Hollywood Gothique

[ 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 [...]

 The American Cinematheque presents the first part of its annual festival at the Aero Theatre, including screenings of DRAGONSLAYER, LEGEND, JABBERWOCKY, ERIK THE VIKING, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, RED SONJA, LABYRINTH, and THE DARK CRYSTAL.
Location: Aero Theatre – 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA (323) 634-4878
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Start Date: Thursday, August 13 through Sunday, August [...]

Just a friendly reminder: Vampire-Con 2009 is this weekend. It kicks off with a two-day film festival on Friday and Saturday at the New Beverly Cinema, featuring five campy cult classics, including THE HUNGER, THE LOST BOYS, and COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE. Then on Sunday, Vampire-Con movies to the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theatre in [...]

VAMPIRE-CON 2009 has finalized its schedule of panels for Sunday, August 16 – including one moderated by yours truly, titled “Why We Love Vampires: A Brief History of the Undead.” David J. Skal and Del Howison will be among the panelists; both of them appeared with me on a similar panel after a performance of [...]

It’s August, and you know what that means, right? It’s time for the American Cinematheque’s annual Festival of Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction Films. This is the festival’s ninth year, and as always it is filled with classics, cult films, rarities, and personal appearances. All that, plus the Los Angeles premiere of SEVENTH MOON, the new supernatural thriller from Eduardo Sanchez (co-creator of the BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, which will be given a 10th annivesary screening).

The festival takes place at the Cinematheque’s two theatres, starting at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica and winding up at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Films screen at the Aero from Thursday, August 13 through Sunday, August 16. Films screen at the Egyptian from Thursday, August 20 through Sunday, August 30.