Putting together your own horror film festival

[Ed King]

So, you get access to a movie theatre for a weekend, you've got two whole months to programme you're very own horror film festival. What would you put on ? Mix it up, old, new, classic etc. etc. I've just finished programming one for the fifth time and boy was it tough, thougher than the last four years. But as a programmer, I would love to see what all you guys would do.

[Jason]

Friday night: Friday the 13th Part 6 at 7:00PM

Friday night: Friday the 13th Part 7 at 8:30 PM

Friday night: Friday the 13th Part 8 at 10:00 PM

Friday night: Halloween at 11:45 PM

Saturday night: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 at 7:00 PM

Saturday night: Freddy's Dead(in 3D!) at 8:45 PM

Saturday night: Return of the Living Dead at 10:20 PM

Saturday night: The Fog at 11:55 PM

Sunday night: Pet Sematary at 7:00 PM

Sunday night: Child's Play at 8:50 PM

Sunday night: Halloween 5(no joke) at 10:30 PM

Sunday night(technically Monday morning): Creepshow at 12:10 AM

Sunday night(once again technically Monday morning): Creepshow 2 at 2:15 AM

The marathon would then end at approx. 3:50 AM. With 13 horror movies, that would be a good weekened for me.

[This message has been edited by Jason (edited 09-08-2002).]

[robk]

Great topic!
I'd probably do something like:

Friday: Universal films
Saturday: Hammer & AIP films
Sunday: Others such as Psycho, Jaws, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, The Silence of the Lambs

I can see why such a job would be hard, though!

[ICP RULZ]

My film festival would be like this:

7-8 Porn
8-10 F-13
10-12 Porn
12-2 F-13 Part 2

and so on and so forth. Alternating between porn and f-13

[The Jaff]

This is a fun idea. I've always wondered what this would be like. I'll go with six movies a day assuming they'd run from afternoon on into the night. Here goes:

Friday is Zombie Day, beginning with the locally made essentials.

Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead

Then some European efforts.

Cemetery Man
The Beyond
Zombie

Saturday is Slasher Day

Psycho
Black Christmas
Halloween
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Nightmare on Elm Street
Candyman

Sunday would be mixed.

Frankenstein (James Whale)
Island of Lost Souls

The Brood
VideoDrome

Hellraiser
Hellraiser II

Man, I need more days!

Hey Ed, what films did you schedule?

The Jaff

[horror junkie]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The Jaff:
This is a fun idea. I've always wondered what this would be like. I'll go with six movies a day assuming they'd run from afternoon on into the night. Here goes:

Friday is Zombie Day, beginning with the locally made essentials.

Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead

Then some European efforts.

Cemetery Man
The Beyond
Zombie

Saturday is Slasher Day

Psycho
Black Christmas
Halloween
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Nightmare on Elm Street
Candyman

Sunday would be mixed.

Frankenstein (James Whale)
Island of Lost Souls

The Brood
VideoDrome

Hellraiser
Hellraiser II

Man, I need more days!

The Jaff</font>

Oh man!! What a great line-up. I would definitely pay good money to go to see those!

[Ed King]

To Robk
Well, it's tough when you've covered nearly all the greats, Evil Dead, Maniac, Cannibal Ferox, The Thing, Halloween, Zombie, The Beyond, Blood and Black Lace, Alice Sweet Alice, Texas Chainsaw, Deranged etc. etc. along with all the latest new releases around Halloween for the past five years.

To The Jaff,
This year, I'm doing, Jason X (never opened here) New York Ripper, Dagon (deserved a big screen showing), Dark Water (new film from Ring director) The Happiness of the Katakuri (new film from Audition director) Ted Bundy, Cradle of Fear, Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals, The Killing of America, Chaos (an Irish sci-fi/horror), Witchfinder General (Uncut), Carpenter's The Fog (do a Carpenter film every year) Nightmare City (I know I'm nuts but it's fun with a late night drunken audience), I'm waiting on word on Cronenberg's latest Spider, a Surprise film and I plan to close the festival with a retro screening of The Lost Boys and there is still more to programme between now and Oct.25th.
Look forward to hearing your thoughts on the event. Oh, I might be getting some Bogey Man dvd's signed by Robert Englund to give away.
Last year Brian Yuzna came over, drank a few beers and hung out with us all. Watta guy.
There you have it Jaff.


[This message has been edited by Ed King (edited 09-09-2002).]

[Toxferatu]

terror firmer
toxic avenger
toxic avenger 2
toxic avenger 3
toxic avenger 4
bad taste
dead alive
bloodsucking freaks
basketcase
cannibal the musical
redneck zombies
zombie
the beyond
exorcist
romero's dead trilogy
martin
cannibal ferox
zombie holocaust
american psycho
jungle holocaust


buncha stuff that would be fun to watch with a bunch of people and see if anyone barfs.

[This message has been edited by Toxferatu (edited 09-09-2002).]

[Boogeyman]

FRIDAY

~*THE ORIGINALS*~

7:00 PM- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
8:30 PM- A Nightmare on Elm Street
10:00 PM- Friday the 13th
11:30 PM- Hellraiser
1:00 AM- HALLOWEEN

SATURDAY

~*RECENT HITS*~

7:00 PM- Scream
8:30 PM- I Know What You Did Last Summer
10:00 PM- Jeepers Creepers
11:30 PM- Wishmaster
1:00 AM- CHERRY FALLS

SUNDAY

~*SEQUEL SUNDAY*~

7:00 PM- Friday the 13h Part 6
8:30 PM- HALLOWEEN H20
10:00 PM- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
11:30 PM- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3
1:00 AM- HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION

I would on the other hand have a ALL HALLOWEEN movie marathon..but I gotta have some diversity.

later

[Horror_Fanatic]

Because this isn't really about the movies themselves it belongs in the General Forum.

Moving to General Horror.

[The Jaff]

Hey Ed,

That sounds like a great, diversified line-up. Good call on Dagon. I can't believe it didn't get a big screen release. What's The Killing of America? How did you come to get this enviable job? Do you work at a repertory theatre year round?

The Jaff

[mary lou 102]

How the fuck do u rent a theater,hw mutch does it cost.

[SykkBoy]

I'd mix 'em up a bit
start each evening off with a classic and end with a "midnight" movie, in between intense horror and a "lighter" film to cleanse the movie palette before the campy fun of the "midnight" movie:

Friday:
Frankenstein (he original)
Texas Chainsaw Masacre
The Funhouse
Frankenhooker

Satudray:
Nosferatu
The Evil Dead
Dr. Butcher MD
Halloween
Toxic Avenger

Sunday:
The Invisible Man
The Exorcist
The Brood
Dead Alive
Tromeo And Juliet

[Hell Phantom]

Friday: Phantasam (1-3)

Saturday: Evil Dead (1-3),
then finish it wit From Dusk Till Dawn!

Sunday: Pumpkinhead
Aliens
Signs
Resident Evil
of course all of the Friday the 13th in a row in order till 6:00 in the morning to finish it off!

[Hell Phantom]

Originally posted by mary lou 102
How the fuck do u rent a theater,hw mutch does it cost.

Quiet abit of money...