Terror Thursdays at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
October 31st, 2008Shows & Screenings
Terror Thursday: NEAR DARK (1987)
Alamo South Lamar
Thursday, October 30, 2008
In the dusty heart of the American southwest, innocent country boy Caleb (Adrian Pasdar) is seduced by a beautiful girl (Jenny Wright) into joining a pack of vicious drifters. But this is no ordinary band of outlaws, and Caleb is soon trapped in a nightmarish world of soulless evil and hellish mayhem that thrives on blood and absolute horror. This extraordinary shocker is one of the most ferociously original vampire movies of our generation.
Terror Thursday: NEAR DARK - now at SOUTH LAMAR
Alamo Downtown
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Terror Thursday: EQUINOX (1970)
Alamo Downtown
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Before he took you to a galaxy far, far away, before he brought you face-to-face with living, breathing prehistoric beasts, Dennis Muren, the future nine-time Oscar-winning visual-effects artist (Star Wars, Jurassic Park), joined forces with a group of talented young filmmakers to create an homage to the creature features of yore in the eerie monster mash Equinox. Deep within the woods and canyons of California, four teenagers happen upon an ancient book containing the secrets of a strange, malevolent world that coexists with that of mankind. This $6,500-budget wonder (originally called The Equinox . . . A Journey into the Supernatural) was picked up for distribution by producer Jack H. Harris (The Blob), who shot new footage for the film with writer-director Jack Woods and released it in 1970 as Equinox. Since then, the film has gained a passionate cult following and inspired succeeding generations of horror/fantasy filmmakers.
Terror Thursday: SPLATTER FARM (1987)- Uncut Version
Alamo Downtown
Thursday, November 13, 2008
After reluctantly agreeing to visit their widowed Aunt Lacy (Marion Costly), twin brothers Alan and Joseph (John and Mark Polonia) arrive at her rural country farm to find a sick and twisted harvest in progress. As it turns out, Aunt Lacy is a little bit loony and insists on keeping her dead husband is inside the house. And her creepy manservant, Jeremy (Todd Rimatti), is no better, having taken up a disturbing hobby: serial killing.
Terror Thursday: INVASION OF THE BODYSNATCHERS (1978)
Alamo Downtown
Thursday, November 20, 2008
San Francisco biologist Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) turns to health inspector Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) for help when her live-in beau begins acting odd — and distant. Matthew and Elizabeth notice that suddenly almost everyone around them has become impassive. When their friends discover a developing doppelgänger in their commercial mud baths, the foursome realizes an alien invasion is under way. Can they stop it?
Terror Thursday: BLOOD FREAK (1972)
Alamo Downtown
Thursday, November 27, 2008
In this bizarre story, a bodybuilder named Herschel has become a serious marijuana addict. One day, while working on a turkey farm, Herschel consumes contaminated meat, and soon after, his head is transformed into a turkey head. The turkey-headed muscle man still craves his weed, so he gobble-gobbles and attacks other addicts and dealers in order to snag their dope and feed his addiction.
Terror Thursday: FUNERAL HOME (1980)
Alamo Downtown
Thursday, December 04, 2008
For the first 30 minutes of the movie¸ you might think you’re watching an episode of The Waltons. Turns out¸ this wholesome americana beginning ends up being a beautiful contrast to the suspenseful insanity that follows and eventually climaxes at the end. Heather has come to help her ”sweet as aunt bee” grandmother run her funeral home turned bed and breakfast. We meet a string of interesting characters¸ and fall in love with the whole family¸ including Kevin¸ Heather’s clean cut gentleman boyfriend. It is impossible to describe anymore of this film without spoiling it’s beautiful spins and twists.
Terror Thursday: FROM BEYOND (1986)
Alamo Downtown
Thursday, December 11, 2008
After inventing a way for creatures from the fourth dimension to come into his own world, Dr. Edward Pretorious (Ted Sorel) suffers a gruesome decapitation at the hands of those he brought “from beyond.” But authorities suspect his assistant (Jeffrey Combs) is to blame. Barbara Crampton co-stars as a beautiful psychiatrist brought in to help police solve the case in this classic 1980s thriller based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft.
Terror Thursday: VICE SQUAD (1982)
Alamo Downtown
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Director Gary Sherman helms this cult exploitation classic, following the undercover efforts of a Los Angeles businesswoman turned prostitute (Season Hubley) — known only by her street name, Princess — to bring down a violent pimp named Ramrod (Wings Hauser). Under the watchful eye of Detective Tom Walsh (Gary Swanson), who’s tracking her every move, she works to solve the brutal murder of a streetwalker named Ginger (Nina Blackwood).
Terror Thursday: the original BLACK CHRISTMAS (1975)
Alamo Downtown
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Terror reigns inside a sorority house a few days before Christmas break as a series of menacing phone calls — and the discovery of a dead girl’s body — transform yuletide cheer into fear. Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey and Andrea Martin (”SCTV”) co-star as just a few of the petrified sisters at the mercy of an unseen stalker in this 1970s horror gem from director Robert Clark, who told a much happier holiday tale with his 1983 classic, A Christmas Story.
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