The Black Monarch Hotel has revealed its newest room: Bela Lugosi’s Dracula, a hotel room themed around the icon and cult phenomenon whose unique characterization of Count Dracula forever transformed pop culture’s portrayal of vampires.
Carma “The Genre Traveler” Spence has teamed up with her husband to create a new science fiction (and beyond) video podcast. What can you expect from our show? Interesting insights, witty repartee, and the occasional giggle. Here’s our introduction video: Episodes are scheduled to be posted every other week. Several are already up for your […]
According to The Wrap, the following genre pilots are in the pipeline for fall. ABC Beauty and the Beast starring Chris Egan (Resident Evil: Extinction) – a retelling of the classic fairytale Gotham – A female cop discovers magic in New York City As yet untitled drama from Roland Emmerich (ID4) and Harold Kloser starring […]
While tooling around IMBD, I noticed a list of forthcoming sequels and prequels. What was interesting about the list was how it was dominated by genre titles. Here’s a short summary of those coming out this year. Currently in theaters: The fourth entry in the Scream franchise, which was first released in December of 1996, […]
That is why May is when the National Halloween Convention is held. Halloween in all its varied forms and sub genre’s is second only to Christmas in the American imagination, and pocketbook. The convention brings together professional haunters, Amateur home haunters, Halloween decorators, antique collectors, Horror film fans, and history buffs all under the one […]
Starring Nathan Lane (Titan A.E., Austin Powers in Goldmember, Astro Boy) as Gomez, and Bebe Neuwirth (The Faculty, Jumanji and a really fun episode of ST:TNG, “First Contact”) as Morticia, The Addams Family: A New Musical is set to hit Broadway in March, and will have it’s World Premiere in Chicago on Friday. For more […]
It now feels like billions and billions of years ago, but when I was 15 I received one of the best birthday presents. But the story doesn’t start there. You see, back then I was an avid Cosmos fan … pleading with my Dad to let me stay up to watch an entire episode of […]
Back on March 2, I told you that Star Trek: The Experience was going to re-open in downtown Las Vegas in Neonopolis. It was suppose to open in May in conjunction with the reboot movie by J.J. Abrams. So, when I went to Las Vegas last week, I was all excited about seeing the show’s […]
“Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning” in New York City, Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which Silver helped found, told the Associated Press. “He had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years.” I noticed the news because I’ve always kinda had a crush […]
According to a story on Airlock Alpha, which I write for, CBS/Paramount says it has signed a contract to return Star Trek: The Experience to Las Vegas, this time at the Neonopolis Center. The attraction closed last year when Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. didn’t renew its contract with the Las Vegas Hilton. It is expected […]