The ultimate in bad cinema, Manos: The Hand of Fate will be screening next month at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, on Nov. 11th at 7:30pm. Actress Jackey Neyman Jones, who appeared in the film will be there for a Q&A about the film and her experiences being part of this cult classic. Joining her will be author Laura Mazzuca Toops, who co-wrote, along with Jones, the book Growing Up with Manos: The Hands of Fate. For the details about this event, just click HERE.
If you can’t make it to the screening, Jones will be having a book signing at Bucket O’ Blood on Sunday the 13th. No real details have been listed yet, other than this bit of news being mentioned by Jones herself. Once we get more details, we’ll be sure to announce it here. In the meantime, here is the link to their website. Just click HERE.
For those of you that have not yet….experienced Manos, now is not only your chance to change all of that (as well as your life), but you also have the opportunity to meet someone directly involved with the film, as well as picking up her book about the making of it. Not a bad way to spend an evening, don’t you think?
If you want to order a copy of this book ahead of time, you can do that from the publisher, in either hardcover or softcover edition at BearManor Media, by clicking HERE.
Just how big of a horror fan are you? One that can withstand 24 hours of terror? Then you need to come to the Music Box of Horrors this Saturday at Chicago’s own Music Box Theatre! The onslaught of fright flicks starts at noon, with 12 features playing through the day and night and into the morning. Check out the full lineup below, so you can start making your plans of which features you want to make sure you’re awake for.They will also have directors Gary Sherman, who gave us Dead and Buried and Raw Meat, and Jim Muro, the man who directed the cult classic Street Trash!
Chicago’s own Music Box Theatre has started to announce some titles for their 12th annual 24-hour marathon which takes place on October 15th, starting at noon and running through to noon on Sunday the 16th. We’ve been to every single one of these marathons and have always had a great time. The Music Box is one of my personal favorite theaters in Chicago and the crowds that come in here for these marathons are die-hard fans and are actually coming into see the films and have a good time….not just to party. Nothing wrong with that mind you, but not in the theater while the movies are screening. So we’re looking for another incredible lineup and a lot of fun. From what they have announced so far, I think I might be spending some of my time in there watching them!
Back in the early ’90s, back when VHS tape trading and the grey market were in full swing, a movie would surface from the underground that would start to make a buzz. While even then you were always looking for a really pristine quality copy, when I stumbled across this 72 minute feature film, it was one of those visual experiences that you don’t soon forget. In fact, it is one that you immediately start to tell friends about, that they need to see this to believe. The Begotten, written and directed by E. Elias Merhige, is about….well….it’s kind of like….okay, okay. It is really something that just needs to be seen…or rather experienced. There’s no dialogue, just an incredible stylisted piece of cinema. Years later, Merhige would direct Shadow of the Vampire, starring Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich.
For those die-hard fans of the Alien series, we all know that moon where the Nostromo first encountered the infamous eggs was called LV426. Now thanks to 20th Century Fox, Mondo, and the Alamo Drafthouse, we will all be able to celebrate this date with a double feature screening of Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens, taking place on April 29th. Get it…LV426…4-26. Pretty slick, huh? None the less, getting to see these two incredible classics on the big screen is a reason to celebrate no matter what!
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