The Halloween franchise is (probably not) ending with the release of Halloween Ends, a sequel to last year’s Halloween Kills, Halloween (2018), and Halloween (1979), but not Halloween (2007), Halloween II (either of them), or any other sequels and remakes. The franchise has a long history of omitting films from the continuity of new sequels, and after thirteen movies, the timelines are a tangled mess that need explanation. Spooky spoilers ahead!

Sunday, September 4, the San Francisco Zine Fest is back in person with a new venue and a slate of local artists, writers, zine-makers & comic creators (and it’s still free as ever)! After two years of SFZF going digital, City View at the Metreon will have over 100 tables

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

Netflix has been hemorrhaging subscribers, and with good reason. The steady loss of popular titles along with the snail’s pace of decent new content has subscribers paying more than ever for a service that isn’t delivering as much as its competitors. But we live in the Golden Age of streaming,

San Francisco is home to the biggest Two Spirit Powwow in the country, organized by the Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits (BAAITS). Due to the continued fuckery of Covid-19, the 11th Annual BAAITS Two Spirit Powwow will be livestreamed on their YouTube page on Feb. 12. The powwow includes

Scream changed horror films when it was released in 1996. Its legacy is especially notable in my favorite subgenre of horror; slashers. With the release of Scream (2022), it joins the fad of giving a prequel or sequel the exact same title as the original film. This trend feels like

Nightlife has always been vital to the LGBTQ+ community because it is one of the places where we are free to be our authentic selves. When Covid shut down nightlife, it hit the queer community hard. Local queer artist James Rouse Iñiguez, ([they/them] a.k.a. DJ Jimmy Swear, a.k.a. Cholula Caliente,

I don’t know if it’s the childlike innocence, the great mood lighting, or the long dark nights, but something about the “most wonderful time of the year” makes horror a little more titillating. When it comes to holiday horror there are supernatural standbys like Gremlins & Krampus, but the genre

I have never read Dune. But as a fan of David Lynch and sci-fi, I have seen the original film enough to be excited about Denis Villeneuve’s remake. Dune’s famously complex plot comes with the names of so many planets, politicians, prophecies, civilizations and nobles that it makes Westeros politics