Monday, March 14, 2016

Screenings in the Bay (Monday to Friday)

Did we all get sufficiently drenched this weekend? Well, there's still more rain to come, and it can be paired with some great movies if you know where to look.


Terror Tuesday












Tuesday 15th @ 10:30pm (1hr 47min)
Drama/ Slasher (Google)
"A family road trip takes a terrifying turn when the travelers become stranded in a barren atomic zone established by the U.S. government. However, the unlucky travelers discover to their horror that the wasteland is far from uninhabited, A band of bloodthirsty mutants prowls the area, and there is nothing they like better than fresh meat."


Wednesday 16th @ 7pm (1hr 34min)
Horror/ Silent film (Google)
"In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home."
Accompanied by a live score by the Invincible Czars.
"The Invincible Czars' Nosferatu score incorporates violin, glockenspiel, organ, flute, bass clarinet, vocals, music box, loops, electric guitar, bass, singing bowl, tambourine and other hand percussion--all of which is a sight to behold when performed live by only four players!"


Weird Wednesday
Wednesday 16th @ 10pm (1hr 36min)
Action/ Drama/ Thriller (IMDB)
"Small-time crook Slue (Paul L. Smith) sends his lackey, Weasel (Brad Dourif), to steal a car, and they're surprised to find a baby in the backseat. Slue and his transvestite lover, Pearl (David Carradine), decide to keep the child, naming him Sonny Boy. But the sadistic couple torture the boy and cut him off from the outside world, and years later, the teenage Sonny Boy (Michael Griffin) is incapable of functioning in society and is forced to submit to the criminal whims of his "parents.""



Balboa Classics
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Thursday 17th @ 7:30pm (1hr 20min)
Horror/ Scifi (IMDB)
"A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates."



I Wake Up Dreaming Double Feature
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)
Wednesday 16th @ 7:45pm (1hr 32min)
Crime/ Drama/ Noir (IMDB)
"Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him."

Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Wednesday 16th @ 6:15pm & 9:35 (1hr 8min)
Drama/ Adventure (IMDB)
"In the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected."



Saturday Midnight Screening!
Saturday 19th @ 11:55pm (1hr 28min)
Horror/ Comedy (IMDB)
"A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer."



Screening all week (1hr 44min)
Action/ Drama/ Thriller (IMDB)
"A Norwegian geologist (Kristoffer Joner) and his family (Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro) fight for survival when a massive landslide causes a 250-foot tidal wave."



Playing all week (1hr 39min)
Crime/ Drama (IMDB)
"Prostitutes Adela and Dora are burdened with bad marriages and financial problems. To make ends meet, they drug and rob dwarf twins working as luchadores."














Thursday 17th @ 9pm (1hr 34min)
Horror/ Silent film (Google)
"In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home."
Accompanied by a live score by the Invincible Czars.




Playing Monday 14th to Thursday 17th (1hr 40min)
Horror/ Thriller (IMDB)
"Vivian, a woman serving a jail sentence, is sent to The Cawdor Barn Theatre to serve out her probation. After she views tape of an old production of Macbeth, an evil force is released, and she must identify the supernatural killer before it gets her."



Hitchcock Fest
The 39 Steps (1935)
Thursday 17th & Friday 18th @ 7:30pm (1hr 27 min)
Mystery/ Thriller (IMDB) 
"A man in London tries to help a counterespionage agent. But when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to both save himself and also stop a spy ring which is trying to steal top secret information."


Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Thursday 17th & Friday 18th @ 5:20pm & 9:05pm (2hrs)
Action/ Romance/ Thriller (IMDB)
"On the eve of WWII, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London."


-Huntress

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