The Dark of the Matinee
A season full of thrills, chills, smiles, tears, scares and buckets of blood, with films from across the service that are set in the cinema or theatre and inspired by ‘The Last Matinee’, ‘The Dark of the Matinee’ highlights the refuge that the cinema can be for us, but also all the scary things that could happen in there… once the lights go down.
So, get your run to the snack bar done before the trailers start, turn your phone off - not just to silent - scooch down low in your seat and get ready for a collection of films that will remind you why you love the movie theater experience so much, but also maybe make you realise that its dim, sticky-floored confines could also make the perfect hunting ground.
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Messiah of Evil
1973 • United States • Directed by Willard Huyck
A woman arrives in a sleepy seaside town after receiving unsettling letters from her father, only to discover the town is under the influence of a strange cult that weeps tears of blood and hunger for human flesh.
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The Monster of the Opera
1964 • Italy • Directed by Renato Polselli
Conceived as a sequel to their landmark THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA, director Renato Polselli (THE REINCARNATION OF ISABEL, DELIRIUM) and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK) resurrected their gothic-fiend-stalks-a-theatrical-tro...
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Blood Theatre
1984 ･ United States ･ Directed by Rick Sloane
An old movie house plagued with a history of unexplained tragedies is reopened with new hopes, but bloody history repeats itself once again.
