SHRIEK SHOW XI
WELCOME BACK to the official return of the IN PERSON SHRIEK SHOW MARATHON!
After a brief hiatus last year (and a remote-stream marathon in 2020 for the Spec-Twitch-Heads), we are ready to melt faces for 12+ straight hours in person again.
Mystery meat all day and night long, starting at NOON and ending when your brain leaks out your ears and/or after the midnight movie.
Those brave enough to stay for all features can expect a satisfying arc / certain ‘rhyming’ elements from one movie to the next, so stick around if you can!
Hints + rough showtimes below, expect random shorts + trailers + goodies between screenings. BYOScreams.
10/22 – NOON TO 1:30AM
$5/MOVIE OR $25 FOR DAY-PASS
NOON –
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Italy, 90 min
English dub
We kick off our day of screams with a heady dose of gothic witchcraft goodness with this underseen black and white mid-60’s classic, starring one of Italy’s greatest scream queens.
2PM
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Italy, 86 min
English dub
One of dozens of made-for-TV schlock gems by one of Italy’s most prolific horror directors – fans of our MADE FOR ITALIAN TV series from a few years ago (or any of the GHOST HOUSE / LA CASA series), take note!
4PM
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Japan, 103 min
In Japanese with English subtitles
Up next as an afternoon aperitif, the most ‘serious’ film of the day – a surprisingly moody folk horror eco-freakout from Japan, focusing on a town about to be exploited for its natural resources and a vengeful spirit. Still has a generous helping of sleaze though, don’t worry!
6PM
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USA, 71 min
In English
Enough with the polished, ‘classy’ sleaze – time for home brew SOV premium grade trash!
Teens helping one of their uncle’s clean out a barn on haunted Native American land, cursed during the Trail of Tears, accidentally unleash an ancient demonic force.
Jokes aside, this no budget Missouri-shot Evil Dead labor of love is better than it has any right to be, packing an impressive amount of gore and inventive camera techniques – not to mention flat exposition in thick Missouri accents (and fashions) into 70 minutes.
8PM
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Mexico, 83 min
In Spanish with English subtitle
It’s about 8pm, and its time for the tough stuff. This recently remastered Spanish horror flick feels like a direct mix of RABID DOGS and TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD as it follows a group of young degenerates on a crime spree, who eventually stumble onto the myth of a vast fortune buried in catacombs beneath abandoned ruins in the countryside (and also, maybe, a satanic curse?!).
This one will keep you off balance til the end, a real underseen gem of a facemelter.
10PM
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USA, 74 min
In English
Up next, a psychotic brew of every type of horror flick imaginable from one of the greats of homebrew horror (hint: shot in Maryland…)
A Vietnam vet on a killing spree links up with a group of criminals, also on a bit of a spree – their flight to the countryside brings them to the home of a family who isn’t what they seem…
The less said about this one the better, but it’s grimey in all the ways you could hope for and over before you know it.
MIDNIGHT
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Canada, 82 min
In English
As your sanity slowly slips away, the casio tones of our final SOV feature of the night wash over you, and you think, ‘yeah, this is it, this is the best movies have ever been’
Two cops investigating a suicide find a tape cassete recounting a group of teens’ strange night at a farm. Shot in Canada (and for some reason, recently re-released with ‘revamped’ atrocious CGI FX (which we will NOT be showing)), this is the hidden Halloween garbage classic you didn’t know you needed.
Not the goriest of the night, but maybe the most unhinged in its own way, and a truly special sign off for this year’s Shriek Show.
