The Ohio Sci-Fi and Horror Marathons

Over the last 4 years Los Angeles repertoire cinema has been growing. If you love cinema, Los Angeles is the city you want to live in, trust me. It's now to the point where every single day there is a cool screening some place. Every week, there are special guests, rare screenings of 35mm restorations, and screenings of local unsigned films. Last week I saw a John Carpenter double feature of Escape from NY and Escape from LA with Carpenter doing Q&A between the films. Last night I saw a Jim VanBebber double of Deadbeat at Dawn on 16mm shown with Manson Family, of course with VanBebber in attendance.

For October, Los Angeles has 2 all nighters. Not the varied mix that Columbus has, but a fun group of films. They mostly seem stuck on late 70's and 80's films. I have not seen 5 of these films, so I am looking forward to them. This means I will go to 3 marathons in October! I am flying in for the Columbus thon too. Plus another theater here is showing horror films all month long. Then there is screamfest which is all premieres. October is going to be a busy month for me!

The American Cinemateque Aero Theater Marathon
Sat Oct 30th 7:30PM-7:30AM
Fright Night (85)
Don't Look In the Basement (73)
Candyman (92)
Bloody Birthday (81)
Phantasm (79)
Cemetery Man (94)

The New Beverly Cinema Marathon
Sat Oct 9th 7:30PM-7:30AM
Tenebrae (82)
The Gates of Hell (80)
The Evil (78)
The Giant Claw (57)
Breeders (86)
The Outing (87)
Plus a secret movie

Then there is all the other stuff that is showing.

CINEFAMILY THEATER OCTOBER CALENDAR
STEPHEN KING SERIES
Christine
Dollar Babies (indie low budget and Student Short films based on Stephen King's work)
Dream Catcher

GIALLO SERIES
Deep Red
Opera (argento)
Amer
Perfume of the Lady In Black
What Have You Done to Solange
Paranoia
Eyeball
Dirty Pictures
All the Colors of the Dark
Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh


JAPANESE GORE NIGHT
Mutant Girls Squad
Alien Vs. Ninja

WILLIAM CASTLE SERIES(William Castles Daughter as special guest)
Straight Jacket
Homicidal
13 Ghosts
House on Haunted Hill
The Tingler

PAJAMA PARTY NIGHT
The Craft
Teen Witch

THE DIABOLICAL DR CINEFAMILY HORRIFYIN ANTHOLOGY OF HORROR ANTHOLOGIES
Night Train to Terror
Creepshow

MISTRESS OF HORROR SERIES
American Psycho (Dir. Marry Harron and Writer Guinevere Turner as special guests)
Stripped to Kill (Dir Katt Shea as special guest)
Poison Ivy (Dir Katt Shea as special guest)
Pet Sematary (Dir. Mary Lambert as special guest)
Pet Sematary 2 (Dir. Mary Lambert as special guest)

GODFATHER OF GORE NIGHT
Herscell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2000 Maniacs

KEN RUSSEL DOUBLE
Lair of the White Worm
Gothic

OTHER RANDOM SHOWINGS
Ichobod Crane (rare disney film on 35mm)
House of the Devil
Dead Alive
A Night To Dismember
Don't Panic
Black Devil Doll From Hell
Demon Lover Diary
Trick or Treat

NEW BEV OCTOBER CALENDAR
Best Worst Movie
Troll2
Rosemary's Baby
Madman
The Clonus of Horror
The Clones
Orphan
Seed of Chucky
The Sentinel
The Curse of the Werewolf
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
The Curse of the Werewolf
Dr Phibes Rises Again
The Return of Count Yorga
Trick 'r Treat
Halloween 3
The Wolf Man (41)
The Invisible Man (33)

NUART THEATER MIDNIGHTS CALENDAR
All About Evil
....rest of Oct midnights TBD

EGYPTIAN THEATER
Twighlight Zone: The Movie
Tales From the Dark Side: The Movie
Black Sabbath
Dr. Terror's House of Horror's
From a Whisper to a Scream
Tales From The Hood
Winter Kills
Demonlover
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Raven
The Black Cat
Night of Bloody Horrors --- special night with Roger Coreman, Corey Feldman, and Tony Todd showing high production web treats.
Ghostbusters

AERO THEATER
Halloween
The Fog
Donnie Darko
The Changeling
The Monster Squad

SCREAMFEST LA (All festival premieres)
Oct 8-Oct 16
Night of the Demons
YellowBrickRoad
Needle
Death and Cremation
The Clinic
Altitude
Rogue River
Stag Night
Mirrors 2
Psych:9
Tucker and Dale VS Evll
The Shrine
Hysteria
The Pack
Caged
The Killing Strain
Pshycho Legacy
Black Death


So in the future, if you plan to visit LA, October is not a bad time to visit.

That's nice that the Q&A session was between films. That way you didn't have to sit through that steaming turd of a sequel.

I envy your wide variety of choices. However, I find it a bit overwhelming. The repertory thater in my neck of the woods is about 45 minutes from my house and I have a family. So while they play (mostly) cool stuff every weekend, it's just not worth it to make the trip up there.

At this year's annual genre festival, they have announced Charles Cyphers and Lance Henriksen as special guests with screenings of The Fog and Aliens respectively. So that is definately worth the effort for me to attend since I can't make the cross-country journey to the Ohio marathon.

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Aliens? Us?
Is this one of your Earth "jokes?"

Actually it is overwhelming. I obviously can't see 'em all. I really want to catch most of the Giallos. Will hit both marathons. Probably go to one or two films at Screamfest.

John Carpenter was a great guest. I hated Escape From LA when I saw it the first time. I still think it is pretty weak, but I enjoyed it much more the second time around.

I would love to see Lance Henrickson. No matter how bad the movie is, if Lance is in it, then there is something to like.