Time to start fresh topic with no question marks, because things ARE happening in Windy City... 
- Scarlet Letters
- The Latest Issue
- Scarlet Street Catalogue
- Book Ends
- Universal Horror
- Hammer Horror
- Corman and AIP
- Poverty Row Horrors
- Horror Italian Style
- Sherlock Holmes
- Great Detectives
- Charlie Chan & Co.
- Villains and Monsters
- Film Noir
- Film Music
- Hitchcock
- RKO and Other Studios
- Favorite Stars
- The Fabulous Fifties
- Now Playing
- Favorite Films
- Favorite Directors
- Sing Out, Louise!
- Jungle Drums
- Sci-Fi
- Animated Discussions
- Cliffhangers
- Wild West
- Comedy Tonight
- Fantasies
- The Boob Tube
- Stage Frights
- DVD and Video
- The Comic Corner
- On The Radio
- Subtexts
- The Toy Department
- Horror/Mystery Events
- The Gossip Mill
- The Paper Chase
- Coming Attractions
- Final Curtains
- Off-Topic Kibbitzing
CHICAGOLAND EVENTS!
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 ElizabethVF |
CHICAGOLAND EVENTS! |
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Posts: 485 (12/09/07 09:47 PM) |
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ElizabethVF |
CHICAGO T.V. HORROR MOVIE SHOWS Book Launch Dec. 16th! | ||
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Posts: 485 (12/09/07 09:49 PM) |
Sunday, December 16th, join other horror fans to celebrate the launch of the book:
CHICAGO T.V. HORROR MOVIE SHOWS: FROM SHOCK THEATRE TO SVENGOOLIE by authors Ted Okuda and Mark Yurkiw. Horrorbles, at 6731 W. Roosevelt Road in Berwyn, Illinois, will be hosting authors Ted Okuda and Mark Yurkiw for this special occasion on December 16th, from 12pm to 5pm, as they meet with fans and sign copies of their new book. This is a unique opportunity to gather with other horror fans in a casual setting, swap memories with two guys who are experts on the history of Chicago horror fandom, and meet other folks who share your love and appreciation of the horror film genre. To take a peek at the cover of the book, or link to other details about the event, go to: horrorbles.com/catalog/pr...1cbd97b9e0 |
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ElizabethVF |
ED WOOD FILM FEST AT HISTORIC PORTAGE THEATER JAN. 25TH | ||
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Posts: 485 (12/09/07 10:13 PM) |
Friday, January 25th come down to the Six Corners neighborhood for some wacky fun, and enjoy an Ed Wood Double Feature at the beautiful, historic Portage Theater in Chicago!
A double feature of BRIDE OF THE MONSTER and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE will be shown, with special guest CONRAD BROOKS! (Start time not yet announced-- will come back and edit the start time in here.) The Portage Theater is located at 4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue, in Chicago, just west of the "Six Corners" intersection of Milwaukee Avenue, Irving Park Road and Cicero Avenue. This is a great neighborhood, with lots of wonderful little restaurants. Best of all, there is a very reasonably priced city parking lot just a couple blocks from the theater-- easy to park! Come out for a fun evening, and help support the rebirth of this wonderful theater! Links for more information-- Horrorbles events page: horrorbles.com/catalog/in...1cbd97b9e0 Portage Theater's home page: www.portagetheater.org/ Some more information and history of the Portage: cinematreasures.org/theater/437/ *This is the first of what will be a monthly event: Creature Feature Friday Night, hosted by Horrorbles! Stay tuned for more special screenings at this beautiful venue in 2008! |
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ElizabethVF |
SVENGOOLIE December Broadcast Movies | ||
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Posts: 485 (12/09/07 10:40 PM) |
Although not an event per se, Saturday nights in Chicagoland feel like a special event, because...
Here in the Chicago area we are so lucky to have our local horror host SVENGOOLIE broadcasting classic horror movies on Saturday nights! Pop up a package of Jiffy Pop and tune into Svengoolie-- the perfect recipe for feeling like a kid again! Dec. 1: Ghost of Frankenstein Dec. 8: House of Frankenstein Dec. 15: Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein Dec. 22: Frankenstein Dec. 29: Bride of Frankenstein The Svengoolie show airs Saturdays at 9pm on WCIU (channel 26) and then repeats at 1am on their sister-station ME-TV (channel 23). Sven has said they may try to squeeze in an airing of "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" this month yet too! 
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Maleva |
Re: SVENGOOLIE December Broadcast Movies | ||
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Posts: 8033 (12/10/07 01:55 AM) |
Svengoolie and BRIDE!
You will copy for your friends outside of the windy city. Right? |
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Lawrence Nepodahl |
Re: SVENGOOLIE December Broadcast Movies | ||
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Posts: 1580 (12/11/07 02:45 AM) |
Shoot! I would love to see the two Ed Wood Films on Dec. 16, but I have a matinee performance (as Charles Dickens/Narrator) in the Stage Coach Players production of "A Christmas Carol." Otherwise, I could have stayed with some friends, who live in the 6 corners area.
PS: I've been watching some of the Svengoolie's on Saturday nights; I love when Rich Koz gives info. on the various actors in the featured film or about the film itself. I'll agree, we in the Chicago area are lucky to have his show on the air. PPS: Last Sat. (Dec. , enjoyed seeing John from that great store in Berwyn, IL; Horrorbles.
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ElizabethVF |
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Posts: 485 (12/11/07 02:12 PM) |
Maleva, I feel sure we can come to some kind of understanding!
 Lawrence, you are in luck-- it is the book signing on the 16th. The double feature is not until January 25th! Perhaps you can make it? And I too love Sven's trivia during the show... he puts a lot of work into what he does! (Rich's 'Stooge-a-Palooza' Three Stooges program is sharp too!) |
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Maleva |
Re: SVENGOOLIE December Broadcast Movies | ||
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Posts: 8033 (12/12/07 02:46 AM) |
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Maleva, I feel sure we can come to some kind of understanding! --- We had better  |
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ElizabethVF |
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Posts: 485 (12/16/07 01:14 AM) |
From Svengoolie's blog:
12/14/2007 Okay, big news for fans of the Svengoolie version of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians- the powers that be have decreed that it WILL air, once again, as a special Christmas treat, on Saturday night, December 22, at 1 am on our sister station Me-TV (broadcast channel 23, cable digital channel 223 in many areas!) Im always surprised by how many requests we get for that movie! Granted, you will see it show up all over the place, since its a public domain film- but you will ONLY see the Svensurround version on our station! If youve never experienced it- please watch, or set a tape or TiVoand see why this is a holiday tradition for Sven fans! www.wciu.com/svengoolie.aspx |
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ElizabethVF |
Chicago Area Fangoria Convention this February | ||
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Posts: 485 (12/17/07 10:10 AM) |
CHICAGO, IL AREA
Fri., Sat. & Sun. February 22-24, 2008 Wyndham Chicago O'Hare 6810 N. Mannheim Rd. Rosemont, Il. www.creationent.com/cal/fangochi.htm |
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Lawrence Nepodahl |
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Posts: 1580 (12/17/07 11:46 PM) |
Hi Elizabeth! Well, perhaps I missed something at the sight, but how much will walk-up tickets be for a day? By-the-way, it was great seeing and talking to you (albeit, briefly), last week. Thanks also, for the Stage Coach plug. Even though we had two bad weather weekends, we still had substantial audience attendance.
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ElizabethVF |
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Posts: 485 (12/19/07 10:29 AM) |
Hi there, Lawrence! It was good to see you too; perhaps we can meet up to chat sometime. Glad to hear the show went well, and please let me know if you do something like that again-- hopefully I can attend.
As far as I know, tickets are simply $10 whether in advance or at the door. I will confirm, but I think there is just the one price. Hope you can come! |
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Jacks Garage |
Re: SVENGOOLIE December Broadcast Movies | ||
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Posts: 185 (01/19/08 03:06 PM) |
Quote: Me too, but I wish whoever does his research, would get more facts right (saying stuff like Ygor being the hunchback in SoF, 1934s Black Cat being a middle film in the Boris-Bela teamups, etc, should have been easy mistakes NOT to make ). |
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kevin g shinnick |
CONRAD BROOKS-tickets still available | ||
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Posts: 11994 (01/25/08 01:52 PM) |
Today,
Friday, January 25th come down to the Six Corners neighborhood for some wacky fun, and enjoy an Ed Wood Double Feature at the beautiful, historic Portage Theater in Chicago! A double feature of BRIDE OF THE MONSTER and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE will be shown, with special guest CONRAD BROOKS! The Portage Theater is located at 4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue, in Chicago, just west of the "Six Corners" intersection of Milwaukee Avenue, Irving Park Road and Cicero Avenue. I beleive it is an 8pm start time, but call the theatre just to make sure.  |
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ElizabethVF |
February 15th - Creature Features Friday Night at the Portage Theater Continues! | ||
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Posts: 292 (02/08/08 01:10 AM) |
Friday, February 15th, come to the historic Portage Theater in Chicago to celebrate Valentine's Day and Horrorble's Second Birthday with a visit from
your favorite television ghoul and the screening of two bloody vintage classics!
The fun starts at 7p.m., when Rondo-nominated Chicago television horror host SVENGOOLIE will be meeting and greeting fans in the lobby, posing for pictures
and signing autographs through 8:30 p.m. (The line will close at 8 p.m., so be sure to arrive early!)
The double feature line-up for the evening is a flashback to the early 1980's gore-fests. The first movie, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, will begin at 8:45
p.m., followed by MY BLOODY VALENTINE at 11 p.m.
Tickets are $10.00, and may be purchased on line or at the box office.
For more information, visit the events page at: www.horrorbles.com.
Maps, directions and parking information is at the Portage Theater web site: http://www.portagetheater.org/.
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Lawrence Nepodahl |
This past weekends Hollywood Memorabilia Show... | ||
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Posts: 1533 (03/17/08 10:28 PM) |
Hey, I'm back! It's a long story and basically, no one cares...probably! Anywho... I had a great time this past Saturday; spent more then I planned
too. Picked up two movies I've wanted to see for some time- "1984" with Edmond O'Brien & "Ruggles Of Red-Gap", with Laughton.
Also talked to Caroline Munro a bit (about St. Peter and what she thinks of the Windy City Fans, etc.); a very refine lady and still looks good too! If that
were not enough, I got to see and talk to Elizabeth & John from that fab. store of what-ever you are looking for concerning Thrillers (Karloff's term),
Horror and More; Horrorbles.
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kevin g shinnick |
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Posts: 8750 (03/18/08 10:54 AM) |
Welcome back, Lawrence. I think Caroline has a painting in her attic.
It has been ages since I have seen the O'Brien "1984"(WOR -TV in NY used to show constantly in the 1970s). I still wish the BBC could release the restored 1954 Cushing version ,but the Orwell estate is blocking it . |
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kevin g shinnick |
DR PHIBES RISES- in CHICAGO?? | ||
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Posts: 8891 (04/14/08 10:57 AM) |
Creature Double Feature Tickets $10.00
At the Portage Theatre, on N Milwaukee Ave in Chicago This FRIDAY(APRIL 18TH) The Abominable Dr. Phibes 8:00pm Dr. Phibes Rises Again 9:45pm JOIN HORRORBLES FOR A DOUBLE-DOSE OF PHIBES! $10 FOR A DOUBLE HOUSE CALL BY THE GOOD DOCTOR! Sponsored by HORRORBLES. |
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kevin g shinnick |
THEY're HERE!YOU'RE NEXT-in CINEMASCOPE yet! | ||
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Posts: 9263 (07/10/08 10:38 AM) |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers Friday July 11th!
Much to our surprise the 35mm print for the evening arrived and it is in CinemaScope! This means that the aspect ratio for projecting is 2:66 (roughly 21'h x 75w) which the Portage can handle on its extended screen! An update to the evenings events. Unfortunately, Mr. McCarthy has had to cancel due to illness. I spoke with Kevin and he is disappointed not to be joining us, to travel at his age with something as minute as a stomach flu could prove troublesome. Understandable. Horrorbles will reschedule to have Mr. McCarthy back as soon as he is feeling better. Join us for a special evening Horrorbles will be playing an audio interview of Kevin that evening as part of the line-up & tribute to Mr. McCarthy. So fret not, this will still prove to be an incredible evening for everyone in attendance! Please join us celebrate this classic film and pay tribute to an Icon of Hollywood Call 708-484-7370 to reserve your tickets for this Friday's event! The Evenings events will start roughly at 8pm. with a Twilight Zone episode, followed by the short film "Clearance" written and directed by James Klein. James has created a beautiful homage to Mr. McCarthy's career in film which will be followed by an audio interview with Kevin. The finale, a beautiful print of "Invasion |
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kevin g shinnick |
Ricou "The Creature" Browning Coming to Horrorbles In August! | ||
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Posts: 9264 (07/10/08 10:40 AM) |
Ricou "The Creature" Browning Coming to Horrorbles In August!
Horrorbles will then have "The Creature From The Black Lagoon" himself Ricou Browning at the Portage Theater Saturday August 9th for Creature From The Black Lagoon on the big screen! The following Sunday August 10th he will be at Horrorbles for an in-store signing! Ricou Browning, better known as "The Creature from the Black Lagoon," began his underwater odyssey at an early age. Born in Jensen Beach, Florida, on the Atlantic, he appeared in Grantland Rice underwater films as a pre-teen. As a teenager at Wakulla Springs, Ricou was a lifeguard and put on underwater shows for the glass bottom boat tours at which time he helped develop hose breathing, prior to the invention of scuba gear. While still in high school, Ricou helped clear and develop Weeki-Wachee Springs, later becoming underwater show producer and performer; again utilizing his hose breathing techniques. Following his performances in three "Creature" films, Ricou joined Ivan Tors Films as Second Unit Director and President of the Underwater Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, for such projects as "Aquanauts" and "Sea Hunt."Later became President of Ivan Tors Studios in North Miami . HORRORBLES.COM is also where you can buy your copy of SCARLET #1 (and future issues as they come out). |
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The News Hound |
Halloween all month at Music Box Theatre | ||
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Posts: 887 (10/08/08 10:59 AM) |
Chicago's Music Box Theatre offers a suitably festive schedule for October, which includes their 4th annual
24-hour horror film festival.
October 24, 8:00 PM An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt A selection of the hilariously bizarre (or bizarrely hilarious) animations of Don Hertzfeldt (check out YouTube for a taste), followed by an interview and Q&A with the filmmaker. October 25, 12:00 Noon Music Box Massacre 4 24-hour horror marathon/convention/Halloween party, including personal appearances by Clive Barker (screening the barely-released feature THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN), Lucky McKee (MAY) and Joseph Zito (FRIDAY THE 13th: THE FINAL CHAPTER). Other films on the program include THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932), EYES WITHOUT A FACE and THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE. See the link above for a full list. October 29, 8:00 PM Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Featuring star Tura Satana in person. And extending the Halloween mood into next month... November 12, 10:30 PM Repo! The Genetic Opera Director Darren Lynn Bousman's (SAW 2, 3, 4) futuristic rock opera about a "repo man" (Anthony Stewart Head) who retrieves-- at scalpel-point-- human organs from patients who haven't paid their hospital bill. Also featuring Sarah Brightman, Paul Sorvino, Joan Jett and Paris Hilton. |
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- Scarlet Letters
- The Latest Issue
- Scarlet Street Catalogue
- Book Ends
- Universal Horror
- Hammer Horror
- Corman and AIP
- Poverty Row Horrors
- Horror Italian Style
- Sherlock Holmes
- Great Detectives
- Charlie Chan & Co.
- Villains and Monsters
- Film Noir
- Film Music
- Hitchcock
- RKO and Other Studios
- Favorite Stars
- The Fabulous Fifties
- Now Playing
- Favorite Films
- Favorite Directors
- Sing Out, Louise!
- Jungle Drums
- Sci-Fi
- Animated Discussions
- Cliffhangers
- Wild West
- Comedy Tonight
- Fantasies
- The Boob Tube
- Stage Frights
- DVD and Video
- The Comic Corner
- On The Radio
- Subtexts
- The Toy Department
- Horror/Mystery Events
- The Gossip Mill
- The Paper Chase
- Coming Attractions
- Final Curtains
- Off-Topic Kibbitzing
