As I’ve written before, I love Ouija boards. So imagine how jealous happy I was to find this photoset by Elise Thompson on LAist from the opening night reception for “The Talking Board Show” exhibit being held at the Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica through Halloween. More than 30 […] Read more
CreepyLA has three free copies of the children’s DVD The Dancing Pumpkin to give-away. Kind of like Barney, but orange and round. We’re giving them to the first three commenters on this post. It tells the story of a “brilliant, charismatic” tap-dancing pumpkin and the four children he befriends. Through […] Read more
A native of Silver Lake whose family first came to Los Angeles in the late 1880s, Council Member Tom LaBonge has been in public service since his teen years when he was on Mayor Tom Bradley’s Youth Advisory Council. I first witnessed the human dynamo also known informally as “Mr. […] Read more
The folks behind the cemetery screenings, Cinespia, have just announced a special screening of “The Shining” on Halloween night at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The instructions are pretty much the same as other screenings: gates open at 5:30 pm, film begins at 7:00 pm. First come first serve for a $10 […] Read more
If you dare think you’ve got mad pumpkin carving skills, check out LAist’s interview with Jim Olsen, a 25 year vet of the craft who writer Jeremy Olberstein found demonstrating his work at The Grove this weekend. Some of his highly detailed jack-o-lanterns take up to six hours to make… […] Read more
The only question is whether you’ll run away in vain – or join in on the hunt for brains! An undead source tells me a “flash mob” of zombies are being called to Hollywood and Vine this Friday at 5pm, with plans to shuffle and groan down to the Hollywood […] Read more
The western end of Ambrose Avenue in Los Feliz has a concentration of front yard cemeteries in full bloom. (Click on pics for cool cemetery links.) Read more
Think Pinewood Derby. But with pumpkins. What began as just something to do at a small birthday party in 1990 has become an annual event that, as of last year, had 850 attendees and 122 competing pumpkins, always at the same house at 1602 8th Street. Now the event has […] Read more
An interesting AskMetfilter thread inquires how filmmakers are able to make actor’s eyes appear dilated – to simulate them being dead – comes up with this answer: Drops of belladonna in the eyes, apparently, is the old school way to do it. Here’s a note about it from the IMDB […] Read more
What would Jesus wear? Landover Baptist has just posted their “10 Halloween Tips for Holyweeners.” Fun ideas like throwing a bucket full of warm lamb’s blood on trick-or-treaters at your door or dressing up as the “freshly resurrected Christ.” Skull and Horror Belt Buckles Really, these are so LA rocker. […] Read more
