Name: Wyrd War Presents: UNCLE SAM (1996) with William Lustig in Attendance!
Start: 2026-07-04T19:00:00-07:00
Location: The Hollywood Theatre

Wyrd War Presents: UNCLE SAM (1996) with William Lustig in Attendance!

This Fourth of July, instead of traumatizing small animals with explosives, Wyrd War invites you to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial with a rare big screen presentation of the outrageous holiday horror comedy UNCLE SAM (1996) with legendary filmmaker William Lustig in attendance!
After U.S. Sergeant Sam Harper is killed by “friendly fire” during the first Gulf War, his corpse is returned to his hometown on the week of Fourth of July where he is reanimated as a gruesome ghoul with a bloodlust for unpatriotic offenders. Starring an ensemble genre cast that includes William Smith (C.C. & COMPANY, MANIAC COP), Bo Hopkins (THE WILD BUNCH, THE GETAWAY), Robert Forster (VIGILANTE, ALLIGATOR), P.J. Soles (HALLOWEEN, CARRIE), and legendary singer-songwriter, composer and actor Isaac Hayes (TRUCK TURNER, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK), UNCLE SAM does for wartime patriotism what MANIAC COP did for urban law enforcement and remains uncannily timely 30 years after its release. No need to worry about missing the fireworks. The climax of this film features a pyrotechnic shot that blew the windows out of homes within a three block radius in the small town of La Verne, California and a firewalk that makes NYPD Officer Matt Cordell blush.
William Lustig (MANIAC, VIGILANTE) will join Wyrd War’s Dennis Dread on stage after the film for a conversation about the making of the film and his 50 year career as a renegade filmmaker and frequent collaborator with exploitation pioneer Larry Cohen.
Once again, we deliver on another promise (threat?) that Dread made on stage last year when we had Lustig in town for our SUMMER BUMMER DOUBLE FEATURE. Join the Wyrd War Army!