NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY IN TERROR. Now, a year after its historic presentation, and in gothic celebration of Halloween, Film historian Steve Vertlieb takes us aboard a dark yet wonderful cinematic time machine, delving into the creation of Murnau’s seminal horror film, examining its influence on generations (from Lugosi and Lee, to SALEM’S LOT, HARRY POTTER and more), then reviews the startling new stage presentation.
Dead of Night- Chapter 3: Bobby
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Reminder: Race is Not a Costume
RANKIN/BASS’S ‘MAD MONSTER PARTY’ (1967). WITH BORIS KARLOFF AND ‘MAD’ MAGAZINE CREATORS
The Halloween Capital of the World Isn’t What You Think It Is
SHORT FILM SHOWCASE: Each year in Sardinia, Italy, men from the small village of Mamoiada don grotesque wooden masks and vests of black sheepskin
Now I Know: Starving Garfield
Kickstarter for Son of Ugh. Pete Von Sholly. Deadline, November 15, 2017.
What You Need to Know About 6-Foot Trick-or-Treaters
Keep Safety in Mind This Halloween!
The Halloween Costume Everyone Was Wearing The Year You Were Born
50+ Spooky and Sweet Halloween Treats
MUSIC, mostly from Jaquandor
The Mask of the Red Death, a work for harp and string quartet by Andre Caplet
Antonin Dvorak’s The Noon Witch – the backstory is creepier than the music
Jerry Goldsmith for the movie The Haunting
Bernard Herrmann’s seminal film score, Psycho
Wojcech Kilar’s wonderful score to the rather uneven film Bram Stoker’s DRACULA
A Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
The Isle of the Dead by Sergei Rachmaninov
The Ventures – The Twilight Zone
John Williams’s rare forays into the world of horror: a suite from his score to the movie Dracula
A local (SoCal) production of Young Frankenstein
