Qmmunity: Y’alloween Fun

Keep up the tradition of great gay Halloween fun with these queer Austin events

"...are throwing Halloween events where you can express your scary, silly, or sexy side. No tricks here, babes: Queer..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Column by James Scott

Jenna Davis, The Voice of M3GAN

Texas actor talks about changing from straight horror to comedy

"...for Blumhouse and especially Universal, the studio synonymous with monsters. Moreover, she got very few details about the character,..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

BBQ Ramen Tatsu-Ya Is Open, ATX Grill RH Is Open, Lazarus No. 2 Is Coming, It’s Oinkers Away at Wine & Swine, Dovetail Pizza Is Imminent, and Something Something Halloween, Amirite?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...S. Congress) to add a few of those Minty-Chip Monsters to our party spread. Because those are mini-brioches filled..."

Oct. 26, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Four Decades of Austin Chronicle Halloween Mask Covers

"...year in print), the Halloween issue has offered a scary mask and accompanying mask instructions. While the early years..."

Oct. 24, 2022 Photo Gallery

Qmmunity: Big-Boy-Sized

Your Qmmunity editor is under the weather, so enjoy an extra-large queer listings section this week.

"...Queer Film Theory: Monsters! QFT's "professors" bring their scary syllabus to school y'all..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Column by James Scott

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Sam Raimi makes the most Sam Raimi Marvel film imaginable

"...Marvel’s first real horror-ish outing just a little too scary – then they brought on the guy who gets..."

May 6, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Crucial Concert Countdown: New Year’s Eve Edition

"...Name Creativity: B (Better than the alternative, Scary Monsters)..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Column by Greg Stitt

Nightmare Alley

Guillermo del Toro goes into the dark of greedy souls in this noir remake

"...The only scary creatures in Guillermo del Toro’s bold neo-noir are the..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Johannes Roberts Says Welcome to Raccoon City (Hope You Survive the Experience)

How the latest Resident Evil film goes back to basics

"...movie needed. Because the storyline's so big - the monsters, the creatures, the experiments, and all of that -..."

Nov. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Making the House of Torment a Home

After a shuttered year, Austin's oldest haunted attraction reunites the family

"...permits. Other locations around the nation, which implemented their Scary Safe protocols, were able to open, which meant the..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: V/H/S/94

Fourth entry is a return-to-form for the found footage franchise

"...The V/H/S franchise has become a lot like the monsters, demons, and killers lurking within the shadows of its..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

Listen to This: March and Beauty Celebrate Friday the 13th by Covering “Scary Monsters”

Austin rock foursome spins a fun and spooky tribute to David Bowie

"...fitting to share March and Beauty’s spooked-out cover of “Scary Monsters.”..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bog Bodies, Blood Pulling, and Muppets: Making the Monster of Boys From County Hell

How Chris Baugh raised the evil of Irish vampire

"...project, I wanted to do something that made vampires scary, and made them organic to Ireland and to the..."

May 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stardust

Bowie before he became Ziggy in this less-than-glittering docudrama

"...of his albums would convey his close walk with “scary monsters and super creeps.” Stardust, however, presents this fear..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sound Unseen Review: Stardust

The birth of Bowie the icon retold with more glimmer than glitter

"...of his albums would convey his close walk with “scary monsters and super creeps.” Stardust, however, presents this fear..."

Nov. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFF Review: The Arbors

Twisted tale of a man and his monster

"...It’s the horror movie tradition of man-boys and their monsters. In The Arbors, lonely twenty-something Ethan (an appropriately gloomy..."

Nov. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Steve Davis

Qmmunity: Monsters Among Us

Have yourself a socially distanced Halloween

"...think piece out there about why we turn to scary movies/TV during scary times; maybe it's escapism, or a..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

The Kingcast Finds the Personal Stories of Stephen King Fans

Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler make for the podcast's skeleton crew

"...It's scary how much one writer can haunt your life. With..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Six Sinister Austin-Made Movies for Your Halloween Watching

Horror, ATX style

"...went to New Zealand and Middle-earth), and squishy mind-controlling monsters big and small, it's a bugsplatting good time...."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...Charybdis (Emily Christine Smith) await you with other sea monsters on the loading dock there, but you'll escape –..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Uncover the Forgotten Wartime Heroism of Marcel Marceau in Resistance

Jesse Eisenberg and UT student-turned-filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz find strength in silence

"...so often portrayed as this alien force, or these monsters who are completely unrelatable. I think the only way..."

May 15, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Horror Director Larry Fessenden Gets Depraved

Indie cinema's king of fear on creating a very modern Prometheus

"...read the book, and it's startling because it's not scary in the way that you might imagine. It's its..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Celebrates Godzilla's Global Impact

Here be monsters (here being Books Kinokuniya)

"...hail the king! Next weekend, Godzilla: King of the Monsters stomps into screens across the globe, but for fans..."

May 24, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...However, not everything supernatural is scary. Author Neil Gaiman, who had already been announced as..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc’s Holiday Gift Guide

What you need is enough morphine to send you sweetly into that good night

"...but here's the deal: These things are fucking awesome. Scary awesome. And there are several models that cost less..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

How J.A. Bayona Made a Real Jurassic World

Director explains how his dinos are leaving the park behind

"...doing the wrong thing, [and] crossing red lines provokes monsters. The atomic mushroom cloud is a monster, the T-Rex..."

June 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmaker Emily Hagins Debuts Series at SXSW Film

Hold to Your Best Self is a high school Rashomon

"...rom-com My Sucky Teen Romance, the series features no monsters, Halloween costumes, or stage blood. But that's not to..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

David Bowie

"...unique and challenging work – Low, Heroes, Lodger, and Scary Monsters – which have all been remastered. Added to..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Music Review by Lauren Modery

What’cha Watchin’?

Office Manager Carrie Young dives back into Animaniacs' earworms

"...season yet, but so far have not been disappointed. Scary as shit, because these monsters are real...."

Nov. 10, 2017 Screens Column

Halloween Is Serious Business

Behind the gates at Scream Hollow and the House of Torment

"...the House's shadows are filled with All Hallow's Eve monsters, and the backstage team know what it means to..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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