Mecha74 wrote:
I have never attended one of the horror marathons, but would like to. It is a similar atmosphere seeing how it is put together by Bruce and Joe? Secondly, where are they usually held if noone minds my asking?
Also, is there a list of what has shown at previous horror marathons?
I swung by the Drexel boards to try to find one of the links and noticed that there is some activity over there if you want to check it out.
http://forums.drexel.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=23&t=000111
The horror has had an interesting history, and Joe should probably really answer. Here is an interview he did last year.
http://www.7mpictures.com/inside/moviezone/marathon.mp3
Unfortuantely it is uspposed to be 50 minutes long but it only runs 11 minutes. The first one was in 1988 up at the old Drexel North. They had a number of them up there, but I don't recall how many. I can't find the history link that Joe had up at one point that included the horror marathons.
The horror isn't as consistent as the Sci Fi has been in the sense that it has changed locations much like the Sci Fi but I believe it missed years, at least in a theater.
7 years ago, Joe brought it back from the dead and worked with the folks at Studio 35 to have a 24 hour horror marathon. He did a great job but when ownership changed tehy had some differences of opinion. Two years ago, Joe and Bruce teamed up for the horror marathon. It has sadly only been 14 hours, 10 pm Staurday to noon Sunday, but we hold out hope it will stretch back to 24 at some point. These last two have been held at the Drexel Grandview. Much like the Sci Fi the staff does a nice job of decorating and dressing up.
The Crowd
You see some of the same core folks that you see at the Sci Fi at the horror. However there are two differences I have noticed, though to be honest I have not taken a census so I might be wrong.
First, the horror trends to a tighter age demographic. You don't have the younger kids you get at the Sci Fi. You also don't seem to get as many of the older folks you get at the Sci Fi.
Second, and this one I am more sure about, is there are more female attendees.
Otherwise not really a lot of difference, other than the films. They have a scream contest which is often quite impressive. Costume contest, the usual giveaways.