Comedian Kevin Maher returns to Nitehawk Williamsburg and he’s not alone. He’s joined by his evil twin, Chris Cummins (host of SCI-FI EXPLOSION) for a video variety show about doubles and doppelgangers. Featuring rare clips, pop culture commentary, interactive games, deluxe prizes, and lots of laughs – all surrounding the motif of twins in everything from obscure comic books and speculative fiction to clone-science and exploitation cinema.

See why SyFy called Kevin “an insane genius” in the series DailyGrindhouse.com described as “TED Talks for Midnight Movies.”

Join us for this 90-minute extravaganza, with special guests:

• David Gregory (producer, COLOR OF SPACE) 

• Elana Levin (podcast host, GRAPHIC POLICY RADIO) 

• Tenebrous Kate (co-host of the podcast BAD BOOKS FOR BAD PEOPLE)

• Andy Webb (filmmaker, ANOMALY) 

PLUS: Arrive 30 minutes before showtime for the custom “double-vision” pre-show, edited by Camila Jones. 

Welsh author Arthur Machen was a formidable and unique creative force whose work is still influential today. He’s a man who lived through decades of incredible modernization and industrialization, but whose philosophy was grounded in antiquity and the mystical. From femmes fatale and fiendish fae folk to weird war tales, we’ll explore a literary genius whose work bridged the deeply personal and the wildly fantastic.

The work of German author Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871 – 1943) combines the lush cruelty of the French Decadents, the macabre thrills of Edgar Allan Poe, and esoteric, occult philosophy into a heady literary brew. Publishing his horror tales in the years leading up to World War I and through Germany’s tumultuous Weimar Republic, Ewers emerged as a multifaceted artist and highly individualistic person: outspoken thinker, prolific author, vaudeville performer, and early proponent of cinema as a legitimate art form. His novel Alraune, which details the story of a doctor whose theories of mad science and folklore lead to the birth of a completely amoral woman, has been called a “decadent masterwork” and has been adapted for the screen five times.

Ewers would become a prominent figure in the brief flowering of German weird fiction between the World Wars, influencing the establishment of the world’s first fantastical fiction magazine, Der Orchideengarten. However, Ewers’ career–along with that of several of his contemporaries–would turn from lurid fantasies to real-world evil, finding him associated with the Nazi propaganda machine. This lecture explores the work of Ewers as part of the German tradition of horror and fantasy fiction, alongside the historical, social, and political forces that would have an impact on his work and ultimately lead to a collision with one of the most horrific political regimes of the 20th century.

Join me for a screening of Sergio Martino’s lurid Italo-thriller Torso at Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn. This film is an early blueprint for what would metastasize into the American slasher film, but chock full of all the psychosexual goodness like blackmail, obsession, and lesbian desire you’ve come to expect from the giallo genre. Purchase your tickets today!

Come out to Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company for an afternoon of holiday shopping, punk-rock style! I’ll be there with art, zines, and goodies, plus I’m including a pin in the Swag Bags they’re handing out to the first 100 guests. Enjoy craft brews and an alternative to the mall at this holiday market experience.

More info on the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market website and on the Facebook event page.

Join me for a screening of Lucio Fulci’s hallucinogenic giallo, Lizard in a Woman’s Skin, presented on the big screen at Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn. This top-tier Italo thriller stars the incomparable Florinda Bolkan as a woman enmeshed in a terrifying mystery involving lesbian desires, killer hippies, blackmail, and (of course!) murder. Purchase your tickets today!

Kick off your Halloweekend with a fresh installment of Kevin Geeks Out!

Put on your face paint, drape a snake around your neck and get ready to scare some squares! Comedian Kevin Maher hosts a video variety show celebrating Shock Rock, with rare TV appearances, outrageous movie moments, and unbelievable clips from the past 40 years of rock n’ roll mayhem. Featuring footage you won’t find on YouTube of Netflix.

Plus special guests:

• John Arminio (Comix Connection)

• Tenebrous Kate (co-host of the podcast BAD BOOKS FOR BAD PEOPLE)

• Elana Levin (Podcaster/Critic, GRAPHIC POLICY RADIO)

• Sean Redlitz (consultant, Shudder)

• Kevin Shinick (screenwriter, SCOOBY-DOO! AND KISS: ROCK & ROLL MYSTERY)

And a documentary short about IMPALER produced by Paul Murphy (co-host, SCREEN PYSCHICS podcast.)

Celebrate the Halloween season with the Jersey City Oddities Living Dead Market in Historic Harsimus Cemetery! I'll be sharing a table with the wonderful artist Carisa Swenson and slinging all manner of weird art, zines, and fun spooky surprises. There will be live music, unusual art and vintage items, as well as the famous cemetery goats. A mere $5 donation gets you admission to an afternoon of seasonal fun.

I’ll have a table with original art, silk screened goods, zines, and more at the Saint Vitus Halloween Flea on October 7th. Sellers of vintage goods, handmade art, and other weird and wonderful goodies will be there, along with plenty of metal and beer. Stop by for some seasonal fun!

I'll be hosting a screening of the rarely-seen Toho-produced, Hammer-inspired vampire film LAKE OF DRACULA at Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn. 

The 1960s and 1970s saw the world go Dracula crazy, with sinister black-caped bloodsuckers starring in films from America, Britain, France, Spain, and further afield in Yugoslavia, Pakistan,  and Japan. While many of the Japanese horror movies of this time period centered around the country’s classical ghost stories, director Michio Yamamoto’s Bloodthirsty Trilogy takes a distinctly more Western approach to supernatural chills. LAKE OF DRACULA, the second film in this series, is a little-seen example of gothic eeriness.

Artist Akiko is haunted by a half-remembered childhood encounter with a set of yellow eyes and as bizarre events begin to swirl about her, she begins to doubt her own sanity. Could she be the victim of a vampiric curse, returning after all this time to claim her as one of the undead? Will she be able to uncover the mystery before she falls victim to the bloodlust that lurks behind that hypnotic gaze? This unusual entry into the vampire canon combines the lush colors and elegant cinematography characteristic of Toho productions with folklore and plot elements typically found in Hammer Films to create a unique experience certain to appeal to fans of international horror cinema.

I'll be at the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market's summer event with art, zines, pins, and apparel. Over 100 vendors including jewelers, designers, artists, and vintage slingers, plus food trucks and an afterparty with live music. $5 at the door plus the first 100 attendees get a free goodie bag, which will include fun stuff from me. Stop by and say hi! 

More details are available on the Facebook event page.

I'll be returning to Jersey City Oddities Market along with a wonderful group of artists, creators, and collectors of the old and odd. The Living Dead Market supports Jersey City's Historic Harsimus Cemetery and their goat landscapers. I'll bring new original art, t-shirts, zines, and more. I'll be joined by Opulent Tarnish Photography. Stop by, say hi, and feed the cemetery goat crew!

Join me as I intro Psychomania at Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn! Tickets are on sale now.

Part biker movie melodrama, part folk horror, and part pitch-black comedy, PSYCHOMANIA is one of the most unique products of the 70s British horror boom. Nicky Henson stars as Tom Latham, the leader of a juvenile delinquent biker gang dubbed The Living Dead who discovers the key to immortality via his dead father’s frog-obsessed path of black magic. The catch is that practitioners have to commit suicide in order to cheat death, and deals with the Devil rarely go as planned. Slapped with an X certificate on its release and slammed by the London Times as “only fit to be shown at an S.S. reunion party,” cult film fans have since resurrected the movie. See why PSYCHOMANIA is now acknowledged as a gem that offers a seasoned cast delivering sly performances against a psychedelic occult storyline. Where else can you find a supermarket chaos, a funeral at standing stones, comedy suicides, and the final, gleefully Satanic performance of George Sanders (ALL ABOUT EVE, REBECCA), all set to a groovy organ-heavy soundtrack?

It’s a night of brains in jars, experimental serums, unstable lasers, test-subject gorillas and an ambitious procedure that might just overcome death as we know it. Tenebrous Kate joins comedian Kevin Maher for a comedy variety show exploring the maddest that fictional science has to offer!

See for yourself why BestNewYorkComedy.com called Kevin Geeks Out “one of the best shows in NYC.”

with special guests:

BECKY MUNICH (Graphic designer and Illustrator, The Occult Activity Books)

KRISTEN J. SOLLEE (author, Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive)

JOHN CRIBBS (Head writer, ThePinkSmoke.com)

RICHARD HARLAND SMITH (Video Watchdog, Turner Classic Movies)

Buy tickets at Alamo Drafthouse

Tenebrous Kate will be joining 100 artists, creators, and collectors of the old and odd at Jersey City Oddities' Spring Mourning event. She will have original art, t-shirts, zines, and more. Stop by and say hi!