Actress Cassandra Peterson — A.K.A. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark — is celebrating a big September. Marking her 70th birthday as well as the 40th anniversary of the show that launched her career, Movie Macabre, Halloween Every Night gathered together...
It’s starting to feel a lot like haunt season. Midsummer Scream’s Awaken the Spirits! in August, several horror expos like Summer Spook Nights and haunted attractions like HorrorWorld and Halloween Horror Nights have already creeped back. And now, the return...
Larry Bones’ latest incarnation of HorrorWorld is currently ripping through Haven City Market in Rancho Cucamonga with all the blood, guts and chainsaw-wielding maniacs the special effects artist could chop, grind and stuff together. Drop by for dinner with Bubba...
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival is back, bringing film lovers together for a communal deep-dive into our worst nightmares and burning desires. They’re swapping the pre-vaccine virtual platform of 2020’s festival for the more 2021-style hybrid platform. Labor Day weekend, HIFF...
Author Mary Shelley’s 224th birthday is Aug. 30. And her work, especially the iconic novel she wrote when she was just 19 years old, has allowed her to be as immortal as Frankenstein’s creature. Well, practically. In honor of her...
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...
A cucumber. An eggplant. Four toothpicks stuck into the body of each. Sitting atop a shrine next to the ashes of grandma and grandpa, mounts of produce offer rides to and from the afterlife. This is the strongest memory my...
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...
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...
Many idols in the goth subculture have risen and fallen as pop culture icons. Few have stood the test of time the way the blood-sucking seductress of the 1950s Maila Nurmi has. Portrayed on the silver screen as Vampira, Nurmi’s...