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post #1 of 18
3/6/08 at 1:51am
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I'll be out of town for this one, but looks fun. (fun fact: a grade school buddy of mine plays the killer as a kid in Don't Go In The House.)

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MARCH 7: Exhumed Films says DON'T miss this double feature!

Doors at 7:30 / Show at 8:00pm $10

DON'T OPEN THE WINDOW
The first of many European zombie films inspired by George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, Jorge Grau's stylish living dead chiller has the distinction of being quite possibly the most frequently re-titled film in cinema history! Better known under the name Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (or Breakfast at the Manchester Morgue, or Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, or.....) Don't Open the Window centers on two young people in the English countryside who discover that a local farmer's attempt to use radiation as a form of insect control has accidentally resurrected the recently deceased. Yet stubborn police detective Arthur Kennedy suspects that the spate of murders and cannibalism cropping up in the area are not supernatural in nature, but rather ritualistic killings performed by our hippie-ish leading man.
Dir. Jorge Grau \ Spain & Italy \ 1974 \ 35mm \ 85 min. \ Color

DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE
A grim, unpleasant slasher film that is definitely not for the faint of heart or easily offended: a victim of child abuse (Dan Grimaldi) grows up to become a maniacal construction worker. He stalks women at discos, takes them home, then hangs them upside-down in a special steel-walled room and sets them on fire. Quentin Tarantino cites this movie as one of the most disturbing films he's ever seen--and this is coming from the guy responsible for that scene with the ear and the straight razor...
Dir. Joseph Ellison \ US \ 1980 \ 35mm \ 82 min. \ Color
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post #2 of 18
3/6/08 at 2:08pm
DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE is very enjoyable. DON'T OPEN THE WINDOW (I much prefer LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE for a title) is not good at all. I was looking forward to finally watching it and was let down by the idiocy and glaring misogyny of the film. Worst of all, it is boring.
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post #3 of 18
3/6/08 at 4:01pm
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Worst of all, it is boring.
Whew! Glad I'm not alone.
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post #4 of 18
9/7/08 at 11:42pm
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Another 24 hour horror marathon. Lots of cool nuggets last year. And lots of hygeine-challenged fat guys. And Fabfunk. Smell the terror! The rules give you an idea of what you're in for:

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* Food and Drink is still allowed, but only small items like popcorn, candy and soda will be allowed in the theatre. Any dinner type items must be eaten in the lobby
* Because of the new seats, there is no longer a huge empty floor plan, so no tents or sleeping bags will be allowed
* If you sleep in the lobby, security will ask you to leave without a refund
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post #5 of 18
9/8/08 at 9:27am
This looks like a lot of fun for $20 bucks. Might invade with some of my fellow Rutger's film geeks.

Important Question: By drink do they mean alcohol?

Another Important Question: Can we make fun of Fabfunk?
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post #6 of 18
9/8/08 at 9:47am
Motherfucker, what's to make fun of? I'm solid gooooooooold!



In all seriousness, last year, this was one of the most awesome movie experiences I've ever had, maybe the most awesome. Great audience, GREAT films, and c'mon, twenty four hours? You've gotta be a REAL film lover to sit through it all. Pieces, Halloween, Hellraiser, Phantasm, Demons- what a lineup last year- 14 films for $20! Plus, I won an Evil Dead shirt- can't beat that.

Yes, InTheShadows, as long as you bag it, they're not going to be stingy about alcohol. You're gonna need it if they pull stuff like last year, when they showed Teenage Mother at 4 AM followed by Dracula Vs. Frankenstein. It's not a big enough theater to bring other, ahem, recreational items, but booze really is a MUST.

Everyone in the general area should go- it's WELL worth that kicking $20 price. And maybe you can hang with me- I'd really like to meet some of you.
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post #7 of 18
10/16/08 at 2:35pm
I was there last year and will be there again this year... just bought my ticket in fact. And Fabfunk speaks the truth, it was an incredibly fun experience before, easily one of the best times I've had at the movies as well
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post #8 of 18
10/17/08 at 1:33pm
I just picked up my ticket for the 24 hour event, should be a good time and am glad they got the theater renovations done in time for this.
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post #9 of 18
10/17/08 at 1:53pm
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They did? Cool. Those seats were horrific.
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post #10 of 18
10/17/08 at 1:57pm
I've tried the new seats, they're a major improvement.
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post #11 of 18
11/2/08 at 7:20pm
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Been home sick this weekend, so I missed it, but here was the lineup this year:

The Fog (original)
Destroy All Monsters
Wicked, Wicked
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Phantasm 2
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Fright Night
Dead & Buried
Boogeyman (original)
Who Can Kill a Child?
Equinox
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Food of the Gods
Return on the Living Dead
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post #12 of 18
11/3/08 at 1:40am
It was a great time. Wicked, Wicked was very interesting considering I'd never even heard of it before yesterday. Phantasm 2 was probably the highlight for me although as you can see there were several classics, including some personal favorites. It seemed to be a huge success so hopefully they will continue doing these annually.
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post #13 of 18
4/6/09 at 2:01pm
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Exhumed Films at I-House this Friday night - Evil Dead 2 and The Asphyx. Both on film; one on the rare side. I'ma try to make it. So should you.



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It tells the exploits of rich Scientist-Philanthropist Sir Hugo Cunningham, who discovers an unexplainable blur being recorded while he searches the negatives of dying men whom he had recorded. Later on, at a party, he is making a motion picture of his wife and son, who are playing in a pool and ends up filming their accidental deaths as well. At first, Cunningham doesn't realize that he's captured that same misshapen blur on the camera, but once he does, he comes to a conclusion: that the blur is a person's soul leaving the body. It isn't until he re-examines the pictures and film however, that he makes the startling discovery that the blur was not moving away from the bodies of those who were dying, it was moving TOWARDS them. After doing some research, the good Doctor finds that he has found a ticket to immortality through the blur, an ancient Greek spirit known as an "Asphyx". According to legends, the spirit will appear only at the moment of a person's death to take them away to the Underworld. Cunningham, in his brilliant madness soon deduces that if he can only stop this process from happening at all, it would make any person immortal and unable to die- unless their particular Asphyx is released.
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post #14 of 18
6/5/09 at 11:27am
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The next two screenings. Some obscure shit, meaning all the people who saw the Friday the 13th remake and skipped Drag Me To Hell because it was PG-13 will also be staying home for these:

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Friday, July 10, 2009 8 PM $10 "Italian Flesh Eaters Double Feature!!"

Cannibal Apocalypse aka Invasion of the Flesh Hunters
Directed by Antonio Margheriti (as "Anthony M. Dawson")/Italy/1980/96 minutes/35mm

A rare early '80s Italian gore classic. The horrors of war take on a whole new meaning for Vietnam vet Norman Hopper (John Saxon, Enter the Dragon and Black Christmas), whose quiet domestic life in Atlanta is shattered by the return of Charlie Bukowski, a combat buddy who dredges up terrifying flashbacks of flesh eating and bloodshed in the war-torn jungles. Now on the run from the law, Charlie begs Norman to help him get out of town with another fellow veteran, Tom (Tony King, Shaft). Soon the ragtag team of cannibals are fighting for their lives, spreading a deadly contagion through the city before heading into the sewers for a gut-wrenching climax you won't soon forget! Co-starring Barbara Steele.


Terror-Creatures from the Grave aka Cinque tombe per un medium
Directed by Massimo Pupillo/Italy/1965/85 minutes/35mm

An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that he was someone who was able to summon the souls of ancient plague victims and, in fact, his spirit was roaming the castle at that very moment. Soon occupants of the castle begin to die off in gruesome, violent ways. Starring Barbara Steele.



Saturday, August 22, 2009 8 PM $10 "Acid and Evisceration: A Night With Jeff Lierbman"

Blue Sunshine
Directed by Jeff Lieberman/US/1976/90 minutes/16mm

This classic cult horror film, from acclaimed writer/director Jeff Lieberman, is a masterpiece of psychological suspense and terror. At a party, someone goes insane and murders three women. Falsely accused of the brutal killings, Jerry (Red Shoe Diaries' Zalman King) is on the run. More bizarre killings continue with alarming frequency all over town. Trying to clear his name, Jerry discovers the shocking truth - people are losing their hair and turning into violent psychopaths and the connection may be some LSD all the murderers took a decade before. Soon, if Jerry can't stop it, the horror will become uncontrollable -- the horror caused by Blue Sunshine!

Just Before Dawn
Directed by Jeff Liberman/US/1981/99 minutes/16mm

Five youths set out for a weekend camping excursion, to drink, frolic and skinny-dip on an isolated piece of land one of them has inherited. Despite ominous warnings of local forest rangers, strange backwoods families and a hollering drunken hunter claiming to have witnessed his friends evisceration by the hands of "demons", they trek farther into the foliage. Beautifully shot, extremely eerie, featuring the most demented murderer since Jason Voorhees, and a horrifying twist that will make you wonder: Will any of them survive those dark hours just before dawn? Presented here in a very rare longer print with more footage than any video release of the film.
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post #15 of 18
6/5/09 at 2:53pm
That August double feature is a winner.
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post #16 of 18
3/4/10 at 8:18pm
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This Friday:

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Friday March 5th, 2010
"One Dark Night of the Zombies!"
Doors at 7:30 / Films at 8:00pm $10 at the door

Our first feature:
ONE DARK NIGHT
1983 / USA / Dir: Tom McLaughlin / 35mm

A young girl's initiation into a sorority-like group of teens involves her being able to spend the night in a creepy mausoleum. How could she know that it would contain the body of Raymar, an undead psychic who uses telekinesis to reanimate corpses to do his evil bidding? Directed by Tom McLoughlin, who would go on to direct the very entertaining Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, One Dark Night is spooky, silly fun--shown on a pristine 35mm print. Starring Meg Tilly (!) and Adam West (!!)

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NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIES
1980 / Italy / Dir: Bruno Mattei / 35mm

This is the one you've been waiting for! Screened only once by Exhumed Films in 1999, this infamous zombie "classic" has finally been unearthed from our vaults. Night of the Zombies (aka Virus, Hell of the Living Dead) tells a familiar tale: an accident involving experimental chemicals has unleashed a plague that turns the bodies of the recently deceased into cannibalistic monsters. A tv reporter joins up with a team of special forces commandos to investigate and eventually battle the armies of the undead. A total shameless rip-off of both George Romero's Dawn of the Dead (right down to the plagiarized Goblin soundtrack!) and Fulci's Zombie, but filled with enough ridiculous gore to make us forgive its faults. Almost.
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post #17 of 18
3/4/10 at 8:34pm
I really want to go, and had been planning to since the snow storm last month screwed up their schedule, but now I'm going to be in Boston all weekend. I'm gonna be really pissed if I end up missing the one next month too (LIFEFORCE + INVADERS FROM MARS)
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post #18 of 18
3/5/10 at 3:43am
I always forget to check for these. While seeing ONE DARK NIGHT on the screen would be nice, I'm going to hold out for LIFEFORCE. That one's gotta raise the roof.
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