Monday, August 3rd, at 8pm
issues an APB
Deat
Heat
(2001, USA)
Directed by
Mark Goldblatt
(The Punisher [1989])
Treat Williams
(Everwood, Once Upon a Time in America, Hair, Deep Rising)
and
Joe Piscopo
(Saturday Night Live, Johnny Dangerously)
star in this supernatural comedy about two dead cops being brought back to life to kick some zombie ass.
Also featuring
Darren McGavin
(A Christmas Story, Billy Madison, Kolchak: The Night Stalker),
Keye Luke
(Gremlins, Kung Fu),
Robert Picardo
(Star Trek: Voyager, China Beach, Stargate Atlantis), and King of the Grand Guignol
Vincent Price
(House on Haunted Hill, The Fly, House of Wax),
(Star Trek: Voyager, China Beach, Stargate Atlantis), with a cameo by Scream Queen
Linnea Quigley
(The Return of the Living Dead, Creepozoids, Night of the Demons, Savage Streets).
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screening at
Acre 121
1400 Irving St. NW #109, Washington, DC
Just a couple doors west of the Columbia Heights Metro station on the Green/Yellow line.
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COMING SOON!
Mondays ● 8pm at ACRE 121
1400 Irving St. NW #109, Washington, DC
August 10th
Dolemite
(1975, USA)
Directed by and Co-starring
D'Urville Martin
(actor: Boss Nigger, Watermelon Man, Black Caesar,
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Rosemary's Baby)
Creator/producer
Rudy Ray Moore
(The Human Tornado, Disco Godfather, Petey Wheatstraw)
is Dolemite, a jive-ass talking bama jama who has to set right some wrongs but left his fashion sense in the gutter.
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August 17th
Polyester
(1981, USA)
Written, Directed, and Produced by
John Waters
(Hairspray, Pink Flamingos, Cry Baby, Serial Mom)
Our gal pal
Divine
(Pirk Flamingos, Hairspray, Female Trouble)
stars in this John Waters classic film about your typical dysfunctional American family. A bored housewife has a smelly affair with man of her dreams
Tab Williams
(Damn Yankees!, Grease 2, The Burning Hills, That Kind of Woman)
while her own cheating husband, overly promiscuous daughter, and foot-stomping son go on a rampage. The egg lady
Edith Massey
(Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Desperate Living)
is there to help.
Waters regulars
Mink Stole
(Pink Flamingos, Desperate Living, But I'm a Cheerleader),
Jean Hill
(Desperate Living), and
Susan Lowe
(Desperate Living, Multiple Maniacs, Female Trouble)
are on hand, and don't blink or you might miss
Jay Leno
(The Tonight Show)
as a TV journo.
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August 24th
Schlock:
The Secret History
of American Movies
(2001, USA)
Written, Directed, and Produced by
Ray Greene
The wild no-holds barred independent American filmmakers of the ‘50s and ‘60s tell their own story in this critically acclaimed survey of exploitation and sexploitation filmmaking. Features the last major interviews conducted with legendary producer
Sam Arkoff
(The Amityville Horror, The Last Man on Earth, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Pit and the Pendulum)
and "Queen of the Nudies"
Doris Wishman
(Deadly Weapons, Double Agent 73, Blaze Starr Goes Nudist, Bad Girls Go to Hell, Nude on the Moon), plus
Peter Bogdanovich
(The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, Mask, What's Up Doc),
Roger Corman
(producer of over 400 films, director of 56),
Vampira
(aka Maila Nurmi; TV's first horror host;
Plan Nine from Outer Space), and many more!
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August 31st
TO BE ANNOUNCED
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The
Washington Psychotronic Film Society
is dedicated to the appreciation and defense of: Independent, cutting-edge, student, experimental, anime, off-beat, underground, obscure, super-8, low-budget, classic, forgotten, must-see, and just about anything on film:
Movies of Peculiar Interest
Hosted by
The Incorrigible Dr. Schlock.
Arrive early for some
rare eye-candy
and
groovy tunes.
Enter our raffle and win some
cheap prizes
after the show.
All screenings are
free,
but a donation to help cover our expenses is suggested.
The WPFS is a
non-profit organization,
founded in 1989 by Melanie Scott.
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KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US!
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