Reviews

It’s Alive: Another Flaming Sin Review

Apr 25th, 2008 | By Daniel Zilber | Category: Hypnodrome, Recent Press, Reviews

The SF Weekly published critic Chloe Veltman’s formal review of our show “Flaming Sin: London’s Grand Guignol” this week (we’ve previously linked to her blog post about the show). Her review is the kind of thoughtful, in-depth look at our work that’s been all too rare over the years. While we certainly have fans among [...]



Reviews of “Flaming Sin”

Apr 16th, 2008 | By Daniel Zilber | Category: Recent Press, Reviews

The reviews are coming in for our current show “Flaming Sin: London’s Grand Guignol” and we’re, well… thrilled. We had no idea how people would react to an evening of Noel Coward sophistication, Grand Guignol excess, and a very “blue” floor show, but it looks like we’re not the only ones crazy enough to think [...]



More Reviews of the Sweeney Todd DVD

Mar 31st, 2008 | By Daniel Zilber | Category: Reviews, Sweeney Todd

We’re just one day away from the release of Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd DVD, and the movie blogs are buzzing about it. Thrillpeddlers are featured in the documentary Grand Guignol: A Theatrical Tradition, which seems to be a stand-out among the DVD’s bonus features.
From Dread Central:
Grand Guignol: A Theatrical Tradition, takes a look at the [...]



Early Raves for “Flaming Sin”

Mar 24th, 2008 | By Daniel Zilber | Category: Recent Press, Reviews

Writer Kelli Stanley blogs about a preview performance of our new show, “Flaming Sin: London’s Grand Guignol.” She summarizes her in-depth review this way:
So even if you’re not particularly a fan of the Vault of Horror, troop down to the Hypnodrome on 10th street in San Francisco — for a twenty dollar seat, you’ll get [...]



Hypnodrome Head Trips Review (Spoiler-Free)

Apr 11th, 2007 | By Daniel Zilber | Category: Reviews

Nathaniel Eaton has written a very enthusiastic review of our current show, Hypnodrome Head Trips, in today’s SF Weekly newspaper. We’re usually quick to post the juiciest quotes on our website, but this particular review contains so many spoilers – key surprises and plot twists – that it’s difficult for us to pull a quote [...]



Speaking Of Reviews…

Mar 31st, 2007 | By Daniel Zilber | Category: Reviews

The first reviews of our new show Hypnodrome Head Trips are starting to trickle in. In her review for the San Francisco Bay Times titled “A Grand Time at Grand Guignol,” Linda Ayres-Frederick writes:
With high technical production values, Thrillpeddlers lives up to their name, delivering thrills that stimulate the mind and other portions of the [...]