Fans of The Maverick Theater’s annual stage production of Night of the Living Dead might recognize her as the bendy zombie — the one that looks like her arm is at an impossible angle over her head. Other horror fans...
She was about 9 when she saw her first real horror movie. She snuck into her parents’ room and hid under the bed while they watched “Sleepy Hollow.” “I loved it,” said Madison Rhoades, owner and creative director of Cross...
It was 2017 when Rachel and Sean first met. But “met” is too strong a word. It was more like “connected” … and not in a romantic way. To say Rachel and Sean Adams have a unique love story is...
In the midst of the tragedy, tumult and anxiety that seemed to characterize a good part of 2020, there existed a general underlying collective fear among Halloween and haunt fans in the months leading up to the favored holiday. Would...
You’re in a dark room, alone. The phone rings. You answer: “How can I help you?” It’s a boy. He’s scared. And he wants your help. “I grew up really loving alternate reality games and haunted houses, which the intersection...
He’s coming to bring all you bad kids your lump of coal. Or something far worse. He’s the opposite of Santa Claus and for him, you’d really better watch out. Dec. 5 is Krampusnacht, a German holiday begun at least...
November marks the 155th anniversary of the children’s dark fantasy classic Alice in Wonderland. Author Lewis Carroll’s creation is still an amazing piece of literature that wears well in 2020. It’s been adapted many times in film, on stage, and...
Fright Farms is a new haunted drive-through experience that is winding its way through SilverLakes Athletic Complex in Norco in the Halloween post-season. The theme? A pandemic, of course. The haunted drive-through is a story-driven, monster-laden, socially distanced experience that...
It’s time you cleaned out your fridge. Really. You’ve been mostly housebound for eight months and there are things lurking way in the back of your refrigerator that have long since transformed into … something unspeakable. And certainly not edible....
A Halloween season without Knott’s Scary Farm would have seemed unthinkable to horror fans this time last year. But here we are. And though it’s certainly been challenging on many levels, the Halloween and horror community has united in working...