THE DATE: Friday & Saturday, July 16 & 17THE TIME: Fri: 7:30; Sat: 3:15 & 7:30 (The Uninvited)Fri: 9:30; Sat: 5:15 & 9:30 (The Haunting)THE PLACE: The New Beverly Cinema (7165 W. Beverly Blvd.) mapTHE MOVIE: The Uninvited (1944) plus se… Read more
Happy July 4th!
Have a happy and safe Fourth of July weekend from your friends at GHOULA!.Every year, GHOULA pays tribute to this great country by profiling a ghost from American pop-culture that has ties to Southern California. This year, we celebrate the little 1963… Read more
Halloween Scenes: American Splendor
R.I.P. Harvey Pekar: 10/8/39 – 7/12/10
Alas Harvey Pekar, we hardly knew ye.
As a tribute to Harvey, I’m starting a new type of post called “Halloween Scenes.” As the oh-so-clever title may suggest, these are scenes from films that embody… Read more
“King Kong 360 3-D” a big furry game changer
Like King Kong himself, Universal Studio Hollywood’s new addition featuring the giant legend is so big and awesome it deserves its own ride. I went to the premiere of Peter Jackson’s “King Kong 360 3-D” pretty excited. I loved the idea that this was an alternate universe where Kong hadn’t […] Read more
Highlights from June's SWS
Thank you to everyone, who made the trek out to Monrovia to visit the haunted Aztec Hotel. It was the biggest turnout for one of our gatherings yet (I stopped counting at 75 attendees). Also a special thank you to the owner and staff of this famous roa… Read more
REAL GHOSTS with REEL GHOSTS
THE DATE: June 11th (Friday)THE TIME: 8:00pmTHE PLACE: The site of… THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL(3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles) MapTHE MOVIE: “The Decay of Fiction”(1984)THE ADMISSION PRICE: FreeNote: This event is not hosted by GHOULA. This is ju… Read more
Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO Turns 50!
Can you believe that Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film, the film that many consider as the first “slasher,” turns 50 TODAY?!
That’s right, back on June 16, 1960, Hitch released Norman Bates on an unsuspecting world and horror hasn’t been the same since…. Read more
Highlights from May's SwS
Thank you to all who came out for this Disney-themed ghostly event (I counted about 45 people). Thank you to The Snow White Cafe for their hospitality, and to our lone, hard-working bartender. Also, Thank you to the Boyle Heights Paranormal Project (BH… Read more
LOST: Haunted Theater #1
As part of GHOULA’s mission to preserve the haunted history of greater Los Angeles, periodically GHOULA will spotlight a haunted building from our great city that is no longer with us, in an effort to prevent these stories from being forgotten (even i… Read more
T-Shirt Tuesday: Tank Theory T-Shirts: Fab 5 Freddy and Vegan Zombie
Every once in a while (and if you believe the subject of this post: every Tuesday) I like to give a shout out to independent t-shirt companies who I think have a little something different to offer horror and Halloween Addicts.
Today it’s Tank … Read more
