Saturday, October 19, 2024Olympia Film Society presents:
All Freakin’ Night
9pm doors / 10pm first movie
$20 General / $15 Member
Hosted and Curated by Bret Berg of American Genre Film Archive
All bags, backpacks, carry-on luggage will be subject to searches: best to leave your unmentionables at home.
Tickets go on sale Friday, June 21 at 10am PT
This year’s lineup was curated by our friend Bret Berg of the American Genre Film Archive! As Theatrical Sales Director for the AGFA, Bret works with movie theaters across the globe to bring restored genre classics back to the big screen. As creator / VJ of The Museum of Home Video, Bret shares his enthusiasm for finally watching what he’s downloaded over the past 20 years — while inviting fellow obsessives to join the party…watch every Tuesday night at museumofhomevideo.com!
Film One:
Scanners III: The Takeover (1992)
By the ‘90s, David Cronenberg’s explosive Scanners found itself the proud papa of several straight-to-video sequels — the most outlandish of which is the cartoony soap opera Scanners III. Think Scanners meets the TV show “Dynasty”, with a Joan Collins clone wielding fierce Telekinetic Realness. This one proudly jumps the shark through a burning ring of fire with its slo-mo shootouts, mystical martial arts, a lot of ridiculous gore (some guy’s *finger* blows up), a hot tub scene, an off-kilter tasteless energy and enough Canadiana for even the most hardened canuckophile. Much like with the Death Wish franchise, you don’t need to have even seen Scanners II to enjoy the hell out of III.
Dir: Christian Duguay / Canada / 101 min
Film Two:
Anatomia Extinction (1995)
Fans of Tetsuo: The Iron Man, take note. Anatomia Extinction is a J-horror microdose that’s poised to become your new favorite go-to for cyberpunk body horror. The story follows “The Man,” an aggravated citizen who has a disdain for the overpopulation issue in Japan. When he’s targeted by a serial killer, the Man has a choice to make—die by the killer’s hand or join him in exterminating every last human on the planet. A prequel to the infamous Tokyo Gore Police from filmmaker Yoshihiro Nishimura, Anatomia Extinction is an experimental explosion of pop-art colors, gnarly practical gore effects, and 1990s aesthetics. Newly restored from its original 16mm film elements and back on the big screen for the first time in decades!
Dir: Yoshihiro Nishimura / Japan / 54 min
Film Three:
Forbidden World (1982)
Oh, boy! The most joyfully exploitive Space Junk film of them all, gleefully wearing a quintessential Heavy Metal magazine aesthetic on its sleeve. A badass space cowboy joins a group of scientists, beds the Playboy Channel babes (are those clear high heels and pink jumpsuits regulation?) and battles a lab-made monster with super-saliva that reduces its prey to throbbing gristle. Longtime Corman editor Allan Holzman (Crazy Mama, Battle Beyond the Stars) brought tripped-out ‘70s rock n’ roll cutting, a healthy sense of humor and buckets of gore to this raucous directorial debut.
Dir. Allan Holzman / US / 77 min
Film Four:
Uninvited (1987)
The fact that human beings conceptualized this movie — and convinced other human beings to make it with them — is a miracle. A group of spring break party dawgs get on a yacht with grandpa gangsters who are traveling to the Caymen Islands. But holy shit! There’s a cat on board with a mutant that lives in its stomach! And the cat mutilates people and infects them with rabies until their appendages explode and WHAAAAAATTT?!! With a cast that includes an angry George Kennedy (Naked Gun), a confused Clu Gulager (Return of the Living Dead), and a dude from Melrose Place, this is exceptional 1980s trash-horror chaos that is only gifted to our planet once or twice every millennium. So don’t pro-cat-stinate!
Dir. Greydon Clark / US / 91 min
Film Five:
Opera (1987)
New 4K restoration from Severin Films! There’s nothing else like Opera. After the artistic highs of Tenebre and Phenemona, Dario Argento (Suspiria) was on a mission to make the most accomplished giallo of his career. And that’s exactly what he did. Opera follows Betty, the star of an avant-garde production of Macbeth, as she deals with a black-gloved maniac on a mutilation spree at the opera house. With its ultra-stylized photography, complex metaphors, and intense violence, Opera is a brilliantly deranged spectacle—and the most breathtaking horror experience of 1987.
Dir. Dario Argento / Italy / 107 min
Accessible Seating:
When purchasing tickets in advance, mark “Wheelchair / Accessible.” Accessible seating sections are located on the main floor in various areas for sight, hearing, size, and mobility needs. If you are comfortable sharing your needs, email [email protected] before purchasing so we can better assist you and ensure your time at the theater is enjoyable.
Event Venue
206 5th Ave SE, Olympia, WA, United States
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