Monday, October 10, 2016

Screenings in the Bay (Monday to Friday): The Slumber Party Massacre, Monster Double Feature, Vertigo/De Palma Double Features


As Halloween gets closer, the horror screenings in the bay area are multiplying. This week we have slashers, monsters, ghosts, vampires, vintage horror, and themed double features, all in the span of five days! It's definitely October. :) 


Terror Tuesday

Tuesday 11th @ 10pm (1hr 17min)
Slasher/ Indie Film (Google)
Someone with a power drill shows up uninvited to Trish's (Michele Michaels) high-school pajama party.


Weird Wednesday 

Wednesday 12th @ 10:15pm (1hr 30min)
Drama/ Thriller (IMDB)
Tensions rise when an emotionally fragile woman (Elisabeth Moss) spends one week with her best friend (Katherine Waterston).




The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)
Wednesday 12th @ 7pm (1hr 11min)
Horror/ Scifi (IMDB)
A monster invades a sleepy lighthouse town. The superstitious lighthouse keeper is worried for the safety of his beautiful teenage daughter, so he leaves food for the monster, who dwells in a nearby cave. When bodies wash up ashore, the locals take notice.

-with-


Tormented (1960)
Wednesday 12th @ 8:30pm (1hr 15min)
Horror/ Thriller (IMDB)
A man lets a former flame fall to her death rather than let her interfere with his new relationship, but her ghost returns to disrupt his impending nuptials.



Vertigo/De Palma Double Feature Series

Vertigo (1958)
Thursday 13th @ 7pm (2hrs 9min)
Mystery/ Romance/ Thriller (IMDB)
A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

-with-


De Palma (2015)
Thursday 13th @ 9:30pm (1hr 50min)
Documentary/ Biography (Google)
One of the most talented, influential, and iconoclastic filmmakers of all time, Brian De Palma's career started in the 60s and has included such acclaimed and diverse films as Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Scarface, The Untouchables, Carlito's Way, and Mission: Impossible. In this lively, illuminating and unexpectedly moving documentary, directors Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow engage in a personal and candid discussion with De Palma, exploring not only his life and work but also his singular approach to the craft of filmmaking and his remarkable experiences navigating the film business, from his early days as the bad boy of New Hollywood to his more recent years as a respected veteran of the field.
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Vertigo (1958)
Friday 14th @ 7pm (2hrs 9min)
Mystery/ Romance/ Thriller (IMDB)
A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

-with-


Obsession (1976)
Friday 14th @ 9:30pm (1hr 38min)
Drama/ Mystery/ Thriller (IMDB)
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his wife.



Midnight Madness

Friday 14th @ 11:55pm (2hrs 5min)
Fantasy/ Mystery (Google)
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Also screening Saturday @ 11:55pm




Starts Friday 14th (1hr 32min)
Documentary (IMDB)
Documentary of 1980's near-launch of a nuclear missile from Arkansas, based on Eric Shlosser's award-winning book of the same name.

With Q&A with Special Guests:
Writer Eric Schlosser, Friday 14th @ 7:45pm
and
Director Robert Kenner, Saturday 15th @ 7:45pm



Parkway Classics

Thursday 13th @ 9:30pm (1hr 55min)
Drama/ Horror (IMDB)
Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.


-Huntress

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