Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Game Hype: Control Resonant, Scott Pilgrim EX - Back in the Band DLC, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered, Orbitals & New LEGO Super Mario sets

CONTROL Resonant arrives September 24th 2026 to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, and Mac via Steam and the App Store.

Woah, we have quite the collection of games coming out this Fall. We've been looking forward to Control Resonant since it was announced and it looks like they took everything we liked with the first game and made it better. 

Scott Pilgrim EX - Back in the Band DLC + Coin-Op Chaos update are out NOW! 

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered will be available on Steam, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 (PS5), and Nintendo Switch 2. A demo is coming to Steam on October 15, 2026.


 

Halloween 2026: Knott's Scary Farm & Six Flags Fright Fest, No Creep LA This Year Kids & Halloween I-III

 
Select Nights. September 17 - October 31, 2026
8039 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620
$$
 
"Knott’s Scary Farm is the longest-running and most haunting Halloween theme park event in Southern California. With over 50 years of nightmares, unimaginable scares, and innovative thrills, Knott’s Scary Farm has left no tomb unearthed, no crypt unrattled, and no fear untouched.

Experience the fully transformed theme park, with uniquely haunted mazes and attractions, sinister shows, and more than 1,000 horrifying creatures lurking in the fog and hiding across every inch of the park."
 
Two new mazes this year and we're kind of impressed by them. Inked features killer cartoons from the 1930's and we have Unearthed, has you acting like Lara Croft or Indiana Jones as you go through a haunted excavation site when a new mysterious ancient tablets are discovered.
 
 
 
Select Nights. September 18 - November 1
26101 Magic Mountain Pkwy, Valencia, CA 91355
$$
 
"With pulse-pounding scares, innovative thrills, and scintillating shows, Six Flags Magic Mountain leaves no tomb unearthed, no crypt unrattled, and no fear untouched."
 
Unlike Knott's, Six Flags does get horror movie franchise themed mazes. This year they've got one for Final Destination. But they've also got them based on The Conjuring franchise and Trick 'r Treat movie. Then there's the Wolves' Blood maze which implies rock n roll werewolves? That seems to be a mash-up this year of werewolves relating to music for some reason?
 
Sadly, we're not one of the Six Flags get the Jason: Blood Reign haunted maze.

 

 

In some saddening news, Creep LA won't be having a haunt this year. As sent out in an email, Creep LA had some unforeseen circumstances and has no location for their haunt. Just Fix It Productions, the company behind Creep LA isn't dead, but just can't produce anything that spooky without a location and can't find one in time for the spooky season. We've been fans of them for a long time with multiple reviews of their experiences over the years. We wish them well and hope they can find a new place next year to scare the crap out of us.



Halloween I-III, presented by Halloween: The Game are back in AMC theaters this September. Check your local AMC theaters for times.

Halloween (1978) — September 4
Halloween II (1981) — September 5
Halloween III: Season of the Witch — September 6

Monday, August 31, 2026

NEVER AFTER DARK + Q&A Free Advance Screening Sept 15th

 

NEVER AFTER DARK + Q&A with filmmaker Dave Boyle
Tue. Sep 15, 2026 | 7:30pm
Aero Theatre
Free Advance Screening

 In Japanese with English subtitles.

A wandering medium, Airi spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living. Summoned to an isolated country house, she comes face to face with a grotesque apparition with powers that defy Airi’s experience. As she digs deeper into the house’s past, a secret comes to light — and Airi finds herself hunted by a far more unpredictable force. For the first time, her greatest adversary is not the supernatural, but the living.

Halloween 2026: Halloween Horror Nights Starts, Watch Out For Obsession's Nikki There & The Horror Show @ The Academy Museum

Halloween Horror Nights is leading the pack this week opening Thursday!

Select Nights Sept. 3 through Nov. 1
Universal Studios Hollywood 
Price varies by the many options below 
Ticket options include General Admission, Universal Express Ticket, R.I.P. Tour, Day/Night Ticket and After 2 P.M. Day/Night Ticket. Plus, Early Access Ticket provides entry to select haunted houses beginning at 5:30 p.m. (subject to change). Also, the popular Frequent Fear Pass and Ultimate Fear Pass allow guests to experience scares again and again throughout the season.
 
Haunted Houses this year are based on:
Sinners
Stranger Things
Hellraiser (specifically inspired by the first three films) 
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Dead, Deader, Deadest (original idea When a miracle embalming drug backfires, the Deville Family Funeral Home’s permanent residents rise from their graves dead set on terrorizing the living in this haunted house.)
Evil Dead Burn
 
That's only a bit of the fun as you'll have multiple Nikki's from Obsession you have to look out for!
 

The Academy Museum is bringing the scares this year by launching a special frightening new exhibit!

September 26, 2026–July 25, 2027 
Academy Museum
$ Admission 

Blurring the line between museum presentation and eerie spectacle, The Horror Show will take visitors on a journey through cinema, starting with an introductory gallery sound installation, into “The Hallway” — modeled after the common horror trope—that will lead to six distinctly themed galleries: Gothic, Psychological, Science, Slasher, Religion, and Ghosts. Each gallery is designed to invite visitors into iconic settings, where they will encounter their favorite creatures, monsters, and objects.

The exhibition will explore representations of identity, sexuality, and ability in horror films including: Alien (1979), The Horror of Dracula (1958), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), Get Out (2017), Halloween (1978), Ju-on (1998), Midsommar (2019), Misery (1990), Poltergeist (1982), Ringu (1998), The Blair Witch Project (1999), The Exorcist (1973), The Shining (1980), The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)—while also offering a behind-the-scenes look at the storytelling and production processes of these films. 

Accompanying the exhibit are special showings of horror films.

The press release shows off a lot of effort put in the exhibit and breaks it down more, read more after the jump.

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Gamescom Literally Steals The Show

Gamescom (think European E3) had some major thefts this year from 3 indie studios including one of our long time favs iam8bit. The gaming community is very unhappy with Gamescom's response which basically says these things happen. This is made worse as these locations were robbed with security and at night when there wasn't any attendees. Many speculate online that it was an inside job with bad security guards or staff.

Friday, August 28, 2026

Onimusha: Way of the Sword Little Tokyo Stamp Rally Aug 29-Sept 13

 

Little Tokyo Community Council and @onimushagame are partnering to bring you a special Onimusha: Way of the Sword Little Tokyo Stamp Rally! From August 29-September 13, come check out exclusive items from some of your favorite small businesses:

🗓️: 8/29-9/13

📍Mitsuru Cafe | @mitsurucafe
🗡️ Mission: Order the special Onimusha menu item, Genma Souls Dango

📍Far Bar | @farbar_la
🗡️ Mission: Order one item from the special Onimusha menu (Garyu’s Ambition, Musashi’s Strength, Oni Gauntlet Rolls)

📍World 8-2 | @world8la
🗡️ Mission: Follow @world8la on Instagram or leave a Google Review for World 8-2

Complete the special mission at each participating location and turn in your completed stamp card at World 8-2 to receive an Onimusha: Way of the Sword Enamel Pin, while supplies last.

NOTE: Far Bar will be closed for a private event from 12pm-4pm on 9/6, and will resume operations after 4 pm. 

Onimusha: Way of the Sword launches on September 4 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store. Pre-orders for the highly anticipated title are available now. Players who secure the Standard, Deluxe, or Premium Deluxe editions before September 24 will receive Early Adopter Bonuses as rewards.

Players can prepare for these fights with the Onimusha: Way of the Sword Demo out now.

Who Watches The Watchers? Or Really, Who Watches The Muppet Show? HoHoHo HaHaHa

An excellent variant cover (out Nov) of The Muppet Show's resident critics Statler and Waldorf with Marvel's Uatu or better known as The Watcher.