2025 Wheaton Haunted Halloween Flea Market

Get set for some spooky shopping, creepy characters, and ghoulish guests at the 2025 Wheaton Haunted Halloween Flea Market this October. Team Gregula returns for more freaky frights vith fiendish fleas! Special Guests: Count Gregula's Crypt (Horror Entertainment) Doctor Ivan Cryptosis (Horror Host & Comic) Kristy McNichol (Family) Martin Klebba (Pirates of the Caribbean) Sue Rovens (Indie Suspense/Horror Author) John Borowski (Independent Filmmaker &…

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REVIEW – After 5 at the Field: Halloween Underground MISadventure with Svengoolie

Let's say you want to take the kids out for a day trip. Dad wants something spooky fun, but Mom wants something educational. What to do? The Field Museum in Chicago has the solution! This fall, their beloved Underground Adventure exhibit got the Halloween spirit, transforming into an Underground MISadventure, a creepy, crawly, and downright spooky twist on an old favorite -…

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Halloween on the Cheap

Hey there Mortals and Morsels! Halloween time is upon us and there is a TON of fun things to see and do. However, it can get a bit pricey with all the events, haunted attractions and parties to choose from. A Ghoul can go broke celebrating the season!!! But don't worry, your favorite Countess is here to give you advice on how…

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Chronic Con 2025

Jay and Silent Bob (and friends) are returning to Chicago for another Chronic Con in Rosemont, Illinois. Team Gregula is hex-cited to be approved as official press for the second year in a row at this cool convention celebrating all things Kevin Smith! Thirty years ago, the dynamic duo of Jay and Silent Bob entered the vorld of pop culture vith the…

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Larry’s Legacy 2025 at Klairmont Kollections Automotive Museum

Klairmont Kollections Automotive Museum was a hidden gem located in a quiet North Side neighborhood near Belmont and Cicero in Chicago, IL. Da Count and I were very surprised when we discovered this amazing bastion of pop culture history as it was basically next door to where my late Mama (bless her soul) and brother once lived. Sadly, we had to say…

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Riot Fest 2025

Riot Fest started in Chicago as an indoor concert series over the course of two November nights in 2005 at the Congress Theater. In 2012, marketed as Riot Fest & Carnival moved outside to Humboldt Park in Chicago. Since 2015, the most current incarnation of Riot Fest is now known as the annual 3-day outdoor music festival at Douglass Park in Chicago…

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2025 Wheaton All Night Flea Market

Get set for some super sizzling summer shopping sales including special guests at the 2025 Wheaton All Night Flea Market this August. Fleas included! Special Guests: Count Gregula's Crypt (Horror Entertainment) John O’Hurley (Seinfeld) Larry Hankin (Seinfeld) Tony Cox (Bad Santa) Greg Evigan (BJ and the Bear) Doctor Ivan Cryptosis (Horror Host & Comic)  John Borowski (Independent Filmmaker & Author) And MORE! Located inside…

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RECAP: 50th Anniversary Screening of ‘Shivers’ with Lynn Lowry at Alamo Drafthouse Chicago

The luxurious Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Wrigleyville on July 14, 2025, was the host for a Dead Walk Fest event. The movie that was being shown was Shivers, a 1975 classic body horror film from the mind of David Cronenberg, renowned auteur of this kind of horror. This event celebrated the 50th Anniversary of this essential horror staple.  The Alamo Drafthouse is…

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50th Anniversary Screening of ‘Shivers’ vith Lynn Lowry at Alamo Drafthouse Chicago

Join Dead Walk Fest at Alamo Drafthouse Chicago on July 14 for a 50th anniversary screening of the David Cronenberg classic Shivers vith special guest Lynn Lowry. Lynn vill be doing a pre-show meet and greet to sign autographs, take selfies, and sell merch starting at 5:30PM. Film begins at 6:30PM and ends at 8PM. Lynn vill conduct a Q&A right after…

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RECAP: Chicago Steampunk Exposition 2025

The Chicago Steampunk Exposition took place at the Hyatt Regency in Schaumburg from May 30 to June 1 and its theme was the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and the Curse of Cthulhu. This convention gathered all sorts of enthusiasts of steampunk and H.P. Lovecraft. This is the second time that the Chicago Steampunk Expo has hosted the Count Gregula Crypt Team. For…

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