Hey guys, sorry for the super late post, I was stuck in an airport nightmare and didn't get a chance to finish it. But I have some great movies to bring to your attention, several long awaited and little known about movies are finally getting screened in the bay area, and Mondo is pairing at least one of them with some very frame-worthy art...
Terror Tuesday
Pieces (1982)
Tuesday 5th @ 10:45 pm (1hr 30min)
Slasher/ Mystery (Google)
"A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds."
Weird Wednesday
Frederick Friedel Double Feature!
Wednesday 6th @ 10pm (1 hr 5 min)
Horror (IMDB)
"Three criminals on a murder spree arrives at a farmhouse, where a girl is living with her paralyzed grandfather."
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Kidnapped CoEd (1976)
Wednesday 6th (1hr 16min)
Crime/ Drama/ Romance (IMDB)
"A woman living in a boarding house is kidnapped by a small-time criminal. Soon others in the gang try to take her away from him so they can get the ransom."
Frederick Friedel will also be at the Alamo in person!
Friday 8th @ 3:30pm & 6:30pm (1hr 40min)
Horror/ Thriller (IMDB)
"While attending a dinner party at his former home, a man thinks his ex-wife and her new husband have sinister intentions for their guests."
Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
Wednesday 6th @ 7pm (1hr 50min)
Crime/ Drama/ Romance (IMDB)
"Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run."
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Breathless (1960)
Wednesday 6th @ 5:15ppm & 9:05pm (1hr 30min)
Crime/ Drama (IMDB)
"A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy."
John Waters Trash Trilogy Week
Female Trouble (1974)
Tuesday 5th @ 9:15pm (1hr 29min)
Comedy/ Crime (IMDB)
"A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitchhiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes."
Wednesday 6th @ 9:15pm (1hr 31min)
Friday 8th @ 11pm
Comedy/ Crime/ Fantasy (IMDB)
"A rich housewife enlists her maid's help to murder her husband; they go on the lam and end up in Mortville, a homeless community built into a garbage dump."
Hitchcock Fest
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Thursday 7th & Friday 8th @ 7:30pm (1hr 37min)
Mystery/ Thriller (IMDB)
"On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris (Margaret Lockwood) befriends elderly Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty). When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler (Michael Redgrave) and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly."
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Strangers on a Train (1951)
Thursday 7th & Friday 8th @ 5:35pm & 9:15pm (1hr 43min)
Crime/ Noir/ Thriller (IMDB)
"A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder - a theory that he plans to implement."
Gothic Cinema
Thursday 7th @ 7:30pm (1hr 27min)
Fantasy/ Horror/ Thriller (IMDB)
"A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant. Only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor stand in her way."
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