Deadly Prey is the Citizen Kane of Rambo rip-offs. Or, more accurately, Citizen Kane is the Deadly Prey of William Randolph Hearst biopics. Don't believe me? Check Cinefamily favorite Everything is Terrible! for video clips or the Gentleman's Guide to Midnight Cinema podcast for an in-depth discussion. There's no better venue for such cinematic splendor than Horrible Movie Night, a monthly film/comedy spectacular with alcoholic beverages, sugary brownies, improv intermissions, and a competition for the best audience one-liner. If you're on a strictly low-testosterone diet, check out Viscera Film Festival, an all-day women's horror festival at Downtown Independent. The line-up sports 34 shorts spanning three genres - comedic, experimental & scary - and these ladies don't need Aunt Flo to bring the gore! Guests include Amber Benson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Brea Grant (Heroes), Cerina Vincent (Cabin Fever), and a killer cadre of filmmaking final girls. more ›

If you're anything like me, your Fridays are packed with dead bodies. No? Make some time this week to rectify that situation. The Warner Grand's deadly double of The Giant Gila Monster & The Giant Spider Invasion features radiation, rock & roll, and most importantly, a raffle for a dead body at intermission. Once you've won, high-tail it to the Nuart, where the midnight premiere of controversial coming-of-age-zombie-rape-melodrama Deadgirl will teach you what to do and what not to do with your new friend. If you still have questions, leads Noah Segan, Shiloh Fernandez & writer Trent Haaga will be on hand and happy to help! more ›

Ray Bradbury, Forrest J. Ackerman and Ray Harryhausen discuss their work 7:30pm @ Mystery & Imagination Bookstore more ›

Ten years from now we may look back at 300 as the movie that heralded the final shift away from the star-driven, mega-budget blockbuster paradigm. In an increasingly risk-managed world, why not spend 60 million dollars on a whole movie instead of 25 million on Tom Cruise or one of the Wills? Hot Fuzz signals the definite arrival of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg that was so strongly hinted at in Shaun of the Dead. Ray Harryhausen fans should be stoked about the new release of the legend's 20 Million Miles to Earth. Paulo Costanzo fans should feel likewise about Everything's Gone Green. Maybe. Me? I'm all about The Archie Show. more ›

Science fiction fans in the rest of the world must be insanely jealous of Angelenos. Tonight we get to watch Clash of the Titans on big screen — and then watch Ray Harryhausen, Ray Bradbury and Harry Hamlin talk about it afterward. more ›

Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury: he's the author of Farenheight 451, The Illustrated Man, the Martian Chronicles and many more. He's won a pile of awards, including a Kennedy Center honor in 2004. (What do you think is going through his mind when this photo was taken?) He's 85, and he lives in our very own Pasadena. more ›

• Tonight the Fahey/Klein Gallery presents the opening reception for "Unbounded Youth," an exhibit of photographs by David Drebin, Mona Kuhn and Nathaniel Welch. The reception is from 7 – 9 PM, and the show runs through March 12th. more ›