Local zombie-rockers Venom Lords have finally released the first video from one of our favorite local releases from last year, Dead Hate You. "Dead hate The Living" combines zombies (duh), Ed Wood, spaceships, wicked dance moves, and the sweatiest drummer this side of Keith Moon. Oh, and the song is pretty great too. Enjoy. more ›

Since its restoration in 2005 the Portage Theater has become a popular destination for music, movies (it's the home base for the Silent Film Society of Chicago) and live theater. This time of year, Portage Theater management and the folks at the Six Corners Association use the theater to screen some classic scary movies. This year's line-up casts a wide net across silent film, the classic Universal monster movies, modern horror, and a little bit... more ›

What better way to get over that Memorial Day hangover than with some cheap beer and a couple of Tim Burton movies? This week, the Brew & View at the Vic Theatre, one of the few venues in the city where you can drink and watch quality films at the same time – unless you sneak a flask into Facets, that is – puts on a mini-retrospective of the oddball director’s work. Tonight, they’ll screen the magical Big Fish at 8 and follow it up with the eerie Sleepy Hollow at 10. (Christopher Walken as the Hessian Horseman is the very definition of the word “eerie.”) Though Chicagoist thinks these films pale in comparison to his classic Ed Wood (not to mention the criminally underrated Mars Attacks), you can’t go wrong with the $5 (per film) admission price or the Tuesday night drink specials. Edward Scissorhands – perhaps Burton’s greatest and most personal achievement – will show there Thursday at midnight. more ›