| Halloween Horrorthon &
Horror-Comedy 
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This series is an Aero Theatre Exclusive
although you should also check out the Egyptian's Halloween Spookfest with different,
equally terrifying films!
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PRIZES!
Purchase a new membership in
person at the Aero & receive a miscellaneous horror DVD, a children's Jedi
costume, a Shrek T-shirt, a Superman guide book, an ANACONDAS poster and a True Blood
comic book.
HALLOWEEN NIGHT: From
4 - 8 PM the Aero Theatre will be open for Trick-or-Treaters! Stop by for a treat and stay
for our Abbott and Costello Double Creature Feature!
Friday, October 31 – 7:30 PM
Abbott & Costello Double Creature Feature:
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET
FRANKENSTEIN, 1948, Universal, 83 min. Dir. Charles Barton. The apex of Bud
Abbott’s and Lou Costello’s careers, and the finest horror-comedy
ever made (at least until YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN). The boys are baggage clerks who
accidentally set loose Frankenstein’s monster and Dracula; werewolf Larry Talbot (in
a relatively heroic mode) tries to convince them that the Count intends to give Lou’s
brain to the monster! (Like that’d be an improvement.) The baddies play it straight
in this truly exceptional spoof, which also stars Bela Lugosi (in his second and
final appearance as Dracula), Lon Chaney Jr. (fifth and final as Talbot) and Glenn
Strange (third and final as the monster), as well as Jane Randolph, Lenore Aubert
and Frank Ferguson. More
on this film
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER,
BORIS KARLOFF, 1949, Universal, 84 min. Dir. Charles Barton. Probably the
only film to contain three stars’ names in the title! A diverting whodunit
spoof (originally conceived for Bob Hope) with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
as a hotel detective and a bellboy who discover a murdered bigwig in his room -- and
Lou’s the main suspect, despite seven other guests with actual motives! Boris
Karloff, who missed out on A&C MEET FRANKENSTEIN, plays a swami who tries to
hypnotize Lou in one of the film’s most side-splitting scenes. Also on hand are Lenore
Aubert, Alan Mowbray, Roland Winters (who was concurrently playing Charlie Chan at
Monogram) and Percy Helton.
Saturday, November 1 – 7:30 PM
DUSK-TO-DAWN HORRORTHON
Halloween is not over until the Aero Theatre's Third Annual Horrorthon! It’s time to
eat that trick-or-treat candy, Cannibal Chili and Custard with bits of human ear. Relax
and enjoy screams and gore, laughs and freak-outs with some of your best friends, zombies,
creeps, demons, kung-fu priests and serial killers that will be lurking in the
neighborhood this time of year! Complete with the Aero's annual between film giveaways,
trailers, crazy shorts and surprises!
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, 1986, Sony Repertory, 88
min. "The Good News is your date is here. The Bad News is, he's dead." When
a couple of pledges thaw out the corpse of a fraternity member who was infected by aliens,
they inadvertently incite a zombie epidemic on their campus. MONSTER SQUAD auteur Fred
Dekker directs this cult favorite with Tom Atkins. More on this film
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, PART
TWO, 1986, MGM Repertory, 89 min. Director Tobe Hooper trades gritty reality
and unease for satire and stylized visuals in this very different but no less masterful
sequel to his original masterpiece. Dennis Hopper plays a Texas lawman on the trail
of Leatherface and his clan, who have found a way to profit from their homicidal
tendencies: the creation of prizewinning chili made from their victims. IMDB
DEAD ALIVE (aka BRAINDEAD), 1992, Lionsgate, 97 min.
The poisonous bite of a Sumatran rat monkey leads to an out-of-control zombie epidemic in Peter
Jackson’s deliriously entertaining gross-out fest. In its combination of
over-the-top gore and slapstick, DEAD ALIVE recalls Sam Raimi’s EVIL DEAD movies, but
its off-kilter sense of wit and New Zealand atmosphere are pure Jackson. IMDB
LET’S SCARE JESSICA
TO DEATH, 1971, Paramount, 89 min. In this hallucinatory classic, a young woman with a
troubled emotional past moves into an old New England farmhouse to start over. The problem
is that she quickly begins having terrifying encounters in the house, and director John
Hancock keeps both the characters and the audience guessing as to whether or not
she’s imagining things. With a brilliantly haunting performance by Zohra Lampert.
More on this film
DEMONS (DEMONI), 1985, 88 min. Director Lamberto
Bava and producer Dario Argento engage in a bit of SCREAM-style self-consciousness in
this gory delight, in which theatergoers attending a zombie movie find themselves under
attack by real zombies. More on
this film
DEATHDREAM (aka DEAD OF NIGHT),
1974, 88 min. Years before COMING HOME and BORN ON THE 4th OF JULY, director Bob Clark
(BLACK CHRISTMAS) turned his eye to the plight of returning Vietnam vets, albeit in a
distinctly bizarre fashion. When the son who parents John Marley and Lynn Carlin
thought died in the war returns home, they’re thrilled -- until they realize that
he’s a murderous zombie. Vietnam vet and makeup legend Tom Savini provides his usual
bloody brilliance. More
on this film Enter to win frightening favorite
DVD’s courtesy of Fox Home Entertainment’s www.wedareyoutowatch.com as well as
Warner Bros. and MGM. Special Horrorthon prices: General $20,
Student/Senior $18, Members $15 -- includes all-night snacks and Monster Energy Drink,
Coffee from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and giveaways.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS TONIGHT! SET BACK YOUR CLOCKS!
Sunday, November 2 – 5:00 PM & 8:00 PM
35mm Cult Classic with Live Comedic Commentary!
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, 1959, 79 min. Dir. Ed
Wood. SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival and American Cinematheque are
thrilled to welcome three of the sharpest minds in comedy – Michael J. Nelson,
Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett – for an evening with RiffTrax. Former writers and cast-members of
"Mystery Science Theater 3000," Nelson (Mike), Murphy (Tom Servo) and Corbett
(Crow T. Robot) have embarked on RiffTrax, which provides downloadable commentaries for
dozens of new and classic films. Join them as they do what they do best – providing
live, hilarious commentary to a feature-length B-movie! Their sights are set on the
granddaddy of all sci-fi camp classics, Ed Wood’s profoundly entertaining
anti-masterpiece. A favorite at SF Sketchfest, RiffTrax Live makes its Los Angeles area
debut at the gorgeous Aero Theatre – so sit back, grab some popcorn and laugh
yourself silly. See Ed Wood's biopic
by Tim Burton Nov. 5! Ticket Prices: General $27,
Student/Senior $26, Members $25. |
