BOO-ya! There's still time to check out some Halloween events, including the Hollywood Hell House and Bordello's Voodoo Vixens Burlesque show tonight at 10p. This accident on the 5 may tie up traffic until tomorrow: authorities are still counting only 3 casualties, but who knows how drivers will react to the construction and clean-up now taking place. First the water, then the power, now the phones? Mayor Villaraigosa is proposing a 9-percent phone tax.... more ›

If the department stores can put their Christmas merch out already, we can sure as hell start celebrating Halloween! Friday, October 12th Rosemary's Billygoat, who always put on a special-effects extravaganza along with some serious rocking, will be playing at The Haunt at the Northridge Fashion Center. There will also be three haunted houses and a Fall Festival. Rosemary's Billygoat plays at 9pm. The CIA (California Institute of Abnormal Arts) in North Hollywood's Fright Night... more ›

Like any form of propaganda, the sights on display in Hollywood Hell House (a Hasidic Jew roasting in a cauldron, an Arab forced to suffer an eternity of oral surgery) can seem silly and ridiculous to non-believers. It's easy to laugh while watching the show, but it's hard not to be affected by it, too. Although the ludicrous, over-the-top depictions of things like raves, school shootings and RU-486 are cartoonishly misinformed, Hell Houses wouldn't be so successful unless a large part of the intended audience took them as the gospel truth. more ›

We know where we're going this Saturday—straight to Hell! And we couldn't be more excited. Every Saturday from now through Halloween, the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood presents "Hollywood Hell House." more ›