"The Djinn," a juvenile "rock and roll horror musical" receiving its premiere at Stages Theatre Center in Hollywood, tries awfully hard to be scary but isn't, and tries even harder to be funny ...

THE DJINN. 3 stars, out of 4. SNAPSHOT: A briskly paced horror-thriller about a young boy who unwittingly summons a sinister being. CAST: Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe, John Erickson ...

A folkloric image from ancient Persia, the djinn, or genie, is familiar in Scheherazade's Arabian Nights tales and from TV's I Dream of Jeannie. Peter Atkins' new rock 'n' roll horror mystery ...