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July 4 Is Alice in Wonderland Day Too

July 4, 2020

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Americans celebrate the Fourth of July for our independence from the British. Brits celebrate it for a different reason. July 4 in Britain is annually celebrated as Alice in Wonderland Day, where people gather together in costumes to commemorate the first ...

Ray Harryhausen’s 100th Birthday

Dani Phantom

June 29, 2020

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Harryhausen was 13 years old when he was inspired to do stop-motion animation after watching the 1933's King Kong. He eventually got to meet the animator for the movie, Willis O’Brien, and became his pupil. His stop-motion technique is called “Dynamation.” It...

How The ‘Zombie’ Ballet Company Keeps Going

Le Guillotine

June 26, 2020

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The Leigh Purtill Ballet Company has had to adapt their plans just like everyone else in 2020. First, the company had to postpone their popular fall zombie ballet Sweet Sorrow, but they’ve also had to figure out how to stay connected to fans without being ...

Rick West Talks Midsummer Scream

Le Guillotine

June 10, 2020

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Midsummer Scream became just another victim of the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in early May. The announcement, made May 1, of the July-scheduled convention left a spring and summer devoid of big, fan-stoking live events following the cancelat...

The Man Who Created ‘Jaws’

The Intriguer

May 21, 2020

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He's a legend in film history, still most film fans don't know Joe Alves, who turns 84 on May 21. But if you were unable to get into the water after seeing Jaws, you know his work. If watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind in wonder, you know his wo...

Father + Son + Dark Twists In ‘Come to Daddy’

The Intriguer

February 20, 2020

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Ant Timpson’s debut as a feature film director began the moment his father died. “In front of me,” he says, “which was very traumatic.” The trauma inspired Timpson’s new film Come to Daddy, an examination of unresolved father and son issues, and how yo...

Love And Business Amid The ‘Creeps’

The Intriguer

February 14, 2020

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Creep L.A.’s Justin and J.T. are a great team. The agent provocateurs of L.A.’s immersive theater scene, they are smart, creative and even photogenic. And newlyweds. They’ve got it all. And all of it almost didn’t happen. It was just over 13 years ago, whe...

George A. Romero: ‘Godfather Of The Dead’ Still Looms Large

The Intriguer

February 13, 2020

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George A. Romero would have turned 80 years old in February. Gone, but absolutely not forgotten, the iconic writer/director and “Godfather of the Dead” remains a large presence on TV and movie screens around a planet that has, since his first feature film, ser...

How To Summon The Ghost Of Jacob Marley

The Intriguer

January 6, 2020

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High School ‘Living Dead’ Pokes Pop Culture Buttons

The Intriguer

December 31, 2019

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Nervous teenage energy is in the air at the Maverick Theater on a cool November night. Their clothes are torn and bloody. Their eyes opaque. They wait in the darkness. A group of young actors with their lives very much ahead of them are about to jump h...