Screenshot of Beetlejuice 2 concept art posters featuring Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder from Alex Murillo Art.

Recently, I saw a post on 1428 Elm about Jenna Ortega joining the cast of Beetlejuice 2. Wait, what? Norwegian recently announced that Beetlejuice: The Musical would be the headline production aboard its newest ship, the Norwegian Viva. But now there’s also news that a Beetlejuice sequel was finally happening?Continue Reading

Original Broadway Company photo of Beetlejuice singing in Beetlejuice the Musical

“Why did it have to be Norwegian?” I lamented when I read the cruise line’s big news. Beetlejuice: the Musical will be the headline production aboard its newest ship, Norwegian Viva. Then again, maybe I’m being unfair. My husband Wayne and I have only cruised with them once. It wasContinue Reading

The exterior of Stranger Things: The Experience in Atlanta.

If you want to see the neighborhood where Mike, Will, Lucas, and Dustin lived, the pool where Billy worked, or where the Mind Flayer nested, there’s a Stranger Things tour for that. Or maybe you want something more interactive, like jaunting inside Hawkins National Laboratory or venturing into the UpsideContinue Reading

Posters for Prey, Pearl, Terrifier 2, The Menu, Barbarian and Bones and All, six of the best horror movies of 2022

Whether they were released via streaming services or in theaters, there was certainly no supply shortage of horror movies in 2022. But what were some of the best? Well, as with most things, it all depends on how you define “best.” For the purposes of this list, we’re qualifying “best”Continue Reading

Pan tries to talk Lyra (Dafne Keene) out of going to the Land of the Dead. | Photograph by Courtesy HBO

In both Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy and the HBO Max series based on it, many of the characters have daemons. (Which is actually spelled with a ligature to form “dæmons.”) In fact, as Will (Amir Wilson) finds out, everybody has dæmons. However, in some of the worlds (likeContinue Reading

The Playboy Murders cover

  ID is about to put a celebrity spin on Murder Mondays with the addition of two new series, Death by Fame and The Playboy Murders. “Starting this January, ID is moving right into the center of the pop culture conversation by unpacking how fascination with celebrity can quickly twistContinue Reading

The Conjuring Universe Tour image

Full details haven’t been released yet, but news broke today about “The Conjuring Universe Tour.” Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment, Sunny Side Up Entertainment, and Incubase Studio have teamed up to launch the all-new immersive walk-through horror experience. Let’s check out what we know about it so far, includingContinue Reading

Miss Cleo on the Jenny Jones show

There I was, scrolling through YouTube the other day, when a blast from the past popped up on the screen. There was the familiar warning I hadn’t seen in decades, followed by a flash of people repeating, “Call-Me-Now!” in that trademark Jamaican accent Miss Cleo used. Ah, Miss Cleo. WhatContinue Reading

The Price of Glee cover

Was Glee cursed? With so much death and misfortune befalling the show’s cast and crew, it’s easy to see how some could feel it was somehow jinxed. Will ID’s new three-part limited series, The Price of Glee, explore that? We’ll find out when it premieres on ID on Monday, JanuaryContinue Reading

Stranger Things The Experience graphic

Earlier this year, Stranger Things: The Experience opened for a limited time in New York and San Francisco, but it was during the summer. Which is fine. Nothing wrong with that. It was totally something tubular to do then. However, wouldn’t it be rad to the max to hit itContinue Reading

Paranormal Activity movie poster

First, the Conjuring movies. Then Hereditary, which is where I alluded to the possibility that Victoria Jaye would turn her analysis of how demons are portrayed in horror movies into a series. She has! Now she’s back to examine how accurately —or not— demons are portrayed in the Paranormal ActivityContinue Reading

Group photo of Ghost Adventures crew in new season and special for 2022 at Los Feliz Murder House

One thing that became clear from the Ghostober 2022 lineup was that Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures crew were an integral part of this year’s scary content. Not only on Travel Channel and discovery+ but also on Food Network. The scares begin with the launch of a new seasonContinue Reading