Zombies, witches and werewolves glide back onto stage with the return of Leigh Purtill Ballet Company’s Sweet Sorrow, A Zombie Ballet to a live stage production. This year, the company swaps out the entirely virtual format implemented for 2020 with...
Imagination keeps you alive. And it makes your life worth living. Especially if you’re a kid. The kids in a Brooklyn apartment building get a literal lesson in this in the new Netflix horror fantasy Nightbooks. Based on the children’s...
Actor and Edgar Allan Poe enthusiast Duffy Hudson recently gave Halloween Every Night his theory on the iconic American writer’s death. In character. In this special video commemorating the author’s October 1849 death, Hudson, who occasionally does a one-man show...
The bloody, shambling figures make a welcomed presence at Fullerton’s Maverick Theater. It’s good to know these zombies have so far survived the pandemic. Strangely, it’s a sign that things are — sort of — back to normal. So while...
On her drive to the first board meeting of The Etiwanda Historical Society after the lockdown, Veronica Dawson had three words on her mind: summer, spook, nights. Considering the organization had to cancel 15 fundraising events throughout the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders,...
Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights returned from last year’s hiatus on Sept. 9 with all the enthusiasm you’d expect after a year of pent-up scares. This year’s lineup includes Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,...
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...
