CHICAGO – It is Chicago where New York City native Harry Wood is debuting his first play, entitled “Roast,” through The Comrades theater company at the Greenhouse Theater Center. The comic drama, about a gathering of stand up comics and relatives to “roast” – rather than eulogize – a deceased fellow comedian, is a World Premiere that runs through August 18th, 2019. For tickets and more information, click here.
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Pairs of Passes to ‘The Bye Bye Man’ From ‘Oculus’ Producer
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 10, 2017 - 4:12pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new horror film “The Bye Bye Man” from producer Marc D. Evans (“Oculus, “The Strangers”)!
Film Review: Horror Hits Home in Disturbing ‘In Their Skin’
Submitted by BrianTT on November 9, 2012 - 3:19pm Rating: 2.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – The set-up for the domestic horror of “In Their Skin” immediately brings to mind excellent thrillers like Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games,” David Moreau & Xavier Palud’s “Them,” and Bryan Bertino’s underrated “The Strangers.” There’s something inherently terrifying about being assaulted in a place you consider safe – your home. When home is no longer protected, what is?
Despite its Title, ‘The Strangers’ Actually a Familiar Repeat of Horror Film Conventions
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 30, 2008 - 3:29amCHICAGO – Poor Liv Tyler. She’s stuck in a remote vacation home with nothing but the blank-stare acting of Scott Speedman to “save” her. What’s a rock daughter who becomes an actress to do? First, she shouldn’t sign onto yet another version of the couple-in-terror cliché.
