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…
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…
The All Monsters Attack convention is run by the same showrunners as the Days of the Dead convention and is held in the same hotel as Days, the Crowne Plaza in Rosemont. This year’s All Monsters Attack happened from May 9 to 11, 2025. This convention is focused on kaiju movies from Japan and therefore this convention has more of a science…
Days of the Dead took place from March 28 to 30, 2025, and had more of a focus on the lesser seen horror and comedy stars on the convention circuit. An emphasis was on the Revenge of the Nerds cast, and also on horror director Ti West, different from the previous Days conventions in Chicago which featured the Terrfier independent franchise. This…
Days of the Dead took place from November 22 to 24, 2024, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont. The convention floor featured many new vendors this year, with celebrity guests positioned at the far end, opposite their usual location in previous Days of the Dead iterations—a refreshing change. The emphasis of this year's convention was heavily geared toward the Terrifier fanbase.…
FAN EXPO Chicago took place from August 16 to August 18, 2024, changing from the previous four-day convention format to a three-day convention. The Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont was packed for all three days with cosplayers, vendors, and celebrity guests. The first day had a long and daunting line of eager conventioneers anticipating an early entrance. The media preview hour…
C2E2 is one of the major conventions in the Midwest and is a headliner event. It is arguably the most important of the geek conventions in the Chicagoland area. C2E2 has the connotation that if you’re a geek and you’re in the Midwest, you absolutely have to be there. It makes itself huge by choosing the location that proclaims that it’s a…
The Chicago Steampunk Exhibition is a steampunk convention that happens annually in Schaumburg at the Hyatt Regency. This was the first time the entire Crypt team had attended a steampunk convention so we were rather excited and prioritized it over all other events happening the same weekend. We were glad we did. Never have we seen such detailed and intricate costumes! What…
A screening of the science fiction masterpiece Metropolis (1927) was held at the historical Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge on April 8. The Pickwick Theatre was first opened in 1928, one year after the premiere of Metropolis itself, a most appropriate place to host the movie. Upon arrival at the theater, the moviegoer is struck with the beauty of the Pickwick’s art…
Days of the Dead Chicago has returned to its traditional format of two shows per year and horror fans showed up in droves! Days of the Dead Chicago took place from March 22 to 24, bringing a bit of shadow to start the spring. This time, in addition to the regular conventioneers, there were a lot of new conventioneers since the celebrity…