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Dir. Christina Hornisher - 1973 - 76m
Christopher Augustine stars as an alienated porno-movie cameraman turned serial strangler in this newly rediscovered 70s treasure of independent female filmmaking, the sole directoral feature of Christina Hornisher! The supporting cast includes Jeannette Dilger, Gayle Davis, and Dick Glass.
HOLLYWOOD 90028 has drawn comparisons to PEEPING TOM and TAXI DRIVER. The film boasts an early score by legendary composer Basil Poledouris (CONAN THE BARBARIAN, ROBOCOP). The film haunted grindhouse theaters and drive-ins of the ‘70s and ‘80s as THE HOLLYWOOD HILLSIDE STRANGLER and TWISTED THROATS, but has never appeared on TV or home video in the United States.
Rescued from obscurity by Grindhouse Releasing. HOLLYWOOD 90028 now comes to theaters newly restored from the original camera negatives. The 4K restoration fully reveals the poetic, artful quality of Hornisher’s film and its striking camerawork by Jean-Pierre Geuens (LEMORA), who captured a final shot that has stunned critics, filmmakers, and audiences around the world.
"To watch 90028 is to slowly sink into the murky land of lost dreams that was, and still is, the underbelly of Tinsel Town. Christina Hornisher’s lens looks presciently and compassionately at how the human heart can become so twisted that the one thing more terrifying than committing murder can be finding love. It’s not just a horror film. It’s a statement. And if that wasn’t enough, she caps off the film with one of the ballsiest and most provocative shots possibly ever made in Hollywood!"��- Arkasha Stevenson, director of THE FIRST OMEN
"Somewhere between art film and exploitation. A bizarre, lost, and lonely low-budget time capsule of Los Angeles with a final shot that needs to be seen to be believed." - Ti West, director of HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, X and MAXXXINE
"Seeing Christina Hornisher’s film, HOLLYWOOD 90028, is like time traveling into the past to see the magnificent future of cinema." - Nicolas Winding Refn, director of THE NEON DEMON
"HOLLYWOOD 90028 is an unsettling, haunting film about a serial killer, that turns the camera’s voyeuristic gaze away from the nubile, naked young women he victimizes, and towards the mentally insane killer himself. The film’s humanitarian gaze includes scenes of porn actresses at work, a domestic scene in which a victim makes pasta with the killer, and an extraordinary monologue that details a victim’s sad trajectory as a wannabe actress in Hollywood forced to act in cheap pornos to make ends meet. Its horror unfolds chiefly in close-ups of the killer’s face with its dead blue eyes, thus radically subverting the sadistic male gaze present in most other slashers of the period. The film’s feminist point of view combines with imaginative use of Los Angeles locations and landmarks, a witty script, and experimental camera techniques, to make it an original and unforgettable viewing experience." - Anna Biller, director of THE LOVE WITCH
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3405 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, United States, New Mexico 87106
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