Posts Tagged ‘Cinema’

We recently found out that you naughty northerners are being blessed with a Halloween horror film fest at the Star and Shadow Cinema in Newcastle upon Tyne. Here’s what we’ve heard…

CLASSIC BRITISH HORROR FILM SEASON

11th – 31st OCTOBER 2009

STAR AND SHADOW CINEMA, STEPNEY BANK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 2NP

www.starandshadow.org.uk//info@starandshadow.org.uk//0191 261 0066

October at the Star and Shadow is a month that celebrates the Great British Horror Film.

Over recent years, we have seen a resurgence of a very British horror genre that plays on our fears of society, youth culture, family and the ‘other’.  We celebrate this by looking back to British horror’s cinematic history (1950s to 1980s). From the kitsch and cult to the disturbing and ghostly, our season culminates in a HALLOWE’EN DOUBLE BILL PARTY.  Be prepared to be scared…

Sunday 11th October 2009, 7.30pm

Hammer Horror’s Dracula

(T. Fisher, 1958, Cert.12, 82mins)

To start our Classic British Horror Season in style, we will screen the quintessentially British ‘Dracula’! Brought to you by Hammer Horror, starring Christopher Lee as the bloodsucker and Peter Cushing as possibly the best cinema Van Helsing!  Don’t dare see it…alone!

+ Special Guest: Gail-Nina Anderson

Sunday 18th October 2009, 7.30pm

Peeping Tom

(M. Powell, 1960, Cert.15, 101mins)

A British masterpiece, Peeping Tom is a psychological thriller/horror, which explores voyeurism and violence.  Michael Powell’s extraordinary film is the story of a lonely psychopathic cameraman—his childhood traumas, sexual crises, and murderous revenge as an adult.

Sunday 25th October 2009, 7.30pm

Tales from the Crypt

(F. Francis, 1972, Cert.18, 92mins)

Five unfortunate people find themselves lost in a vault with a mysterious crypt-keeper as their host.  As each is told the story of their last moments, we look on in horror… DEATH LIVES in the vault of horror!  A classic ‘horror-omnibus’ from Amicus Productions. Starring Joan Collins, Peter Cushing and Ralph Richardson.

+ Special Guest: Professor Peter Hutchings

Saturday 31st October 2009, 9pm

An American Werewolf in London

(J. Landis, 1981, Cert.18, 97mins)

The first film in our HALLOWE’EN DOUBLE BILL PARTY!

One of the most memorable 1980s horror/comedies to come out of our foggy moors. A cult classic! Two American students backpacking across Europe wander across English moors at night, against the warnings of the locals, and are attacked by a… well… could it be..?

Saturday 31st October 2009, Midnight

The Haunting

(R. Wise, 1963, Cert.12, 112mins)

The MIDNIGHT MOVIE to our HALLOWE’EN DOUBLE BILL PARTY!

(Please note that this is the original and not the remake, which isn’t scary at all!)

Researching paranormal activity and the existence of ghosts, Dr Markway investigates Hill House – a mansion with a history of insanity and violent accidents.  He brings with him three others and together they fall victim to the house.

You may not believe in ghosts, but you cannot deny terror.

Hallowe’en Double Bill Party

October has been leading up to this… A double bill of horror to end the Classic British Horror Season and, of course, Hallowe’en!  Come dressed to horrify, enjoy Bloody Marys and the Star and Shadow’s very own Slaughter Todd cocktail (in honour of the North-East’s very own horror actor), hang out with your friends, chat, dance, trick or treat and prepare yourselves for what’s to come…

The cult classic An American Werewolf in London will be screened at 9.30pm, and following this at midnight is the terrifying ghost film, The Haunting.

Doors open at 8pm until the end of the night.  One film: £4/£3; double bill party: £7/£5.

Entry for all films is £4/£3 concessions, unless otherwise stated.  Everyone who comes to the Star and Shadow must become a member: this is only £1 for the calendar year.  The Star and Shadow will not turn anyone away through a lack of funds and entry for Asylum Seekers is free.

The Star and Shadow is run entirely by volunteer members, with all members having a say in what we do and how we do it.