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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The Vault
Dispatches directly from our editorial desk: opinions, reminders, house-keeping notes, and an occasional article exhumed from the archives.
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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Tiki Terror in the Valley
The angry looking fellow in the picture above is the Creature from the Black Lagoon, seen in a display within
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Edward Scissorhands SEO musical mix up
One amusing aspect of running a website for nearly two decades is seeing old articles suddenly jump up in popularity,
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Dark’s Pandemonium Carnival should be a Halloween Haunt
Has there ever been a Halloween haunt based on Dark’s Pandemonium Carnival from Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)? If
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So…basically a Santa Hat
This advertisement showed up on the website today (no doubt in response to our post about the ubiquity of Giant
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Writing Delusional Reviews: The Art of Fine Distinctions
It’s tough deciding whether something is good, great, excellent, or exceptional, but we do our best. With the final performances
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Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Most Ubiquitous Monsters of Halloween 2023
Like furtive criminals lurking in every shady corner of Los Angeles, Giant Halloween Skeletons were responsible for more sightings than
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Spirit Lounge Magic Card
After his wonderful performance at the Spirit Lounge: Macabre Manor, Mudd the Magnificent gave us his business card, and it
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