Saturday, July 05, 2008

Good News for the Midwest!

Rarely are the times when it's good to be a midwesterner. I mean, the area's so jacked, we're no where near the West. To be fair, we're really "middle easterners" but that term just isn't too popular. The cultural wasteland / flyover states don't get too many amazing events, especially in regard to film. But that may change September 26-28, 2008 with the Second Annual B Movie Celebration. Second annual? I didn't even know there was a first! But, there sho'nuff was. This year's festivities trot out the usual suspects -- Tom Savini, Conrad Brooks, etc (I'm sure Lloyd Kaufman will be there too). That doesn't thrill me so much as this amazing list of films of which, the press release says "many in glorious 35mm."

  1. SHOGUN ASSASSIN
  2. FORBIDDEN WORLD
  3. DEATH RACE 2000
  4. HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD
  5. THIS ISLAND EARTH
  6. TARANTULA
  7. CARNIVAL OF SOULS
  8. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
  9. NIGHT OF THE COMET
  10. BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
  11. THE GIANT BEHEMOTH
  12. QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE
  13. WORLD WITHOUT END
  14. RUSS MEYER'S UP
  15. FROM HELL IT CAME
  16. ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS
  17. NOT OF THIS EARTH(the black and white original)
  18. THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS
  19. THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD
  20. EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS
  21. WITHOUT WARNING
  22. SCREWBALLS
  23. GALAXY OF TERROR
  24. HOUSE
  25. THE CRAWLING EYE
  26. ATTACK OF THE 50FOOT WOMAN
  27. PSYCHO
  28. JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET
  29. INVISIBLE INVADERS
  30. ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES
  31. TERMINAL ISLAND
  32. NIGHTHAWKS
  33. MYSTERIOUS ISLAND(61)
  34. ONE MILLION B.C.
  35. INVADERS FROM MARS(53)
  36. TO TRAP A SPY
  37. HOLD THAT GHOST
  38. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN
  39. TWINS OF EVIL
  40. THE VAMPIRE LOVERS
  41. LUST FOR A VAMPIRE
  42. THE TIME MACHINE
  43. WAR OF THE WORLDS

Lots of good crap, wretched crap, classic crap, and all around great films in that line-up.

All of this takes place in Franklin, Indiana -- a little south of Indianapolis. The timing may not be right for me to make it down (just scant weeks after the Toronto International Film Festival) but I'm going to try my darndest to be there and I hope that a lot of folks do, too as this kind of event is definitely a rarity!

For more info visit http://www.bmoviecelebration.com.

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