Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Halloween Hype: Costume Contest, V/H/S/MIXTAPE More Like V/H/S/Mistake, The Not Really Ghostbusters & More

We've mentioned the Hercules vs Vampires opera-movie, but left the after-party included with your tickets and the $10,000 costume contest for the 31st. From their site :
 
"Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, we’re offering a $10,000 grand prize!

A panel of judges (including artisans and experts from our very own LA Opera Costume Department) will award the night's best costume with $10,000, two VIP tickets to a future production, and a behind-the-scenes tour of the LA Opera Costume Shop. Second place claims $2,500 and two VIP tickets, while third place takes home $500 and a pair of VIP tickets!" Read the full details here.

Hercules vs Vampires
Oct 30 - 31, 2026
The United Theater on Broadway 
$ 

This Halloween, LA Opera joins forces with the United Theater on Broadway for an only-in-LA collision of opera, orchestra, cult cinema and unabashed camp.

Hercules vs. Vampires is a musical reimagining of Mario Bava's 1961 sword-and-sandal cult classic Hercules in the Haunted World, starring former Mr. Universe Reg Park—an early mentor to Arnold Schwarzenegger—alongside the legendary Christopher Lee (Lord of the Rings, Dracula,   Star Wars).

Patrick Morganelli's original score adds live singers and orchestra to Mario Bava's gloriously lurid fantasy, making an already over-the-top movie even more over the top. It's high art meets high camp, with equal parts beef and cheese.

Glorp Gum has Halloween goods to get before it's too late.

 

"That future comes crashing down with the horrendous “V/H/S/Mixtape,” the worst in the series since 2014’s “Viral.” The concept of merging music with horror was promising on paper, but most of the development ended there. “Mixtape” feels rushed, incoherent, and unambitious, and it includes several of the worst installments in the entire “V/H/S” legacy. "-Brian

Brian Tallerico's review pretty much sums it up. This was one of the worst V/H/S's in a long time.
 


Draftula is more addicting than I thought it would be. The demo is out now on Steam.

"Draftula is a roguelike twist on the block-dropping puzzler where you try to build up a castle as high as possible! Each night, you construct your fortress by dropping rooms onto the board. Rooms have certain boons when placed next to other rooms, so learning what rooms play nice together is crucial for your success."

 

J.J. Lendl has made some great posters based on Window's Bay episodes. Their up for pre-order in his shop.




 

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Monday, October 12, 2026

Godzilla Invades Little Tokyo Oct 31st-Nov 15th

 

Oct 31st-Nov 15th
Little Tokyo 
 
Godzilla returns to Little Tokyo with a special Godzilla Pop-Up Shop and special screening of a classic Godzilla film.
 
 🛍️ 【GODZILLA POP-UP SHOP 2026】
📅 Oct 31 – Nov 15, 2026 (Closed Tuesdays)
📍 Anime Jungle Pop-Up Space
Shop U.S. early releases, event-exclusive sofubi figures, limited apparel, and special purchase bonuses (tote bags & posters)!
 

Celebrating the classic "Terror of Mechagodzilla" (1975) with an exclusive film screening, special guest panel, and limited merch!
🎬 【SPECIAL FILM SCREENING & PANEL】
📅 Sunday, Nov 1, 2026 (Doors open at 12:00 PM)
📍 JANM Tateuchi Democracy Forum
🎫 Tickets: $25.00
✨ Every ticket includes a FREE exclusive B2-size commemorative poster!

Join us for an exclusive talk show and Q&A session with actress Tomoko Ai immediately following the screening, where she will share unforgettable behind-the-scenes stories from her iconic role as Katsura Mafune and her experiences working on classic Japanese tokusatsu productions!
Special Signing Event:
Following the screening, an autograph signing session will be held at the Godzilla Pop-Up Shop!
Signing Event Fee: $21.00 (Cash Price: $20.00)



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Friday, October 9, 2026

The Second Annual Scoop Palm Springs Ice Cream Festival Nov 1st

 

Gotta get this one out, because it's the day after Halloween.
 
Sunday, November 1st, 12 to 4 p.m. 
Downtown Park, Palm Springs
General Admission tickets are $35 and include ten 2-ounce tastings, equivalent to
approximately four full scoops. Tickets are shareable with friends and family and include access
to festival entertainment and activities.
The Scoop Collective is $70 and includes all General Admission benefits plus exclusive
collaborations, special treats and festival extras not available elsewhere at Scoop Palm Springs.
Space is limited.
 
Yes, I think we all want an ice cream right about now, but you'll have to wait and head to Palm Springs for this tasty ice cream festival to beat the heat.
 
Scoop Palm Springs has two new features this year: the first time Scoop Palm Springs Best Flavor of the
Year competition and The Scoop Collective, a limited experience featuring exclusive local
collaborations.
 
You can read more about each below from the press release:

For the first time, participating frozen treat makers will enter one of their flavors for the chance to
be named Scoop Palm Springs Best Flavor of the Year. During the festival, David Cox of Dining
with the Davids will guide a panel of judges through a live taste test of the competing flavors.
This year’s judges include:

● Luna Barrios, Executive Pastry Chef, Grand Hyatt Indian Wells
● Juan Morales, Executive Chef, Agua Caliente Rancho Mirage
● Deven Green and Handsome Ned, Palm Springs personalities

The competition will unfold live throughout the festival as judges sample entries from
participating makers before a Best Flavor of the Year is crowned.

Also new this year, The Scoop Collective will offer a more curated festival experience featuring
collaborations created exclusively for Scoop Palm Springs. The limited experience brings
together local ice cream and gelato makers with Coachella Valley culinary, coffee and creative
businesses for one-of-a-kind treats and extras.

Collaborations include an exclusive ice cream sandwich from Con Amor, Nina y Leon x I
Scream, along with mini affogatos created by SOTToVOCE Café x Gelato Granucci. Scoop
Collective ticket holders will also receive a custom-engraved ice cream scooper from Signed by
Alex, a mini curated bouquet from Flor Del Mar, a Scoop tote, bandana and temporary tattoos,
with water provided by Desert Water Agency.

Additional festival highlights include:
● More than 20 local ice cream, gelato, paleta and frozen treat makers
● More than 50 flavors to discover
● Live music by DJ MODGIRL
● Kids Zone by Palm Springs Parks & Recreation
● Photo booth experience by Party Life Photo Booth
● Hollandia Dairy activation with samples and giveaways
● Community food drive benefiting The LGBTQ Center’s Community Food Bank
● Blue Zones Project Palm Springs Shake Bike, where guests can pedal to blend their own
shake and learn more about living a longer, healthier life
 
Benefiting The LGBTQ Center’s Community Food Bank, the festival will bring together more
than 20 of the Coachella Valley’s top ice cream, gelato, paleta and frozen treat makers for an
afternoon of tastings, live music, family-friendly activities and community connection. One
hundred percent of net proceeds will be donated to the Community Food Bank, which provides
free nutritious food to more than 500 local families and individuals each week.

Last year’s inaugural Scoop Palm Springs festival raised $21,000 and collected more than 300
pounds of food for The LGBTQ Center’s Community Food Bank. Festivalgoers are once again
encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to support the community food drive.
Tickets for the Second Annual Scoop Palm Springs Ice Cream Festival are available now at
scoopsandiego.org/scoop-palm-springs.
 

 
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Utterly Weird Take On Horror Movies At Film Festivals

 

Since the Hollywood Reporter let director Joseph Kahn have an opinion piece go up, it was immediately greeted with dismay. Not for just he's weird takes, but for the nonsensical writing. It's hard to get a bead on whatever his point is. 

Perhaps, in his mind, that horror films having political themes is bad or people adding political themes that aren't there is bad for film fests. I'm not quite sure and I'm not sure he is either. It's really all over the place. If anything it seems like he's a director of the 80's coked out of his mind and was let to write down his thoughts after a big bump. A terrible funny read.

"By night, it’s a meat market, serving face-peeling gore to the poors." -Kahn

Dude, it's just people enjoying horror films.

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Halloween 2026: We Just Keep Adding To The Guide and So Much More Scary News

Even more in our Halloween Guide.
 
Wednesday, October 21, 7:00 - 8:30 pm, 
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, 5700 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Free, RSVP Required
 
In "Haunted Archipelago," Haruo Shirane examines both the “natural”—snakes, foxes, mountains, rivers, tall trees—and the “supernatural”—serpents, demons, ghosts, and tengu—as key parts of what he calls the “eco-social imaginary” in Japan. “Eco-social imaginary” is a singular way of living and seeing that binds the community with its physical environment. The “social” is not just humans but the larger community of animals, reptiles, birds, trees, and the surrounding rivers and mountains, which are often treated as earth beings. The “eco-social imaginary” extends to the spirits of the human dead, who are welcomed back to the family at Obon (Festival of the Dead), as well as the spirits of the deceased non-humans, from animals to utensils.
 
Saturday, October 24
8 PM - 12 AM
Bob Baker Marionette Theater 4949 York Boulevard Los Angeles, CA, 90042
Tiered Tickets: $35 - $500 
This event is 21+
 
 On October 24th, celebrate Halloween with a party unlike any other, with all proceeds benefiting our nonprofit Theater. Our Fourth Annual Costume Ball will include: 
 
Special performance of Hallowe’en Spooktacular
Costume contest hosted and judged by The Law Office of MOWS
Special guests Demi Adejuyigbe,  Hannah Pilkes, Camirin Farmer, Clowns of Color, and the Dimbledots of Dilly’s World
Dancing on our world-famous red carpet with tunes spun by DJ Kindness
Wine & Cocktail Bar
Attendees have the chance to participate in a costume contest and show us your best costumes on our red carpet! 
 
Boo at the L.A. Zoo
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24/25 & Oct. 31/Nov. 1
Boo at the L.A. Zoo is free with paid Zoo admission or an active L.A. Zoo membership. 

The Halloween spirit will be in full swing for two fun-filled weekends at the L.A. Zoo,  with trick-or-treating stations, special keeper talks, pumpkin animal enrichment sessions, themed photo-ops, live performances and more.  Costumes are encouraged!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Haunted Little Tokyo Scavenger Hunt
FREE activity for all ages! 
Saturday 10/24 • 11 AM-2 PM 
Terasaki Budokan (249 S Los Angeles St)

Explore Little Tokyo with a haunted scavenger hunt hosted by the Terasaki Budokan. Families are encouraged to dress-up for the festivities. Collect all of the stamps for a special treat. 
 
 









Haunted Little Tokyo Ghost Tours
Saturday October 24th 2026 • 5:00 pm
Tours depart from Union Center for the Arts
 $25/person

Embark on a haunted tour of Little Tokyo’s historic 1st Street block and hear spooky accounts of Little Tokyo ghost encounters from community members.

 

 

Saturday, 10/24 • Doors at 6:30 PM
Terasaki Budokan
249 S Los Angeles Street
 
Get into the spooky season mood, have lots of laughs, enjoy delicious food and drinks, and support our non-profit community center all at the same time!

Plus, buy your tickets before 10/1 for 20% off- use promo code "SPOOKY26"

You definitely don't want to miss this one as we're celebrating a huge milestone- this will be our 10th BudoComedy Show!



 
Haunted Little Tokyo Block Party
Saturday 10.31.26
4:00PM - Midnight 
Secret Little Tokyo location
21+
 
The Little Tokyo Ghost Club invites you to the 10th Annual Haunted Little Tokyo Block Party — DJs, drinks, food, and a costume contest.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Celebrate Life and Heritage: Downtown Día de los Muertos 2026

Gloria Molina Grand Park transforms into an illuminated, sacred civic sanctuary for the 2026 presentation of Downtown Día de los Muertos. Running October 24 through November 2, 2026, this free, 10-day outdoor cultural exhibition invites all of Los Angeles to honor departed loved ones and celebrate living community connections.

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the full music video. You've never heard of it, cuz it's came from England.

 

 

The new Spooky Month came out...in October.

Last One Laughing returns for a Halloween special, October 23rd on Prime Video

 

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Thursday, October 8, 2026

Halloween Hype 2026: The 2026 Lofi Girl Halloween Radio, Bill's Favorite Snack, Dia de los Muertos Ghost Face, Ghost Stories Infamous Dub & More

Of course, the Blumhouse Cheetos comes with a horror short. And, it's pretty good. 

Jeffrey Dollmer on Digital and On Demand November 3.

One of the dumbest horror films coming out and their missing the Halloween window?

The Dia de los Muertos edition of Ghost Face is heading to Dead by Daylight and honsetly, we'd have no problem if it was going into Spanish speaking territory for the next one. Olé!

For much better entertainment this October, there's TCM's month-long special showings and a horrothon at the end for Halloween.

TCM Does Halloween

Original

 

 ADV spicy dub

For dumb haunted fun, nothing beats Ghost Stories, the dirty dub changes the Japanese anime kid show into a never-ending insult barrage. 5 school kids and a talking cat have to save themselves and their school from all kinds of yokai and Japanese ghosts. The things that come out of their mouth will be more funny and frightening that anything on screen.You can find it free online from multiple sources. We spotted it free on YouTube from two official sources, it just comes with commercials.

*Silliest part, the ending theme is perfect for the dub, but makes very little sense for a Japanese kid cartoon show with sexy, sexy being repeated throughout it.

 

5 new Halloween Hot Wheels are out now. They seem to do it every year. 

 

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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Street Fighter Round-Up: Bonus Round Opening Night Fan Event & Guile's Hair Popcorn Bucket

Press release: Paramount Pictures and Legendary Entertainment today announced the STREET FIGHTER "Bonus Round" Opening Night Fan Event, a one-night theatrical event for the die-hard World Warriors. Fans will have the chance to level up their moviegoing experience with an exclusive STREET FIGHTER event featuring collectible rewards and special fan offerings at Opening Night screenings on Thursday, October 15 at 7:00 p.m. local time.  The event will be presented exclusively in IMAX® and premium formats, including Dolby Cinema, 4DX, D-BOX, ScreenX, and other premium large-screen auditoriums at participating theatres.

Fans at the “Bonus Round” screenings will see special bonus content curated for this event.  Each ticketholder will also receive an exclusive collector's art print given away at their local theatre and one of three different pin-back character buttons  – while supplies last.


STREET FIGHTER early shows (starting at 2:00pm local time on October 15th) and general showtimes are on sale now.  To purchase tickets and to find participating “Bonus Round” Fan Event theatre listings in your area, visit streetfightermovie.com/bonusroundevent. Tickets are also available at exhibitors’ websites and mobile apps, and participating theatre box offices nationwide.
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