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Dates: April 22-25 in Hollywood
Locations: Egyptian Theatre, Chinese Theatres, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Turner Classic Movies, the cable channel renowned for keeping the great films of Hollywood’s past alive on the small screen, expands into the theatrical arena with its first-ever film festival. Along with traditional classics like A STAR IS BORN and CASABLANCA, there will be a please platterful of mystery movies, fantasy films, and science fiction cinema, including KING KONG (1933), 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, a restored version of DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, and a newly restored version of Fritz Lang’s silent masterpiece METROPOLIS, with musical accompaniment by the Metal Alloy Orchestra.

[ May 21, 2010 2:00 pm to May 23, 2010 7:00 pm. ] Location: Marriot Los Angeles Airport, 5855 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles

Description: This three-day convention, presented in association with Dark Sky Films, will feature a bloody barrel-full of guests: Dario Argento, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Adam Green, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Dick warlock, Richard Brooker, Stuart Gordon, Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Carmpton, Bruce Abbot, and Dennis Paoli. There will be films running all weekend; a gruesome art gallery, a zombie ball, musical events, and a costuem contest.

This annual film festival runs from April 10 through 25 at various theatres around Los Angeles. Amongs its eclectic programming are several titles that should appeal to fans of horror, fantasy, and science fiction films: YATTERMAN (a superhero adventure), PACO AND THE MAGICAL BOOK (a children’s fantasy); and HAPPY ENDING (a drama about a young woman obsessed with horror films).

[ April 9, 2010 6:00 pm to April 11, 2010 6:00 pm. ] The Rubber Room presents this weekend-long convention dedicated to art of creating creepy creatures for the screen. The event offers a series of seminars devoted to the world of movie monsters and special effects. Makeup artist Verne Langdon will be the “Monsters of Ceremonies,” presiding over artists from KNB EFX (Sin City), ADI (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), the [...]

[ January 30, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] Cast and crew on hand for premiere of The Graves and ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction

After Dark Films presents a premiere event for two of the “8 Films to Die For” from this year’s incarnation of their annual Horrorfest. Starting at 6:30pm on Saturday, January, the cast and crew from THE GRAVES and ZMD: ZOMBIES [...]

The 2009 Screamfest – Hollywood’s longest-running horror film festival – is scheduled from Friday, October 16 through Sunday, October 25. Films include MACABRE, VAMPIRE GIRL VS FRANKENSTEIN GIRL, DAMNED BY DAWN, WRONG TURN 3: LEFT FOR DEAD (free screening), THE REVENANT, HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (centerpiece film), FORGET ME NOT (world premiere), CABIN FEVER 2, [...]

Just a reminder that the annual Shriekfest festival runs from Thursday through Sunday this week. There will be numerous world premiers of independent horror films, and some question-and-answer sessions with filmmakers. All events take place at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, except for the opening night party, which takes place at Hollywood Billiards.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1st
8:00 PM Opening [...]

The 9th annual Shriekfest, the Los Angeles International Horror-Thriller-SciFi-Fantasy Film Festival and Screenplay Competition, offers another showcase for established and up-and-coming filmmakers and writers this October. Running from Thursday through Sunday, October 1 through 4, Shriekfest’s 2009 lineup includes such familiar faces as Jeffry Combs in DARK HOUSE, Ving Rhames in EVIL ANGEL, Dameon Clarke and Matthew [...]

The September edition of the monthly Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention arrives this Sunday, featuring actress Juiet Landau (Buffy, Angel) and a look at the G.I. JOE animated series. Guests include G.I. JOE writer Larry Hama and voices actors DICK GAUTIER, B.J. WARD, ZACK HOFFMAN, GREGG BERGER, AND MICHAEL BELL. There will be [...]

The September Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention features actress Juiet Landau (Buffy, Angel) and a look at the G.I. JOE animated series. Guests include G.I. JOE  writer Larry Hama and  voices actors DICK GAUTIER, B.J. WARD, ZACK HOFFMAN, GREGG BERGER, AND MICHAEL BELL. There will be a drawing for a free G.I. JOE [...]

The first ever Vampire-Con ran extremely well yesterday. The old Henry Fonda Theatre – now called “The Music Box” – is a fantastic venue; there were some great guests, enthusiastic fans, and lots of undead merchandise (including Vampire wine and some spooky Schecter guitars). I moderated the first panel, “Why We Love Vampires: A Brief History of the Undead,” which features film historian Angela Aleiss, Dark Delicacies book store owner Del Howison, editor Leslie S. Klinger (The New Annotated Dracula), author J. Gordon Melton (The Vampire Book), author David S. Skal (V is for Vampire), and co-authors Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt (Dracula: The Undead, an authorized sequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula).

The second portion of the American Cinematheque’s annual festival takes place at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, featuring screenings of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, TERROR CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE, THE RETURN OF DR. MABUSE, WEREWOLF IN A GIRLS’ DORMITORY, an Indana Jones triple bill, STAR TREK III & VI, THE DEVILS, BEATRICE CENCI, PORTRAIT OF [...]