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⢠Watch a special Halloween video from the Alamo Drafthouse & Graham Reynolds, featuring an exclusive track from an original score for Nosferatu. The score track is set to an iconic scene from the film with some of the most indelible imagery in the history of horror cinema.
Composer Graham Reynolds wrote an original score for the classic vampire film, Nosferatu, which he will perform with the film as part of the “Live Score” event series at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX on Sunday, October 30.
⢠John Carpenter presents 10 videos at Funny or Die.
⢠Elvira is not happy with the Georgia Aquarium’s upcoming “Georgia A-Scary-Um” party. In a letter sent today on PETA’s behalf to aquarium officials, the Mistress of the Dark takes the aquarium to task for its “disturbing” plan to play Halloween music throughout the aquarium during this weekend’s bash, despite the fact that three aquarium employees have complained that the loud music aggravates some of the animals and causes them to fight. Her letter comes less than a month after the aquarium attracted controversy for throwing a noisy dance party for Atlanta Pride, after which PETA filed a formal complaint. Here’s what she had to say…
Dear Mr. Kimmel:
In the wake of the controversy over loud party music that distresses the aquarium’s animals, I was surprised to learn about this weekend’s “Georgia A-Scary-Um” bash in which Halloween music will play throughout the aquarium. What are you attempting to runâan educational facility or a Studio 54 knock-off?
You have stated that caring for the 120,000 wild animals confined in downtown Atlanta is your top priority, but looking at your website, it appears that the aquarium is pimping the critters to lure people to party, get married, have a bar mitzvah, or liven up a dull corporate meeting. You’re turning this place into an amusement park, but unlike at Disneyland, the performers are not animatronic, cannot be switched off, and don’t care to live in a haunted mansion 24/7.
Anyone who has ever thrown a party knows that loud music and strangers frighten many domestic animals, and caring guardians often put them in a safe room away from the noise. PETA’s formal complaint states that three separate aquarium employees said that many of the confined wild animals become aggravated and even fight when the music gets pumpingâand they have no safe room to escape to. This disturbs me more than Freddy vs. Jason. Perhaps you should consider having Halloween-themed events year-roundâat least the public would see the aquarium for the House of Horrors it is.
Yours cruelly,
Cassandra Peterson, aka “Elvira”
Source: Funnyordie.com
