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...
Editor’s note: As a service to readers, H.E.N. continues to publish dispatches from our special correspondent Ray-Edgar Upton Spillane, who travels the world in search of real men’s adventure, epic peril, and daring escape. LAS VEGAS — I’ve always...
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...
Orange County’s Maverick Theater reopens in May with their production Comic Reading: Spider-Man. A mix of old-time radio broadcast and multi-media display, the family-friendly production will be the first inside the theater in more than a year. The live comic...
It took five full days to prepare the final fight scene of The Hunt. Five days of mapping it out, making sure that the blocking and choreography worked. Five days of going over it with actors and stunt people to...