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misunderstood & maligned films / experiments.

previous screenings:
red dawn, purple rain, the fog, motel hell, hardbodies, the wizard, terror at london bridge, a nightmare on elm street 2, hunter's blood, jason lives: friday the 13th part VI, friday the 13th part V: a new beginning, friday the 13th part IV: the final chapter, the taking of beverly hills, under siege, witchtrap, witchboard, 3:15 the moment of truth, class of 1984, back to the future, back to the future part II, back to the future part III, gleaming the cube, freaked, the car, license to drive, my bodyguard, angus, house on the edge of the park, I come in peace, the punisher (1989), rocky IV, universal soldier, red scorpion, carnival magic, surf II, eliminators, lobster man from mars, darkman, mad max, the road warrior, mad max beyond thunderdome, equalizer 2000, city limits, aliens, road house, foxes, she's out of control, 10 things i hate about you, basic instinct, targets, yor the hunter from the future, deathstalker II: duel of the titans, conan the barbarian, the sword and the sorcerer, barbarian queen, footloose, future-kill, new year's evil, jingle all the way, PHASE IV, the last dragon, action jackson, waxwork, sorcerer, the stepfather, alien nation, the wraith, creepers, house on sorority row, zombie, teenage mother, the power, raw force, hard to kill, over the top, the keep, showgirls, idle hands, little darlings, the gate, rainbow brite & the star stealer, night of the juggler, chopping mall, just one of the guys, delta force, humanoids from the deep, never too young to die, burial ground, heavenly bodies, zardoz, creature from black lake, smokey and the bandit, burnt offerings, the multinauts, the howling, gremlins 2, piranha, the funhouse, can't hardly wait, streets of fire, harley davidson and the marlboro man, commando, dirty dancing, jaws 2, cool as ice, demons, invasion usa, slumber party massacre, the legend of billie jean, big trouble in little china, joysticks, army of darkness, howard the duck, deep red, vanishing point, revenge of the nerds, they live, rock 'n' roll high school.

previous special guests:
actress Lea Thompson for Red Dawn; writer/ producers Robert Jaffe & Steven-Charles Jaffe for Motel Hell; actor Courtney Gaines for Hardbodies; special letter from screenwriter Ron Base for Heavenly Bodies; actor Luke Edwards, director Todd Holland and editor Tom Finan for The Wizard; actress Lindsay Bloom for Terror at London Bridge; actor Robert Rusler for A Nightmare on Elm Street 2; producer Myrl Schriebman, actors Clu Gulager, Mayf Nutter, Billy Drago & Bryan Rasmussen, cinematographer Tom Denove, stunt coordinator Rawn Hutchinson and production manager Andrew La Marca for Hunter's Blood; writer/ director Tom McLoughlin for Jason Lives: Friday The 13th Part VI; actor Lee Ving for The Taking Of Beverly Hills; video taped intro by writer/ producer J.F. Lawton for Under Siege; director Kevin Tenney, producer Daniel Duncan & actors James W. Quinn & J.P. Luebsen for Witchtrap; director Kevin Tenney plus actors Stephen Nichols, James W. Quinn & J.P. Luebsen for Witchboard; screenwriter Tom Holland for Class of 1984; actors Christopher Lloyd, Jeffrey Weissman & Claudia Wells for the Back to the Future trilogy; actor Art Chudabala for Gleaming the Cube; actress Megan Ward & co-writers/directors/stars Alex Winter & Tom Stern for Freaked; director Tony Bill for My Bodyguard; star Charlie Talbert for Angus; director Lamberto Bava, special effects expert Sergio Stivaletti and actress Geretta Geretta for Demons; director Ruggero Deodato & star David Hess for House On The Edge Of The Park; director Mark Goldblatt for The Punisher (1989); director Randall Badat, producer George Braunstein, first assistant director D. Scott Easton and star Eddie Deezen for Surf II; writers Paul De Meo & Danny Bilson for Eliminators; director Stanley Sheff & actor Richard Penn for Lobster Man From Mars; star Richard Norton for Equalizer 2000; actor Vernon Wells for The Road Warrior; actress Ami Dolenz & screenwriter Seth Winston for She's Out Of Control; star John Terlesky & director Jim Wynorski for Deathstalker II; director Mike Marvin & actor Matthew Barry for The Wraith; actors David Mendenhall & Jimmy Keegan for Over The Top; star Rena Riffel & editor Mark Goldblatt for Showgirls; actors Seth Green & Elden Henson for Idle Hands, special message from screenwriter Dalene Young presented by her daughter Eden for Little Darlings; director Tibor Takács & writer Michael Nankin for The Gate; voice actor David Mendenhall for Rainbow Brite & The Star Stealer; director Jim Wynorski & actress Kelli Maroney for Chopping Mall; producer Hunt Lowry & editor Mark Goldblatt for Humanoids From The Deep; director Joe Dante, actress Dee Wallace & effects wizard Rob Bottin for The Howling; q&a with director Joe Dante moderated by film maker Edgar Wright for Gremlins 2; actors Joel Michaely, Michelle Brookhurst, Joel Michaely, Jay Paulson, Victor Togunde & Nicole Bilderback for Can't Hardly Wait; screenwriter Don Michael Paul for Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man; actor James Hong & editor Steve Mirkovich for Big Trouble In Little China; director Greydon Clark, actors Jim Greenleaf & Jon Gries for Joysticks.

other favorites:
loose screws, dawn of the dead, shriek of the mutilated, turk 182, deadly spawn, nightflyers, private school, adventures of buckaroo banzai, basket case, mortuary academy, april fool's day, valley girl, predator, freebie and the bean, real genius, criminally insane, nukie, hamburger the motion picture, wizard of gore, thunder warrior, phantasm II, weird science, night of the demon, thrashin', double impact, death wish 1 + 2 + 3, fraternity vacation, the stuff, garbage pail kids: the movie, she's all that, initiation, meatballs II, tuff turf, halloween 1-5, pulse beat, raw courage, girls nite out, fast forward, teen witch, the destroyer, fade to black.

home made / lo-fi / italian / backyard / straight to video / splatter epics, 70s/80s.

cyberpunk, post apocalypse, revenge, prison, cheerleader

john carpenter, dario argento, russ meyer, david cronenberg, larry cohen, greydon clark, h.g. lewis, jim wynorski, joe dante, nico mastarakis.

phoebe cates, dolph lundgren, daphne zuniga, alex winter, kelli maroney, chuck norris, lucinda dickey, corey 'n corey.