A panel discussion on horror films, a scary play, and a rock ‘n roll bloodbath—what better way to get into the mood to celebrate Halloween? Dixon Place has a thrilling trio of events that will have you shaking in your boots and loving every minute of it.
Here’s the lineup:
Tuesday, October 18 – 9 p.m.
Fear Mongers: Fireside Chats about Horror Films
Curated and Hosted by Clay McLeod Chapman
Special guest host: Jason Zinoman, theater critic for The New York Times, author of Shock Value
Guest panelists:
Laura Miller, book critic for Salon
Noel Carroll, author of The Philosophy of Horror
Graham Reznick, director, I Can See You
Steven Garrett, trailer director, including Let the Right One In and The Host
Josh Rothkopf, film critic for Time Out New York
Steven Boone, video essayist
The discussion at hand: “What is the scariest movie you ever saw…?”
Everybody has a horror movie that scared the bejesus out of them as a kid. Every actor has one, too. Fear-Mongers enlists top-shelf artists to pay homage to their guiltiest pleasures: horror movies. Part talk-show, part reading-series, Fear-Mongers is an entertaining evening for both horror fans and general spectators alike. Co-sponsored by The Terror Trap and Fangoria Magazine.
Thursday, October 27 at 9:30 p.m.
This Lurking Thing
Written and performed by Jonathan Fielding
With an adaptation of a short story by Esther Friesner
Directed by David A. Miller
A grim historian, a witchy old lady, and a numbed mourner recount tales of their greatest Halloween horrors and fantasies. The living are far more feared than the dead in this Halloween triptych – the true and grisly history of Dracula, the macabre bedtime story of an infirm woman, and the biography of a man who presides as a living ghost. Each story reveals the scarier side of presenting our true selves.
Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29 at 9:30 p.m.
Twilight Theatre featuring Robert Jackson
Created and Produced by Robert Jackson
Music, words, narration by Robert Jackson
A one-of-a-kind theatrical blood bath–Twilight Theatre is a rock ’n roll dance theatre musical that chronicles the history of horror, sci-fi and the paranormal. Each tale is told through live performance paired with pop-culture slides, B movie clips and footage played from old television sets that give homage to old horror films and monster mashups. Watch the characters of Twilight Theatre transform into Frankenstein-esque monsters that seek revenge on the industry that birthed them.
Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street
NYC 10002
212-219-0736
