The Boston Lyric Opera is doing something different with one of their latest productions. Maybe it’s because of the source material. A new production of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher almost demanded something out of...
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...
Stan Winston’s work is still seen on TV everyday. The monsters, robots and dinosaurs that run amok on cable are part of his legacy of pioneering special makeup effects. Stan would have turned 75 in April, but he remains with...
We don’t know exactly how old Joan Crawford would theoretically be on March 23, 2021 had she still been alive. Her actual birthdate has been something of a question for years. But on what we think would have been her 115th...
If you seen the original King Kong, you’ve seen the pioneering work of Willis O’Brien, whose 135th birthday is March 2. Hollywood’s original master of stop-motion animation lived a colorful life of amazing highs and terrible lows, and left a...
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...
Since the genre-defining work of Mary Shelley, women have contributed more than their fair share to the horror industry. Two centuries later, women are doing amazing things within the local horror community. Mary Rangel — a.k.a. Mary Imagination — a...
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...
Black History Month is February, but African American contributions to horror are often overlooked. There are plenty. Writers, actors and filmmakers of color have all made notable, lasting contributions to the genre, and a few times they’ve shattered barriers and...