Tonight!
So, my sweet... Interested in something a little scary for the upcoming
days, are we? Curious as to what endangerment… er, I mean... engagements lie in
wait for you this week? Well, you’re in the right place. Come right this way!
AHA! I have fooled you!
Not really. This post is just a taste of what’s to come. (In other
words, I’ve only had time to write about what’s doing this evening, and I don’t
think I’ll have time before the morning to cover the INSANE - as in
overwhelmingly large, not as in Klown Posse - number of things to do over the
next two weeks or so.)
The longer list is coming, I swear. Unless you choose to have me turned
into a butterfly or unicorn or zombie, or something, in which case I won’t have
the ability to type, but I will have the ability to thank you forever because
what girl doesn’t secretly dream of being a butterfly or a unicorn or a zombie?
Huh?
That’s what I thought.
TONIGHT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18th, 2013
BLACKOUT HAUNTED HOUSE – ELEMENTS
Not for the faint of heart. Which is good, because tickets are sold out
for tonight. And, really, every night until November. So, this is my little way
of screwing with you. Teehee.
Seriously, though, get tickets for November.
GET TICKETS FOR NOVEMBER.
I’ll have more to say about Blackout in my longer posting, but rush to
get your tickets now because they’re probably selling out as I type this.
The Witches Compass: Hunter’s Moon
An interactive ritual environment and celebration in which participants
are guided along 'the crooked path' of sorcery, to work both the mysteries of
the Waxing or Waning Moons. These gatherings are not lectures or classes
in the traditional sense but immersive experiences that engage all of the
senses of mind,body, and soul, and are generally spiritual and not devotional
in nature. Participants may be of any spiritual lineage or in fact none
at all, but our primary focus will be on the ways and means of Witching. The
rituals are designed for anyone. So that a beginner may feel comfortable and a
more advanced practitioner will not feel as though they are attending a
witchcraft 101 course. All are welcome.
@ Catland
987 Flushing Ave, BK
7:30pm
$15 adv/$20 door
More info/FB Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/518943991522487
Dead Sexy: Blood Moon
Dead Sexy rises from the grave for one night only with a killer show featuring the best neo-burlesque performers on earth... And under it. Prepare for a night featuring all of your favorite frights; vampires, zombies, ghouls, demons, Frankenstein and The Bride, and more, as interpreted by Jo "Boobs" Weldon, Little Brooklyn, The Maine Attraction, Mr. Gorgeous, Sizzle Dizzle, Trixie Little & The Evil Hate Monkey, gravedigger Poison Ivory, musical guest Corn Mo, and hosts Baron Von Weirdo and New York's second most horrifying mayoral candidate, Jonny Porkpie.
$15 Presale, $20 Day of Show, $25 Premiere Table Seating
Buy Tickets Here: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/9829638
@ Duane Park
308 Bowery
New York, NY 10012
Casa de Occult – Opening @Secret Project Robot
Erik Z. and Secret Project Robot present Casa de Occult, the 5th
Halloween installation. This year's version will convert the SPR into a mystic
temple of the occult. Featuring performances by LIFE, Beech Creeps, Ovary
Action, and Sunshine Family Circle. New films by Erik Zajaceskowski/Robot Death
Cult.
@ Secret Project Robot
389 Melrose St
Brooklyn, NY
7pm-midnight
FREE/$5 after 9pm
More Info: http://www.secretprojectrobot.org/
MOVIES!!!!
Too many… so many… SO FUCKING MANY.
Cut to Black
2013 - USA
English - 90
minutes
Insurgent Pictures, LLC
Directed
by: Dan Eberle
Featuring: Dan Eberle, Jillaine Gill, Beau Allulli, Joe Stipek, James Alba
Featuring: Dan Eberle, Jillaine Gill, Beau Allulli, Joe Stipek, James Alba
OPENING NIGHT Q&A [That’s
TONIGHT!]
@7:15pm
@7:15pm
CUT TO BLACK tells the story of disgraced former NYPD detective Bill
Ivers (Dan Eberle). A convicted felon, Ivers is on a self-destructive path -
he's plagued by debt, struggling with alcoholism, and carrying on a risky
affair with his landlord's wife (Alexandra Mingione).
Presented with a lucrative offer he can't refuse, Ivers agrees to help his former friend and mentor, John Lord (James Alba), in a bid to reconcile with his estranged daughter Jessica (Jillaine Gill), by getting rid of a petty stalker who has been harassing her for months. To do so, Ivers must enter Jessica's nocturnal world, The Confessional, the club where she works as a stripper, and contend with her suspicious boyfriend (Joe Stipek) and his disreputable colleagues. As he becomes entranced by the young beauty, Ivers uncovers a tangled web of corruption and deceit that threatens more than one life, but also offers the chance for true redemption.
Shot in lavish black-and-white tones, CUT TO BLACK is a gorgeous cinematic tribute to classic Noir, set against stark, gritty urban modernity.
Nobody gets away clean in this gripping story of love, loyalty, and sacrifice.
Now playing, through Thursday, October 24th.
Escape from Tomorrow
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| Let's take a moment to appreciate just how awesome this poster is. |
1 hr 30 min (NR)
An epic battle begins when a middle-aged American husband and father of
two learns that he has lost his job. Keeping the news from his nagging wife and
wound-up children, he packs up the family and embarks on a full day of park
hopping amid enchanted castles and fairytale princesses. Soon, the manufactured
mirth of the fantasy land around him begins to haunt his subconscious. An
idyllic family vacation quickly unravels into a surrealist nightmare of
paranoid visions, bizarre encounters, and an obsessive pursuit of a pair of
sexy teenage Parisians. Chillingly shot in black and white, ESCAPE FROM
TOMORROW dissects the mythology of artificial perfection while subversively
attacking our culture's obsession with mass entertainment.
Now playing at the IFC Center
323 Avenue of the Americas (W 3rd St. & 6th
Avenue)
New York, NY 10014
12:30pm, 2:20pm, 6:25pm, 8:30pm, 10:05pm
New York, NY 10014
12:30pm, 2:20pm, 6:25pm, 8:30pm, 10:05pm
(Showing through Tuesday – check IFC Center’s website for all times: http://www.ifccenter.com/)
And at Williamsburg Cinemas
10 PM
[because hipsters only look cool at night, I guess]
Haunter
Lisa Johnson is one day shy of her sixteenth birthday. And she will be
forever. She and her family are dead and doomed to repeat that fateful last day
before they were all killed in 1985. Only Lisa has “woken up” and realizes what
is going on. She starts to feel as if she is being haunted, but the “ghost”
turns out to be Olivia, a very much alive girl who lives in the house in the
present day with her own family. With her help, Lisa discovers that the house
once belonged to a serial killer who kidnapped teenage girls and burned their
remains in a hidden furnace room. When he died, he became a Haunter — a
powerful, evil spirit able to possess the living.
NR, 97 Minutes
Canada/France
Canada/France
Now playing at the IFC Center
323 Avenue of the Americas (W 3rd St. & 6th
Avenue)
New York, NY 10014
MIDNIGHT
New York, NY 10014
MIDNIGHT
(Showing through Tuesday – check IFC Center’s website for all times: http://www.ifccenter.com/)
The NYC Indie Film Festival is in full force (that’s a mouthful) this weekend. Here are a few highlights
that seem horror-hip – please note, I base this assumption on the films’
descriptions alone.
All screenings are at:
The Producers Club
358 West 44 St.
NYC, NY 10036
Phone: 917-608-4784
TONIGHT ONLY
(USA, 1hr 35min)
October 18, 2013, 6:00pm
Session 1
Directed by: Edward Pionke
Written by: Edward Pionke
Cast: Bree Michaels, Casey Chapman, Dennis Rowe, Jaden Klein, Jamie
Bragg, Jeannie Giannone, Laura Taylor, Mackenzie Wiglesworth, Nicole Keating,
Robert McConnell, Scott Anderson, Vanessa Hughes
By day Claude Rainer is a university statistics professor whom
can be easily overlooked. By night he holds a deep dark secret in the basement
of his modest home. After a childhood trauma which left him motherless, Claude
has formed a dysfunctional craving that can only be fed by a new mother's milk.
To satisfy his cravings, Claude has kidnapped a beautiful young woman named Kim
so that she can become his nourishing mother. He finds Kim jogging in the park
pushing a stroller. Little does he know the baby is her niece. Content to not
give up hope, Claude holds Kim captive in his basement by chaining her to the
wall.
What follows is the journey the two have over the months as psychopath and
captive develop tenderness towards one another. In the beginning Kim is
frightened by Claude, however as time passes she comes to see him in a
different light. As the days pass the two become more comfortable with each
other. Claude has found someone with whom he feels he can share all of his
secrets, while Kim is hoping to find her way out.
With flashbacks to the past, and horrifying dream sequences, the truth
inside Claude is revealed, and his search for true love may become impossible.
The simmering plot boils over as the two move inexorably to a climax that will
forever change each of their lives.
This is the debut film of writer/director Edward Pionke and features
lead performances from Casey Chapman and Mackenzie Wiglesworth.
(Poland, 30min)
October 18, 2013, 9:00pm
Session 1
Directed by: Kuba Czekaj
Written by: Kuba Czekaj
Cast: Adam Florczyk, Arkadiusz Janiczek, Emilia Stachurska, Henryk
Niebudek, James Fordham, Leszek Malec, Maciej Plenia, Maria Maj, Monika
Kwiatkowska-Dejczer, Patryk Wrona, Robert Grabowski, Wojciech Urbaniak,
Zbigniew Paterak
Eleven years old so called Bellyboy is the laughing stock among
his peers. The parents want to change him or rather slim him down at any
cost. However, Bellyboy's got his own way for reliving of negative
emotions but, it’s a secret. With time he’ll give it away to his
friend, whom he fancies...
Twist & Blood is a story about how hard is to open up in front of
another person, how little is necessary to lose confidence for it. A tale of
first fascination and disappointment.
TOMORROW
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2013
(Canada, 87 minutes)
October 19, 2013, 6:00pm
Session 4
Directed by: Jocelyn Langlois
Written by: Catherine Allard
Cast: Catherine Allard, Jocelyn Langlois
One morning, the earth is struck by a total blackout. Everything stops:
electricity, engines, batteries, airwaves… Nobody knows why or how it happened,
or how widespread it is…
Alex, a woman living in Quebec City, is separated from her lover by an
entire continent. Seeing no other choice, she sets out across Canada by bike.
On her desolate journey, she meets people from all over. She hears the
most outlandish theories and the most dramatic consequences are imagined as
people begin to apprehend what the future holds. Alex is influenced by the
people she meets, who become the only reference points on her quest. She will
encounter human nature at its ugliest but above all, at its most sublime.
As she proceeds, Alex reveals her deepest thoughts and feelings through
her poetry, taking us to the heart of the changes wrought on herself and on
mankind. Faced with her personal limits, yet motivated by hope, she draws on
the only possible source of energy found deep in her spirit to continue.
(USA, 12 min)
October 19, 2013, 7:00pm
Session 1
Directed by: Simon Beckman
Written by: Simon Beckman
Cast: Cameron Richardson, Mark Rolston
A secret research facility has been completely annihilated when a
special ops team comes to the rescue. Keaton, a hard-nosed investigator, tries
to reconstruct what has happened when one sole survivor is discovered.
Alex,
shell-shocked and wounded, cannot remember much, still Keaton is relentless. He
needs to find out what she knows right now to avoid an even greater disaster.
(USA, 107 minutes)
October 19, 2013, 7:00pm
Session 2
Directed by: Joycelyn Engle, Arno Malone (Co-Directors)
Written by: Joycelyn Engle & Christopher Capwell
Cast: JULIANNE MICHELLE as Samantha, STEVEN BAUER as Lucas,
EDWARD FURLONG as Thomas, JOHN SAVAGE as Jack, SALLY KIRKLAND as
Harriet, STELIO SAVANTE as Benny
Samantha Winston (Julianne Michelle), a 22 year old woman, returns to
her home town after 14 years in search of answers to her mother’s untimely
death. She is convinced that her father, Jack Winston (John Savage), murdered
her mother. In a quest for vengeance, Samantha uncovers an evil and devastating
truth.
Samantha tried to escape tragedy much of her life. After her young
mother’s sudden passing, when Samantha was only 8-yrs old, she went to live
with her aunt in MN. Within one year her world was shattered again when her
aunt was killed in a car crash. Young Samantha was then sent to live with
abusive foster families, and finally she ran off to live on her own at age 16.
Returning to her childhood home as a young adult conjures up loving
memories of her life as a child. However, harsh reminders of her father’s
drunken rampages and the sudden death of her 32 year old mother dominate her
thoughts. She is convinced that her father, 20 years her mother’s senior, a
jealous and verbally abusive alcoholic, committed this unthinkable crime.
In the exhaustive search for evidence Samantha seeks answers from Lucas
Drake (Steven Bauer), a successful funeral director and mortuary owner, and her
Uncle Thomas (Edward Furlong), amongst others. As the deep dark secrets of evil
plots and schemes in this town unfold, the mystery thickens.
[N.B., I have spared you the
“Director’s Statement.” Shush directors, shush. If you must read it, go here.]
(USA, 1hr 25min)
October 19, 2013, 11:00pm
Session 1
Directed by: Haylar Garcia
Written by: Haylar Garcia
Cast: Brian Thompson, Graham Emmons, Joe Ablanalp, Louise MacDonald,
Taylor Hulett
Josh wakes each day to a series of Hells. Between uncaring parents and
bullying at school he has little to live for. After a brutal event and ensuing
humiliation of an on line video, Josh and his friends decide to take revenge by
staging a massacre at the homecoming dance. Searching for weapons, they find a
man who perpetuates a far more murderous darkness than even their plot might
suggest. Trapped in his lair, and finding a kidnapped girl from the opposite
clique, the boys learn a lot about each others character and their own. Even if
Josh can rescue the captive cheerleader, he must still lead them both out in
time to stop his friend from completing the pact to massacre their school.
[Contrary to what my friends and
family might think, this movie has absolutely nothing to do with me.]
SUNDAY
OCTOBER 20, 2013
(USA, 1hr 16min)
October 20, 2013, 11:15am
Session 1
Directed by: Jeff Wedding
Written by: Jeff Wedding
Cast: Allyce Wix, Cody Cheyenne, Dale Rainey, Katie Groshong, Starina
Johnson, Stephen Jackson
Every childhood is normal...to the child who lives it. For Meredith
that means an enchanted seclusion that is shattered when she is deprived of her
mother. Desperate and alone, Meredith must join a household with other women
and their children, a sinister man who controls every facet of her existence,
and a vicious bear that only she can see. As life in this world becomes
increasingly strange and frightening, Meredith realizes that she must flee,
even though she fears she has not learned enough to survive on her own.
(USA, 10min)
October 20, 2013, 12:15pm
Session 2
Directed by: Morgan Krantz
Written by: Morgan Krantz
Cast: Luke Baybak, Riccardo LeBron, Shannyn Sossamon
After a lackluster date, Harry (Luke Baybak) gets a second chance to
impress Hannah (Shannyn Sossamon) when she discovers her bicycle has been
stolen. Based on the short story by Jessica Garrison (Flaunt Magazine, Dollar
Dollar Books) and further inspired by The Twilight Zone and Tales From The
Crypt, The Cyclist is a darkly comic tale concerned with what it really means
to get to know someone.
(USA, 1hr 25min)
October 20, 2013, 7:15pm
Session 2
Directed by: Conor Stratton
Written by: Conor Stratton
Cast: Aviv Porath, Bruce Lemon, Claire Tyers, Coco Medevitz, Culley
Johnson, David Gelles, David Geudelekian, David Sosnow, Dy Maximillian, James
Stratton, Jessy Holtermann, Josh Evans, Lauren McCune, Matthew Klein, Michael
Thomas Murray, Paul Szent-Miklosy, Sutton Crawford, Vi Flaten
Matt is a werewolf desperate to find a cure for his condition. For one
night each month he must lock himself in a cage to endure an excruciating
physical transformation-- a genetic burden inherited from his absentee father.
Despite the support of Alice, a ghost who has kept him bittersweet company
since childhood, Matt has had enough of living a life that he is convinced can
only end violently. He enlists the help of his friend Holly, a streetwise
Bohemian witch, who leads him into the underbelly of a magical New York City in
pursuit of a fabled cure. Together they cross paths with drug-addled gypsies,
sketchy fast-talking warlocks, and hipster vampires. Holly reaches out for help
from Nicholas Maspeth, an immortal professor who takes Matt under his wing and
guides him towards his future-- while harboring more than a few secrets about
Matt’s past. As an unlikely family forms around him, Matt wrestles with the
monster that lurks within.
(Spain, 8 minutes)
October 20, 2013, 7:15pm
Session 2
Directed by: Quike Frances
Written by: Quike Frances
Cast: Eugenio Barona
Subtitles: Yes
A hunter goes out of home, with a pair of eggs, searching for his next
trophy.
[In my book, cryptic =
potential]
For all listings, check the NYC Independent Film Festival’s website: http://www.nycindiefilmfest.com/
There are also a number of films opening tonight/already in theaters
that you can check out. I’m listing them, but you can trouble yourself to find
out when and where, for now. No, it’s not because I’m lazy – it’s because I’m
already working on an exhaustive list for you, sheesh! Leave me alone already!
Just kidding. I love you!
Gravity
No description will do this movie justice. It’s exquisite. And
terrifying. And amazing. And just go see it already. (Preferably in IMAX 3-D.
WORTH EVERY PENNY.)
All Is Lost
Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man (Redford)
wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a
shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation
equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a
violent storm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his mariner's
intuition, and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the
tempest.Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is
forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of
hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his
meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself
staring his mortality in the face.
Carrie
Seriously.
I need to explain this one to you?
Seriously?
What the hell
are you doing on my page?!
Big Ass Spider!
After a military experiment goes horribly awry, a giant spider rampages
through Los Angeles. Amid the chaos, exterminator Alex Mathis (Greg Grunberg)
works with the military to take down the massive arachnid.
Machete Kills
“Machete Kills” is an action-packed thrill ride about the adventures of
legendary secret agent Machete Cortez (Danny Trejo). In his latest mission,
Machete is recruited by the U.S. President (Carlos Estevez) to stop a crazed
global terrorist (Mel Gibson) from starting a nuclear war. With a bounty on his
head, Machete faces death at every turn from an all-star cast of deadly
assassins. Breaking all the rules, visionary director Robert Rodriguez leads
this star-studded ensemble on one of the wildest adventures to save the world
ever captured on film!
Prisoners
How far would you go to protect your child? Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman)
is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is
missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours,
panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked
on their street. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal)
arrests its driver, Alex Jones (Paul Dano), but a lack of evidence forces the
only suspect's release. Knowing his child's life is at stake, the frantic Dover
decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. The desperate
father will do whatever it takes to find the girls, but in doing so, he may
lose himself, begging the question: When do you cross the line between seeking
justice and becoming a vigilante?
[This movie is long, but totally worth it.]
Insidious: Chapter 2
If you need a description of the second one, that means you haven’t
seen the first one, which means you shouldn’t see the second one, right? Unless
you’re back asswards like that. In which case, no wonder we get along so well!
Ok, ok, I go now and see my share of films, you go see yours, we agree
to meet back here for a full debriefing, right?
And… go!
... No, I’m not following you!
... No, that’s not duct tape and a pair of rusty nail scissors in my hand!
Crazy… of all the things…
Ok… I’m going now… now…
… now…
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