The fine folks behind the Super-Horror-Rama events held at the Music Box Theatre every month continue to program some really interesting titles. Last this month, they screen two films that take place in a movie theater, with Popcorn and Demons! Next month, they are doing it again, except moving from a theater to trains!
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The fine folks behind the Super-Horror-Rama screenings the Music Box Theatre have announced their 2 features for July, and they both will gnawing at your feet if you don’t come out to support them!
On Friday, July 18th, at 11:45pm, they will be screening Lewis Teague’s 1980 film Alligator, starring an amazing cast including Robert Forster, Dean Jagger, Syndey Lassick, Jack Carter, and Henry Silva. While most movie-goers might consider this film cheesy schlock, us horror fans know it’s actually a really good film!
Then on Saturday, July 19th, at 11:45pm, they will be screening Italian director Bruno Mattei’s Rats: Night of Terror (1984), starring Ottaviano Dell’Acqua (who played the poster zombie in Lucio Fulci’s Zombie), Geretta Geretta (from Lamberto Bava’s Demons), and Massimo Vanni. Sure, this might not be one of the greats from the Italian horror genre, but when is the last time you had the chance to see the work of Mattei in the theater?
Head over to their Facebook page HERE for all the latest details on this, and future events.
The Music Box Theatre, our favorite Chicago destination, where I have been going to for over 30 years to see an unbelievable assortment of films, continues to bring screenings of both old and new horror to their theater. In case you’re interested, here’s a list of a few they have coming up.
The Hidden (1987) – Part of their David Lynch: Moving Through Time series, they are screening this great action/sci-fi/horror film directed by Jack Sholder and starring Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri. This is screening on April 12th, at 11:59pm.
Super-Horror-Rama is back with two twisted tales from the even more demented mind of Japanese director Shinya Tuskamoto. On April 18th, at 11:45pm, they will be screening Denchû kozô no bôken aka Adventures of Electric Rod Boy (1987). Then the following night, they will be screening Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), at 11:45pm. This might have been might first first film I saw at the Music Box back in the ’90s. I had seen it before from an old bootleg VHS but seeing it in the theater is even more incredible. If you haven’t seen it at all, then you don’t want to miss it.
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Thank the crazy movie-loving gods that Super-Horror-Rama is back and have found a brand-new home at The Music Box Theatre! Next month, they will be taking over Theater 2 for two screenings of Mall Madness, with a Friday night screening of Chopping Mall (1986) and then on Saturday, they will be screening Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge (1989).
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Next month, Super-Horror-Rama returns to Sideshow Gelato for another round of films that truly celebrate the Turkey. Not the one you eat, but the one you watch!
Each Thursday in November (except the 28th for obvious reasons), they will be screening a very special “bird” movie. On the 7th, it is the ultimate giant turkey movie, The Giant Claw (1957). Starring Jeff Morrow and Mara Corday, they have to do battle with a creature “as big as a battleship” and flying so fast that it doesn’t show up on radar. While everyone in the film is playing it completely straight, it might be due to the fact that they never saw the title creature until the film was released. But as cheesy as the creature is, the film is still a lot of fun.
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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.
The Super-Horror-Rama shows have now moved to the Sideshow Gelato for screenings on the last 3 Wednesday nights in July! Each of the films that will be shown do have some sort of connection to ice cream, even if it might be a little twisted!
Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, July 17th, they will be screening Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm (1979), where we have the all-time, coolest guitar-playing, dwarf-killing ice cream man around, the one and only Reggie Bannister! There is a reason this film is still regarded as a classic.
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