unholy trio
Damien and Agatha
Get in here!
Jon and Robin

 

Nightmares on Lamer Street 1994-1999

The Fright Gallery terrorizes an entire neighborhood and enters its Lawn Art era, combining its frightening flair for high production value and chilling thrills with musical mayhem and comedy. They began as generic, well-designed Halloween scenes, then evolved into a performance piece with the creation of Graveside Diner in 1996. Its brief song act, Eat Our Dead, became a surprise hit, and in 1997 we expanded the musical concept at our Lost Vegas Dooms Hotel which featured two song parodies, Arabian Frights and You've Never Been Dead Like Me.

In 1998, The Fright Gallery traveled back in time to the Old West, taking audiences to Scream Acres, which featured two more hit songs, the title tune Scream Acres and Scare Dancin'. The next year we partied like it was 1999 (because it was) with our huge hit Shipwreck Shores, taking our audience under the sea with a salty parody of The Little Mermaid, including the songs Buried at Sea and Under That World.

Halloween 1995
The Diner crew
Take Out Orders
Graveside Diner
Now serving YOU
Lost Vegas
Sultans of Squat
Gamble your life away
Pappy Tobbs
Scream Acres band
Do some scare dancin'
Buried at sea

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