Category Archives: Movie Events

Movie screenings, midnight shows, movie marathons, and other interesting events that we think you should know about.

Music Box of Horrors 2024

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This weekend, we’ll be heading back into Chicago for this year’s 24-hours of insanity, known as the Music Box of Horrors. This annual event is one that I look forward to every year and it just keeps getting better and better, as well as more popular than ever. The fact that this year’s marathon sold out before maybe even half of the titles had been announced is just insane! That tells me that the Music Box programmers have not only continued to have a solid lineup each and every year, but that they’ve built up the trust of the fans that will buy their tickets right away, not knowing or caring what the lineup is going to be, because they know it will be worth it. This year is no different.

Of course, we will be set up there in the lounge, pimping our usual wares of horror reference books, urging fans to dive deeper into this wonderful film genre that we all love. Might have some new and interesting titles for you to peruse so make sure you stop by our table and check it out. Or, just to say hello and chat. We love nothing more than talking about horror films!

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Terror Tuesdays at the Sulzer Library!

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Thank you to those that came out to our first entry into this year’s Terror Tuesdays at the Sulzer Regional Library. It was a lot of fun, but that’s just the beginning! Next Tuesday, October 15th, Aaron Christensen and I will continue our weekly lectures on the horror genre, with this month’s subject being Women in Horror. For this week’s lecture, we focus on Women Directors that have worked in the horror genre.

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Library Lectures on Horror History

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Since it’s now October, that means that Aaron Christensen and I will be doing our annual Terror Tuesday lectures at the Sulzer Regional Library! The first lecture is next Tuesday, Oct. 8th, starting at 6:30pm. The series this year will all be focusing on Women in Horror, with the first lecture on the Queens of Screams, where we will go over some of the talented faces that we’ve seen over the years in our favorite horror films, from Fay Wray to Bette Davis to Jamie Lee Curtis to Linnea Quigley, and many more.

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Night of Fun and Horror at the Midway Drive-In

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This last Saturday, we were at the Midway Drive-in, located in Dixon, IL, for their From Dusk-To-Dawn show, where they screened Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) from a 35mm print, then Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm (1979), Joe Dante’s Piranha (1978), and then ending the night (or morning) with Terror Train (1980). We’ve been coming to the Midway for well more than a decade, seeing so many incredible films there on their huge 90ft. screen. And yesterday was no different.

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Super-Horror-Rama Celebrates William Castle

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Continuing their film series at the Sideshow Gelato, next month they will be celebrating one of the best movie showmen ever to direct a film, William Castle. They will be screening 3 of his features on Wednesdays in October, all programmed by Matt Carr of the Music Box Theatre. Sideshow Gelato is located at 4819 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60625.

Oct. 2nd – House on Haunted Hill (1959) – presented in EMERGO!
Oct. 16th – Mr. Sardonicus (1961) – Presented with The Punishment Poll
Oct. 23rd – The Tingler (1959) – Presented in PERCEPTO

There are only 40 seats per show, so get there early! From 6pm to 7pm, there is a Social Hour with a Live DJ. Then at 7pm, there is a short feature and giveaways, then followed by a video intro by Drive-in Asylum, with the feature starting at 7:30pm.

For all the latest info, head over to Super-Horror-Rama’s Facebook page HERE.

Music Box of Horrors: The Dream Child

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The Music Box Theatre in Chicago continues to show their support for the horror genre, each and every year. They still have their 24-hour marathon, taking place this year on Oct. 19th, which I hear is already sold out and they haven’t even finishing announcing the complete lineup!?!?! But they are once again celebrating the entire month of October with some amazing screenings. For the complete and updated list, just click HERE. But I wanted to highlight a few titles here.

On Oct. 1st, they are screening Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), celebrating its 50th anniversary. Now I know most horror fans have seen this film, mostly likely multiple times. But if you haven’t seen . . . I mean experienced this film on the big screen, then you haven’t really seen it. Sure, that may sound a little pompous, but seeing this on the huge screen in front of you just amplifies the terror coming off the screen. Especially once you get to the dinner sequence and going on from there. It came be understated how effective this movie can still be a half century later. I urge you to take this opportunity to see it the way it was meant to be seen and heard.

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Back from the Dead

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Well . . . hopefully. In case you were wondering why no updates or much of anything from me over the last week is that coming back from the amazing weekend at the Skyline Drive-in and their annual Super Monster Movie Fest, when I got up Monday morning, I could feel a sore throat coming on. And it got worse. Though for sure I had a sinus infection and figured I’d stay home from work and just rest, hoping it would work its way through. Silly me. When it didn’t look like I was getting any better, I went to the doctors on Thursday, tested negative for Covid, no fever, and no sinus infection. “You just have a simple cold.” I’m still calling bullshit because I’ve never had a simple cold where it felt like my head was in a vice constantly. Again, why I have trust issues with doctors.

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Dusk-To-Dawn Horrorfest at the Midway Drive-in!

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The Midway Drive-in has announced 3 out of the 4 titles for this year’s Dusk-to-Dawn Horrorfest, and it’s going to be another great night! Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the movie that started it all for Freddy Krueger, with A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). With this film, Wes Craven changed the game when it comes to the horror genre, for the 2nd time in his career, and wouldn’t be the last time either! Forget all the silly one-liners and comedic elements, the first is where we see Krueger the scariest! Come check it out and see why it is still as effective after all these years.

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Friday the 13th Marathon at the Music Box

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Next month, on Friday the 13th, starting at noon, the Music Box Theatre will be holding a Friday the 13th marathon, screening the first 8 films, back-to-back! That even includes part 3 in 3-D!!! Doors open at 11am, and the first film starts at noon, going all the way until about 2am or so. There will be horror vendors, themed drinks in the lounge for the occasion, with trivia and prizes between each film! The price for all this madness is only $25! That’s a little over $3 per movie!

When I first heard about this event, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to be a vendor there or actually sit and watch all the films! But we’ll be at the HorrorHound Weekend in Cincinnati that weekend so we will not be able to attend in either capacity. But if you’re in town, and even the slightest Friday the 13th film, this is your chance to see the first 8 in the series on the big screen, like they were meant to be seen! Below are the times for the individual titles. For all the info, just click HERE to get to the theatre’s event page.

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Larry Fessenden Rules!

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Not sure exactly when I became aware of Fessenden’s work, but it was probably when my friend Aaron Christensen told me about his 1995 film Habit, which is a modern-day vampire tale. Fessenden wrote, directed, edited, and even stars in as the main character. It was a feature length film based on a previous short film he made back in 1982. It’s pretty tough to make modern-day vampire film work because it has been done so many times, but Habit does it perfectly.

From that point on, I was following his career, watching anything he directed. But like Roger Corman, there were a ton of young filmmakers coming out of Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix, such as Ti West and Jim Mickle, who have created some incredible features on their own. Every time I’ve seen an interview with Fessenden, he just seemed so down-to-earth, with no pretentions, but just has this overwhelming passion to make film. When he’s not directing or producing, he’s always popping up with little cameos in a ton of different films, from the independent ones to even big-budgeted ones.

But I’ve never had the chance to actually meet this legend. Until yesterday.

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