Must-See Photos of Some of L.A.'s Best Halloween Costumes, Round 2

Must-See Photos of Some of L.A.'s Best Halloween Costumes, Round 2

                                  

The day has finally arrived! Happy Halloween, Los Angeles! The Halloween costume photo submissions have continued to roll in from our creative readers, so here's our second gallery of you in your Halloween best, ranging from the terrifying to the tongue-in-cheek.

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Little Shop Of Horrors demonstrates the fine art of setting the scene

Film: Scenic Routes: Little Shop Of Horrors demonstrates the fine art of setting the scene






“Director’s Cut” has become such a devalued term since the advent of DVD that I now reflexively cringe pretty much every time I see it, assuming that it’s just a cheap marketing ploy. There are legitimate cases, however, and Little Shop Of Horrors, the 1986 movie adaptation of the 1982 off-Broadway musical adaptation of the 1960 Roger Corman black comedy (got that?), is definitely one of them. For years, the only way to see the film’s original, decidedly unhappy ending was to get a hold of a rare, recalled DVD—or, more recently, watch it on YouTube—and even that meant watching a cruddy black-and-white workprint version that only vaguely approximated the experience of the test audiences who shot it down. So I’m as thrilled as anybody else that the film is being released this week with that ending restored in full color, even though it ...

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Unsolved Mysteries created scary TV without even meaning to

TV: 100 Episodes: Unsolved Mysteries created scary TV without even meaning to






For most of the history of television, the barrier to syndication—and to profitability—has been 100 episodes. The shows that have made it to that mark are an unusual group. Many were big hits. Some found small cult audiences. Still others just hung on as best they could and never posted numbers quite low enough to be canceled. In 100 Episodes, we examine the shows that made it to that number, considering both how they advanced and reflected the medium and what contributed to their popularity.
Every generation raised by TV has one: an ostensibly sober-minded documentary series about the weird and strange of the universe that succeeds in terrifying the kids who stumble upon it. In the ’70s, it was the Leonard Nimoy-hosted, oddly scored In Search Of…, which took viewers stomping after Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the ancient aliens said to have built the pyramids ...

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