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Popkiller Halloween
Posted on October 12, 2009 | No CommentsAlthough limited, Popkiller on Vermont in Los Feliz has a made some good choices (with more to come) that don’t scream fly-by-night tacky costume pop-up shop, especially when mixed in... -
More Creepy Questions for Tom Nardone
Posted on October 11, 2009 | No CommentsExtreme Halloween, the new book by Tom Nardone, takes the holiday and ramps it up several notches with advice and instructions on how to create over-the-top decorations, startlingly gross-looking party... -
Channel your inner Carrie
Posted on October 8, 2009 | No CommentsGhetto Gloss, the gallery that pulled up its roots in Silver Lake last month and moved to Melrose and Seward, is continuing its busy schedule of bizarro-glam events and happenings.... -
Smaller pumpkins this year
Posted on October 7, 2009 | No CommentsAt first I thought it was just me thinking that the pumpkins I saw at Trader Joe’s are smaller this year. But when I saw this report on CBS2′s local... -
Cheapo Creepo: Skulls
Posted on October 6, 2009 | 1 CommentI don’t remember such a wide selection of skulls in years past at the 99 Cents Only Stores– and particularly gruesome ones, practically nothing cute here. Chalk it up to... -
Cheapo Creepo: Creepy Socks
Posted on October 1, 2009 | No CommentsThe 99 Cents Only Stores have their Halloween stock on shelves so, it being October 1st, we’re rolling out our first item to covet: Creepy socks. Yes, they have other... -
Lucha VaVOOM’s Halloween smackdown returns to Mayan Theater
Posted on September 3, 2009 | No CommentsLucha VaVOOM‘s Halloween parties are the best thing going in Los Angeles for costume-bedecked lunacy. Just add luchadores (that’s Mexican wrestlers to you, Gringo,) burlesque, comedians and, according to them,... -
Out now: Extreme Halloween book
Posted on September 1, 2009 | No CommentsWe’ve been on board with Tom Nardone since his first book, Extreme Pumpkins, came out two years ago. Nardone has re-invented pumpkin carving, taking it into slash-and-burn (as in “carve... -
Dia de Los Muertos @ Hollywood Forever
Posted on November 3, 2008 | 1 CommentHollywood Forever Cemetery held their 9th annual Dia de Los Muertos event on Saturday. Each year it draws larger crowds and this year was no exception, with a few jarring... -
SPLATTER opens at Antebellum Gallery
Posted on October 31, 2008 | 1 CommentLast night saw the opening of SPLATTER at Antebellum Gallery, an exhibition of art inspired by murder. Many attendees came in costume to hear music performances by Citizen Savant, Botoxic... -
Rick Castro’s Haunted Hollywood
Posted on October 28, 2008 | 6 CommentsRick Castro is telling me he sees ghosts all the time. “As far as I’m concerned, all of Hollywood is haunted or has spiritual presence. Every square mile of old... -
Creepy Questions for Jonathan Sharp
Posted on October 15, 2008 | 1 CommentJonathan Sharp walked into a friend’s house recently weighed down with bags of food and started unpacking them. “This is a Moroccan stew that I made last night. And I... -
Maybe next year…
Posted on October 10, 2008 | 2 CommentsLet’s see. If you crossed Extreme Pumpkins, the über-pumpkin carving book by Tom Nardone, with Extreme Makeover and… nip/tuck… Oh, nevermind. h/t> my house is cuter than yours. -
Look into my eyes…
Posted on October 9, 2008 | No CommentsSublety is usually not a successful element of Halloween costumes. But these special effects lenses from Coastal Contacts sure are tempting, with dozens more available on their site. -
Shriekfest Redux
Posted on October 9, 2008 | No CommentsAnother successful year for the horror film festival, plus a list of this year’s Shriekfest Awards winners. Shriekfest percolated through the past weekend with large audiences lining up to see...















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