[0] HALLOWEEN EVENTS.

Catacombs of Terror will return to the Santa Clarita Elks Lodge from 7:30 to 11 p.m. today and Saturday at 17766 Sierra Highway, Canyon Country. Admission is $4 per person and $2 for children under 42 inches tall. The spookfest was designed by parents and members of Boy Scout Troop 527. The catacombs comprise 11 rooms totaling 3,500 square feet, as well as a giant creature previously used in a John Carpenter movie. For information, call [phone].

Haunted Trail III: Santa Clarita's oldest buildings set the stage for tonight's haunted walk from 6 to 9 at Heritage Junction, adjacent to Hart Park, 24151 San Fernando Road, Newhall. Tours will be led through the Old Newhall Ranch, where visitors will encounter a funeral, ghost mourners and wild animals. The skeleton of the old Saugus Train Station ticket agent will be one of the spooky guests along the tour. Admission is $5 per person. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. The event is not recommended for children under 6. Tickets are available at the entrance. For information, call [phone].

Trick or treat: The Granary Square merchants are inviting children to trick-or-treat from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at McBean Parkway and Arroyo Park Drive. Free photos and treats will be available. For information, call [phone].

Dead entertainment: The Ghoul Vibes Band and students at Vibe Performing Arts Studios will present two shows at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday at 23819 Bennington Drive, Valencia. For information, call [phone].

A Safe and Sane Halloween will be offered from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Coldwell Banker Vista Realty, 24330 McBean Parkway, Valencia. The event is open to children 12 and under accompanied by adults.

The Hallelujah Festival will have a professional magician, free chili dogs, chips and drinks from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 27265 Luther Drive, Canyon Country. Prizes will be given for the best decorated pumpkin and the best nonscary costume. (Those wearing scary costumes will not be admitted.) The donation is $1 per person or a food item for the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry. Suggested items are canned fruit, meat, beans, peanut butter, macaroni and cheese, bottled juices, baby food and diapers. For information, call [phone].

Hillman's Halloween Haunting will offer a 900-square-foot maze, a mad surgeon, a haunted cemetery, a black-light room, a strobe-light room, a haunted mine shaft, vampires, fog, bats and the living dead, courtesy of the Santa Clarita Valley/Newhall Optimist Club. The event will run from 7 to 10 p.m. today and Saturday at 19215 Calla Way, Canyon Country. Admission is free. For directions, call [phone].

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PHOTO Harrison Bloom, left, and Nick Pitaro of Boy Scout Troop 527 pal around with a ghoulish trio in the Catacombs of Terror.