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http://www.mv.com/org/sf25/messageboard/postings/s952.shtml The Columbus Marathon Legacy-Films and Schedules Posted by: Joe Neff on: 02/ 2/2000 12:13AM OK, after several failed attempts and hours of frustration (damn technology!) here, finally, is the complete legacy of the Columbus marathon. This includes 24 hour Sci-Fi and Horror, as well as several schlock etc. Where possible or remembered, shorts are noted. If anyone spots any errors (there are some unknown premieres in a few ‘thons) please post corrections. So now, with a tip of the space helmet to Frank’s comprehensive Boston marathon list, and to Garen for keeping the tradition alive, and to give you an idea of what your former host organism Bruce Bartoo has spawned in Columbus, I present THE LIST! In 1986, Jeff Frank, a local theater operator, took over the lease on the 800 seat Camelot North theater in Northern Columbus and turned it into a first run art house. Around the same time, Bruce Bartoo moved to Columbus and was subsequently hired as the single screen theater’s first general manager, a position he would hold for three and a half years. Bartoo pitched the marathon concept to Frank, and in spring of 1987, the theater held its first 24 hour Science Fiction Marathon. SF1 1987 IT CAME FROM THE DREXEL NORTH THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (IN 3-D) BLADE RUNNER TRANCERS (MIDWEST PREMIERE) INFRA-MAN IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE DARK STAR ALIEN DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED FORBIDDEN PLANET Mime Legend High Rise SF2 1988 IT CAME FROM THE DREXEL NORTH WAR OF THE WORLDS FIRST MEN ON THE MOON THE FLYING SAUCER THIS ISLAND EARTH THE GIANT CLAW LIGHT YEARS (MIDWEST PREMIERE) CAT WOMEN OF THE MOON (IN 3-D) PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH THE HIDDEN A BOY AND HIS DOG I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE ROBOCOP INVADERS FROM MARS (1953) Superman-The Underground World Space Patrol Tom Corbett-Space Cadet Attack of the Flying Saucers Zombies of the Stratosphere THX2238 4EB Duck Dodgers in the 24th Century Gravity By this point, the marathons were beginning to draw a loyal crowd, so in October of 1988, the Drexel North held its first 24 Hour Horror Marathon. H1 1988 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREXEL FRANKENSTEIN HORROR OF DRACULA THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS ISLAND OF LOST SOULS HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (IN E-M-E-R-G-O!) THE HAUNTING THE HOWLING LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (OHIO PREMIERE) SUSPIRIA RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD THE HILLS HAVE EYES THE VAMPIRE LOVERS EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN SF3 1989 IT CAME FROM THE DREXEL NORTH THE TIME MACHINE BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO KRONOS THE BLOB (1958) KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE THE BLOB (1988) INFRA-MAN THEM! FLIGHT TO MARS THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS THE TERMINATOR H2 1989 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREXEL CURSE OF THE DEMON PUMPKINHEAD THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 13 GHOSTS (WITH GHOST VIEWERS) THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961) I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF DARK ANGEL a.k.a. I COME IN PEACE (MIDWEST PREMIERE) THEY CAME FROM WITHIN RE-ANIMATOR CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER NIGHT OF THE GHOULS HELLRAISER SF4 1990 IT CAME FROM THE DREXEL NORTH ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH WHAT’S UP HIDEOUS SUN DEMON? FORBIDDEN PLANET THE MONSTER OF PIEDRAS BLANCA INVASION EARTH:THE ALIENS ARE HERE (COLUMBUS PREMIERE) ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN ALIENS IT CONQUERED THE WORLD THE LAST STARFIGHTER THE BLACK SCORPION THE ROAD WARRIOR A MYSTERY PREMIERE H3 1990 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREXEL SPECIAL GUEST: PATTY MULLEN (FRANKENHOOKER) THE WOLF MAN THE AMBULANCE (OHIO PREMIERE) NIGHT LIFE (U.S. PREMIERE) MR. SARDONICUS (WITH THE PUNISHMENT POLL) JACOB’S LADDER (SNEAK PREVIEW) THE BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR (U.S. PREMIERE) FRANKENHOOKER (OHIO PREMIERE) FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET A BUCKET OF BLOOD PHANTASM DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS THE BROOD THEATRE OF BLOOD Come to Me Softly (World Premiere) Hands Off (Ohio Premiere) Night of the Living Bread (World Premiere) Frankenweenie Vincent SF5 1991 IT CAME FROM THE DREXEL NORTH THE THING (1951) DEATH RACE 2000 ROBOT MONSTER JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH SPACEMASTER X-7 MEET THE APPLEGATES (COLUMBUS PREMIERE) FIEND WITHOUT A FACE TREMORS THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED HARDWARE EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS THE THING (1982) A MYSTERY PREMIERE As the marathons were humming along at this point, Bartoo and Frank decided to stage the theater’s first 12 Hour Schlock Marathon, which took its name from its Boston namesake. SCH1 1991 SCHLOCK AROUND THE CLOCK THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT DOCTOR OF DOOM a.k.a. WRESTLING WOMEN VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS GLEN OR GLENDA? ILSA, SHE-WOLF OF THE SS FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER CHOPPER CHICKS IN ZOMBIETOWN (COLUMBUS PREMIERE) H4 1991 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREXEL SPECIAL GUESTS: BRIAN YUZNA AND ROLFE KANEFSKY THE INVISIBLE RAY THERE’S NOTHING OUT THERE (MIDWEST PREMIERE) CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT (U.S. PREMIERE) GUYVER (U.S. PREMIERE) NEAR DARK SOCIETY (U.S. PREMIERE) TWO EVIL EYES (U.S. PREMIERE) THE BORROWER (OHIO PREMIERE) THE HUNGER FRIGHT NIGHT CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN CARRIE SF6 1992-2492 IT CAME FROM THE DREXEL NORTH THEME: 500 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE SPECIAL GUESTS: NEIL DUNCAN, STEVE KEVELL, JOHN ELLIS AND HANS BACHMAN DUNE PROJECT MOONBASE INVADER (U.S. PREMIERE) METROPOLIS (WITH LIVE PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT) SPLIT SECOND (WORLD PREMIERE) WORLD WITHOUT END A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT PREDATOR 2 TOTALL RECALL PLANET OF THE APES H5 1992 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREXEL SPECIAL GUEST: STUART GORDON PSYCHO THE REFRIGERATOR (MIDWEST PREMIERE) BLACK SUNDAY FROM BEYOND THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1991) BRAINDEAD a.k.a. DEAD ALIVE (MIDWEST PREMIERE) TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (COLUMBUS PREMIERE) THE DEVILS ROSEMARY’S BABY THE MASK OF FU MANCHU LIFEFORCE THE DEAD ZONE SF7 1993 IT CAME FROM THE DREXEL NORTH INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA BLOBBERMOUTH (MIDWEST PREMIERE) THE CRAWLING EYE THE ABYSS: THE SPECIAL EDITION THE MYSTERIANS PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE THE DARK HALF (MIDWEST PREMIERE) ROBOCOP 2 BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) H6 1993 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREXEL THE SHINING A CHINESE GHOST STORY NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3 (U.S. PREMIERE) THE EXORCIST CARNOSAUR (MIDWEST PREMIERE) CRONOS (U.S. PREMIERE) EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN ARMY OF DARKNESS HALLOWEEN THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (CANCELLED) TICKS (MIDWEST PREMIERE-SHOWN IN PLACE OF DEVIL) THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE SCH2 1994 SCHLOCK AROUND THE CLOCK HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL POLYESTER (IN ODORAMA) SWITCHBLADE SISTERS HERCULES RETURNS (MIDWEST PREMIERE) INFRA-MAN (CANCELLED) SHAKES THE CLOWN (SHOWN IN PLACE OF INFRA-MAN) CAGED HEAT Teenage Crusade Sonny Bono Anti-Drug Spot Red Hot Psycho (Dragnet) The first Schlock marathon drew a respectable crowd, but the second time around drew less than fifty marathoids. The event was subsequently shelved. SF8 1994 IT CAME FROM THE DREXEL NORTH SPECIAL GUESTS: ED KEMMER (SPACE PATROL) AND KATHY LONG (KNIGHTS) CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND EARTH VS. THE SPIDER ZEIRAM (MIDWEST PREMIERE) KNIGHTS (U.S. PREMIERE) IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (IN 3-D) BODY SNATCHERS (MIDWEST PREMIERE) DESTINATION MOON THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI GHIDRAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER STAR TREK 2: THE WRATH OF KHAN TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY Space Patrol (2 Episodes) H7 1994 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREXEL SPECIAL GUESTS: JEFF BURR (PUMPKINHEAD 2) AND GARY JONES (MOSQUITO) THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES THE TINGLER (IN PERCEPTO!) A CHINESE GHOST STORY (COLUMBUS PREMIERE) PUMPKINHEAD 2: BLOOD WINGS (MIDWEST PREMIERE) DAWN OF THE DEAD MOSQUITO (MIDWEST PREMIERE) HAUNTED SYMPHONY (U.S. PREMIERE) VAMPYRES: DAUGHTERS OF DRACULA SCARS OF DRACULA SPIDER BABY IT’S ALIVE THE FOG The Werewolf of Praxton Hall Kitchen Sink On Friday Jan. 13th, 1995 the Drexel announced that it was canceling the horror marathon, due to its elaborate decorations and need for more attention than the Sci-Fi Marathon. SF9 1995 IT CAME FROM THE DREXEL NORTH THEME: FIFTY YEARS OF THE NUCLEAR BOMB ROCKETSHIP X-M (CANCELLED) THE SHADOW THEM! (SHOWN IN PLACE OF ROCKETSHIP) THE ATOMIC CAFE MANT (BLACK AND WHITE PORTION OF MATINEE) DIGITAL MAN (WORLD PREMIERE) DR. STRANGELOVE or HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB (COLUMBUS PREMIERE) H-MAN MIND RIPPER (WORLD PREMIERE) DARKMAN ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK MAD MAX At the conclusion of the marathon, it was announced that Revco had taken over the lease to the theater and would be turning it into a drug store in three months. Bartoo and Frank moved the marathon to the Capitol Theater in the Vern Riffe Performing Arts Center in Downtown Columbus. The event was rechristened THE OHIO 24 HOUR SCIENCE FICTION MARATHON. SF10 1996 CAPITOL THEATER ALIEN THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (COLUMBUS PREMIERE) QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE TREMORS 2: AFTERSHOCKS (U.S. PREMIERE) FORBIDDEN PLANET CEMETARY MAN (U.S. PREMIERE) BLADE RUNNER: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT STRANGE INVADERS BRAZIL: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT WAR OF THE WORLDS ALIENS In October of 1996, Chris Hamel, a former Drexel manager, held a 24 Hour Horror Marathon at the Cinemark 16 screen theater where he then managed. The event was held twice over a three day span, using two of the theater’s screens. Dirt poor promotion and a shaky lineup sunk the marathon, as it drew scant crowds. The event was subsequently shelved. CINEMARKH1 1996 CINEMARK GAHANNA 16 THEATER THE SHINING A BUCKET OF BLOOD THE OMEN THE TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE SEVEN HOUSE BEETLEJUICE CHILDREN OF THE CORN THE LOST BOYS HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (IN A PATHETIC RENDITION OF E-M-E-R-G-O) THE EXORCIST Night of the Living Bread SF11 1997 CAPITOL THEATER THE FLY (1958) THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EDWARD D. WOOD JR. (MIDWEST PREMIERE) BARBARELLA THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL ALTERED STATES GAMERA, GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE (OHIO PREMIERE) TRAILERTHON BAD TASTE (COLUMBUS PREMIERE) REPO MAN INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN (CANCELLED) PREDATOR FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH THE FLY (1986) Another tip of the space helmet to Major Tom Chenelle for lugging the print of GAMERA all the way from Boston. In 1997, as a Drexel manager, I collaborated with Tim Martin the current General Manager of the Drexel Grandview at the time (a GOD to me and all who know him) and Mark Heuck (also a Drexel manager and The Movie Geek on T.V.'s Beat the Geeks) on an all night horror marathon at the Drexel Grandview single screen theater in Northwest Columbus. DREXGRANDH1 1997 SHOCKTOBERFEST THE TINGLER (IN PERCEPTO!) THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION (OHIO PREMIERE) and (Best in theatre GIMMIK ever staged.. using a REAL CHAINSAW) ERASERHEAD RE-ANIMATOR (CANCELLED) ARMY OF DARKNESS (SHOWN IN PLACE OF RE-ANIMATOR) SF12 1998 CAPITOL THEATER SPECIAL GUESTS: DAVID WECHTER, MICHAEL NANKIN AND MICHELLE STACEY (GRAVITY) ROCKETSHIP X-M MARS ATTACKS! GRAVITY: IT’S ALIVE! THE LOST WORLD (RESTORED PRINT WITH LIVE MUSIC-MIDWEST PREMIERE) TIME WARP TRAILERTHON INFRA-MAN SPACE TRUCKERS (MIDWEST PREMIERE) GATTACA EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY (CANCELLED) THEM! (SHOWN IN PLACE OF EARTH GIRLS) STARSHIP TROOPERS DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS STARGATE DREXGRANDH2 1998 THE BRIDE OF SHOCKTOBERFEST BLACK SUNDAY RE-ANIMATOR THE UGLY (OHIO PREMIERE) LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT SIX-STRING SAMURAI (OHIO PREMIERE) THE HUNGER EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN The following weekend, Tim Martin (GOD), who had since moved to a management job at the Marcus Cinemas Pickerington 16 complex put on an all night horror marathon in two of the theater’s screens. The event drew 400 patrons. MARCUSH1 1998 NIGHTMARATHON ROSEMARY’S BABY THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES ALICE COOPER’S WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE FRIDAY THE 13TH Since moving to the Capitol Theater, attendance for the marathon steadily dwindled, due in part to poor promotion and lack of atmosphere (no food allowed in the theater!) Bartoo and Frank decided to move the marathon to an 8 screen Sony theater in Northern Columbus. SF17 1999 SONY CONTINENT THEATER THEME: TIME WARP THE TERMINATOR KRONOS FREE ENTERPRISE (OHIO PREMIERE) CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON (IN 3-D) eXistenZ (U.S. PREMIERE) MYSTERIOUS ISLAND MIGHTY PEKING MAN (OHIO PREMIERE) INVASION OF THE BEE GIRLS DARK CITY TIME BANDITS TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY On the same weekend, Tim Martin (GOD) held an all night Sci-Fi marathon at the Marcus Pickerington theater. The event drew 250+ patrons. Martin moved on to a management job at a Regal 5 screen theater in New Philadelphia, Ohio. and sadly left the movie industry behind in the year 2000, he is now a Desk Jockey for a large Business but as of 2007 has still never missed a Sci-Fi or Horror Marathon!! MARCUSSF1 1999 THE THING THAT ATE PICKERINGTON ALIENS MST3K: THE MOVIE STARGATE THE ABYSS: THE SPECIAL EDITION THE THING (1982) Shortly after the Drexel’s marathon, the Sony theater closed, leaving the marathon’s future location up in the air. After organizing two all night horror marathons with Drexel, I left to manage at Studio 35 Cinema, a 400 seat single screener in Northern Columbus. The Drexel decided not to stage another all night Horror Marathon with me, so I put on a 24 Hour Horror Marathon at Studio 35 in October of 1999. STUD35H1 1999 A NIGHTMARE AT STUDIO 35 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS HOMICIDAL (WITH THE FRIGHT BREAK) MR. VAMPIRE THE CONQUEROR WORM TALES FROM THE CRYPT DEAD ALIVE THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (WITH LIVE CAST) SUSPIRIA PHANTASM CREEPSHOW THE VAMPIRE LOVERS THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE With 250 marathoids in attendance, the event was a success and is tentatively scheduled for another go-around this fall. If any of you would like more information about this marathon or the other Columbus ‘thons, look me up at this year’s Boston marathon. I’ll be the guy in the black NIGHTMARE AT STUDIO 35 T-shirt with the glow in the dark NOSFERATU. Once again, thank you for your time and LONG LIVE THE MARATHON! 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