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Stanley Film Festival kickoff party (and volunteer bait) tonight

Be afraid. Be very afraid. The inaugural Stanley Film Festival, which will run May 2 through May 5 this year in Estes Park, is holding an open house for fright-film fans and potential volunteers tonight. The four-day Stanley Film Festival, which will celebrate the best in independent horror cinema ... More >>

Honey, You’re Home

Horror films from A to Z: part four

At The ABCs of Death, showing now at the Sie FilmCenter, you're going to get the equivalent of horror tapas -- one short, punchy tale for each letter of the alphabet, each delivered by a current or rising star in the genre. It's a tasty appetizer that can serve as a meal in and of itself, but what i ... More >>

Oh, the Horror

3 things to do for free in Denver this week, December 31-January 3

Start off the New Year right by saving money this week. Whether you attend a screening of The Dead Zone, a poetry open mic or a short film festival, soaking up some culture won't cost you a cent, so you can head into 2013 feeling fiscally responsible. For more events, check out the Westword calendar ... More >>

Ten movies to watch for in 2013

H.P. Lovecraft: A horrifying crash course to prepare you for the H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Special

Tired of nativity scenes and that jolly old man in the red suit? Looking for a new way to celebrate the holidays, maybe one that's full of horrors from beyond time and space? You're in luck: The H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Special that opens tomorrow at Wesley Chapel in Boulder should be just the thing t ... More >>

Christopher Leppek and Emanuel Isler talk Abattoir and what makes great horror

In Abattoir, the new novel by local horror authors Christopher Leppek and Emanuel Isler, an aging building gets renovated into trendy lofts, but its violent past remains hidden beneath the new surface. The duo's second novel -- following 2001's Chaosicon -- is, as Leppek puts it, a "haunted house on ... More >>

From Cujo to Precious, five tragedy-porn books and the films they inspired

In author Sapphire's new novel, The Kid (a semi-sequel to Precious -- the Hollywood adaptation of her '96 novel, Push), we are treated to another relentless marathon of abuse, rape, failed dreams and unsettling conclusions. "Commercial media looks at things in terms of heroes and villains," Sapphire ... More >>

Skyrim, Stephen King and Harry Potter highlight our new releases heading into 11-11-11

​This is an unusual week for new releases because many companies have decided to forgo the usual Tuesday or Wednesday timeframe in order to take advantage of the far more eponymous sounding 11-11-11. Still, we've tallied up everything worth a mention, which includes novels from two heavyweight ... More >>

It's Halloween! Take a shining to the Stanley Hotel.

​The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park is a lovely old place. Built in the early 1900s at the mouth of what is now Rocky Mountain National Park from wood salvaged from the Bear Lake burn of 1900, it was best-known then for the Stanley Steamer, a steam-powered automobile invented by hotel owner Freel ... More >>

This Weekend in Stoke: Make the '80s Ski Party last all weekend

​Come out of the closet, gapers! Hot pink and electric blue ski and snowboard gear from the 1980s lives forever thanks to events like tonight's 8th annual 80s Ski Party at Mile High Station, 2027 West Lower Colfax Avenue, where they won't even let you through the door unless the bouncer needs ... More >>

The apocalypse will kick off in Boulder, and here's why

Comment of the day: "Too creeped out to get out of the car"

At this distance, a theremin constantly plays.​Call me a sad shell of a human being with a withered capacity for imagination, and you would probably be right, but I don't believe in no ghosts. It just doesn't make any sense. But before I crap all over your good time with my "logic," suffice it ... More >>

Ghost hunt! A weekend at the Stanley Hotel passes without haunting

Well, it looks pretty ominous.​It was partially by coincidence and partly by design that the opening credits of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining had just started rolling when we flipped on the TV Saturday night in our room at the Stanley Hotel; the movie, of course, is based on Stephen King's nov ... More >>

Fact or science fiction? Colorado's importance in the sci-fi world is no fantasy

Toyotas speeding out of control like something out of a bad Stephen King movie

The impending Prius recall we told you about yesterday is now a reality -- but only 2010 models are targeted, despite serious problems with earlier versions of the hybrid documented in a 2009 Westword feature. Clearly, Toyota's bad batch of cars -- you know, the ones that accelerate beyond the dri ... More >>

Freeloader: Win tickets to see Liam Finn tonight at the Larimer Lounge

​Update: Charles Hughes and Cherie C will be our guests at the show tonight. Thanks to them and to everyone else who responded with the correct answer ("Don't Dream It's Over" and The Stand). We'll have more tix up for grabs later this week.Yes, we know it's a Monday. And yes, we know the Broncos ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: When pigs fly, the good go to Boulder

With two cases of swine flu (the "other white flu") confirmed in Colorado and bumbling Vice President Joe Biden calling for quasi-quarantine, it could be time to go to your bookshelves and dust off that copy of The Stand, Stephen King's 1978 novel. In this epic (it was re-released, uncut, in 1990) ... More >>

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Delegating Denver #23 of 56: Maine

The Mist

The Latest Stephen King adaptation is all fogged up.

DIA Conspiracy Makes List of World's Weirdest

Excitable Book

Crystal Zevon tells the story of her late ex-husband with a little help from his friends.

The Shining

Film on the Rocks for Monday, July 23.

1408

Who woulda thunk it? 1408 is a terrifying, touching Stephen King adaptation.

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Linking you to the best in legitimate, artist-approved exclusives.

All Wet

M. Night Shyamalan steps up the lunacy with Lady in the Water.

Writer's Blockade

Paragon Theatre's Misery is worth the pain.

Baroque and Roll

Red Priest rocks the classical canon

An Open Book

Will everyone in Boulder please get on the same page?

Price on His Head

Richard Price has made writing pay.

Best TV Anchor

Bertha Lynn, Channel 7

Read On

One Book, One Denver gets stoked

Lots of Plots

A murky screen adaptation shortchanges Stephen King's Dreamcatcher.

Music by the Book

Life imitates art for Kathi Kamen Goldmark, who mined a novel from the rock of famous authors.

Reading Frenzy

Book on down to the Denver Public Library for bargain reads.

Best Personal Book Shoppers

Highlands Ranch Library

Critic's Choice

Rock Bottom Remainders

Stand by Them

Mystery and memory shine upon those with their Hearts in the right places.

Reeling in the Year

From South Park to Pokémon, 1999 was almost an American beauty.

Instant Karma

Tom Hanks looks for redemption on The Green Mile.

Hearts of Darkness

You Pitchin' to Me?

The Shooting Never Stopped

One day, a crew from The Shining showed up on Milwaukee Street. The block still hasn't recovered.

THROWING AWAY THE KEY