Lest one think this is strictly an East Coast blog, we have some great news to spread about the number one film festival in the Bay area for genre fans. With great films and some great guests, this is going to be a must-see event for anyone who can make it.
SHOCK IT TO ME! HORROR FILM FEST INVADES THE
CASTRO THEATRE FOR A SPOOK-TACULAR THIRD YEAR!
SPECIAL GUESTS TO INCLUDE LEGENDARY DIRECTOR
JOE DANTE, HAMMER FILM STARLET VERONICA CARLSON, AND HORROR HOST JOHN STANLEY!
San Francisco — The third annual SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival oozes its way into San Francisco’s prestigious Castro Theatre to kick off the Halloween season, with a dozen classic horror films, October 5th -7th, 2007, with a horrific mix of fright films, special guest fiends, ghoulish giveaways, midnight mayhem and more. Hosted by the respected Doktor Goulfinger and lovely Ms. Monster.
Our Guests of Honor this year are actress Veronica Carlson, who will present two of her favorite films, a Hammer Horror double feature of “Dracula Has Risen From the Grave” (1968) and “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” (1969), on Friday, October 5th, Also, the legendary director Joe Dante, will be on hand on Saturday October 6th, to host an entire day of his films, including his 1981 werewolf masterpiece, “The Howling.” They will appear on stage to answer audience questions and discuss their films between the screenings. (Ms. Carlson will be appearing all weekend, while Mr. Dante will be appearing only on Friday and Saturday. During the event),
The Castro Theatre and SHOCK IT TO ME! are also proud to welcome author and horror host John Stanley. If you grew up in Northern California in the '70s and '80s, you’ll remember Stanley as the host of the incredibly popular "Creature Features" (1971-84), broadcast on KTVU Channel 2. Fangoria magazine called John "The Leonard Maltin of Horror." John will not only meet with fans and interview our Guests of Honor on stage, but will bask in the glory of his new book, "I Was a TV Horror Host" -- a historic overview of the Horror Host phenomenon, with his experience on "Creature Features" being the centerpiece.
But that’s not all, there will be a rare midnight screening of “Killer Klowns from Outer Space” (1988), while fans of ‘70s Blaxploitation horror will scream their heads off at the double feature of “Blacula” (1972) and “Sugar Hill” (1974). Also featured this year will be Roman Polanski’s sinister tale of Satanism, “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968). Plus, more films to be announced – twelve terrifying titles in all!
Besides the movies themselves, the upstairs mezzanine of the Castro Theatre will be packed with vendors, eager to sell their horrific wares, goods, t-shirts, memorabilia, posters, DVDs, models, and all things spooky and kooky.
SHOCK IT TO ME! only happens once a year, so don’t miss out on the scariest event of the Halloween Season – we’ll scare the YELL out of you!
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“SHOCK IT TO ME!” 2007 Film Line-Up
• FRIDAY OCTOBER 5th
GET HAMMERED WITH VERONICA CARLSON!
Hammer Horror Double Feature
DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE
Director Freddie Francis, 92 mins., 1968
An atmospheric and beautifully shot Gothic Horror! The Prince of Darkness (Lee) rises from the dead to seek revenge upon Monsignor Muller (Davies), who dared consecrate Castle Dracula, and plots the corruption of his niece Maria (Carlson). Can her atheist lover, Paul (Andrews), save her from eternal damnation? Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson, Barry Andrews, Ewan Hooper, Michael Ripper
FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED
Director Terence Fisher, 101 mins. 1969
One of Hammer’s finest moments! After narrowly being caught for murder, the obsessed Baron Frankenstein (Cushing) takes up residence in a boarding home, but will stop at nothing to proceed with his blasphemous experiments. Frankenstein cruelly blackmails a young couple (Carlson and Ward) into assisting him with his diabolical work. Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Thorley Walters
• FRIDAY OCTOBER 5th
MIDNIGHT MOVIE MASSACRE!
The Late Night Creature Features Picture Show
Feature TBA
• SATURDAY OCTOBER 6th
JOE DANTE’S MONSTROUS MOVIE MATINEE!
Family Friendly Double Feature with director Joe Dante
MATINEE
Director Joe Dante, 99 mins. 1993
A nostalgic tribute to a time when children were able forget the problems of the outside world in a darkened movie theater. During the hysteria of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a young boy (Fenton) looks forward to the opening of the low-budget horror film, Mant!, brought to town by gimmicky producer Lawrence Woolsey – loosely based on schlockmeister William Castle (The Tingler). John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Robert Picardo, Dick Miller
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
Director Joe Dante, 106 mins. 1990
Here they grow again! When the genetics division of the titanic Clamp Corporation, run by Daniel Clamp (Glover), exposes the hapless Gizmo to water, a monstrous pandemonium of Gremlins take over Clamp Towers. As the creatures run amok, they soon threaten to take a bite out of the Big Apple – a really big bite. Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Christopher Lee, Robert Picardo, Dick Miller, Keye Luke
• SATURDAY OCTOBER 6th
JOE DANTE’S MONSTERS WALK AMONG US!
Diabolical Double Feature with director Joe Dante
THE HOWLING
Director Joe Dante, 91 mins. 1981
Investigating the background of the serial killer who threatened to murder her, television anchor Karen White (Wallace) begins to uncover the terrifying secret below the veneer of the small community from which he came. Inexorably, she and her husband (Stone) are drawn into a twilight world in which werewolves are very real, and aren’t fond of publicity. Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Elisabeth Brooks, Christopher Stone, Robert Picardo, Kevin McCarthy, John Carridine, Slim Pickens
Co-Feature TBA
• SATURDAY OCTOBER 6th
MIDNIGHT MOVIE MASSACRE!
The Late Night Creature Features Picture Show
Feature TBA
• SUNDAY OCTOBER 7th
BE AFRO’D! BE VERY AFRO’D!
‘70s Super Soul Shocker Matinee
BLACULA
Director William Crain, 93 mins. 1972
His bite was outta sight! Interior decorators buy the coffin of an African prince bitten by Dracula centuries before and bring it back to Los Angeles. Prince Mamuwalde (Marshall) feeds his hunger while stalking the woman who is the reincarnation of his departed wife (McGee). William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicolas, Thalmus Rasulala, Elisha Cook Jr.
SUGAR HILL
Director Paul Maslansky, 91 mins. 1974
A Blaxpoiltation Zombie Feast! When her boyfriend is murdered by the mob, Sugar Hill (Bey) comes up with a plan to stick it to The Man (Quarry)! With the help of a Voodoo Queen, she sells her soul to Baron Zamedi (Colley), the Lord of the Dead, in order to raise a zombie army to exact revenge! Marki Bey, Robert Quarry, Don Pedro Colley, Richard Lawson, Zara Culley, Big Walter Price
• SUNDAY OCTOBER 7th
THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT!
Demonic Double Feature
ROSEMARY'S BABY
Director Roman Polanski, 136 mins. 1968
Polanski's dark masterpiece! Strange things occur to newlyweds Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse (Cassavetes and Farrow) after moving into a gothic Manhattan building – she is plagued by nightmares and her husband turns cold and distant. When Rosemary becomes pregnant, she suspects that their neighbors have sinister designs on her child. Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Bellamy, Victoria Vetri, Elisha Cook Jr.
Co-feature TBA
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