Even as Nick Mendoza III looks ahead to attending events like the Academy Awards, he spends a lot of his time hosting his own community activities at his Anaheim-based Funko pop culture shop, Bands For Arms. Mendoza’s career paths span...
On the hour, a large, stuffed deer head fixed on the bar wall moves and laughs manically with eyes lit up bright red. Bar staff also suddenly joins in with creepy laughter before, just as quickly, resuming tasks. At Slashers...
Everyone has their own voice, way of speaking, and way of writing. Some of us speak eloquently on paper, and casually in person, or vice versa. Some of us tend to ramble. Susan Russell has her own voice and also...
National Horror Movie Day is back to haunt your TV. Begun in 2023 with a simple objective: Go enjoy a good horror movie. And Oct. 23 was chosen because it is filmmaker Sam Raimi’s birthday. They recommend celebrating in the...
The British are invading the horror movie marathon known as Camp Frida on Oct. 19 at the Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, Calif. Orange County’s fan friendly arthouse theater is hosting its eighth annual installment, titled Camp Frida: British Invasion!,...
The dark, baggy eyes. The mustachioed face. The slight, dubious smirk. Few literary names in history evoke such immediate imagery as Edgar Allan Poe. His likeness has become a staple in the goth scene as well as pop culture in...
Step back in time and celebrate the spookiest season with a nostalgic twist. The fifth annual Creep It Real convention is set to return to Orange County Sept. 14-15, bringing the eerie charm of Halloween we all love while also...
Video and photo highlights from the annual mega pop culture and comic book convention, San Diego Comic-Con at San Diego Convention Center. Photos by Jessica Peralta For more convention coverage, check out our Wonder-Con 2024 article. 1...
I Am Legend is a short novel that did a lot. It re-invented the vampire. It reinvented the zombie. It offered a work of literature to the number of movies that expressed a growing paranoia of the world around them...
The story of the Pied Piper has been passed down for eight centuries. It has been added to. It has been simplified. It has been rewritten as metaphor to explain various moments in history and sociopolitical changes. But it has...
