 Movies to
give you Halloween Chills
Going to a movie in October in Los Angeles is much more than just sitting
down with popcorn to watch a slasher. There are numerous movie theaters
combining live action with the silver screen. Also it's a great time of
year to catch silent movies in large format and live music.
We will be adding movie info up until the last moment because of the way they
schedule shows.
Many theatres have special screens planned for Halloween and the
weekend before. Pick up a paper or hit
www.MovieFone.com and check out the theatres.
Tasty treats range from Silent Movies to Cult Classics...
Mixed format - Movies & Actors
Just because a movie's on the big screen, doesn't mean you just
sit there and watch. Audience participation is so much more fun.
If you're looking for the live theater
presentation, click <here>
The ultimate Halloween
midnight move show. Get out the rice, your fishnets, clean underwear and
get ready to time warp with the entire audience! Special days make this movie
so much more fun because you'll have the best of the "live casts", extra
events, wall to wall folks all ready to let go modern problems and reenact
that dark and stormy night when the innocent meet whole wacky Transylvania
group. You may have no voice left by the time the movie is out... but
it's a great stress relievers... as well as just nostalgic, naughty fun.
Please check the web sites for each movie theater to know
what is allowed for props. Some do have kits you can buy.
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Info: midnight showing will probably be the Saturday before
Halloween - this varies by theatre. Check their listings the weekend before.
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Landmark Rialto Theatre, 1023 Fair Oaks, Pasadena, Cast:
Rockys Whores - Longest running
show in California. Normally runs: 2nd Saturday of the month
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Landmark Nuart Theatre
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11272 Santa Monica Blvd, West LA, |
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Cast: Sins O the
Flesh . Normally runs: almost every Saturday.
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Two shows Halloween weekend, Friday and Saturday |
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The Queen Mary Royal Theater
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The Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach |
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Cast: Midnight
Insanity. Normally runs: almost every Saturday, opens at 10:30 |
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West Hills Laemmle Fallbrook 7
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6731 Fallbrook (between Victory & Vanowen in the west San
Fernando Valley). |
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Cast: Wild and
Untamed Things (WUT) Normally runs: first Friday of the Month |
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Friday, October 5, 2007 |
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more may get added as I find them |
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To find the show anyplace in the country follows these
links... many thanks to the fans that keep up lists...
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The
www.moviefone.com or
www.fandango.com/ will give you all
the theatre details.
See the silent move classes up on the big screen
Old Town El Segundo plays
movies with a twist. The Wurlitzer always plays a short prologue
prior to each film presentation. What a way to get into the mood for a spooky
movie. "The theater organ is actually a one-man band since it is
made up of several instruments all under the control of the organist."
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Info: http://www.otmh.org/
, (310)322-2592. The Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo.
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Movies: $8, unless listed separated |
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Show times: Fri: 8:15; Sat: 2:30, 8:15; Sun: 2:30 |
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Schedule for Silent Horror Movies:
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Oct 26-28, 2007, The Phantom of the Opera, 1925 |
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Annual Halloween
event, featuring the classic landmark silent film with renowned organist
Clark Wilson returning to provide the soundtrack live on the hall's
magnificent pipe organ - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Halloween and Mourning Movie Night -
Heritage Square
Relax outdoors and
enjoy the chills of a scary movie at Heritage Square Museum. Features
will include classic Walt Disney Halloween cartoons, the famous 1922
silent movie classic Nosferatu and more. Guests are encouraged to
bring a chair or blanket to sit on, a small picnic, and warm clothing.
Beverages, popcorn, and candy will be available for purchase.
The gates will open at 7 p.m. for picnics with the show starting at
dusk.
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Info:
www.heritagesquare.org
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Saturday, Oct. 27, 2008
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Tickets: Free to museum members, $10 for general
public |
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Heritage Square Museum
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3800 Homer Street, Los Angeles |
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Also check out a spook-tacular time at Heritage Square
during the Halloween
Mourning Tours |
Celebrate Halloween weekend in
haunting comedic style. Tickets $10 . NOT just silent movies this
year!
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Info:
http://www.silentmovietheatre.com or (323) 655-2520
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Thursday, October 25, 2007, 8pm
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Hell's Bells, heavy metal horror & Alice Cooper in Welcome to
my Nightmare |
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Friday, October 26, 2007, 7:30 / 10pm
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2 versions of Possession -- Director's Cut & US producer's cut |
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
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Creature with the Atomic Brain - 7:30 |
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Halloween III, Season of the Witch - 10:30 |
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
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Nightmare Alley - 1pm |
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Japanese Jitters - Onibaba & Hausu 7:30/10 |
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Monday, October 29, 2007 - 8pm - creature double
feature
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Pumpkinhead and Rawhead Rex |
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 -8pm - Homophobia homo-horror
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Nightmare on Elm Street II & Jeepers Creepers |
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 8pm - Silent scares
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Haxan (1922) AKA Witchcraft though the ages plus selective
shorts. Live organ. |
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611 North Fairfax Avenue, Hollywood, California 90036,
(one-half block south of Melrose Avenue).
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Tickets $10 |
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Silent Horror -
UCLA Film & Television Archive
See restored copies of classic silent movies on the UCLA campus.
Live musical accompaniment by Robert Israel.
| Info: www.cinema.ucla.edu
(in calendar) or 310-206-FILM
| Select nights Saturday, October 8 - Thursday, October 20, 2005
(see schedule below) |
| Tickets: $5, available on the web |
| James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall, northeast corner of the UCLA
Westwood campus, near Sunset and Hilgard. |
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| Schedule:
| Saturday, October 8 - 7:30 pm
| The Cat and the Canary - (US, 1927) |
| Waxworks (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) - (Germany, 1924) |
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| Friday, October 14 - 7:30 pm
| The Fall of the House of Usher (La chute de la maison Usher) -
(France, 1928) |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - (US, 1920) |
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| Sunday, October 16 - 7:00 pm
| Vampyr (Vampyr-Der Traum Des Allan Gray) - (Germany/France, 1932) |
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| Wednesday, October 19 - 7:30 pm
| The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari) -
(Germany, 1919) |
| The Golem (Der Golem, Wie Er In Die Welt Kam) - (Germany, 1920) |
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Looking for newer scary movies? How about a week of movies?
Come see the latest. Also catch some of the classics with special guests,
lectures and autograph sessions. The festival is Oct. 12-21, 2007.
Catch numerous LA premieres of the up and coming horror movies.
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A few highlights of the new and classics screening:
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30 Days of Night |
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Return to the House on Haunted Hill |
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The Headless Horseman |
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Buried Alive |
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Friday the 13th in 3-D |
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Featured movies from around the world include...
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Opening, Friday, October 12, 2007
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Diary of the Dead |
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Closing, Sunday, October 21, 2007
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Info:
http://screamfestla.com/ or 323-656-4SCREAM for a complete
schedule and more details about ticket requirements for the special features.
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Oct. 12-21, 2007 , 6pm until midnight |
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Grauman’s Chinese Mann 6 at Hollywood and
Highland, Hollywood |
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Tickets 2005:
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$10 per movie, $200 for all films, $300 for the full
festival pass including dinners, parties, seminars and more. Tickets
on sales now. |
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After Dark Films
Horrorfest again invades theatres with 8 Films to
Die For this November. This thrilling nationwide horror film festival
is coming to a theatre near you. These are scary film at the far end
of horror.
Looking to pick a "Miss Horror Fest" - <rules>
and watch the videos.
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Info:
http://www.horrorfestonline.com/
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November 9-18, 2007 - see theaters for show times
(Theater announcement coming.)
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Numerous theaters |
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Tickets: Buy special passes in advance that include
admissions to all 8 movies and goody bag or buy individual tickets. |
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Miss Horror Fest
contest from September
1-30, 2007 |
Classic horror
movies on the big screen...
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Schedule:
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
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The Haunting (1963) & The Uninvited (1944) |
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Friday, October 26, 2007
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The Demon Seed (1977) & Invasion of
the Body Snatchers (1978) |
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Saturday, October 27, 2007 -- Dusk
to Dawn Horrorthon
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Return of the Living Dead (1985),
Shaun of the Dead, Freaks (1932), From Beyond (1986), The Beyond
(1981), Last House of the Left (1972), The Children (1980), The Gates
of Hell (1980)
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$20, starts at 7:30. All
night snacks and food |
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 7:30
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The Omen (1976) |
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Info:
http://www.americancinematheque.com/Aero/ or <event
details>
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Aero Theatre
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1328 Montana Avenue at 14th Street, Santa Monica |
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Ever wanted to
catch a scary movie in a cemetery??? Here's your chance. Bring a
picnic dinner, spread a blanket, listen to a DJ spinning tunes before and
after. Full list of how to best enjoy your night <here>
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Info:
http://www.cinespia.org/
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October 31, 2007
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gates at 5:30 movie at 7:00 |
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$10 donation |
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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6000 Santa Monica Blvd at Grover |
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D
Watch the 1993 classic movie
at the El Capitan Theatre along with two of his earlier films, "Frankenwennie"
and "Vincent". See classic props and sets from the movie.
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Info:
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/el_capitan/index.html
or 1-800-DISNEY6, Six shows a day.
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October 19-November 18, 2007 |
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(still confirming ticket info) Tickets Adult: $11, Kids &
Seniors $8, group pricing available, special $20 VIP inkling no-wait & "best
seat" promise. El Capitan Theatre, 6830 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood. |
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Poltergeist - 25th anniversary screening
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
As
part of its “Prime Tech” screening series the Academy’s Science and
Technology Council presents a 25th anniversary screening of the supernatural
horror classic Poltergeist, followed by an onstage panel discussion
with key members of the film's sound and visual effects crew.
| Info:
http://www.oscars.org/events or (310) 247-3600
| Thursday, October 25, 2007, 7 pm /opens at 6 |
| Tickets $5 / $3 for members. On sale as of Oct 3, buy at box office
or by mail, no phone order. |
| Linwood Dunn Theater
| The Academy’s Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, 1313 Vine
Street, Hollywood |
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| No costumes, this is movies and discussion |
Catch a frightful double feature in the theater. Chills,
screams, blood and fun. Halloween weekend fun. Costume contest on the
31st at 7:30.
Hollywood's Master Storytellers will be celebrating Stan Lee's career and
creations with a presentation of one of Stan's favorite movies Spider-Man 2
followed by a live Q&A with Stan "The Man " Lee himself and hosted by Kevin
Smith (Clerks 2).
Come in your favorite Stan Lee character costume: X-men,
Spider-Man, the Incredible Hunk, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Electra, etc
Ideas from your Local Movie Theaters
Want a regular theatre to get in the mood??? There are
always a number of scary movies released by the studios and special Halloween
showings are getting more popular.
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Just out for 2007, general release - They're getting an
early start this year!
| Halloween - 2007
| A remake of the classic. This time you get to find out the
back history of Michael Myers as the clock spins to show his
formation during childhood. (While this was release at the end of
summer, expect it to make it's appearance again right around
Halloween.)
| Director: Rob Zombie |
| Staring: Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon, Scout Taylor-Compton, William
Forsythe, Malcolm McDowell, Danielle Harris |
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| 30 Days of Night
| Mix 30 days of solid night in an Alaskan town with Vampires and
residents. Who will survive the night?
| Director: David Slade |
| Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston |
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Resident Evil: Extinction
| The final chapter of the trilogy based on the video game
has the survivors once again trying to stop the virus that creates
the un-dead. This time the survivors have bio-enhancements in
their favor.
| Director: Russell Mulcahy |
| Staring: Ali Larter, Ashanti, Chris Egan |
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| Saw IV
| This time a SWAT commander must figure a way out of a deadly
maze without going to pieces while FBI profilers try to figure out
Jigsaw's puzzle.
| Director: Darren Lynn Bousman |
| Starring: Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell |
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| Trick 'r
Treat
| Some Halloween rituals should not be messed with, as a small
town discovers. Strange creatures of every variety - human
and otherwise - try to survive the scariest night of the year.
(Comedy/Horror)
| Director: Michael Dougherty |
| Starring: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox |
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House
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Chased into a house by the Tin Man, they must kill one of their own
to survive the game or go deeper into the dangers of the house.
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Director: Robby Henson |
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Starring: Michael Madsen, Leslie Easterbrook, Bill Moseley |
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Rogue
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Imagine Jaws on a river boat on a cruse of the Australian Outback.
It's the passengers vs. a giant gator.
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Director: Greg McLean |
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Starring: Michael Vartan, Radha Mitchell, Stephen Curry |
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Tim Burtons: Nightmare before Christmas: 3D
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Just out in Limited release for 2007
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Sarah Landon and the
Paranormal Hour
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A teen in a small town has paranormal encounters
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Director: Lisa Comrie |
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Starring: Rissa Walters |
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Weirdsville
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What if two stoners burried their girlfriend and she woke up
in the middle of a Satanic ritual. Why they bumble a heist they run
from drug dealer, the cult and little people. Wierd.
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Director: Allan Moyle |
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Starring: Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Taryn Manning |
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Special releases, sometimes single showings
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(still waiting for this info) |
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And more. can be found if you dig around using your fav movie guide
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Costumes???? At the movies??? Up to you... but it's a great time
to wear the 'blacks' and powder your face, at least. Best in a group.
Just watch out for those with the naturally sharp teeth.
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