Jason Voorhees showed his face mask today in SoCal. But the "Friday the 13th" mass murderer wasn't participating in Halloween shenanigans, rather a man dressed as him was robbing an Asian food distribution business in Ontario. more ›

Today's animated video lunch pays homage to our favorite slashers: Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Leatherface. It's Friday the 13th... watch your step! more ›

Famous last words: "Isn't that the sign for Camp Crystal Lake back there?" For the past 30 years, the image of Jason Voorhees, wearing a hockey mask & wielding a machete, has become so synonymous with the worst of horror franchises that it's easy to forget how good the original Friday the 13th actually is. What better time to revisit this truly classic slasher than this Friday, the 13th? more ›

Now that the summer blockbuster season's in gear, it's time to counter-program with an influx of festivals! The Israel Film Festival runs through the 18th at Laemmle's Fallbrook in West Hills & the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills. Highlights include Lost Islands, which cleaned kibbutz at the Israeli box office last year and won four Ophir Awards (Israeli Oscars); The Seven Days, another Ophir powerhouse; and audience favorite & Oscar nominee Waltz With Bashir. Rather than feature one-off screenings of a multitude of films, the festival has a smaller slate (30 films) but more dedicated screening times; a nice touch for patrons with less flexible schedules. more ›

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As Halloween draws ever close, what better way to spend an evening than having the shit scared out of you in a movie theater? Screamfest, in my opinion the best horror film festival out there, begins tomorrow in Hollywood. Screenings on tap include George Romero's brand new Diary of the Dead, Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3-D, the director's cut of Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, 30 Days of Night and the terrifically spooky... more ›

A tip of the hat to New Jersey's WFMU, perhaps the East Coast's leading non-commercial radio station, for this joyous exploitation of technology: using Google Earth to capture satellite images of famous locations from equally famous movies. more ›

It's Friday the 13th. To make matters worse it’s the Friday the 13th two weeks before Halloween. This means every enterprising event promoter, gallery owner, theater manager and wanna-be goth has come up with a half-assed entertainment venture with some thuddingly obvious Halloween tie-in. Here are a few things you can do tonight that'll probably suck less than sucking on the business end of Satan's pitchfork. more ›