"Tangled in the web of dreams and reality, a homicide detective must fight against the evil spirit from an old Japanese urban legend to win the heart of the woman he loves." This is the log line for the new horror short film Beautiful which will be playing at the Culver City Film Festival in December. Co-Written and Directed by Petra Deeter, the story is an original take on the Japanese legend of Kuchisake-onna: the Slit Mouthed Woman. The character and mythology of this part

Every year my friends and I go down to Little Tokyo in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles to their New Year’s Day Festival, where we get to try Japanese food, watch Taiko drum and folk music performances and other cultural displays; however, this year, we have another reason to go - Haunted Little Tokyo. The inaugural Haunted Little Tokyo, put on by Go Little Tokyo, runs on select nights October 1 – 31, 2017. Ghosts and Goblins of all ages are invited to experience Little To