Halloween Haunted Ball; The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo; Mendelssohn, Dvorak and Beethoven by Longy; “Too Punk for Halloween” and “Growing Up Spooky” cover shows; and “Nosferatu” with live musical accompaniment.

Harvard Ballet’s “Oz”; “Feel the Horn: The Orange Rhino Rally” street theater; Lovecraft’s “Tales Outside Time and Space” with Flat Earth Theatre; SomerStreets Monster Mashed Up festival; and the Druid Underground Film Festival.

The combination of election season and Halloween season is best viewed – with a plastic smock to keep the blood off – at ImprovBoston. In addition to the 14th GoreFest, there are three more special shows campaigning for attention this fall.

It’s baaaaaaack … and like a lot of sequels, the second annual HorrorFest being put on by Cambridge Community Television is bigger and has a different setting.

Silent film screening of “Faust” with live music; Halloween Horror Marathon; Taza Chocolates’ Fifth Annual Day of the Dead Celebration; “The Tragedy of Macbeth”; and the “Everything Is Terrible! Legends” live show.

There’s plenty going on in events and even Halloween-style dining throughout Cambridge and Somerville from now through Oct. 31, ranging from free art and films to an $85 four-course holiday-themed tasting menu.

Dr. Gasp’s 13th Annual Halloween Extravaganza; Sarah Vowell reads from “Lafayette in the Somewhat United States”; Community Football Day; Speakers’ Circle with Art Collins and Neiel Israel; and Patsy Cline Tribute with Niki Luparelli.

Interactive Fiction Jam game-making event; Halloween radio plays, maze and ballroom dancing; queered “Othello”; Rockstar Halloween; and three Halloween/Dias de los Muertos food events.

Kids Halloween events; Somerville Food Day; “Tomes of Terror: Nevermore” radio play; The Armory of Horror haunted experience; and “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

Give the kids some free Halloween fun. Hear The Interrobang go out with a regular if glorious bang. Take to the ice costumed at LGBT Halloween Skate Night. Experience top storytellers with 1st Person, Plural. Take in free classical in your choice of instrument and time.