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âThe Uninvited: Awakeningâ Is A Truly Immersive Experience
âLillian is past, present, and future,â one of the spirits said to me in a claustrophobic, locked room full of baby dolls, âDo you want to find out what I mean by that?â I nodded, yes, I did. Following the story of a girl named Lillian, trapped in purgatory, The Uninvited: Awakening, keeps you guessing as you explore the preserved and untouched cellar of the turn-of-the-century Graham Court buildi...[Read More]
Trap House LA Is Part Escape Room, Part Art Show, All Fun
In Downtown LAâs historic fashion district, the home to one of LAâs newest and coolest Halloween events has sprung up out of nowhere. In the incredibly versatile Think Tank Gallery is a new kind of experience which combines an escape room with an art show, and knowing the art pieces just might save you while trapped in Trap House LA âWinkâ by Blake Neubert Think Tank might sound familiar if youâve...[Read More]
Review: ‘Starblood’ Graphic Novel Celebrates Female Sexuality
The award-winning novel Starblood, from Scottish horror author Carmilla Voiez, is making a glorious comeback. This time around, her story about passionate love, magic, and demons will be liberated from the confinements of text, and will be accompanied by the ethereal and ghostly artwork of Belarus artist Anna Prashkovich. Part of the Starblood Trilogy, the first installment is now available (as of...[Read More]
Zombie Joeâs Is Offering A Glimps At Death Itself In North Hollywood
Death is an intrinsic part of life, we come and go like a breeze through parachute pants. With Halloween now in full swing, more horror shows and immersive theater is popping up around Southern California, and the latest one has become a staple in the community for years. We are talking, of course, about Zombie Joeâs Urban Death Tour. This is not a tour around a neighborhood, this is a dark tour a...[Read More]
Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Pandorica’ Out Now
The science-fiction action thriller, Pandorica, from writer and director Tom Paton is out now (as of October 11) in theaters, as well as DVD and video on demand. Described as âJohn Carpenter meets Predator,â Pandorica is a lo-fi science fiction film of the utmost creativity set to a dystopian world reduced to bare bones naturalistic tenets, where survival of the fittest is the only chance anyone h...[Read More]
REVIEW: “Jack Goes Home” Is Everything But Comfortable
Trauma is a real and terrible thing, and sometimes how we deal with it can change the entire course of our lives. In the new film from actor/director Thomas Dekker, (The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Cinema Verite) he gives his take on the classic tragedy by following a truly horrifying experience, and how that tragedy can completely change a person in Jack Goes Home Jack Thurlowe (Rory Culkin) is a su...[Read More]
Southern Noir ‘The Hollow’ Out on VOD and Theaters
From writer and director Miles Doleac comes The Hollow, a southern noir crime drama about a shady small town in Mississippi where a series of murders plague the religious, and seemingly conservative, town. The film is described as a cross between Twin Peaks and the Coen Brothersâ neo-noir thriller Blood Simple Released by Uncorkâd Entertainment the film stars James Callis, from this yearâs Bridget...[Read More]
REVIEW: “She Who Must Burn”
Every once in a while a film comes along with an incredibly griping tale that utilizes intense thematic matter to touch a nerve. She Who Must Burn is 2016âs film to do that. This review is going to be tough to write due to the emotional response it drew, as the film set out to do. Larry Kent directs this Palama Films and Midnight Releasing film that sets itself in reality with an all too familiar ...[Read More]
Review: âMeat,â An Honest Exploration of Sexuality
Artsploitation, a distribution company hell bent in finding and cultivating the absolutely best, strange, and the most âchallenging of international genre filmsâ brings us the long overdue Dutch film Meat. Despite the filmâs festival circuit run since 2010, it is just now releasing on Home Video and VOD platforms, nearly six years later. However, donât let that deter you from watching Meat, a film...[Read More]
Ghoul About Town: Miss Sandy and ‘Freak Show! at CIA in NoHo
Ghoul About Townare monthly adventures of all the haunted, spooky, and horrific events in and around Los Angeles. At the helm of such a macabre journey isMiss Sandy Satan In the month of everything spooky, eerie, and macabre, Miss Sandy Satan heads out to North Hollywood and the CIA (California Institute of Abnormalarts), for a night of gaudy and bombastic fun. Her experiences are chronicled here ...[Read More]
‘Heppy’ the 60s Time Traveler Coming to YouTube
Ladies and gentlemen, Heppy Hour is coming to Youtube! You might be asking: âHold on, is this some sort of typo, whatâs Heppy Hour?â As a part of Heppy TV, Heppy Hour is an all-new web series hailing from, all the way from across the pond and beyond, Germany. The titular character of Heppy is a time-traveler from way back, the swinging 60s to be exact, who has now come crashing into the year 2011â...[Read More]
Review: ‘Evil is Eternal’ in ‘Consumption’
From writer and director Brandon Scullion, comes the Wild Eye Releasing film Consumption (originally titled Live-in-Fear). Set to the snowy backdrop of Utah, the film is about a group of friends who head out to a cabin only to come face to face with ancient powers lurking in the forest. The group of friends include: Seth (David Lautman), Becca (Sarah Greyson), Eric (Chris Dorman), and Mallory (Ari...[Read More]