24 Hour Sci-Fi Marathon on March 9th…

Sweet! At the Portage Theater in Chicago. Free parking in the nearby Sears lot.

Anyone in Chicago planning to attend, let me know.

Special Guests:
FRANK HENENLOTTER (dir. of Basket Case, Brain Damage, Frankenhooker)!
JAY BONANSINGA (co-author of THE WALKING DEAD: RISE OF THE GOVERNOR & WALKING DEAD: ROAD TO WOODBURY))!

NOON – ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (Roger Corman!)
1:15pm – MATINEE (Joe Dante!)
3pm – THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Guy Maddin Short)
3:05pm – THE DARK CRYSTAL (80’s Awesomeness!)
5pm – SOYLENT GREEN (Heston Hysteria!)
6:45pm – ROGER CORMAN 50’s Trailer Competition!
7:15pm – DEAD-ISH (Short film)
7:30pm – BRAIN DAMAGE (with FRANK HENENLOTTER in Person!)
9:45pm – CAMERA (Rare Cronenberg Short!)
10pm – INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (’78 Remake!)
Midnight – IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (Carpenter Craziness!)
1:45am – DARK CITY (Forbidden Futures!)
Daylight Savings Time
4:50 am – SHOCK WAVES (Nazi Zombies!)
6:30am – THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (Vincent Price Classic!)
8:15am – SILENT RUNNING (70’s Sci-Fi Stunner!)
10am – IT’S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (Don Hertzfeldt Animation!)
11am – BATTLE ROYALE (Teenage Terrors!)

  • To everyone who attends, have fun!

  • Scopi314

    That same night The Patio theater is hosting an Albert Pyun event with Pyun in attendance. I hate to choose, but I think I need to go with the Pyun.

  • Ken_Begg

    I forgot about that! Isn’t that always the way?

    I do like that line-up quite a lot. Dark Crystal is perhaps the only movie I’d give a pass. We’ll have to see if I can rouse the energy to drive down there. A back to back of In the Mouth of Madness and Dark City is pretty tempting.

  • Wow. SHOCKWAVES on the big screen!?!?!!! THE GIANT LEECHES! SOYLENT GREEN! THE LAST MAN ON EARTH! MATINEE! It seems there are some perks to big city life…..

  • Ken_Begg

    Especially when you live the suburbs and can forgo the hassles of big city life.

  • The Rev.

    GodDAMN that is a great line-up. Jealousy — I am immersed in it.

    Why would they make people choose between meeting Henenlotter and Pyun?? That’s just mean! I’d probably go with the former, although I’d be tempted to try and run from one to the other.