A Moving Picture and Monster Company

We conjure fear for the screen and the walkthrough.

Halloween el Gato builds horror for film, television, and haunted attractions born from the dark imagination. The cat leads; you follow.

Begin the haunt

Every legend needs a guide between worlds.

Named for the black cat that slips between porch light and shadow every October, Halloween el Gato is a California studio built around one idea: fear told well is a kind of craft. We come from practical effects, set fabrication, and live scare design, and we bring that same hands-on instinct to every script, episode, and maze we build.

We work across three disciplines because the best scares don't stay on one medium — a story that unsettles on screen can walk you through a corridor just as easily.

Three ways we bring the dark to life.

Film production

Shorts and features built on practical effects and location-driven atmosphere, from first draft through final cut.

Television

Anthology series, seasonal specials, and streaming horror content, developed with the same folklore-first approach as our films.

Haunted attractions

Full attraction design and build — scenic fabrication, scare choreography, and walkthrough pacing for parks, pop-ups, and private events.

Recent conjurings.

A few projects from the last few seasons.

Feature film

The Obsidian Orchard

A California farming family discovers what's been feeding their land.

TV anthology

Nine Lives

Nine standalone episodes, one recurring narrator: a cat who's seen it before.

Haunted attraction

Mausoleum Row

A thirteen-room walkthrough designed for a regional theme park's fall event.

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Halloween el Gato — based in California.