Stuart Gordon’s “Re-Animator: The Musical” springs back to life for a limited Halloween engagement set to run at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood, CA Oct. 17 through Nov. 2, Fridays through Sundays at 8 p.m. Adapted from Gordon’s beloved 1985 film, the production follows the grisly havoc caused by med school students Herbert West and Dan Cain after they set out to reanimate human corpses.

The show earned six awards, including Musical of the Year and Best Original Music, at the LA Weekly Theater Awards in 2011. We at Clatto were besides ourselves when we caught the musical last year… twice. From the fun, mind-blowing performances to the outrageous violence and gore, and Mark Nutter’s maniacal score and gut-busting lyrics, “Re-Animator: The Musical” is an experience no horror fan should miss. Read our review.

From the press release:

Re-Animator: The Musical tells the story of Herbert West, a brilliant young medical student who has created a glowing green serum that can bring the dead back to life. What should be a medical breakthrough results in hideous monstrosities and ghastly consequences.

Graham Skipper, who won a Best New Performer Award at the New York Musical Theater Festival for his crowd-pleasing turn, returns as the demented young genius. And operatic Jesse Merlin is back as Dr. Carl Hill, who loses his head for Meg, the dean’s beautiful daughter, only to actually lose it at the hands of Herbert West.

“Re-Animator: The Musical” plays at the Steve Allen Theater located at 4773 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles from Oct. 17 through Nov. 2, with special preview performances running Oct. 10 – Oct. 12. Tickets to all shows are now available and can be purchased here. Be warned… first couple of rows are splatter zones! Follow “Re-Animator: The Musical” on Twitter and Facebook.

See you there!

The 14th annual Screamfest horror film festival is set to rise once again in the city of angels. Running Oct. 14 – Oct. 23 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theater, the event will see the premiere of a variety of features and shorts from around the world. Tickets and movie schedule can be found on the Screamfest LA website.

World premieres include Laid to Rest director Robert Hall’s Fear Clinic, starring Robert Englund and Slipknot singer Corey Taylor, Dark Was the Night with Kevin Durand (“Strain”), Parlor with Robert LaSardo (Human Centipede 3), and Jen and Sylvia Soska’s eagerly anticipated slasher sequel See No Evil 2.

U.S. premieres will also be held for Julia, a revenge thriller starring Ashley C. Williams (Human Centipede) and Girlhouse, a Halloween-inspired slasher about a college coed turned webcam girl stalked by a fan whose hacked into her network and discovered her location.

Screamfest LA is a star-studded event where it’s easy to spot actors and directors chatting the horror genre up with each other and the public. An opening night party kicks off the event, and it ends with the Skully Awards. The entire experience is a blast and not to be missed. See you there!