Halloween is just a few days away, and whether you're into tricks or treats, Denver has plenty of options, including cemetery crawls [2], an eight-acre corn maze [3], or dinner in a former mortuary [4]. If you're up for a drive, it's not too late to get tickets to the annual Shining Ball [5] at The Stanley Hotel [6] in Estes Park.

Speaking of scary movies, the Mile High Horror Film Festival [7] recently hosted a weekend of fright nights at the Tivoli Theater, and it reminded us of Halloween slumber parties with Freddy Krueger [8], Jason [9], and Michael Myers [10]. We even caught up with some of our favorite old-school horror stars at the festival. Here’s what some of them are up to:

Anthony Cecere [11]

Then: During his 30-year career as a Hollywood stunt man, Cecere worked on more than 90 films, including classics like Ghostbusters [12] and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [13]. His specialty was fire burns.

Now: Cecere retired from Hollywood and now travels the country in his RV. He recently spent two months in Alaska prospecting for gold.

Mark Patton [14] (pictured, with fan)

Then: Patton beat out Brad Pitt and Matt Damon for the role of Jesse in A Nightmare on Elm Street: 2 [15].

Now: Patton lives in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he owns the art gallery Lalo Morales. He is an active philanthropist and uses his appearance fees to support The Trevor Project [16], a charity aimed at preventing suicides among gay youths.

Eileen Dietz [17] 

Then: Dietz appeared in soap operas like General Hospital and Guiding Light, but she’s best known for her role as the evil demon in The Exorcist [18].

Now: Dietz is currently working on a book, Tales from the Set of The Exorcist: Exorcising my Demon, which she hopes will help aspiring actors.

—Image courtesy of Rich Vossler Photography