SpectreFest 2015: Aaaaaaaah! Review Ah-nnoying!

Ooooh! Ahhh! Oooh! Ahhh! Ahhh!

Could have done and Alvin and the Chipmunks joke right there.

Aaaaaaaah! was not what I was thinking what it would be. I thought it was going to be a complete breakdown of society in England as everyone got dumber to the point of thinking like Neanderthals. London would rot, men would start hunting for food as their poo and scrapes ruined their clothes, women would gather and just present themselves as prizes to the alpha males. I was ready for no conversations.

I wasn't ready for monkey people still living in society. Everyone is a monkey, for all purposes you could boil it down to an artsy movie where everyone acts like a monkey. It's a huge degree of monkey business and though maybe fun for television or a rental it did not need a screening. The small audience I was with did enjoy it with claps with no monkey shouts at the end.

To start off,  I predicted things happening in the movie. A friends death; so even as insane as it was with people acting like monkeys and a penis getting wiped at the start of the film it still wasn't anything that new. It was mostly predictable. If you watched some movies or just the some nature docs, you knew where things were going, not all the time, but often.

For story beats we start off with two men just making it to town, we discover a family/tribe in disarray with a new alpha male in the lead and a female upset by this. A party happens at the tribe's place and one of the new males marks territory and the upset female starts to fall in love with him. Fights and a tribe breakdown ensue, is every film a love story.

For the unpredictable, there was the penis biting off and sex with mice. Didn't see those coming or those stabbings or the random break-in. Those weren't off-putting as they were just strange and with little purpose.

If you want to hear people shouting nonsense just go home for Thanksgiving. While the cast does a great work expressing themselves and having full conversations with oohs and aaahs and there's even some sort of language, they still can't keep you fully vested in the film. Cut down to a nice short or having a stronger concept of society's breakdown could have saved the film for me.

There's stranger things to see out there for Halloween.

Button Mash Arcade Bar Opens To People Who Hate Parking At It

Button Mash might be a fine arcade and restaurant, it doesn't matter for the Hell that is its location. Though well-stocked in arcade titles-Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, anyone ? -it was a talking point among the line about how hard it was to park near. It's not like any of the other arcade bars are walks in the park either, you've got busy Ventura Blvd or the conjunction of annoyance of the Arts District. Take and play your poison anyway for a ideal arcade that does not fit in with the Domino's nearby, we're going over Button Mash.

Button Mash
1391 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

After parking kind of far or taking an Uber head back to the 80's to an adult Chuck E. Cheese... I'm not sure if putting it in the same category as Chuck Cheese is right, unless they get some adult-themed ball pit area from space in Iam8bit's owned PWN Shop within the place.

From the line looking in you wouldn't guess it was an arcade, only an upscale hipster restaurant. It partially is with a menu courtesy o' the beloved Starry Kitchen. Folks who waited got to scarf down special noodles, rice dishes and even bread brick desert. We've added a photo of the menu so check it out below if you want to try something. At TTDILA we only tried the double cheeseburger, a mistake, for it was not that great and everything around us looked so good.

We cut the line by sitting at the communal seating stuck deep in arcade town. IT WAS HARD TO TALK, but we managed to enjoy ourselves. Do yourself and date or friends a favor and just wait to be seated at a table.

The arcade is filled with titles, nothing that rare or from Japan, it's all nostalgia. Hmmm, there were some titles we can't remember playing that may times, so you might stop and just gawk at 3D Pac-Man in Pacmania. They do have the six-player X-Men arcade machine and it is nasty tuff.

Looks can be deceiving. Like I wrote at the start, from the outside you'll miss the arcade and only see the glorious pinball section mixed with new machines based on current pop culture- The Walking Dead pinball, ooh - and older titles. In back it is wall to wall machines with their own token machines. Sorry, you can't just spend your quarters, tie-in back to Chuck E. Cheese.

PWN Shop would be the prize center if more of Chuck E. Cheese reference was happening. WOperated by Iam8bit, this store within a restaurant/arcade/bar.Yes, I wrote bar, huge selection of drinks, check the menu we have with this post. This video game haven has all the goodies of Iam8bit with plenty of floor space. I like it more than Iam8bit's gallerie's real storefront. A Bulbasaur planter, a Pork Army manual, why even order from Fangamer online? I'll be amazed if PWN Shop retains that much room, it's a huge amount of space for an extra store within. Yes, it does sell Tees for the restaurant, oddly no magnets.

If a fan of Iam8bit you'll notice its touch inside the restaurant with its distinctive style and look. The wallpaper upon close inspection has way too much going on. On the other hand, we like a wall of stereo boxes at the bar. Yes, yes, there's plenty to drink. I'm starting to think you have a problem. Just go a night with designated driver.

They do have places for your drinks, so don't worry about dropping a drop.

Now we had to rush to catch a film for SpectreFest. So, we would have liked to have played more titles and eaten food off of others plates. Saying were from the site usually has people share their food...or we would have taken it...with or money. Funny, they collect your card or cash inside short Scholastic titles. We mean kid's books with dat cover art.

We do know it's fun, loud and has all you want with an arcade...but dat parking, be safe and don't even attempt their lot.

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Halloween Update: Rick Baker and Edward Scissorhands Love

Rick Baker Activities
FRIDAY 10/23, 
7:30pm - Double Feature Screening                          
Q&A with special guests, Rick Baker, Dana Gould and Joe Dante                      
Aero Theatre - American Cinematheque, Santa Monica
SATURDAY 10/24, 5-8pm - Art Tribute to Rick Baker
Rick Baker in Person                            
Original Rick Baker Artwork on Display                             
Signing Opportunities                             
Hero Complex Gallery, 2020 South Robertson Blvd., LA, CA

Edward Scissorhands Halloween Makeup Experience

Saturday, October 31

Noon – 4:00pm

The Abbey

692 North Robertson Boulevard

West Hollywood, CA 90069

Free 

To celebrate the 25^th anniversary Blu-ray release of the beloved Tim Burton classic “Edward Scissorhands.” Representatives from Sugarpill Cosmetics (which has created a limited edition makeup palette to commemorate the anniversary) as well as professional makeup artists will be on hand at The Abbey prior to the evening’s festivities to help fans get ready for the night with free makeup touch-ups. Micah Lee, renowned Edward Scissorhands cosplayer, will be available for fun photo opportunities.

Nintendo and Sony Reveal IndieCade 2015 Line-Up

Dang, Nintendo, why do you always leave us in suspense and then sell a video game with no disc for the North American market. I wanna play Fatal Frame; but no space on my deluxe Wii U. Anyway I guess I'll play these exciting titles this weekend instead...and try and get a free t-shirt.

Sony was a little more subtle, check out their own big bag of titles here that will be at their booth, including GNOG. GNOG was played so much at E3 we never got a chance with it, damn you bearded gameplayers who loved it.

The 1-4 player RPG about building your hero's mythology, Moon Hunters has us excited and Chasm.

The indie games on display at Nintendo’s booth include the following:

Halloween Update: Horror Movies All Month Long

Just want to remind everyone that The Cinefamily and New Bev have nights of horror movies lined up in October. Spectrefest is still going strong

SpectreFest 
Sept 3-Oct 30
Main Location
The Cinefamily
611 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
$Varies by event, but around $14.00


AAAAAAAAH! – Thurs, Oct. 22 @ 10:45p
What begins as a simple tale of tribal rivalry, ultimately becomes a deadly showdown between two battling primal sects, both vehemently determined to protect their tight-knit communities. A veritable who’s who of UK television (including Noel Fielding & Julian Barratt of Mighty Boosh fame), without an iota of hyperbole, we can virtually guarantee you haven’t seen anything like Aaaaaaaah! since the long lost days of Themroc.

BEGOTTEN – Thurs Oct. 28 @ 7:30p
Possibly the godfather of all cult films, Elias Merhige’s Begotten has long toiled in bootleg obscurity, only being accessible through tenth-generation VHS copies or shoddy youtube video streams.

At the New Bev

Kill, Baby, Kill (1966) + Beyond the Door II (1977) (double feature)
Wed Oct 28-29
$9.27










The Paranormal Activity VR Game Demo is coming to the Universal AMC 16 October 22 - 24. Play the first-person virtual reality survival horror game before it is released to the public. It starts with the 7pm showings.

Comikaze Expo Has Big Comic Names This Year

Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo
Fri. October 30th, 2015, 1pm - 7pm
Sat. October 31st, 2015, 9am - 6pm Sun. November 1st, 2015, 10am - 4pm

Los Angeles Convention Center

1201 South Figueroa Street

Los Angeles, CA 90015 

$30 per day or $75 for three-day pass
Comikaze Expo has always been a mixed bag for TTDILA, we've gone over it ad infinitum about how other sites saying the event was going through growing pains, but its been years since it started and has been bought an been renamed by Stan Lee to be Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo. Horribly long  names aside-I mean really, what a stupid named event, it should roll of the tongue; ex: StanCon, Comic Expo- other than Stan "The Man" Lee attending there's quite a few names having signings at the LA Convention Center around Halloween. Grant Morrison, Mike Mignola, Marc Silvestri, and Rob Liefeld, all of comic book fame will be there.

You have many old Nickelodeon stars coming out, some Star Trek vets and other sci-fi celebs.

It being Halloween and all and a fan convention it remains a hub for great cosplay. Some great costumes will be part of the Cosplay National Championship with $10,000 up for grabs.

For the kids in costume the event promises "LA's Ultimate Trick-or-Treat"for kids. On Oct 31^st at noon, they say they'll have  L.A.'s largest and safest indoor trick or treat. Every vendor will be giving away candy from a stockpile of over 130,000 pieces of candy And a Kids' Costume Contest;12 and under.

Tales from the Crypt Halloween Special Oct 29-30

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Tales from the Crypt Halloween Special

Thursday, October 29, and Friday, October 30

Doors open at 7:30pm. Show starts at 8pm.

The Bob Baker Marionette Theater

1345 W. 1st Street

 Los Angeles, CA 90026

 $20 at talescrypt2015.bpt.me or $25 at the door

The Captured Aural Phantasy Theater is back for two nights of horror just before Halloween. They're bringing back to life the "Tales from the Crypt" comic book. Just think of the scares as they rekindle the old stories that inspired generations of horror-tellers performed live right in front of you!

Look out for that horror drink special with Taix nearby.

"2 Nights Only! October 29 and 30! World Premier! This Halloween, join Captured Aural Phantasy Theater for the TALES FROM THE CRYPT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, an evening of vintage Halloween treats and new, live nighttime entertainment at the historically creepy Bob Baker Marionette Theater. In this one-of-a-kind scare show, we present multi-media performances of classic horror stories from legendary "Tales from the Crypt" comic books LIVE on-stage along with spooky music, macabre magic acts and other Halloween thrills!

Captured Aural Phantasy Theater is the only group in the world authorized to bring "Tales from the Crypt" stories and others from EC Comics to life on stage! This is your chance to experience these comics, which have influenced generations of horror storytellers since they hit the newsstands in the 1950's!

Working with the EC family and within our unique old radio show-inspired performance style, Captured Aural Phantasy Theater has crafted a night to remember, mining classic memories of Halloweens past and bringing them into the 21st Century through projections, humor, music and spooky surprises. We’ve mixed 50’s horror comics, 70’s trick-or-treating and 40’s spook shows into a chilling night of terror in a 60’s puppet theater. See shocking stories of vampires! See a woman sawed in half! Win a dead body!

The show is open to all who dare! Candy and drinks (even adult concoctions) will be available! Look out for drink and food specials at local restaurants!"