SPOTLIGHT MEDIA PRODUCTIONS

Thursday, July 30 – Sunday, August 16

EGYPTIAN THEATRE – HOLLYWOOD

 

11-Night Film Series! 21 Films! Guests In Person!

Night of the Living ’80s: A New Wave of Horror

If the 1930s and ’40s were the golden age of classical Hollywood cinema, and the 1970s the age of the American New Wave, the 1980s were a golden age of horror. The decade gave us some of the most terrifying (and hard-to-kill) bad guys in cinema history, including Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and the titular demon of PUMPKINHEAD – the rise of the villain-as-hero is one reason ’80s horror films remain such bloody fun. Behind the camera, a new breed of filmmakers steeped in the old traditions but firmly in touch with their cultural moment reinvented the genre with a series of confrontational, often satiric responses to their era. George A. Romero, John Carpenter, Clive Barker and Sam Raimi created movies as sharp and distinctive as the most prestigious mainstream fare, often on much smaller budgets.

 

And to quote young Carol Anne Freeling in POLTERGEIST, “They’re here”: our celebration of zombies, slashers and evil spirits will include appearances from many of the films’ creators, beginning in July with Peter Medak and his terrifying ghost tale THE CHANGELING and Stuart Gordon with his two brilliant takes on science gone wrong, RE-ANIMATOR and FROM BEYOND. In August, director William Lustig appears for a Q&A with his MANIAC COP and its sequel. If the police could be terrifying in the 1980s, so could paramedics, as Larry Cohen’sTHE AMBULANCE shows; the director joins us with that film and his SPECIAL EFFECTS. Filmmaker Tom Holland appears with a double feature of FRIGHT NIGHT and CHILD’S PLAY. We pit HELLRAISER’s Pinhead against PUMPKINHEAD in a double feature. Cast and crewmembers who survived RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD and NIGHT OF THE CREEPS as well as CHOPPING MALL and NIGHT OF THE COMET recount their experiences. We’ve also got shapeless and shape-shifting creatures (THE BLOB, THE THING) and Italian zombies (NIGHTMARE CITY, BURIAL GROUND) to shock you senseless.

 

We are pleased to have Creepshow Cabaret performing their burlesque routine before RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD on August 1st at 7:00 PM, before the screening begins at 7:30 PM! The show is produced by Mia Morte, a Los Angeles based horror burlesque and sideshow performer. She has been featured at Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, MYTH: Legends of Burlesque and Magic at the Anime Expo, Monday Night Tease, and many places in California

 

 

 

 

 

Also, PAPERHOUSE, CANDYMAN and a sneak preview ofFRANKENSTEIN with Bernard Rose and Tony Todd in person at the Aero Theatre (details below).

 

 

 

 

Friday, August 14 – Sunday, August 16

EGYPTIAN THEATRE – HOLLYWOOD

 

THE BOY

 

TICKETS & DE

Friday, August 14 – Sunday, August 16

Aero Theatre – SANTA  MONICA

 

3-Night Film Series – Writer-Director Bernard Rose In Person!

 

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Coming soon….

Mark your calendars, lock up your children – Beyond Fest returns to the Egyptian Theatre.