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This will be screened on Friday at the Chinese Multiplex 1 at 7PM PDT. This showing celebrates famed horror director Roger Corman's 85 birthday (and he's still going strong). There will be a discussion afterward. What a Friday Fright! And a chance to meet one horror's pioneers!
Although not strictly a horror movie this 1944 suspense thriller, starring the luminous Ingrid Bergman as the fragile target of a horrifically evil man, comes very close. I always have thought of it as a horror movie--something along the lines as a really sophisticated Mystery of the Wax Museum. It will be screened at the historic Grauman's Chinese Theater on Sat. at 9:30 PM PDT. There will be a discussion before hand and it will be introduced by the legendary Angela Landsbury. If you have the chance GO!
They don't come more classic in the horror genre than Universal's 1932 release The Mummy! Starring one horrors greatest actors Boris Karloff fresh off his performance as Frankenstein's Monster in James Whale's Frankenstein in 1931. Here he stars as a love lorn mummy come back to animation because his heart is beckoned by the beautiful Helen (the possible reincarnation of Imhotep's ancient love and the reason for his mummification). Karloff shows off his acting prowess with facial expression. Imhotep is a man of few words...yet Karloff gets across perfectly his emotional pain and longing! The screening is a midnight Sunday morning (that's Sat. night) in the apt Egyptian Theater! Actor Ron Perlman (Hellboy) will be on hand for the film's introduction.
Like Gaslight this is not really a horror film, but it does kind of fall in the category of sci-fi from the 50's that dealt with nuclear issues and "atomic films." This is a classic and shouldn't be missed if anyone lives in LA or is visiting this weekend. Besides where would Army of Darkness be without "Klaatu Berata....Necktie...noodle...definitely an n-word"? Can be seen tomorrow at the Chinese Multiplex 1 at 10 PM PDT. Dorothy Herrmann, daughter of the film's composer Bernard will be in attendance.
So many people don't consider this to be a real horror film, but it's a ghost story--so for me, it's a horror flick. Albeit at very upscale one with a seriously talented and legendary writer/director, Joseph L. Mankiewicz. It stars Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. Ironically, this is not one of few films that Mankiewicz directed that he didn't have any writing credits on. And, oh that HOUSE!!! I love a spooky old house! It screens tomorrow night at 7:15 PM PDT at the Chinese Multiplex 1 with the film's composer's daughter Dorothy Herrmann (see above) will actually introduce the film.
I LOVE William Castle!! I'm even a fan of many of the remakes that his daughter Terry (who works at Nick.) helped make more gory, if not more scary. The Tingler is just a classic in so many ways: it's one Castle's most well known camp horror films, Vincent Price is the star and there is an homage to silent horror that is complete with tinting, and now the TCM crowd are bringing back the one classic aspect to the film that those of us who have only ever watched this at home have NEVER experienced: the theater gimmicks. That's right, they are going to wire the theater with buzzers on seats and host of other "surprises." There are other movies on the play-bill that I would almost murder to get my way in to--but this is the only one where I might actually take an axe to anyone who got in my way of seeing (well, everything except murdering an empty bank account to get from the East coast to the West!). Who ever gets to do this is going to have a blast! At the Egyptian Theater on Friday (Whew-hew!) night at midnight (that actually Sat. morning if one is nit-picking) PDT.
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