SeaWorld San Diego theme park — known for mixing up-close sea life encounters with high-thrill coasters — adds an interesting new element this fall: monsters. Howl-O-Scream, the theme park’s entry into Halloween themed entertainment, has everything you’d expect from a...
It’s starting to feel a lot like haunt season. Midsummer Scream’s Awaken the Spirits! in August, several horror expos like Summer Spook Nights and haunted attractions like HorrorWorld and Halloween Horror Nights have already creeped back. And now, the return...
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival is back, bringing film lovers together for a communal deep-dive into our worst nightmares and burning desires. They’re swapping the pre-vaccine virtual platform of 2020’s festival for the more 2021-style hybrid platform. Labor Day weekend, HIFF...
King Kong piercing the forests of Skull Island and claiming a helpless and screaming Ann Darrow is one of the most thrilling moments in movie history. Served up live on stage at Maverick Theater — even with a bit of...
David Markland was expecting this summer to be a very different one. Even more different than last summer. But he’s quite happy to be wrong. In the first announcement, Markland wrote he was “almost as surprised and excited as you...
Horror news website HalloweenEveryNight.com won 10 awards — sweeping the illustrations category for the second year — in the 2021 Orange County Press Club Awards, an event recognizing excellence in local journalism. The event, taking place virtually for the second...
The mystifying atmosphere of North Bend that stirred the imagination of David Lynch continues to offer its surroundings as a platform to showcase modern filmmakers. The North Bend Film Festival is back this summer with a new hybrid experience. From...
Avant-garde theater company Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre returns with a vengeance in their new production Urban Death: Trail of Torment. LA’s theater scene has been dark for more than a year and the new production will be keeping the lighting...
Witches Brew LA brings Les Carnaval de La Lune to the Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles on June 12. Put on your cosplay best, a themed face covering and get ready for a night of fun. Witches Brew LA...
Jeff Gahagan tells quite a feel-good story, standing on the balcony of the Charles M. Shultz Theater. In the cool of a May evening, with the screams of roller coaster riders, thumping of dance music, and buzz and whirr of...