Not gonna lie. The jump scares found in the region’s haunted houses have been both adrenaline and fuel for many Halloweens past. But this time around, I wanted to merge my love of puppetry with the ...

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It’s Chicago’s one and only puppet haunted house. “House of the Exquisite Corpse” is back for its 5th Halloween season with a new, immersive horror experience sure to make your blood run cold. We just ...

House of the Exquisite Corpse III features puppets by Ken Buckingham, puppeteered by Felix Mayes and Kevin Michael Wesson. Credit Yvette Marie Dostatni House of the Exquisite Corpse III featured ...

Artists often seclude themselves in their studios with nothing but their tools and their own imagination. That can get lonely. “I think people are craving collaborative projects,” said Katy Lemle, the ...

Animation is an art of the impossible, though it often settles for the ordinary. Much of what comprises adult animation merely translates into line what might be shown in live action — humans in human ...

Pity the videogame zombie. He spends his short afterlife dodging self-righteous heroes hell-bent on peppering him with buckshot, setting him on fire, or blowing him to smithereens with a bazooka. Well ...

So I went to Steppenwolf’s Merle Reskin space to partake of the fifth installation of Rough House Theatre’s Halloween show. Be you a fan, follower or newbie when it comes to “House of the Exquisite ...

Animation is an art of the impossible, though it often settles for the ordinary. Much of what comprises adult animation merely translates into line what might be shown in live action — humans in human ...