Midway’s Dusk to Dawn Horrorfest!

September 1, 2026 by Jon Kitley in Movie Events and tagged A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, An American Werewolf in London, Chris Saradon, Chuck Russell, David Naughton, Fred Dekker, Fright Night, Griffin Dunne, Heather Langenkamp, John Landis, Midway Drive-In, Night of the Creeps, Robert England, Roddy McDowall, Tom Holland | Leave a comment

Coming to the Midway Drive-In on Saturday, Sept. 19th, is this fall’s Dusk to Dawn Horrorfest! They once again have a killer lineup for everyone, celebrating one of the best decades of horror… the 1980s! You’ll get to see vampires, werewolves, alien-slug-controlled zombies, and of course, Freddy Krueger! There will be a few horror vendors, including us (!) at Kitley’s Krypt, along with Lix and Time Warp Collectibles,

Doors open at 6pm, with the first feature starting at dusk, so get there early to not only get a good spot but grab some tasty treats from the concession stand and have time to enjoy the full fun at a night at the drive-in!

The films are Tom Holland’s Fright Night (1985) starring Chris Saradon and Roddy McDowall, John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London (1981) with David Naughton and Griffin Dunne, Chuck Russell’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), with Robert England and Heather Langenkamp, and finally, Fred Dekker’s Night of the Creeps (1986).

For more information, just head to the Midway Drive-In’s website by clicking HERE.

World Tour Continues in August

July 9, 2026 by Jon Kitley in Conventions and tagged Alan Howarth, Ali Marie Matheson, An American Werewolf in London, Ana Alicia, Celeste O'Connor, Chris Alexander, Clayton Landey, Daniel Griffith, Dark Shadows, David Arquette, David Naughton, Dermot Mulroney, Dick Warlock, Flashback Weekend, Gloria Gifford, Griffin Dunne, Halloween 2, Jason Lively, Jeff Thompson, Jill Whitlow, Jim Storm, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Lloyd Kaufman, Mark Maddox, Marley Shelton, Mathesontennial, Monsterama, Night of the Creeps, Richard Christian Matheson, Richard Matheson, Roger L. Jackson, Roger Mitchell, Sam Irvin, Scream, Sharon Smyth-Lenz, Silent Night Deadly Night, Susan Shoop, Tim Bradsheet, Tom Atkins | Leave a comment

While we have a bit of a break here in July, we are definitely going to be busy next month. Actually, on July 31st, we head to our only local convention, Flashback Weekend, which Chicago’s biggest and longest running area horror convention. We’ve been to everyone of their shows since they started back in 2002 and always have a fun time.

Once again, they have a huge guest lineup, from a bunch of guests from the Scream series (David Arquette, Marley Shelton, Dermot Mulroney, Roger L. Jackson, Celeste O’Connor, Joseph Whipp, Jeremy Conner, Kraig Dane, Noah Garrett), to David Naughton and Griffin Dunne from An American Werewolf in London, Tom Atkins, Jason Lively and Jill Whitlow from Night of the Creeps, and Dick Warlock, Susan Shoop, Ana Alicia, Gloria Gifford and Alan Howarth from Halloween 2, and from the first two Silent Night Deadly Night films, Robert Brian Wilson and Eric Freeman, to Jane Levy from Evil Dead (2013), Quinn Lord from Trick ‘r Treat and Spencer Charnas from Ice Nine Kills.

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Soundtrack Review: I, Desire

December 3, 2024 by Jon Kitley in Reviews: Soundtrack and tagged American Werewolf in London, Brad Dourif, David Naughton, Desire the Vampire, Don Peake, Dragon's Domain Records, Hills Have Eyes, I Desire, People Under the Stairs | Leave a comment

I, Desire
Released by Dragon’s Domain Records, 2024
23 Tracks with a Total Running Time of 44:03 min.
Music Composed and Conducted by Don Peake

Sometimes it just amazes me what soundtracks get a CD release these days. Here’s a made-for-TV from the early ’80s, that never even had a released on VHS, DVD, or Blu-ray, and yet here we are, talking about a CD release for it. Just amazing. It’s even more impressive because this is an exceptional score.

I remember trying to track down this film on the grey market back in the ’90s because had never shown up on VHS, and because it was a TV-movie about a vampire, starring David Naughton, fresh from An American Werewolf in London (1981), and Brad Dourif, so how could this be not worth seeking out!

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