Film: Nightmare on Elm Street

Tonight, completing a weekend of horror with The Hideout, we were headed to A Nightmare on Elm Street - oh, I just love that film! Showing in the Prince Charles (PCC) - and of course, I booked in Bella Italia again beforehand. And thank goodness for a late start..

I got a table in the back of the restaurant, was deliciously fed - and got an extra 15 minutes, because the other film the group was seeing today, The Smashing Machine, overran a bit! In due course, I did join them in Victory House, as usual.. and we had a good chat before we went in.

Ah, I so identified with Nancy, the protagonist, back in the day.. (wow, her boyfriend is no other than Johnny Depp!). And although you could say it's aged somewhat, it remains the iconic horror that warned us NOT TO GO TO SLEEP! because that's where the baddie attacks. I think the first jump scare I ever encountered was when the tongue came out of the phone.. These days, the sfx don't impress us as much, and we laugh more at the parents - forgetting that's what they were really like - but yeah, this was the original nightmare horror. Kudos for that, it means something.

Tomorrow, back with London Classical Music and Theatre Group (LCMTG) for the last day of Sicilian Vespers at the Royal Opera House. Continuing the horror theme, even the publicity shot for this shows skulls.. Again, it's months since I was last here, or with this group. Eating in Cote Covent Garden beforehand - even though it's on early, it's a long one, so I'll have to eat beforehand.

On Tuesday, finally back - for the first time in nearly a year! - with the Horror Book Club! Not a book club meeting per se - I never have time to read them - this is a panel, in Waterstone's - of new horror writers, discussing what's current.

On Wednesday, finally back with storytelling at Torriano! Hosted, as ever, by Nell Phoenix, it's - again - months since I was there. On this occasion, the performance is Lilith: The Other Side of the Story.

On Thursday, by the way, we have a company-sponsored team lunch, a reward for our hard work on the recent release - and I'll be eating burgers again, in Byron Burgers. Another place I haven't been to in years! And that evening, I thought film - and what came up was Mr. Nobody Against Putin, a documentary where a Russian teacher films his school to capture Putin's brainwashing of schoolchildren to fight against the Ukraine. Showing in the Curzon Bloomsbury - which, of course, I can walk to from the office, where I'll be that day. I booked - it was selling out - and used the last of my year's free tickets on it.

Then a few more days of horror. On Friday, I'm off to Dark Secrets: The Esoteric Exhibition at Waterloo Vaults - sounded too interesting to miss!

On Saturday, storytelling from the Crick Crack Club! Ben Haggarty and Sarah-Liisa Wilkinson are performing Stories in the Dark at the Richmond Lending Library. Sold out now, I believe. I've booked the Buenos Aires steakhouse for afterwards.

Next Sunday, back with The Hideout for Good Boy - a horror film from the perspective of a dog just trying to protect its master! Happening somewhere around Leicester Square - details TBA.

Next, a couple of plays. On the 13th, back with Up in the Cheap Seats for Lifers, a prison drama at Southwark Playhouse - was delighted I still had credit on my PAYG subscription with them.

On the 14th, heading to Blessings at Riverside Studios - a play about a staunchly religious family in the 60s, with change in the offing.

The 15th is our work social - we're headed to Boom Battle Bar, which has, em, axe throwing.. among other things. Augmented reality features. Well, I missed it at Shocktober..

On the 16th, I'm back with the LCMTG for The Cardinall's Musick, performing a choral concert at St. Martin in the Fields.

On the 17th, The Hideout persuaded me to go to Ti West's X trilogy - Pearl, X, and MaXXXine - at the PCC. Never seen any of them before. Lord knows when I'll have time to eat..

And on the 18th, meeting James for our monthly get-together at The Phoenix - it's the only weekend he can, and he prefers Saturday. Ivan can't make it - Martin provisional as of yet.

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