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[ November 25, 2009; ] Walt Disney Animation Studios presents the musical THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, an animated musical comedy in the traditional hand-drawn style from John Musker and Ron Clements, the directors of THE LITTLE MERMAID and ALADDIN, with music by Randy Newman.

For the first time ever, Walt Disney opens its studio to the public for this exclusive [...]

Rotten Apple 907 has consistently crafted an entertaining amateur event that exceeds the usual definition of a “Halloween yard haunt,” but 2009’s theme, Burbank Underground, takes a quantum leap to a whole new level. From the moment you glimpse the exterior, you know you are in for something more than the same old trip through the looking glass.

The Cinefamily screens a restored 25mm print of this faithful 1949 adaptation of Lewis Caroll’s classic, featuring extensive stop-motion special effects. Screenings at 5pm and 7:30pm.
From the website:
“This ambitious, highly faithful late-’40s Alice adaptation took years to complete, and features an abundance of impressive, meticulous and labor-intensive stop-motion work from pioneer puppeteer Lou Bunin. After [...]

[ January 14, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] This previously cancelled event, featuring a new live score for Jean Cocteau’s classic piece of silent cinematic surrealism, has been rescheduled. Here is the description from the CineFamily’s website:
For the first time ever, Steven Severin will perform live his brand-new score for French master Jean Cocteau’s debut 1930 film. As scandalous as Bunuel’s L’Age D’Or [...]

[ December 18, 2009; 11:59 pm; ] As part of their Mondo Fridays series of cult and horror movies, the Art Theatre of Long Beach presents the original 1974 version of BLACK CHRISTMAS, a seminal slasher that inspired HALLOWEEN.

From the official website: Horror lovers and cinema insomniacs everywhere – have we got a Christmas present for you! Bob Clark’s original 1974 slasher [...]

[ December 4, 2009; 11:59 pm; ] As part of their continuing Mondo Fridays series of midnight movie screenings, the Art Theatre of Long Beach presents the original silent film adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s novel.

From the website: “Classic horror returns to Mondo Fridays with Lon Chaney’s original 1925 silent classic, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – with a brand new original LIVE [...]

The Art Theatre of Long Beach offers up a midnight screening of the blaxploitation cult-classic, starring the late great William Marshall in the title role.
From the website:
 Holy crap! BLACULA is coming to Long Beach! William Crain’s 1972 blaxploitation thriller is a grindhouse classic, and cemented William Marshall as an icon of the B-movie genre, going [...]

[ December 14, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] The ArcLight Cinemas present a screening of director Joe Dante’s excellent 1984 horror-comedy about little creatures that turn out not to be so cute when you feed them after bedtime.

From the ArcLight website: “When Billy Peltzer is given a small creature called a Mogwai by his father, he is unaware of the carnage he is [...]

The ArcLight Cinemas present a high-definition screening of the classic film fantasy, based on L. Frank Baum’s novel, starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, the girl from Kansas who travels to the magical land of Oz.
From the ArcLight Website:
Dorothy Gale is a teenager on a Kansas farm who daydreams about going “over the rainbow.” Along with [...]

Author Michael Mallory will appear in person to sign his book UNIVERSAL STUDIOS MONSTERS: A LEGACY OF HORROR. Fans of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, DRACULA, THE WOLFMAN and THE MUMMY will definitely want the book, and this is the perfect opportunity to pick up a copy.
Title: Universal Studios Monsters, booksigning
Location: Larry Edmunds Bookstore, 6464 Hollywood Boulevard, [...]

Author R.H. Greene is providing us with a copy of his new novel Incarnadine: The True Memoirs of Count Dracula. All you have to do to win is send an email here, including your name and address. Greene will be appearing in person this Saturday afternoon at Book Soup in West Hollywood to sign his Incarnadine, which gives the sanguinary Count a chance to tell his own side of the story.

Our first encounter with the Fright Gallery was back in 2003, when they presented a professional haunted house attraction titled “Experiment in Terror.” This turns out to have been an anomaly in their Halloween career, which consists mostly of an amateur home haunt in a quiet Burbank neighborhood. Fright Gallery’s unique approach is to stage an amateur [...]

Hollywood Gothique’s 2009 Halloween Haunt Odyssey began with a trek westward, first to the Forest of Mirrors in Woodland Hills and then to the Reign of Terror in Thousand Oaks. After savoring the sinister spooks at both attractions – in as leisurely a manner possible while knowing that darkness and distance in abundance separated us [...]

[ January 8, 2010; 11:59 pm; ] Conventional wisdom pegs this classic 1950 Oscar-winning classic as a drama; however, horror fans need not look hard to see that it is laced with Gothic acoutrements: Gloria Swanson plays a former silent film star, secluded in her brooding mansion (substituting for Castle Dracula), who is a figurative if not literal vampire, sucking the life out of [...]

[ December 25, 2009; 11:59 pm; ] Tim Burton’s wild supernatural comedy (starring Alec Baldwin, Gena Davis, Winona Ryder, and Michael Keaton in the title role) screens at midnight. What a nice Christmas present!

Location: Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd, West Los Angeles 90025
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Date: December 25 at midnight

[ December 4, 2009; 11:59 pm; ] Alex Cox’s debut feature mixes punks and science fiction; the plot is drive – pardon the pun – by some radioactive aliens decaying in the trunk of a car. This is one of cinema’s great cult movies; a midnight screening is the perfect way to experience it.

Location: Nuart Theatre, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd, West Los [...]

Lars Von Triers’ oddball and often surreal combo of melodrama and psychological horror (punctuated with brief moments of hardcore sex and violence) screens for one week. Gore-hounds will likely be bored waiting for the bloodshed, which arrives mostly at the end. Art house audiences will be entranced and then shocked (as were critics at Cannes).
Location: [...]

The Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro resumes its intermittent Fright Night series,  which presents cult movies from the ’50s and ’60s, plus live music, burlesque, and spooky vendors. This month’s installment features a pair of movies about Kris Kringle, at least one of which (SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS) has earned a reputation for ranking among the [...]

This month, the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro is presenting a series titled “San Pedro BewHaHa, which consists of live stand-up comedy, followed by classic comedy films. Although not specifically gothic in nature, the series will include a few comedies that fall within the horror and fantasy genres: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, MONTY PYTHON AND THE [...]

UPDATE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE ILLNESS OF MUSICIAN STEVEN SEVERINE, WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO PERFORM A LIVE SCORE TO ACCOMPANY THE SILENT FILM.
The Cinefamily presents Jean Cocteau’s surreal 1930 film, with Steven Severin performing a new live musical accompaniment. The movie is 55 minutes of bizarre imagery, recalling a longer version [...]

[ November 13, 2009; 11:59 pm; ] Park Chan-wook’s bloody vampire-drama-love-story is all over the map, but fans of his previous work should get a kick out of it.

Location: Nuart Theatrem 11272 Santa Monica Blvd, West Los Angeles 90025
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Date: November 13 at midnight

Author R.H. Greene appears in person to sign copies of his novel, in which Bram Stoker’s most terrifying creation tells his own story.

Wes Anderson’s THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX is due out on November 25, but Los Angeles residents have two opportunities to see it early, one at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica and one at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Check out dates and times below:
Title: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (sneak preview)
Location: Aero Theatre, [...]