From LAist: See cult-movie legend/director Jack Hill at the Egyptian tonight for a double feature celebrating the release of the scary masterpiece, Spider Baby on DVD! Tonight’s festivities include a screening of Spider Baby (1968) & Pit Stop (1969). Besides classic horror star Lon Cheney, Jr., Spider Baby also stars […] Read more
The Los Angeles County Fair is an essential Fall-in-LA event not to be missed. It runs through next Sunday, September 30th, closing night concert by Earth, Wind & Fire. It’s vast and you can easily spend an entire day there. You can see (and touch and smell) farm animals, rodeo, […] Read more
On Sunday at 4:30 PM, Councilmember Tom LaBonge will lead the annual Fall Equinox Hike in Griffith Park. Meet at the top of Fern Dell (Western Avenue Entrance) off Los Feliz Blvd. Cars will park in lot 9. Hikers are encourage to bring food and drinks for a pot luck […] Read more
Today’s favorite items from the 99 Cents Store I’m the type of guy who could use these matching spider web paper plates and napkins everyday, year round, but that’s just me. It’s a good thing I have a dishwasher or I would have gone through an entire rainforest’s worth of […] Read more
Remember the frustration these floppy, freebie records would cause? If they weren’t already ruined by the time you cut them off the packaging they were affixed to, getting them to actually play on a turntable seemed like a miracle if sound actually came out. Usually the hole was drilled in […] Read more
I really don’t understand why anyone would rather do anything besides trick or treating on Halloween night… or frightening the trick or treaters. But, I guess some people do grow up. These, by the way, are the same people who’ll appreciate having plenty of advance notice for this annual event […] Read more
Creepy LA is looking for the next Elvira – boobs optional – for a series of television appearances and possibly other media requests. We’re looking for someone in the vein of Vampira, Ghoulita, or Sinister Seymour… all former TV personalities who hosted midnight moves on local TV. Since “Creepy” rhymes […] Read more
Today’s favorite item from the 99 Cents Store Nothing says “Bite my damn neck, already,” like a day-glo green rubber bat. Read more
The everyday creepy in Los Angeles Here’s a casual example of magical realism on the little screen promoted on a humble bus stop shelter. Satan, witches, ghosts, reality shows– the dark side is alive and well in the cultural mainstream, thanks to the relaxed LA ‘tude about religion in general. […] Read more
B Horror movies are startlingly cheap at the 99 Cents Stores again this year. They’re even pushing the cheap envelope by offering some DVDs that have a double feature plus a vintage cartoon. Directors such as Roger Corman, Wes Craven and Mario Caiano are represented as well as stars like […] Read more
