Films and Events
SPECIAL EVENTS & NOTEWORTHY ATTRACTIONS ALWAYS INCLUDE:
* MOVIE, MOVIES and more MOVIES! We cram in as many classic Drive-In movies, independent films and shorts as we can pack into a weekend. You’ll find movies and shorts on real 16mm film in our 200 seat “Film Room” and all kinds of indy films, shorts, and guest related features in our smaller, 100 seat “Video and DVD projection Room” all weekend long.
* Q&A Sessions, Live Movie Commentaries, Guest Talks and Movie Introductions... Our guests are always willing to interact with attending fans, and we’ve come up with all kinds of fun stuff for them to do over the years. Let’s see what we come up with for the next show shall we?
* Join us for “A GHASTLEE NITE AT THE MOVIES” every Saturday Night beginning at 8:00pm. Hosted by Dayton, Ohio’s very own A. Ghastlee Ghoul and featuring any number of our attending Horror Hosts from the Horror Host Underground, “A Ghastlee Nite at the Movies” isn’t really a film screening at all. It’s more a night of “live entertainment” and laughs. Join us for an evening of silly skits, bad music, interactive games and contests, surprise guests or anything else Ghastlee and the attending Horror Hosts come up with.
* SURPRISES and MORE SURPRISES! With most of the shows we run, things fall together at the last minute and we are able to cram in even more than the posted schedule will let you know about. It may be a surprise guest addition, extra film screening, a special event, movie introduction from a guest... You just never know until you arrive at the show and see if something extra fit into the schedule, but everyone likes surprises, right? Fortunately for you, we like springing a few on you every chance we get!
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AND WHAT ABOUT THE MOVIES YOU ASK?...
You can't have a "Movie Convention" without them, can you? ABSOLUTELY NOT! And we plan on showing plenty of films on both 16mm Film and Video at Cinema Wasteland - Many of which may be hosted by the Stars and Directors appearing as Guests at the show. Our evening film show is Free to all attendees and hotel guests.
Here are the movies we are showing on 16mm film:
THE ALIEN FACTOR (1979) A spaceship crash lands outside Baltimore and a trio of alien creatures emerge to terrorize the local townsfolk in this cult B movie gem from director Don Dohler. Look out for The Leemold, a reptilian monster that can suck the life force from humans. Side step The Inferbyce, a gooey clawed creature from beyond the stars; and beware the walking carpet known as Zagatile for rug burns can hurt a plenty! Watch for local Baltimore thespian and Dohler regular, George Stover, and TV Horror Host Count Gore DeVol sans make-up in a regular acting role.
PHANTASM (1979) Weird happenings at the Morningside mortuary. Seems the sinister “Tall Man” is committing murder, robbing graves, and squashing the dead into dwarves that are used as slave laborers in an alternate dimension. Hot on the Tall Man’s trail is 15 year old Mike, who inadvertently uncovers the fiendish otherworldly grave robbing plot. He involves his older brother, Jody, and his brother’s ice cream truck driving buddy, Reggie (Reggie Bannister), and the trio of unlikely heroes set out to put a stop to the actions of the menacing Tall Man. Chock full of more fun that you can shake a dozen recent horror movie turds at, the Phantasm franchise went on to include three more installments in the series to date. The first film is a fan favorite, and well worth another watch if you’ve already seen it.
TRACK OF THE MOONBEAST (1976) After listening to Professor Salina talk about the legend of the Indian “Lizard God” Paul and Kathy get the opportunity to catch a meteor storm over New Mexico. When a fragment of meteor lodges itself in Paul’s brain (really), he turns into a rubber suited reptilian monster as night falls and goes on a murderous rampage in the outskirts of town. Professor Salina discovers that this sort of thing has actually happened before when he discovers ancient Indian drawings and hot-pants wearing Kathy loves Paul enough to try and save him. Effects man Pal Blasco designed the monster suit and plays the moon beast. When it comes to no budget monster suit mayhem, it’s hard to beat Track of the Moonbeast.
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Here are the movies we are showing on DVD or Video Projection:
THE ABOMINATION (1986) Cody is worried about his mom. She’s fallen under the spell of televangelist Brother Fogg and believes she wharfed up a satanic tumor on the living room floor. The “tumor” turns out to be one of an army of blood thirsty monsters that begin to breed in Cody’s stomach and cause him to drive around town looking for fresh victims to hack up and feed to the ever increasing hoard of “abominations” that begin to hide in every nook and crappy of his house. Loaded with pulsing, squirting, slimy, and blood soaked effects from beginning to end. The Abomination will be making its DVD premier at October’s show. Stop over and grab your copy from producer Matt Devlen and Muther Video herself come show time.
DEADBEAT AT DAWN (1988) Goose (Jim VanBebber) is the leader of the Ravens. His girl convinces him to give up the gang life while the leader of The Spiders, a rival gang, has resident psychopath, Bone Crusher (Marc Pitman), teach Goose’s ol’ lady a lesson she’ll never forget. After the two gangs team up to pull off a bank heist, they set out to destroy each other to keep all the loot for themselves. Goose not only wreaks havoc with both gangs after his girl is murdered, but winds up with the cash and sets out to avoid both the cops and an entire city full of bloodthirsty degenerates to keep it. Life, death, brutality, and surprisingly well acted; Deadbeat at Dawn has earned it’s cult status over the years by supplying fans with class A entertainment on an independent B movie budget. Join director and star, Jim Van Bebber, along with producer and cinematographer, Mike King, as well as “Bone Crusher” himself, Marc Pitman, for a screening of DEADBEAT on Friday night this October.
EL TOPO (1970) “The Mole.” Director and star, Alejandro Jodorowsky, is the win-at-any-cost gunslinger El Topo, who cheats and defeats all of his rivals to become number one. But what price will he ultimately pay on his bizarre path to self-enlightenment and redemption? The movie El Topo is kind of like taking cool 60’s European arthouse cinema and mixing it with a liberal dose of Zen Buddhism and christian bible thumping to create a truly unique quasi-spaghetti-Western movie experience to say the least. El Topo was also the film that started the whole “midnight movie” craze, drawing crowds of fans into theaters at midnight to watch a two hour movie well into the 1970’s. Robert John, who played the grown up son of El Topo in the film, is making his first ever convention appearance with us this October, and will be doing an introduction (and/or a Q&A after the movie), so be sure to check your weekend schedule of events for the exact screening time.
OZONE! ATTACK OF THE RED NECK MUTANTS (1986) A hole in the ozone layer is causing your typical Texas red neck to turn into flesh hungry mutants. Paced a tad slow, but offering up more than its share of gore, this sort of like “Redneck Zombies” (but made a year earlier) horror outing offers up enough blood and splatter to keep even the most jaded gore hounds in their seat once it gets rolling. And honestly, who doesn’t want to see everyone at a karaoke contest attacked by a group of mutants? Ozone: Attack of the Redneck Mutants will be making its DVD premier at October’s show. Stop over and grab your copy from director and producer Matt Devlen and Muther Video herself come show time.
THOU SHALT NOT KILL... EXCEPT! (1985) After Jack Stryker took a couple bullets in the leg in Vietnam, he returned to the States to settle down with his girlfriend Sally and resume normal life. Meanwhile, a demented cult leader (played to the hilt by Evil Dead director Sam Raimi) has been conducting blood sacrifices with unwilling victims. One day, Jack finds Sally missing and her grandfather used as a human dartboard. That’s when he calls in his old war buddies, grabs a stash of weapons, and heads out to put an end to the murderous cult of killers in this enjoyable and at times, delightfully over-the-top indy from director Josh Becker. I can’t imagine it will be too hard to get Josh to do and introduction or little Q&A after his film when he joins us this October?
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AND DON’T FORGET ABOUT ALL THE OTHER “WASTELAND” VIDEO AND FILM BITS WE SCREEN ALL WEEKEND LONG. PLENTY OF HORROR MOVIE TRAILERS, ASSORTED SHORT FILMS, AND EVEN SOME CLASSIC THREE STOOGES ARE GENERALLY ALWAYS RUN SOMEWHERE DURING WEEKEND!
** Please consult the Cinema Wasteland Program Guide upon checking in for a complete film show listing and their approximate starting times. The film line-up is subject to last minute changes. **