Full Body of Horror Drink & Draw at the Lucky Number Grill
Join Killer-works and Burning City, Inc.,
at the Lucky Number Grill at 1931 N.Milwaukee (at Western & Armitage) in Chicago
Friday, May 28th
7pm – 2am
(Modeling and Drawing starts at 8pm)
Our very first event – a Drink & Draw – with lovely horror models and some very talented company.
Confirmed artists to rub shoulders with are:
- Dave Dorman (Star Wars/Batman/Aliens)
- Ray Frenden (The Misfits/Wired)
- J Anthony Kosar (Avatar/Buckaroo Bonzai)
Bring your own sketch pad, dress up and be sketched, or sit back and indulge your inner horror voyeur.
$5 at the door
($1 from every ticket will be donated to “Women for Women“)
$2 Well Drinks
To RSVP just go to our Facebook Event Page
or email comments@killer-work.com
Lady~A’s Vampire Social Club at Late Bar Chicago
The VSC will celebrate its second venture into the world of the vampire at Late Bar in Chicago. Come and celebrate the new season of our favorite show True Blood, Thursday, June 17th from 9-4am. Knock back a few $5 Bleed Easies and bring your Deep South rock and roll attitude! $3 suggested donation for non-members, $2 for members only. Need to get a membership card? Find Lady~A by the front door at her reserved table and ask. It’s FREE!
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Slasher! at Gorilla Tango Theatre (http://www.gorillatango.com/)
Directed by Angie McMahon.
Show Rating – R
Synopsis
Don’t go in the basement! Don’t go in the attic! Don’t have sex in the car! Don’t take a shower! And most importantly, don’t assume that it’s over and that you’re safe. A fully-improvised long-form show in the style of slasher films, based on audience suggestions. Last show will be Friday, May 28, 2010 at 11:30 PM. Price is $12.00 each.
Reviewed by Brian Meadowcroft
The show starts by taking suggestions from the audience to help develop the story line for a custom horror story. They take all of the stereotypical scenes from horror films and make them funny. The best way to describe it would be like Mad Libs. The killer’s instrument of death is ________, the audience would then help fill in the blank with something such as a “rolled up newspaper”. The improv group did a great job at developing the story line and coming up with witty and funny solutions to the audience provided answers. So come on out to Gorilla Tango Theatre and watch a great slasher parody.
Reviewed by Kristin Carroll
There is sometimes a fine line between the art of horror and dark comedy. The performance of Slasher! at the Gorilla Tango Theater seeks to blend the two, by creating a medley of standard horror thrills and quick laughs. The actors combine traditional scenarios (i.e. young, lustful youths camping,) peppered with improve based on audience direction. I.e. What tool will the psycho killer use to off his victims? What traits do would-be victims posses that drive him to kill? In this performance, it was people who drool that drove him mad, and janitor keys that were the murder weapon of choice.
It’s always a fun time to make light of typical, horror storylines. They’re so predictable, yet difficult to turn away from. After all, you never know when another scare inducing jump is just around the corner. And when the audience is allowed to play a part in how the story unravels, it’s even more enjoyable. I recommend anyone of the horror genre to check this one out, to see what tales their customized show will tell.
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The Samaritan Syndrome Review
The Samaritan Syndrome at Gorilla Tango Theatre
By: Jeremy Menekseoglu
Director: Paul Cosca
Cast
Anthony Stamilio…….Mr. Suit
April Taylor……….Night Nurse
Brooke Elbrecht…………Saint
Claire Kander………………Ada
Nathan Randall……..Charming
Sarah Grant……………..Grace
Whitney LaMora………Pepper
Synopsis
Deep inside the women’s ward of an insane asylum, the doors open to a select group of clientele. Men who wish to save these girls are free to act upon their most secret desires. But one girl is different. And one man will risk his sanity and even his life to find the girl that haunts his dreams.
Reviewed by Brian Meadowcroft
As you first enter the theatre you see the women of the insane asylum sitting in their rooms doing various things such slicing up faces in a magazine. The stage is small but intimate and the brick walls help create an eerie tone. The set is dimly lit and minimal but does a perfect job of conveying the mood of the play. This asylum is a place where you learn that not all people can be saved and that it is sometimes hard not to take advantage of the weak.
The lead character Mr. Suit has come to the asylum in a desperate search for a particular woman. He is met by the drunken night nurse who informs him in order to gain access to the girl’s room he must pay first. What Mr. Suit and the other Johns do in the rooms are up to them. The tales of rape, abuse and molestation are uncovered as the rooms of the asylum are explored. This 45-minute grim story will keep you uneasy and interested as you find out why Mr. Suit is looking for the woman.
The actors were convincing and there were a couple particularly strong performances by Nathan Randall as “Charming” and Claire Kander as “Ada”. If you enjoy dark tales, such as me, this play is definitely worth seeing. There is a 15-minute talkback with the entire cast and crew after the show. I would recommend you take this opportunity to ask about how the characters and situations pertain to real life. The story behind the story is just as intriguing.
Reviewed by Kristin Carroll
The Samaritan Syndrome, although not strictly billable as horror from a traditional sense, is still a creepy and suspenseful theatrical production. It slowly unravels a gritty mystery, and much like the main character, makes viewers wish they weren’t so curious to open every available door to solve the puzzle. Content clings to the mind long after the show, its dark subject matter settling in uncomfortably.
The intimate set is simple, with a cot, white-sheeted backdrop, and small table with two chairs. The audience is introduced to a desperate young man who anonymously introduces himself as “Mr. Suit,” to the night nurse at a mental hospital. Mr. Suit explains he is frantically searching for a young girl around 25 with dark hair, although he does not know her name. Only that he must “find her and save her.” How he knows this girl, is the suspenseful question the audience tries to answer. The indifferent nurse tells the man he can search any patient room in the hospital, with but an easy swipe of his credit card. It then becomes clear the location is a perverted blending of psych ward and bordello.
And here begins the horrific journey of Mr. Suit. Each patient door he opens, exposes him to another emotionally disturbed female. Having been physically, sexually and/or mentally abused, these women are now locked away, tortured by demons within their own minds. They beg Mr. Suit to save them in various ways, and each time he guiltily walks away, jaded a little more upon each room he exits. After all, he is on a mission to find the one mystery girl he feels he can truly save.
After the last act, audience members are invited to a brief Q&A session with the cast and crew. It is then director Paul Cosca confirms the story is based on reality, as a somewhat autobiographical account of author Jeremy Menekseoglu. This is perhaps the most disturbing piece of information of all. With its gripping and mysterious story line, theater goers will find the tale unsettling in a thought provoking way. It is not meant to dictate opinions or feelings, but rather, encourage audience members to sift through their own emotions and pontificate on what they have just witnessed.
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Fun music for horror fans: Project Pitchfork and Ayria hit the stage in Chicago on June 19, 2010. Plus DJ Sprite and vendors. 9PM doors; $17 adv, $20 dos; 21+. Tickets: www.demonsanddarlings.com
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