Back from the dead and ready to claim new victims, it's SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK: The 4th Annual Ohio 24-Hour Horror Marathon! Join us for all of the grisly fun from Noon Saturday October 20th until Noon Sunday October 21st at the Grandview Theatre (1247 Grandview Avenue.) Information on films and other attractions will be forthcoming, some in the next few weeks. And remember, when there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Grandview Theatre.

Once again, SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK ran rampant through our collective cinematic consciousness. And once again, it's being banished back to the grave for another year. But be warned! The raging Marathoid monster will return again to wreak more havoc! Until next year...

INFAMOUS FOREIGN SHOCKER A SERBIAN FILM & INDIE CHILLER MIDNIGHT SON TO PREMIERE AT 3RD ANNUAL OHIO 24-HOUR HORROR MARATHON! SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK, the 3rd Annual Ohio 24-Hour Horror Marathon (October 15-16 at the Grandview Theatre) is proud to announce the addition of two area premieres to its already stacked lineup of terror classics and rediscoveries! First up is the OHIO THEATRICAL PREMIERE of Srdan Spasojevic's internationally infamous shocker A SERBIAN FILM, the most controversial, gut-churning, uncompromising, no holds barred film of the decade! And we're proud to present it UNCUT and UNRATED! This gross out epic is the tender story of a former adult film star who is lured back into the game for one last shoot (SPOILER: things don't go well.) Grab your barf bags and gird your loins,'cause this one is a rough ride indeed, a taboo shattering nightmare that also serves as a pointed political commentary on the war torn soul of Serbia. Also screening will be the MIDWEST PREMIERE of acclaimed indie chiller MIDNIGHT SON, which has been making its way through the festival circuit throughout this year. The story of a young man cursed by disease to avoid the sunlight and drink human blood, MIDNIGHT SON has been compared to George Romero's Martin and was acclaimed by Bloody Disgusting's Brad Miska as "an impeccable, daring and undoubtedly remarkable debut." Check out the trailer and more at www.midnightsonmovie.com.

You loved it last year, so check it out again! Listen to Head Fat Guy (and longtime friend of the Marathon) Kevin Carr grill Joe about this year's Horror Marathon! Check it out HERE!

Sleepwalkers! Cenobites! Psychopathic hitchhikers! These are but a few of the calamitous cavalcade of characters who will invade the Grandview Theatre this Shock-tober. Yes, it's time once again for Columbus's terror tradition:

SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK
The 3rd Annual Ohio 24-Hour Horror Marathon!

Join longtime Nightmarathon masterminds Bruce Bartoo and Joe Neff for a round the clock plunge into cinematic madness from Noon October 15 - Noon October 16 at the Grandview Theatre (1247 Grandview Ave., Columbus, Ohio), an entire day's worth of fright film classics, rediscovered gems, cult obscurities and area premieres from the cutting edge of the genre. A major highlight of this year's festival will be a rare, archival 35mm screening of Robert Wiene's silent masterpiece of German Expressionist horror, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI. We're proud to welcome Sue Harshe (of Columbus rock stalwarts Scrawl) back to the Nightmarathon stage for a LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT to the film. SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK veterans will remember Sue from her stunning short film performance at the 2009 edition of the event, so the chance to see her stretch out her talents to feature length should be a treat.

But that's not all! This celebration of cinematic excess will also include:

• A celebration of Vincent Price's 100th Birthday, featuring a 50th Anniversary screening of the classic 1961 Roger Corman version of THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM!
• Boris Karloff meets his mate in the Universal classic THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN!
• A super-rare screening of quite possibly the only 35mm English language print of the bizarro Japanese cult curio GOKE: BODYSNATCHER FROM HELL!
• Udo Kier's tour de force performance as the not-so-good doctor in Paul Morrissey's gory and transgressively erotic FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (a.k.a. ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN)!
• Lucio Fulci's surreal "hey, who left the gates of Hell open?" masterpiece THE BEYOND!
• A ridiculously rare 35mm screening of Rutger Hauer and C. Thomas Howell in THE HITCHER, Eric Red's 1986 cult classic road thriller!
• S+M Cenobites in Clive Barker's directorial debut, HELLRAISER!
• Ti West's modern classic of terror THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, featuring cult icons Mary Woronov and Tom Noonan!
• Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker and Elizabeth Banks in the oft-requested, oft-promised, splatterifically sickosluggerificsiliness that is SLITHER!

We're also pursuing one or two other premieres to add or substitute into the lineup. Possible screenings include:

• The most controversial and shocking film of the decade: A SERBIAN FILM!
• More depraved grotesqueries in Tom Six's THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE II (FULL SEQUENCE)!
• THE THEATRE BIZARRE, a new horror omnibus featuring directors Tom Savini and Richard Stanley, and starring Udo Kier and Debbie Rochon!
• Ti West's haunted hotel thriller THE INNKEEPERS!
• Dave Foley, Art Hindle, "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart and Kevin Nash(!) in the creature battle royale of MONSTER BRAWL!
• The low budget inventiveness of the Lovecraft-inspired THE WHISPERER IN THE DARKNESS!
• Lucky McKee's controversial THE WOMAN!

PLUS!

• The 3rd Annual Costume Contest, with $100 first prize and the return of the GIANT check!
• The 3rd Annual Scream Contest!
• Coffinloads of prizes!
• Trailers, trailers and more trailers and shorts from the Nightmarathon archives!
• Official Shock Certificate to all who survive! Suitable for framing...or hanging!
• And more surprises!

Tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the door and can be purchased at:

Grandview Theatre 1247 Grandview Avenue Columbus, Ohio 614-358-2886 info@grandviewtheatre.net (Hours may vary. Consult the theatre's website for hours.)

Laughing Ogre Comics 4258 N. High St. Columbus, Ohio highstreet@laughingogrecomics.com Mon. and Tues. 11:00-7:00 Wed. through Sat. 10:00-8:00 Sunday 12:00-6:00 Cash or Check ONLY please

Tickets may also be purchased by mail order with check or money order payable to the Grandview Theatre (please add $1 per order service fee) to:

Horror Marathon
Grandview Theatre
PO Box 12129
Columbus OH 43212

Furthermore, tickets may also be purchased online via PayPal (a $2.00 per ticket service fee is included).

Number of Tickets

1 Ticket $37.00 2 Tickets $74.00 3 Tickets $111.00 4 Tickets $148.00

For all the latest Nightmarathon-related news, visit this website or check out the Film Forum section. And get your sleep now, for come October there'll be no rest for the wicked!

As announced at the Sci Fi Marathon, the first four films for the 2011 Horror Marathon have been confirmed! Yes Marathoids, we're proud to announce the following upcoming films:

• A restored, archival 35MM print of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with LIVE MUSIC
• An ultra-rare 35MM print of the bizarre 1968 Japanese cult classic Goke: Bodysnatcher From Hell
• Udo Kier as the good doctor in Paul Morrissey's gory and erotic Flesh for Frankenstein (a.k.a. Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)...potentially in 3-D
• Ti West's modern terror classic The House of the Devil!

More information coming soon! Keep watching this site and on the forum for all the latest news. And stay scared!

Cast your spells, sharpen your wooden stakes and pray for dawn, for SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK, the 3rd Annual Ohio 24-Hour Horror Marathon is set to rise from the grave and torment your nightmares! Emanating once again from the Grandview Theatre, the Marathon will begin its long death march at Noon Saturday October 15th, ending the whole bloody affair around Noon Sunday October 16th.

More information on fearsome features, ghoulish guests and other unholy delights is forthcoming. Keep your eyes peeled on this site and on the forum for all the latest news. And stay scared!

Yes, like Christopher Lee at the conclusion of a Hammer film, Shock Around the Clock has once again been staked in the heart and returned to the underworld for another year. But be afraid! Be very afraid! For the Ohio 24-Hour Horror Marathon will return again next October, bigger and bloodier than ever. In the meantime, keep your eyeballs peeled for updates and news on this site or on the Forum. Until then, stay scared!

Listen to Head Fat Guy (and longtime friend of the Marathon) Kevin Carr grill Joe about this year's Horror Marathon! Check it out HERE!

TWICE THE TERROR! TWICE THE CHILLS! TWICE THE SHOCK! IT'S...

SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK
The 2nd Annual Ohio 24-Hour Horror Marathon
at the Grandview Theatre (1247 Grandview Ave., Columbus, Ohio)
from noon October 23 - noon October 24, 2010.

Following last year's smash success resurrection of the Ohio 24-Hour Horror Marathon, Bruce Bartoo and Joe Neff once again team up with the demented geniuses at The Grandview Theatre to unleash another round-the-clock extravaganza of cinematic excess and celluloid chills. This year's Marathon will feature four major anniversary celebrations, including: A celebration for the 100th anniversary of Frankenstein on film, featuring the 1910 Edison Frankenstein short and James Whale's iconic 1931 Frankenstein, with Boris Karloff and Colin Clive A 50th Anniversary screening of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho A 50th Anniversary screening of William Castle's 13 Ghosts, in stunning, mind-warping ILLUSION-O! Free Official Shock Around the Clock Ghost Viewer to all who attend!

• A gala 20th Anniversary celebration of legendary Marathon short Night of the Living Bread, with its esteemed director and leader of the Secret Bread Empire Kevin S. O'Brien IN PERSON, direct from Australia

In addition to these landmarks, the Nightmarathon lineup will also feature:

• A rare 35mm screening of the 1932 Island of Lost Souls (which has never been released on legitimate domestic DVD), with Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi
• A rare 35mm screening of David Cronenberg's sexual parasite tour de force They Came from Within
• Nobuhiko Obayashi's absolutely gonzo, bloody, surreal, comedic, totally bonkers 1977 Japanese haunted house cult epic Hausu (a.k.a. House)
• A rare 35mm screening of Dario Argento's Inferno the second film in his psychedelically horrific Three Mothers Trilogy
• Brian DePalma's sleek, erotic, twisted, slasheriffic and Hitchcockian Dressed to Kill
• A tribute to the late, great Dennis Hopper with Tobe Hooper's goofy, gory Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
• John Carpenter's atmospheric, Lovecraftian Prince of Darkness
• Pascal Laugier's brutal and disturbing French shocker Martyrs
• Michael Rooker, Nathan Fillion and Elizabeth Banks in the slugerific Slither

One or two premieres may be added or substituted into the splatterific slate of films. Possible premieres include:

• The festival smash hit of backwoods gore Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
• Shinya Tsukamoto's cyberhorror Tetsuo 3 (a.k.a. Tetsuo: The Bullet Man)
• The highly controversial, festival audience-shocking A Serbian Film
• The upcoming remake of I Spit On Your Grave
• Modern day alien invasion fest Monsters
• Corrupt cops meet zombies in The Horde
• More Japanese craziness in Mutant Girls Squad

PLUS!

• The 2nd Annual Costume Contest, with $100 first prize and the return of the GIANT check!
• The 2nd Annual Scream Contest!
• Coffinloads of prizes!
• Trailers, trailers and more trailers and shorts from the Nightmarathon archives!
• Official Shock Certificate to all who survive! Suitable for framing...or hanging!
• And more surprises!

Tickets are $33 in advance or $40 at the door and can be purchased at:

Grandview Theatre 1247 Grandview Avenue Columbus, Ohio (Hours may vary. Consult the theatre's website for hours.)

Laughing Ogre Comics 4258 N. High St. Columbus, Ohio highstreet@laughingogrecomics.com Mon. and Tues. 11:00-7:00 Wed. through Sat. 10:00-8:00 Sunday 12:00-6:00

Tickets may also be purchased by mail order with check or money order payable to the Grandview Theatre (please add $1 per order service fee) to:

Horror Marathon
Grandview Theatre
PO Box 12129
Columbus OH 43212

For all the latest Nightmarathon-related news, visit this website or check out the Film Forum section. And get your sleep now, for come October there'll be no rest for the wicked!

First, they brought you fifteen years of the greatest round the clock fright film festivals of our time!

Then, they put their two heads together for a five year run of all-night cinematic insanity!

Now, Bruce Bartoo and Joe Neff return to their roots and bring back the dead with...

SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK
The 1st Annual Ohio 24-Hour Horror Marathon
at the re-animated Grandview Theatre (1247 Grandview Ave.)
from noon October 17 - noon October 18, 2009.

IN PERSON! STUART GORDON - LEGENDARY DIRECTOR OF HORROR CLASSICS LIKE RE-ANIMATOR, FROM BEYOND, AND MANY OTHERS! Yes, we're pleased to welcome back esteemed director and survivor of the 1992 24-Hour Horror Marathon Stuart Gordon as our guest of honor. As part of our celebration of Stuart's work, we'll be screening his acclaimed Showtime Masters of Horror episode The Black Cat (starring Re-animator's Jeffrey Combs as Edgar Allan Poe) and a 35mm print of his classic Lovecraftian splatterfest From Beyond. We've also offered Stuart the opportunity to select a film of his choice for inclusion in the lineup, so after an audience Q+A session, he'll introduce a screening of Gaspar Noe's 2002 revenge shocker Irreversible.

As part of this headlong plunge into terror, we'll also be offering a cornucopia of creepy cinematic delights, including:

• The Columbus Premiere of the undead thrill ride I Sell the Dead starring Dominic Monaghan and Ron Perlman
• A rare 35mm screening of Edgar Ulmer's atmospheric 1934 version of The Black Cat, featuring terror titans Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
• The immortal Vincent Price in Roger Corman's Technicolor, cinemascope, Poe-riffic The Masque of the Red Death
• George A. Romero's underground zombie classic Day of the Dead
• Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's icy, classic remake of The Thing
• John McNaughton's still controversial and shocking Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• Seductive vampiress Delphine Seyrig in the lush, erotic Daughters of Darkness
• Larry Cohen's flying serpent cult favorite Q, in memory of star David Carradine
• Bong Joon-Ho's 2006 giant monster romp The Host
• Lupine Spanish icon Paul Naschy is the Werewolf vs. The Vampire Woman

In addition to this splatterific slate of films, one or two premieres may be added or substituted into the lineup. Possible premieres include:

• George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead, the latest chapter in his zombie canon
• Adrian Brody in Dario Argento's Giallo
• The genetic virus comedy Pontypool
• More killer viruses in Carriers
• The Belgian shocker Left Bank
• Ti West's harrowing 70's throwback The House of the Devil

PLUS!

• A celebration of the 200th birthday of Edgar Allan Poe!
• The 1st Annual Costume Contest, with $100 first prize and the return of the GIANT check!
• The 1st Annual Scream Contest
• The triumphant Nightmarathon return of Kevin S. O'Brien's Bread Trilogy (Night of the Living Bread, Loaf, Another Bread Film) in GLORIOUS 16MM BLACK AND WHITE! Plus Sandwich in MIND BOGGLING 35MM COLOR!
• Coffinloads of prizes!
• Trailers, trailers and more trailers and shorts from the Nightmarathon archives!
• Blood-scrawled certificate to all who survive!
• And more surprises!

For all the latest updates, maniacal musings and spirited discussion, visit the Film Forum section. Until then, tell a friend, tell a fiend and wake the dead because the 24-Hour Horror Marathon is back!