Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
10-14-09, 08:05 AM
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Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
I'm looking to do a horror double feature for the employee's halloween party this year, so I plan to get a couple of prints to run on the big screen. Question is, what would be best? What movies would you want to see on a big screen?
Obviously, I'm running into a couple of problems (besides availability around Halloween). Most of the employees are teenagers, so that limits what what I'd be able to make them sit through; I doubt they'd have the patience for anything foreign or contemplative, like Let The Right One In. Also, stuff like The Descent, which I really wanted to show, is only available in its truncated US form. Playing a DVD is the last resort; I've seen how they look on a big screen, and even upconverted just doesn't cut it.
So, what would you play in a horror double feature?
Obviously, I'm running into a couple of problems (besides availability around Halloween). Most of the employees are teenagers, so that limits what what I'd be able to make them sit through; I doubt they'd have the patience for anything foreign or contemplative, like Let The Right One In. Also, stuff like The Descent, which I really wanted to show, is only available in its truncated US form. Playing a DVD is the last resort; I've seen how they look on a big screen, and even upconverted just doesn't cut it.
So, what would you play in a horror double feature?
10-14-09, 08:28 AM
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Re: Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
phantasm
evil dead 2
halloween
return of the living dead
sleepaway camp
dawn of the dead
re-animator
^ these are movies that i tend to play at halloween parties
evil dead 2
halloween
return of the living dead
sleepaway camp
dawn of the dead
re-animator
^ these are movies that i tend to play at halloween parties
10-14-09, 08:32 AM
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Re: Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
How about Halloween? As for the second, I'm not sure. Because it's an employee party, it might be better to stick with more of the classics (not knowing your employees or workplace). Maybe Night of the Living Dead or something like that.
10-14-09, 09:30 AM
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Re: Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
Originally Posted by DonnachaOne
Also, stuff like The Descent, which I really wanted to show, is only available in its truncated US form. Playing a DVD is the last resort; I've seen how they look on a big screen, and even upconverted just doesn't cut it.
10-14-09, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
Joe Sixpack isn't going to care if you show the US version of The Descent. It's not that different.
) is better.Besides, this isn't for Joe Six Pack, it's for me and my employees.
10-14-09, 09:39 AM
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Re: Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
Originally Posted by riotinmyskull
return of the living dead
re-animator
^ these are movies that i tend to play at halloween parties
re-animator
^ these are movies that i tend to play at halloween parties
^ this
10-14-09, 09:47 AM
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Drag Me to Hell, unless everyone's seen it. I would stay away from Let the Right One In because, although it's very, very. very good, some people may not like subtitles and it doesn't exactly scream "party" atmosphere.
10-14-09, 09:48 AM
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Re: Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
What kind of movies do you have access to? Current? Last decade? All the way back to the 40s?
I personally enjoy the one two combo of The Wicker Man ('73 - short cut) and the original Halloween.
Unfortunately Trick R Treat and Murder Party probably don't have available reels.
I personally enjoy the one two combo of The Wicker Man ('73 - short cut) and the original Halloween.
Unfortunately Trick R Treat and Murder Party probably don't have available reels.
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10-14-09, 11:54 AM
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Perhaps A Nightmare on Elm Street and Carrie? Seems like even today's teenagers would find enough in those films to sit through, and they're both genre classics.
10-14-09, 12:44 PM
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I have to say that RE-ANIMATOR plays so well on the big screen! I saw a theatrical print a few years ago that was near immaculate so, at least, you know you can get one.
MGM seems to have great AIP stuff. I have seen excellent 35 mm AIP films in near mint shape.
MGM seems to have great AIP stuff. I have seen excellent 35 mm AIP films in near mint shape.
10-14-09, 01:34 PM
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Re: Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
i like the idea of going with something old and new.
Halloween (1978)
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Trick 'r Treat (teens wet dream, short stories for short attention spans)
Halloween (1978)
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Trick 'r Treat (teens wet dream, short stories for short attention spans)
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10-14-09, 01:36 PM
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Friday the 13th (1980) (would probably like it for many reasons, Kevin Bacon cameo puts in over-the-top)
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Friday the 13th (2009)
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Friday the 13th (2009)
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10-14-09, 01:47 PM
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Re: Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
Originally Posted by wago70
I have to say that RE-ANIMATOR plays so well on the big screen! I saw a theatrical print a few years ago that was near immaculate so, at least, you know you can get one.
But I have to ask...are any of these employees under 17? If it's a work function, they may not want an R-rated film, and Re-Animator is a very HARD R.
10-14-09, 01:49 PM
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The Lost Boys
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Near Dark (might like an Adrian Pasdar from Heroes spotting)
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Near Dark (might like an Adrian Pasdar from Heroes spotting)
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An American Werewolf in London (teens should love the horror/comedy/and groovy soundtrack)
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Ginger Snaps
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Ginger Snaps
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10-14-09, 02:11 PM
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Re: Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
I would probably show some of these:
The Evil Dead
The Shining
The Thing
Halloween
Friday the 13th (original)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
In other words, the classics...
The Evil Dead
The Shining
The Thing
Halloween
Friday the 13th (original)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
In other words, the classics...
10-14-09, 02:29 PM
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Re: Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
Halloween or Alien
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From Dusk Till Dawn or Re-Animator or Return of the Living Dead.
Something moody, and something fun. Always a good mix.
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From Dusk Till Dawn or Re-Animator or Return of the Living Dead.
Something moody, and something fun. Always a good mix.
10-14-09, 02:55 PM
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Re: Help me program a horror double feature for my theatre.
Originally Posted by Numanoid
But I have to ask...are any of these employees under 17? If it's a work function, they may not want an R-rated film, and Re-Animator is a very HARD R.
10-14-09, 02:58 PM
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You'd probably have a lot of fun doing a Drag Me to Hell / American Werewolf in London double-up with a bunch of teenagers. 
And both are on Blu-ray, if you're able to locate a machine -- or, possibly, rent/borrow a PS3? 
And both are on Blu-ray, if you're able to locate a machine -- or, possibly, rent/borrow a PS3?
