Horror
“The Woman In Black” — Reliable Chills Come to Pasadena
Susan Hill’s 1983 novel, The Woman In Black, is a pretty exemplary horror tale done in the old-fashioned gothic style, […] Read more
Queen Mary Dark Harbor 2018: Refining The Approach
The word I associate with this year’s Queen Mary Dark Harbor (running now through November 2) is: Sophistication. The […] Read more
Macabre Mambo Mayhem: Belated Bouquets for Barmy Brilliance
It takes a lot to get your Creepy Theater editor to write a Variety-style header for a review, but Macabre […] Read more
“Lovecraft’s CTHULHU” Is A Lovingly Crafted Adaptation of “The Call of Cthulhu”
“Lovecraft’s CTHULHU” (playing Fridays and Sundays through March 18 at Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group) is a lean, clean, highly […] Read more
A Complex Tale of Insanity and Death: Kill Me, Now At The Lex
Visceral Company is kind of a broken record (if anyone still gets that technological reference)—one great show after another, each […] Read more
Delusion: The Blood Rite—the Horror Play That Stars… You!
When you go to the theater, there’s a certain distance and ritual to it all. You are the audience, after […] Read more
I Saw What You Did Last Friday At Shriekfest, or I Watch Horror Movies Where Nobody Knows My Name
A review of “The Feed” at the 2011 Shriekfest Horror Film Festival. Halloween season 2011 has started out very strangely […] Read more
"Re-Animator: The Musical" A Gore-Spurting Good Time
Now playing in a limited engagement at the Steve Allen Theatre in Hollywood. Read more
Nothing Is Very Bad: Get Ready for "Spider Baby" Live On Stage
Called “the maddest story ever told,” the freakish and black-humored 1968 film SPIDER BABY is a cult classic that launched […] Read more
Shriekfest 2010 Provokes Thoughts and Shock
(Full disclosure: This correspondent didn’t get to Shriekfest 2010, held at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, until the closing evening — […] Read more
