Opinion: Santa Cruz and Scary Movies – Good Times Weekly

Adam Roches Secret History of Hollywood podcasts have kept me entertained over many a long run in the last couple of years. Each episode is generally two or three hours long, and while hes gotten flamed on social media for his ultra-long releases, theyre actually really perfect when youre looking for something to stay engaged with over 19 or 20 miles. While sweating through some ridiculous slog in the Santa Cruz Mountains back in March, I was listening to his mini-series The Adventures of Alfred Hitchcock, and he mentioned Hitchcocks second home in Scotts Valley. Id read about that estate (which is now home to Armitage Wines) before, and it got me wondering why Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville chose this area in the first placea question Id never seen anyone even attempt to answer.

Months later, I was talking to GTs Managing Editor Adam Joseph about how the only contribution to scary movies Santa Cruz ever really gets credit for is The Lost Boys. I love that movie, dont get me wrongthe poster is hanging in my officebut there are other Santa Cruz connections to scary-movie history that are interesting, too. Adam mentioned his own fascination with Killer Klowns From Outer Space, the 1988 cult classic that was filmed in this area. We decided to team up for this Halloween Issue double-feature that explores a couple of Santa Cruz Countys contributions to horror movies, Non-Lost-Boys-Division. We hope you enjoy it, and happy Halloween!

STEVE PALOPOLI | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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