Actor, influencer and escape room owner Christine Barger stills plays with her dolls. At least when she’s performing one of her gigs as a ventriloquist. Halloween Every Night chatted with Barger about her craft, and what keeps her going. ...
Three married couples, two father-daughter pairs, and countless friendships make up the cast of the Maverick Theater’s “Night of the Living Dead.” And one of those couples even met while working in the annual production that marks 20 years this...
Heretic spoons up big ideas on religion and faith in easy-to-digest and popcorn-flavored portions. Though it’s a horror movie, the monsters are not stuntmen in rubber suits. Nevertheless, the film’s makeup is essential to distilling the sense of menace. Chris...
Claire Dunlap and David Markland grew up at opposite ends of the country. The co-founders of Midsummer Scream, and L.A. haunt community movers and shakers had Halloween experiences that were starkly different. Claire remembers trick or treating in a sub-tropical...
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...
Imagine waking up in what can only be described as a sleep paralysis, nightmare hellscape, as your organs are very definitely being harvested from your very much alive body. That’s exactly what happened to Anthony Hoover of Richmond, Kentucky after...
You can hear the screams from a few doors down. Fog is rising, and you can see strange people walk in its direction. Something is going on on your street. But who is creating the nightmare? They scare because they...
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...
