I was very surprised and delighted to see that the Music Box Theatre, located in Chicago, has already set their date for this year’s Music Box of Horrors. Why? Well, because for someone who’s fall is usually packed with stuff and events going on every weekend from September to the beginning of November, it’s nice to be able to start marking off these events on my calendar, so I know how to plan accordingly! We’ve been going to these 24-hour marathons at the Music Box ever since they started them back in 2005 and have always had a great time. Any time you get a chance to see a bunch of movies, usually some real good classic titles in there, all screened from 35mm prints, it can only be a good time. Plus, the people coming to this event are actually there to watch the movies. Nothing wrong with a little partying, but the movies come first. So you get very little, if any, of the usual people talking, on their cell phones, and the usual distractions.

While they haven’t announced any titles yet, they did say that Will Morris, from LA’s Cinefamily, will be back again to program this year’s marathon, which he did last year’s. While I liked the diversity he brought, I would hope to see some more early black and white classics, as well as not seeing titles that had already been screened at previous marathons. I know a lot of the fans that come to these are like me, and have been here since the beginning, so it’s nice to see something new. Same goes for the guests. Last year, we had William Lustig, who is a great guest, but was just there a few years ago. Don’t get me wrong…these aren’t complaints, just suggestions.

We were set up last year in the Music Box’s new lounge area and hope to be back there again this year as well.

While there is no real information on the site just yet, you can always check back to see if they have started to announce any titles yet. Here’s the link to the site…just click HERE.