The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer and Halloween is upon us once again. With a wide array of themed events, activities and special nights taking place across London for 2007, there’s no shortage of chills and thrills to make the most of this year. See below for the View London pick of London events on and around Halloween, with something frightful and fun for all.

Kidology: Fright Night Halloween Special
Those crazy kids from Kidology are back once again for some Halloween shennanigans under the legendary arches of The Cross
Kidology: Fright Night Halloween Special takes place on Friday 2nd November 2007Party Proactive: Kiss Kiss: Fright Night!
The cavernous Turnmills plays host to another night of quality Halloween madness from Party Proactive, promising a host of superb DJs playing everything from breaks to psytrance.
Party Proactive: Kiss Kiss: Fright Night! takes place on Saturday 3rd November 2007 at TurnmillsFunky4Love: Rocky Horror
The deliciously glam Pacha welcomes another Funky4Love night, and this one's gone all Rocky Horror so get your time warp on and funk it up with some of the best new DJs London has to offer.
Funky4Love: Rocky Horror takes place at Pacha on Friday 2nd November 2007.Plush Dafunk Halloween Party
Pacha's not stopping there either, on Saturday 3rd November it's getting ghoulish for the Plush Dafunk Halloween Party. In typical Pacha style it's set to be a decidedly plush affair, kitted out with some fantastically frightful furnishings, with a crowd to match.
Plush Dafunk Halloween Party takes place at Pacha on Saturday 3rd November 2007.Sweet Witchery
A fantastic Halloween party is being staged on the Beauchamp Lodge Electic Barge this October, and looks set to be a deliciously atmospheric night out. Sweet Witchery will see a feast of songs, poems, scenes and stories by female gothic writers being retold in the chilling setting of the Grand Canal.
Sweet Witchery takes place on Thursday the 1st and Friday 2nd November 2007 on the Beauchamp Lodge Electric Barge.Hendricks Halloween Ball
The Dance of the Dead is the perfect place to celebrate this most spooky time of year. Join up with the Hendricks crowd for ghostly film screenings and horryfing live music sessions.
The Hendricks Halloween Ball takes place on Friday 2nd November 2007 at The Vaults. Tickets are available on the door.Magic War at Soho Theatre
Seriously gruesome entertainment from this burlesque magician. Fancy seeing another member of the audience lose their head? This is one show for those that love their spectacle bloody and very scary indeed.
Magic War takes place at Soho Theatre until the 10th November 2007.London Dungeon
Make it a truly frightful Halloween at London’s most famous scare spot and see something truly terrifying. Visitors can take a tour through the terrible history of London and experience the Great Plague, torture chambers, the Great Fire and much more.