Two years ago Chicago’s beautiful restored movie palace, the Music Box Theatre, ran a 24 hour Halloween marathon. They’re still doing it, and even this year added an earlier 12 hour sci-fi marathon. I love that kind of thing, even when I can’t attend.
Preliminary details of this year’s show have just been announced:
Music Box Massacre 3
– 24-Hour Horror Marathon, October 13th and 14th, with special guest Fred Dekker. The announced lineup, so far, includes Monster Squad, The Cat and the Canary, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Equinox, Halloween 3, Freaks, Videodrome, The Shining, The Raven, It’s Alive & Peeping Tom. More films to be announced. Tickets will soon be available through Ticketweb.
That’s a load of good stuff there, and assuming tickets stay in the $20 range, you can stay for only two or three movies and still get your money’s worth. Better yet, they tend to show the movies in chronilogical order, so they’ll presumably start with The Cat & The Canary (a simply great silent flick), and work their way up.
More details as they arrive.
