Hey there Los Angeles Fright fans! Time for another Friday Night Frights! (like us on Facebook, if you dare!)
This Friday, March 23, midnight at The Cinefamily, my cohort Sebastian O’Brien and I will be showing Dario Argento’s lesser-praised nutso classic Creepers, aka the breezier American cut of Phenomena. Argento purists may bemoan, but for those of us Yank horror fans weaned on VHS, this is the version we had for twenty years.
Quoth the FNF power blurb:
Coming hot on the heels of his shock classics Deep Red and Suspiria, Italian horror maestro Dario Argento was at the height of his powers in the early ‘80s — and Phenomena, aka Creepers, plays as both a sort of greatest-hits package of the director’s best impulses and fetishes, and a brain-busting head-spinner that stands mightily on its own. A very young Jennifer Connelly stars as a psychic ingenue (with a love of creepy-crawly insects) who’s menaced by a giallo-style killer at a Swiss Academy for girls. Throw in a a razor-wielding chimp(!), a typically nutty Donald Pleasance, a stellar soundtrack featuring Iron Maiden, Motorhead and (of course) the inimitable Goblin — and you have one of the best psychotronic film freakouts of the era. Tonight, we’ll be screening Creepers, the original American release cut — but have no fear, as it’s considered by many to be the preferred, faster-paced version of the film. So come get your creep on with this ultra-rare 35mm screening of one of Argento’s creepiest classics!
Check out our original trailer!
For theater info or ticket purchases go here.
CONTEST
I feel like this is fairly obvious, yet it apparently could stand to be more obvious: This screening is happening in Los Angeles. And it is happening on March 23, 2012.
As always I am giving away some free tickets (each with a +1). To enter all you need to do is send an email to wormmiller@gmail.com with CREEPERS in the subject line. Include your full name. I will only be contacting the winners.
Good hunting!
