REAL GHOSTS with REEL GHOSTS

DATE: July 4th (Monday)
TIME: 8:00pm
PLACE: Silent MovieTheater
611 North Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles(map)
MOVIE: Insidious (2010)
ADMISSION: $10.00

Your chance to see this movie about ghosts in an actual haunted theater! (Note: this event is not hosted by GHOULA, and is just an event our members should know about. Thus, the event staff may not answer any questions regarding their ghosts.)

The Silent Movie Theater is said to be haunted by ghosts in the lobby and projection booth. (to read more about this theater's ghost...)

(for more info on this event...)

Happy 4th of GHOULY!

Every year, GHOULA pays tribute to this great country by profiling a ghost from American pop-culture that has ties to Southern California. This year, we spotlight video game royalty.

Is there a greater icon (graphically speaking) from the 1980's that is more universally recognized than that of Pac-Man, the yellow circle missing a wedge that starred in the enormously popular video arcade game of the same name, as well as numerous sequels and various off-shoots through the decades and various game platforms.

Never far from this electronic superstar are Pac-Man's four colorful villains, commonly thought to be ghosts (or monsters that turn into ghosts), and known by many names, depending on the language the game uses, but in the United States they're called Shadow, Speedy, Bashful, and Pokey. As such, these mischievous spectres may represent the first time a video game tackled the issue of the "after life" in the context of the character's world.

Granted, these complex ground-breaking, and gender barrier breaking, characters in the otherwise monochromatic, and simple world of 1980's video games were created in Japan. It is worth noting the popular Saturday morning cartoon show based of the game (1982-1983), which not only definitively called Pac-Man's enemies "ghosts" and renamed them, using their popular nicknames, Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde, was created right here in Los Angeles at the (now defunct) Hanna-Barbera Studios at 3400 Cahuenga Blvd. (The former site of a "Monkey Island" attraction).

GOD BLESS AMERICA'S GHOSTS! Happy 4th of July, everyone!
(to see last year's ghost from American pop culture...)

Haunted Hollywood Scavenger Hunt

Haunted Hollywood Scavenger Hunt
Date: October 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29
Time: 6pm to 8:30pm
Price: $25
Age Suitability: 21 and up

Murders, Suicides, Burned Alive- All of these tortured souls still haunt Hollywood Boulevard. Discover these ghosts as you participate in the Haunted Hollywood Scavenger Hunt. Team up to uncover the haunting secrets of Hollywood. The Hollywood Hunt stars the ghosts of the Roosevelt, the Knickerbocker Hotel, many of the theaters and other secret locations revealed during the hunt.

No prior ghost hunting knowledge is required to solve the challenging clues, but a flashlight is helpful. NEW twist this year, the hunt begins in a haunted, hidden Hollywood speakeasy!!!

www.outoftheboxevents.net
For more info: 323.799.1374

Spooky Theater Show

Wicked Lit at the Millennium Biltmore

A Free Night of Ghostly Fun

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Ghosts, goose bumps, and laughs are promised at the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel this week.

An “anti-horror” comedy adaptation of Mark Twain’s A Ghost Story, the performance is free and will run twice on two nights: June 15 at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., and June 16 at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Adapted by Wicked Lit’s Jonathan Josephson and directed by Paul Millet, the story follows a lost college student who stumbles upon an abandoned hotel.

The show will take place inside Bernard’s, a former restaurant located in the hotel. Early arrival is suggested and entrance is on Olive Street.

Although admission is free; RSVP is strongly encouraged.

The Millennium Biltmore Hotel is at 506 S. Grand Ave. For more information or to RSVP, go to wickedlit.org.