Pumping the experts for Halloween tips on using fake blood

Insiders at haunted houses and a gory Lyric Opera production say in order to get the biggest bang for your blood bucks, correct application is everything. So are quality materials.

• After Disney deal, ‘Star Wars’ might be a 007-style perennial

  BILL ZWECKER: The new owners of Lucasfilm plan to make ‘Episode 7’ and more movies after that. One exec expects Jedi adventures to become ‘a permanent feature’ in our moviegoing lives.

• ‘Moulin Rouge’ gets to the pointe of can-can at Auditorium Theatre

  The Royal Winnipeg Ballet blends dance styles in its adaptation of the classic story about love, absinthe and Toulouse-Lautrec.

• Show off your ‘Thriller’ dance moves at NorthHalsted Parade

  As the nighttime parade winds through Lakeview on Wednesday, creatures are expected to re-create moves made legendary in the 1983 hit music video “Thriller.”