Pushing Daisies tries to have it both ways when it comes to pesky death and, this being television, it succeeds. The hyper-gloss world of shows like Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives comes to this supernatural one-hour comedy about raising (and then re-lowering) the dead. Kristin Chenoweth, Swoozie Kurtz, Jim Dale […] Read more
Selected events for the coming week… The Last Winter through Thursday, October 4th at 5:45 PM, Fairfax Cinemas, Los Angeles Last chance to see a “grown-up ghost story” directed by Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, Habit) about an Alaskan oil dredging expedition gone horribly wrong. Tickets $3. Poltergeist 25th Anniversary screening Thursday, […] Read more
I have a minor obsession with Ouija boards. As a kid, I’d play with them by myself. I even literally threw one into a burning wood stove in the hopes something would happen. My first girlfriend and I would sneak into local graveyards and consult with the Ouija (and then […] Read more
If you were wondering which casting office the Miss Horrorfest auditions were being held at on Monday, it was the one with all the screaming. Oh, and the hairy drag queen. And all the girls walking in off of Laurel Canyon caked in blood. I’ll be posting my podcast of […] Read more
Today’s find at the 99 Cents Store… These handy plastic flasks water bottles are perfect for replenishing your fluids throughout your Halloween party crawl. Read more
In 1969, as Los Angeles was being horrified by the acts of the Manson family, another occult drama was unfolding in the highest reaches of local government. It seemed that County Supervisor Ernest Debs had offended a witch who, the year before, had cast a spell to increase “sexual vitality […] Read more
Orange splendor at TJ’s in Silver Lake today, which gives us another opportunity to mention our favorite pumpkin carving book, Extreme Pumpkins by Tom Nardone. For it only being October 1st, they were flying out of there this evening. As I was snapping this pic with my crappy cellphone camera, […] Read more
Spooky Halloween is one of the many Halloween-themed stations on Pandora.com, the internet radio you program yourself. Alyssa (Pandora screen name “alyssaw”) is the Pandora member who programmed the station. “I was listening to the Gothic Archies one day and was thinking what a great, creepy, atmospheric sound they have […] Read more
Elvira is once again storming through the Halloween season in Los Angeles. Cassandra Peterson, her brilliant and gorgeous creator, allowed me a little time with the Mistress of the Dark as she geared up for the premiere of her new Fox Reality Channel series, The Search for the Next Elvira. […] Read more
Wanted to rent for one night on Halloween: Any house on Carroll Avenue in Angelino Heights, to give out candy to trick or treaters, followed with a candlelit walk through the neighborhood, and an effort to communicate with previous inhabitants with a Ouija board. Not that there’s any evidence of […] Read more
