Film Series

Terror Tuesday this week brings us Fear No Evil, also known as Lucifer, from 1981. Admission is $1. Zack has the scoop for us:

"The other kids at school won't lay off Andrew. It may be his awkwardness...or his femininity...or the fact that he's The Antichrist. Regardless, Andrew's teen years are about to come to an end, and so is the world.

"Genuinely unsettling human Stefan Arngrim (CLASS OF 1984) plays the lead, a self-loathing wiry geekazoid handed all the Unholy Powers of Darkness. What results is the most off-kilter nerd revenge fantasy to ever set a bible aflame. Over the course of FEAR NO EVIL, you'll see baptized babies bleeding, corroded corpses cavorting, armored angels avenging and a healthy celebration of teenage suicide ('DO IT!').

"Director LaLoggia was only 23 years old at the time of filming, shooting all the school footage in the same halls where he was personally shunned and mocked, establishing a satisfyingly uncomfortable personal tone of godless redemption."

This week's Weird Wednesday selection is the 1972 film Sweet Sugar. Admission is $1. Let's throw it over to Lars:

"From the maker of WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS comes a Women In Prison movie like no other. This one takes place in the sugar cane fields of the Caribbean. The expected cargo of beautiful women arrives and is mistreated in the accepted way until a rebellion erupts more or less on schedule, as these things go. In these particulars, it is pretty much just another WIP movie. Where it goes off the rails is in the character of the island doctor. Dr. John, as he's known, conducts a bewildering assortment of experiments on the prisoners. In one he throws dozens of housecats, supposedly injected with an aggression serum, at them. The cat hurling scene is hilarious, as the unfortunate actresses try desperately to mimic terror and the even more unfortunate cats try to get away from the insane filmmakers. Star Phyllis Davis is much too beautiful and talented for this kind of movie but that's life in Hollywood, and I'm too amused to complain. Recent Alamo guest Stephanie Rothman was one of the writers of this film and her sense of humor shines right through. (Lars) "

The Paramount presents a tribute to Elias Kazan with a double feature of Wild River and Splendor in the Grass. 

Starring Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, and Jo Van Clift, Wild River (1960) is set in 1930s Tennessee, with Clift portraying a government official trying to persuade Van Fleet to sell her property.  Remick portrays Clift's love interest in what has billed as one of Kazan's greatest works.

The Paramount is offering a double feature with the silver screen's first sleuthing couple, Nick and Nora Charles -- Another Thin Man and The Thin Man Goes Home. 30's and 40's film favorites William Powell and Myrna Loy starred in the hugely popular mystery comedy series. The Thin Man Goes Home is the fifth in the Thin Man film series.

The Paramount is offering a double feature with the silver screen's first sleuthing couple, Nick and Nora Charles -- Another Thin Man and The Thin Man Goes Home. 30's and 40's film favorites William Powell and Myrna Loy starred in the hugely popular mystery comedy series. The Thin Man Goes Home is the fifth in the Thin Man film series.

The Paramount is offering a double feature with the silver screen's first sleuthing couple, Nick and Nora Charles -- Another Thin Man and The Thin Man Goes Home. 30's film favorites William Powell and Myrna Loy starred in the hugely popular mystery comedy series. Another Thin Man is the third in the Thin Man series.

The Paramount is offering a double feature with the silver screen's first sleuthing couple, Nick and Nora Charles -- Another Thin Man and The Thin Man Goes Home. 30's and 40's film favorites William Powell and Myrna Loy starred in the hugely popular mystery comedy series. Another Thin Man is the third in the Thin Man series.

This screening will feature a special pre-film event with a live performance by Radio Park at 6:30 pm. Radio Park is comprised of Tami Nelson and Dan Grimm of local blackbox theater, The New Movement. Nelson and Grimm play dippy Birdie and the dashing and narcissistic Mr. Jack. I'm a big fan of The New Movement, which offers affordable improv, standup, writing and sketch comedy classes, along with comedy performances.  

The Paramount brings us a double-feature of two films from late in Alfred Hitchcock's career: Psycho, from 1960, and Frenzy, from 1972. Frenzy focuses on a man wrongly (perhaps) accused of serial killings in London (via necktie).

Admission is free if you bought tickets to the stage production of The 39 Steps as part of the Paramount's 2010-11 season.

The Paramount brings us a double-feature of two films from late in Alfred Hitchcock's career: Psycho, from 1960, and Frenzy, from 1972. Frenzy focuses on a man wrongly (perhaps) accused of serial killings in London (via necktie).

Admission is free if you bought tickets to the stage production of The 39 Steps as part of the Paramount's 2010-11 season.

The Paramount brings us a double-feature of two films from late in Alfred Hitchcock's career: Psycho, from 1960, and Frenzy, from 1972. If you have never seen the famous shower scene on the big screen, now's your chance.

Admission is free if you bought tickets to the stage production of The 39 Steps as part of the Paramount's 2010-11 season.