November Midnights at Spectacle!

Cinema Villains/Sidedoor Cinema present: Nightdreams. (1981)

Spectacle would like to make sure you know this IS a XXX pornographic film. It is also a visual and experimental peice of artful filmmaking. It may not be suitable for everyone.

Two scientists experiement on a sleeping woman, giving her jolts of electricity in order to produce surreal, haunting, and erotic dreams.

Co-written by Jerry Stahl (a/k/a: Herbert W. Day), best known for his memoir Permenant Midnight, who also worked on everything from ALF to Twin Peaks. And directed by Steven Sayadian (a/k/a: Rinse Dream) who would later give the world both Cafe Flesh and Dr. Caligari. Nightdreams like so many of the best midnight films blurs the line between wake and sleep to a frightening degree. Erotic phantasmagoria with a psychedelic soundtrack and startling imagery to boot.

Nov. 11th - MIDNIGHT

Junk Food Dinner presents: I Was A Teenage Zombie.

Six high school kids accidentally kill a dope pusher and dump him in toxic sludge causing him to return to life. In an effort to fight fire with fire, they revive one if their own fallen soldiers and the age old battle of good zombie vs. bad zombie takes the stage once more. Havoc and hilarity in a small town set to a punk rock/new wave soundtrack.

Junk Food Dinner proudly presents this fun, off kilter look at the all the troubles of high school (bad weed, no date to the dance, dead friends, undead friends, no cash, no car, and nothing to do) with the added bonus of some scholcky gore and decent tunes.

Junk Food Dinner Episode #65: http://www.junkfooddinner.com/2011/06/junk-food-dinner-podcast-episode-65.html
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Nov. 12th - MIDNIGHT

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Spectacle Theater & Pendu NYC present: Two Films by Cosmotropia De Xam (ACiD & Inauguration of Snow White)

Prolific German artist Cosmotropia De Xam (Mater Susipira Vision/Phantasma Disques) has been pouring out a steady stream of music, videos, and short films for the last 2 years. Spectacle and Pendu bring you two of these enveloping, hallucinogenic pieces for one evening of mind-expanding viewing. Each film is 60 minutes and features music from HOW I QUIT CRACK, PWIN TEAKS, and MATER SUSPIRIA VISION.

ACiD (NY premiere):
Inauguration of Snow White (NY premiere):

PENDU is a NYC-based lifestyle-brand purveying the ECSTATIC in fashion, art, music, and culture run by PENDU MEDIA LLC which also consists of the record label imprint PENDU SOUND RECORDINGS and EKSTATIC VISION MAGAZINE. PENDV has made a name throwing next-level DANCE PARTIES and curating ART EVENTS and FESTIVALS featuring cutting-edge artists & musicians from 'the known' to the 'next big thing' in various venues from NYC to LA. PENDU MEDIA LLC is also an Artist Management/Agency and is currently representing LA-based artist, CHELSEA WOLFE and NYC-based fashion stylist, JENNI HENSLER.
(pendunyc.com)

Nov. 18th - Midnight

THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PART III
Penelope Spheeris, 1998. 86 min. USA.

In the final chapter of Penelope Spheers's documentary trilogy on the Los Angeles music scene, she turns her attention to hardcore punk bands and, more importantly, to the gutter punk lifestyles of their fans. The film begins with performances from Final Conflict, Litmus Green, Naked Aggression, and The Resistance, but then segues into a poignant expose on homeless teenagers living on the streets and squatting in abandoned buildings.

Covering everything from alienation to alcoholism, Spheeris fully immerses herself with her subjects and presents an objective, nonjudgmental portrait of troubled youth. Vividly colorful and unexpectedly moving, the final 'Decline' maintains the raw energy of the earlier entries, but elevates the stakes to ask the all-encompassing question: Where do we go from here?

Winner of the "Freedom of Expression" Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.

Nov. 19th - Midnight

Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine presents: Wheels of Fire (1985)

The future is a dangerous place, the Highway Warriors run the roads. One man and a bevy of babes must face this evil head on!

Where else but the Philippines could bring us a knock off of THE ROAD WARRIOR from the director of 1978's Vampire Hookers? A bleak vision of the future featuring cars with jet engines, billowing explosions, psychic abilities, flamethrowers, plenty of car chases, danger, and dames! Lynda Wiesmeier, July 1982 Playmate and cover girl stars.

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Nov. 25th - Midnight

Horror Boobs presents: Never Too Young to Die. (1986)

After the murder of his secret agent father by the infamous Velvet Von Ragner, Lance Stargrove must track down the killer and bring him to justice - no matter the cost!

If this sounds like a typical Bond film knock off, take a look at the cast for a second: John Stamos, Vanity, George Lazenby, Robert Englund, and, oh yeah, Gene Simmons as a cross-dressing, megalomaniacial super villain! Go ahead and read that sentence again. Let it sink in. It'll be pretty cold, but we would advise you not to wear socks at the risk of them being blown off.

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Nov. 26th - Midnight