Getting My Name Right in the Afterlife
You don’t have to say my name three times, but it’s nice to spell it right. (Shot on the set
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Dispatches directly from our editorial desk: opinions, reminders, house-keeping notes, and an occasional article exhumed from the archives.
Dracula in the Drawing Room
We are rather proud of this shot of the drawing room set for The Passion of Dracula at Long Beach
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Experiencing the Afterlife with Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is now in theatres, but we hope to meet the ghost with the most in person tonight when
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Halloween Creep: Labor Day Edition
Above: Disney’s Halloween Time is a leading cause of Halloween Creep, extending up to and even before Labor Day. We
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Joining the Church of the Broken God
Yes, that is your humble narrator at the right, seeking enlightenment from Father Otto (Even Wank), leader of the Church
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Antigonish: eerie poem inspired by haunted house
“Yesterday upon the stairs “I met a man who wasn’t there. “He was not there again today. “How I wish
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Dream-casting Abigail’s daddy
Idle Musing: I was thinking that Abigail might have been even better if the title character’s father, Kristof Lazar, had
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Haunting the Queen Mary
We snapped this pic last Halloween at the Queen Mary’s Shaqtoberfest. It’s a nice angle, but because of the lighting
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Going Goth in 1939
Last night we attended an advanced preview for Gotham Follies of 1939Â at the Montalban, with the show’s creator Russall S.
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Scary bear spotted in Hollywood
A giant version of Chauncy, the scary teddy bear from Imaginary, looms impassively above the corner of Hollywood and Vine,
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Singing with Sweeney
Above: Sweeney Todd (Geoff Elliott) and Mrs. Lovett (Cassandra Marie Murphy) share some pie. Last night we attended the sold-out
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Obituary: David J. Skal, author of Hollywood Gothic
Prolific author cast a light on a genre noted for darkness. Author David J. Skal, whose works explored the cultural
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Music Video: Black Moonlight
Continuing our Duran Duran trend, here is the music video for “Black Moonlight” from the group’s recent Halloween-theme album, Dance
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Music Video: Duran’s Duran “Night Boat” (original version)
A few months ago, we posted the music video for “Danse Macabre,” the title song from Duran Duran’s latest album.
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R.I.P. Rage Fairy Playwright Antonia Karlotta Czinger
Sad news: Antonia Karlotta Czinger, whose play The Rage Fairy was a theatrical highlight of 2022, died by suicide on
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