Halloween season kicks off, with chills across San Diego County

Halloween season kicks off, with chills across San Diego County
It's still more than a month away, but Halloween is in the air around San Diego.

If you like having your wits scared out of you, there are now several options for you around the county.

Take a stroll through the aisles of the Halloween Experience store in La Jolla's Costa Verde shopping center, and the choices of how you can transform yourself on All Hallows Eve are mind-boggling.

But this year's favorite costume belongs to the younger set.

"'Frozen,' 'Frozen,' little girls even adults, they're loving 'Frozen,'" said Keely Ulrich, owner of the Halloween Experience store.

But if established cartoon characters aren't your thing, how about an old favorite like Dorothy from the "Wizard Of Oz"?

Or there are the old stand bys. The maniacal scary clown, a space alien, a skull.

But it's not just personal favorites, the calendar is playing a part in costume choices this year.

"Halloween falls on a Friday this year so we are anticipating a lot of group and family costumes," Ulrich said. "We just had a family come in and buy four superhero costumes."

In fact, Ulrich said, Halloween has now grown to a  $1 billion-a-year business nationwide.

At the Del Mar Fairgrounds, the Scream Zone has plenty of monstrous frights in store.

"We have the Triple Haunt, which is known as the House of Horror, the Chamber and the Haunted Hayride, which is really cool. It's on the backside here in the stable area and it's truly haunted back there," said fair spokeswoman Linda Zweig.

Also opening tonight, The Haunted Hotel in downtown San Diego. And for nature lovers who desire a fright, the Haunted Trail at Balboa Park is now scaring hikers.

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