It’s a jungle out there—and in a man vs. beast world, it’s every creature for themselves.
Bring your best blood-curdling screams to the return of Jacob Burns Film Center’s 12-hour horror movie marathon. Stay up all night for seven spine-tingling films, trailers, and other weird movie surprises. Don’t forget your costume: we’ll have prizes for the best dressed, plus other giveaways and trick-or-treats to-be-announced.
We’ll get the party started with a pre-marathon get together at Take 3 Wine Bar & Café at 7:30. The festivities move into our Theater for a costume contest at 8:30, with the first film starting right as the clock strikes 9:00. Bring a friend—or your favorite movie monster—for this one-of-a-kind experience.
Tickets: $50 (members); $50 (students); $60 (nonmembers)
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
Jack Arnold. 1954. 79 min. G.
Remnants of a mysterious animal have come to light in a remote jungle, and a group of scientists intends to determine if the find is an anomaly or evidence of an undiscovered beast. To accomplish their goal, the scientists (Antonio Moreno, Richard Carlson, Richard Denning, Whit Bissell) must brave the most perilous pieces of land South America has to offer. But the terrain is nothing compared to the danger posed by an otherworldly being that endangers their work and their lives.
On 35mm and in glorious old school 3D!
THE THING
John Carpenter. 1982. 109 min. R.
In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot (Kurt Russell) and the camp doctor (Richard Dysart) lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.
On 35mm!
INFESTED
Sébastien Vanicek. 2023. 106 min. NR.
Kaleb is about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister over an inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend. Fascinated by exotic animals, he finds a venomous spider in a shop and brings it back to his apartment. It only takes a moment for the spider to escape and reproduce, turning the whole building into a dreadful web trap. The only option for Kaleb and his friends is to find a way out and survive.
ANACONDA
Luis Llosa. 1997. 89 min. PG-13.
Filmmaker Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez) is traveling deep in the Amazon jungle looking for a forgotten tribe. Terri and her crew, which includes an anthropologist (Eric Stoltz) and a cameraman (Ice Cube), come across Paul (Jon Voight), who is stranded on the riverbank. He offers to help them find the tribe, but his secretive behavior puts everyone on edge. They realize too late that he’s using them to find a legendary anaconda that’s worth a fortune—if they can catch it.
On 35mm!
PIRANHA
Joe Dante. 1978. 94 min. R.
When some jerks skinny-dip near a government testing lab, they accidentally unleash . . . Piranha!! The bloodthirsty fishies rend flesh in a small-town lake while a drunk scientist, a go-getting detective, and exploitation superstars Dick Miller, Paul Bartel, and Barbara Steele hang out and take care of business. From Gremlins to Innerspace, director Dante is a master of transforming genre pastiche into peerless entertainment. Piranha is a rare delight—a knockoff just as fun as the original, with SFX guru Rob Bottin’s puppet fish a wonder to behold.
Q: THE WINGED SERPENT
Larry Cohen. 1982. 93 min. R.
Its name is Quetzalcoatl, a dragon-like Aztec god that is summoned to modern-day Manhattan by a mysterious cult. But just call it “Q”…because that is all you’ll be able to say before it tears you apart! Roosting within the top of the Chrysler Building, this fearsome monster begins raining blood – from the bodies of window washers, construction workers and rooftop sunbathers alike – onto the streets of New York!
Director Larry Cohen (It’s Alive, Maniac Cop) “proves himself to be among the most creative, original and intelligent American horror film directors [with] this bizarre masterwork” (TV Guide), while the fantastic cast includes Michael Moriarty (Law & Order), who’s “fun to watch” (Roger Ebert) as a small-time thief who finds the nest of the creature, and Richard Roundtree (Shaft) and David Carradine (Kill Bill) as New York’s finest, hot on the serpentine tail of the bloodthirsty Q!
TREMORS
Ron Underwood. 1990. 96 min. PG-13.
Repairmen Val McKee (Kevin Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Fred Ward) are tired of their dull lives in the small desert town of Perfection, Nev. But just as the two try to skip town, they happen upon a series of mysterious deaths and a concerned seismologist (Finn Carter) studying unnatural readings below the ground. With the help of an eccentric couple (Reba McEntire, Michael Gross), the group fights for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh.
