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.…
Season's Creepings! Krampus returns on Friday the 13th this December 2024! The legendary 13th Floor Haunted House Chicago vill once again be transformed into a Christmas vonderland, although it von’t be all glitter and snowflakes. Keep your eyes peeled and find all of your favorite holly jolly traditions, but this time full of macabre merriment. You better vatch out. You better not…
The annual Chicago TARDIS convention will be taking place this veekend (November 29 - December 1, 2024) in Lombard, Illinois vith lots of extraordinary events and celebrities galore! Team Gregula is hex-cited to be covering our second TARDIS event in 2024. Chicago TARDIS is the Midwest’s largest Doctor Who event bringing together fans every Fangs-giving or as you mortals call it Thanksgiving veekend…
November is here and it is time for fall fear! My favorite horror convention is back in town for some timely terrors to tantalize your taste buds. Days Of The Dead: Chicago (DOTD Chicago) returns this Fall 2024 in Rosemont, Illinois. DOTD Chicago is three full DAYS of morbid movies, vigilant vendors, eerie events, ghoulish guests, freaky fans, creepy characters, and much…
Road trips are lots of fun but even more so when it's an eerie excursion to a haunted house. Team Gregula recently traveled up north to the Land of Cheese (aka Wisconsin) to hex-perience the almighty Abandoned Haunted House Complex! Abandoned is conveniently located right off of I-94 in Mt. Pleasant, WI near the Racine / Kenosha area. You can even see…
Spooky season is still in full swing and Da Count was in the mood for a Haunted Sunday Funday. We found out that our good fiend Butch Patrick (aka Eddie Munster) was going to be a guest at The Catacombs Haunted House at St Pascal, so we flew on over! We made a stop at the Patio Theater first because Butch was…
What do you get when you combine an abandoned water playground, a bunch of freaky frightening monsters and a baby vampire? Well, Team Gregula plus Junior got a night out at Scream Scene Haunted House! Located at the Abandoned Skokie Water Playground in Skokie (obviously), Scream Scene is a gravely great place to scare up some FUN! Conveniently located by Oakton and Skokie Blvd,…
Team Gregula had the honor of attending the first-ever Chronic Con, which celebrated director Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse films like Clerks and Mallrats. It was held from October 11–13, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont. Chronic Con had plenty of celebrity guests to meet including the man himself, Kevin Smith. Also in attendance were many of the stars of the View Askewniverse films…
Jay and Silent Bob (and friends!) are coming to Chicago for the first-ever Chronic Con in Rosemont, Illinois. Team Gregula is hex-cited to be approved as official press at this inaugural 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 debut of Clerks, an indie film…
Ghoulish greetings from Count Gregula! Guess vhat? The beast time of year for fear is here once again! This scare season is lurking to be vast, vicked and vild for several established haunted happenings including some brand new ominous offerings scheduled to be open for boo business in 2024. A few fang-tastic fears and fall frights have already opened up early during…