Masked and intensely sinister, the towering Dr. X asks a series of questions before guiding guests into darkness. You are now part of an experiment with some unknown potential outcomes. But they don’t sound good. Dr. X Horror Experience is...
Some people think a lot about death. Actor Michael Nathanson is hosting a new podcast about it. But refreshingly, it’s actually about the art of death in film and TV. The new podcast Playing Dead originated from the ashes of Nathanson’s...
Dark Alley Productions’ Twisted Christmas returned to The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, Calif. on Dec. 17, 2022 for a night of holiday horror movies, shopping and spooky characters adding fun to the movie experience. 1...
Actress and director Jodie Foster is a two-time Oscar winner with a career spanning various genres. But as she turns 60 on Nov. 19, I can’t help but think of how she’s cemented her status as a horror icon. Foster...
An unlikely discovery was made in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings on Nov. 4, 1922. A few years after archeologists had virtually given up hope of finding another pharaoh’s tomb in the area, the first step into King Tutankhamun’s tomb...
Barbra and Johnny just wanted to put a wreath on their father’s grave. Then it all went to hell. That’s the famous set up for the character of Barbra in George A. Romero’s 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead. ...
The 17th Door elicits many emotions in those who dare experience the horrors, pain and gross things woven into the complex circuitry, elaborate sets and vigorously enthusiastic scare actor talent making up this unique and intense Orange County haunt. But...
Force of Nature Productions is returning to the stage in the Halloween season with something classic and something new. Tales From Tomorrow premiered in 2017 as an anthology series harkening back to innovators like The Twilight Zone and the newer Black...
If you’ve ever knocked on wood, superstitions are a part of your everyday life. How they have become so ingrained in us is not an easy question to answer. Our weakness for superstition can be merely trivial, but debilitating in...
A nightmare on a stormy night in the Alps is usually considered Mary Shelley’s inspiration for her classic Frankenstein. But an Italian scientist and philosopher also sparked Shelley’s imagination. Luigi Galvani fired a bolt of electricity through a dead frog’s...