From filmmaker, musician, former FANGORIA journal editor-in-chief, DELIRIUM journal co-founder/editor and CORMAN/POE creator Chris Alexander comes ART! TRASH! TERROR!: Adventures in Unusual Cinema, a brand new e-book from Headpress Publishing that collects a treasure trove of in-depth essays and edifying interviews that each analyze and have a good time a few of the most eccentric and unforgettable films in cult cinema historical past. From acknowledged classics, to misunderstood masterpieces, to unfairly maligned films, ART! TRASH! TERROR! takes an alternately severe and playful – however all the time private – have a look at a number of strains of various worldwide horror, darkish fantasy and exploitation movie work; movement photos that rework, transgress, problem, infuriate, shock, and entertain.
To have a good time the discharge of the e-book, Cinelounge Sundown has teamed up with Alexander for the screening collection “Chris Alexander’s ART! TRASH! TERROR! – Unusual Cinema Celebration”. Taking on the theatre on January twenty fifth and twenty sixth, Alexander has curated a collection of untamed cult, horror and exploitation films – together with one in every of his personal – and can learn from his e-book whereas additionally welcoming a few of his well-known pals to the present to introduce the screenings and interact in energetic, edifying Q&As.
Tickets are on sale now from the Cinelounge Eventbrite web page.
The schedule is as follows:
SATURDAY, JANUARY twenty fifth
7pm – GRAVEYARD SHIFT (1990, actor Stephen Macht in attendance)
Based mostly on the dirty Stephen King brief story (revealed in his iconic anthology e-book “Evening Shift”), director Ralph S. Singleton’s atmospheric, filthy and scary over-the-edge monster film has been usually maligned and dismissed by many, together with the creator himself. However how very, very fallacious these naysayers are! That includes hordes of blood-hungry rats, layers of greasy sleaze, a shocking subterranean creature and a pair of untamed performances courtesy of Brad Dourif and Stephen Macht, GRAVEYARD SHIFT is ripe (in additional methods than one) for a renaissance! Becoming a member of Alexander for the present can be Macht, who will dissect the image and inform tales of bringing his fascist foreman to lurid life!
9pm – MANIAC (1980, director William Lustig in attendance)
Taking its cues from TAXI DRIVER, “New Wave” psychodramas and Italian giallo movies, director William Lustig’s unsparing New York-set slasher saga MANIAC wants no introduction – however Alexander and Lustig will give it simply that, screening the movie after which sitting down to talk about it, with one another and the viewers. Lustig can be bringing the brand new 4K/7.1 encompass sound model of the movie, making this the “mom” of all MANIAC celebrations!
SUNDAY, JANUARY twenty sixth
4pm – NECROPOLIS: LEGION (2020 actors Augie Duke and Ali Chappell in attendance)
Chris Alexander’s first movie for iconic exploitation movie studio Full Moon is an ultra-low funds “religious sequel” to the riotous 1988 VHS rental favourite NECROPOLIS. Mixing parts of that movie, Mario Bava’s BLACK SUNDAY, Lucio Fulci’s THE BEYOND, the movies of Jess Franco and Alexander’s personal female-centric fever goals, NECROPOLIS: LEGION (which includes a moody rating by RE-ANIMATOR’S Richard Band) tells the story of vengeful, “mouth-breasted” vampire witch that rises from the grave to own a too-curious author who has moved into her home. Actors Augie Duke (TV’s MAYANS, MOON GARDEN) and Ali Chappell (GIRL WITH A STRAIGHT RAZOR) will introduce the film together with some particular shock visitor appearances!
7pm – RABID (1977, producer Don Carmody in attendance)
Director David Cronenberg’s second shocker (made proper after 1975’s SHIVERS) may simply be his “purest” horror movie – a chilly, creepy story of a modern-day “Typhoid Mary” plague provider named Rose (performed by porn star Marilyn Chambers) who marauds round Montreal sucking blood by means of a penis in her armpit and leaving a horde of psychotic zombies in her wake. With eerie “scratch rating” music, shiny pink gore, a sympathetic central flip and limitless mad science and mayhem, RABID is a Canadian horror masterpiece. Becoming a member of Alexander on the present can be veteran producer Don Carmody, who not solely additionally produced SHIVERS however is without doubt one of the founding fathers of the Canadian exploitation movie.
9pm – NIGHT PATROL (1984, director Jackie Kong in attendance)
From the madwoman who made the deranged H.G. Lewis homage BLOOD DINER comes this much more maniacal comedy, a masterclass in dangerous style and weird, near-surrealist transgressive filmmaking. From its first frames, this hilarious and vulgar sister to POLICE ADADEMY defies you to love it, as Kong and firm cheerfully break each taboo that comes their method. Additionally starring THE EXORCIST’s Linda Blair and LEGEND’s Billy Barty amongst different oddball skills, NIGHT PATROL stands alone! Queen Kong herself will come to the present to talk about her mom of all soiled joke joints and take questions from the no-doubt dumbfounded audiences.
Copies of Chris Alexander’s e-book ART! TRASH! TERROR!: Adventures in Unusual Cinema can be accessible at every screening. Along with the Cinelounge occasion, Alexander can be signing the e-book at venerable Burbank horror tradition bookstore Darkish Delicacies on January twenty fifth from 3pm-5pm. Joing Alexander can be filmmakers Joe Dante (THE HOWLING), Brett Leonard (HIDEAWAY, THE LAWNMOWER MAN), Anna Biller (THE LOVE WITCH) and extra. Go to www.DarkDel.com for extra particulars.
