metroguide cinema
october 2019
Where community meets cinema
Greener Grass Opens October 23
metro cinema at the Garneau ¡ 8712 109 St. Edmonton
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THEATRE SEASON 2019/20
Book by Roger O. Hirson Music and Lyrics by Steven Schwartz November 20–30, 2019
By Arthur Miller January 29– February 8, 2020
Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
The Musical MACEWAN BOX OFFICE Allard Hall, 11110 – 104 Avenue 780-497-4470 Tickets can be ordered online at Tickets.MacEwan.ca 2
Book by Heather Hach March 25–April 4, 2020
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About Us Metro Cinema is a community-based not-for-profit society devoted to creating and fostering opportunities for the exhibition of diverse and unique shared cinematic viewing experiences in Edmonton. metrocinema at the Garneau 8712 - 109 Street, • TEL 780 425 9212 www.metrocinema.org FACEBOOK /metrocinema TWITTER & INSTAGRAM @themetrocinema
Ticket Prices:
Adults - $13 Students/Seniors - $10 ($8 matinee) Children (12 & under) - $8
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Metro Cinema Passes*: Night at the Movies - $30 (2 regular admission, 2 medium drinks, 1 medium popcorn) Six-Pack Adult - $60 Six-Pack Student/Senior - $50 Silver Screen - $300 (Unlimited admission for 1 year) *Passes may not apply to special event rentals, festivals, or premium priced events.
Metro Cinema is grateful for the support of the Alberta Media Arts Alliance, Alberta Media Production Industries Association, CJSR, FAVA, EYESIGHT PUBLISHING, Telefilm Canada, and the Harper-Kennedy Fund at the Edmonton Community Foundation. Metro Cinema wishes to recognize that we work and live on Treaty No. 6 territory of the First Nations – the Cree, Cree-Iroquois, Nakoda Sioux, Saulteaux and Stony – and on the traditional lands of Aboriginal peoples including the Métis, with holdings beyond the official treaty with the Crown.
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At Welcome Wednesdays we extend a warm 8FMDPNF welcome to people who feel uncomfortable in an ordinary 8FEOFTEBZT cinema environment. These relaxed screenings are open to ANYONE who would benefit from a gentler, non-judgemental atmosphere including (but not limited to) people living with dementia; people with an Autism Spectrum condition; people with learning difficulties; people with sensory or communication difficulties; parents with young babies; and anyone who feels they would benefit from a more supportive and inclusive experience. Check out our calendar for the films screening, which will be at 2PM on October 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30.
october Listings One Cut of the Dead
Japan 2017, 96 min, Dir: Shin’ichirô Ueda Japanese with subtitles Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies. Opens September 27
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
USA 2019, 115 min, Dir: Stanley Nelson Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator; he was a singular force of nature, the very embodiment of cool. This documentary explores Davis’ restless determination to break boundaries and live life on his own terms through archival photos and home movies shot by Miles and his colleagues, his manuscripts and Miles’ original paintings. Opens October 1 OCT 1 @ 7PM - Featuring a live music performance by NEK Trio at 6:30PM. 6
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
Canada 2019, 98 min, Dir: Tasha Hubbard The story of the killing of Colton Bushie and his family’s pursuit of justice. Presented by the U of A Intersections of Gender. Free admission. OCT 2 @ 7PM
Dolemite
USA 1975, 90 min, Dir: D’Urville Martin A wrongly jailed man and his female kung-fu friends seek vengeance on the rival who put him away. OCT 2 @ 9:30PM
Skier’s Sportshop Film Festival The annual Skier’s Sportshop Film Festival showcases some of the newest productions in the ski industry. As the boundaries of the sport are continually being pushed, these movies highlight the latest talent and aim to get you stoked for the winter. Tickets are $20 and available at Skier’s Sportshop (8605-109th St.) OCT 4 @ 7PM, OCT 11 @ 7PM
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The Room
USA 2003, 99 min, Dir: Tommy Wiseau The film widely considered the “Citizen Kane of bad movies” screens monthly! Be sure to catch Tommy and his friends for a screening of this classic piece. OCT 4 @ 11:30PM
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
USA 2019, 102 min, Dir: James Bobin Dora, a teenage explorer, leads her friends on an adventure to save her parents and solve the mystery behind a lost city of gold. Free admission for kids 12& under. OCT 5 @ 1PM
Emerald Documentary Series
Canada 2019, 70 min, Dir: Colleen Nuc, Brittany Black, Shauna Scott The Emerald Documentary Series, created by Hoopla Media, showcases the 2019 Emerald Award Recipients: businesses of all sizes, government and community organizations, and passionate individuals who have demonstrated their dedication to the environment and commitment to combating climate change. These sustainability stewards, waste-management experts, and renewable energy innovators span across all industry sectors in Alberta, making the Emeralds the only awards of their kind in Canada. OCT 6 @ 3PM
LitFest presents True Crime Showdown
Vampyros Lesbos
Live Event A candid conversation with Justin Ling of CBC Podcasts’ Uncover: The Village, and the Globe & Mail’s crime reporter Jana Pruden, author of Fear on the Family Farm. Tickets at litfestalberta.org. OCT 5 @ 7PM
West Germany/Spain 1971, 89 min, Dir: Jesús Franco German with subtitles An erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood. OCT 6 @ 9:30PM
First Love
Resident Evil
UK/Germany/France/USA 2002, Japan/UK 2019, 108 min, 100 min, Dir: Paul W.S. Anderson Dir: Takashi Miike A special military unit fights a powJapanese with subtitles erful, out-of-control supercomputer A noir-tinged yakuza film blending genres in the story of a young boxer and hundreds of scientists who have and a call girl, who fall passionately mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident. in love while getting innocently Features video games in the lobby caught up in a drug-smuggling and on the big screen. Co-presentscheme over the course of one ed with Direct Play. OCT 7 @ 7PM night in Tokyo. Opens October 5 www.metrocinema.org 7
Silent Hill
Canada/France/Japan/USA 2006, 125 min, Dir: Christophe Gans A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill. Features video games in the lobby and on the big screen. Co-presented with Direct Play. OCT 7 @ 9:30PM
Aliens
USA/UK 1986, 137 min, Dir: James Cameron Ellen Ripley is rescued by a deep salvage team after being in hypersleep for 57 years. The moon that the Nostromo visited has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, colonial marines have impressive firepower, but will that be enough? OCT 9 @ 6:30PM
Taking Woodstock
USA 2009, 120 min, Dir: Ang Lee A man working at his parents’ motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generationdefining concert in the summer of 1969. Free admission. OCT 10 @ 6:30PM
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
when “tradition” was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations, and religion were evolving. Opens October 12
Doctor Butcher M.D. (AKA Zombie Holocaust)
Italy 1980, 84 min, Dir: Marino Girolami Italian with subtitles In New York City, a hospital worker is found to have been devouring bodies in the morgue. Morgue assistant and anthropology expert Lori (Alexandra Delli Colli) and Dr. Peter Chandler (Ian McCulloch) investigate, and they discover that similar corpse mutilations have occurred in other city hospitals. Peter leads an expedition to the Molucca islands to investigate, where the crew are hunted by cannibals and zombies, the latter created by the sinister Doctor Butcher who is experimenting with corpses. All the thrills and chills you can stand for only $6! Screens in the auditorium. OCT 12 @ MIDNIGHT
Honeyland
Republic of Macedonia 2019, 87 min, Dir: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov Turkish with subtitles The last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood. Opens October 13
USA 2019, 92 min, Dir: Max Lewkowicz The origin story behind one of Broadway’s most beloved musicals, Fiddler on the Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, 8 www.metrocinema.org
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OCTOBER 2019 SCHEDULE SUNDAY
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7PM Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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12:30PM First Love 3PM The Emerald Documentary Series TBA 9:30PM Vampyros Lesbos
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1PM Honeyland 3:30PM Häxan (1922)
Harry Potter: The Early Years
7 7PM Resident Evil - Direct Play 9:30PM Silent Hill - Direct Play
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12:30PM Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 3:30PM Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets TBA 6:30PM Harry Potter and 9:30PM Drag Me To Hell the Prisoner of Azkaban TBA
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2PM Edmonton Short Film Festival 7PM Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
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9:30PM One Cut of the Dead
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7PM First Love 9:15PM Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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TBA 9:30PM A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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Light Tour 1PM The Wolf Man SUNDAY CLASSICS (1941) 3PM Cleaning Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters 7PM The Evil Dead (1981) 109:30PM Greener Grass
TBA 9:30PM What We Do in the Shadows
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7PM Simrit Live in Edmonton
9PM The Corporate Coup d’Etat
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2PM Bir 6: Ext 9:30
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7PM Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 9:30PM Midsommar: Director’s Cut T HE UN IV ER S IT Y OF ALB ERTA’S S T UD EN T JOUR N ALIS M S OCIET Y
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PM The Farewell 8FMDPNF 8FEOFTEBZT
7PM awistamâsowin: e Will Stand Up 30PM Dolemite (1975) 8FMDPNF 8FEOFTEBZT
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2PM Honeyland
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7PM Freaks (2019) 9:15PM Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
7PM Skier’s Film Festival 11:30PM The Room
1PM Dora and the Lost City of Gold TBA 7PM LitFest presents True Crime Showdown 9:30PM First Love
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6:30PM Taking Woodstock
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9:30PM First Love 7PM Hell Yeah! 9:30PM Fascination (1979)
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7PM Candyman BOOM BAP (1992) CinemA M Greener Grass 9:30PM Tigers JSR Film Night Are Not Afraid 0PM Halloween (1978) 8FMDPNF 8FEOFTEBZT
2PM Cleaning The Town: membering Ghostbusters Ghostbusters (1984) PM Greener Grass
SATURDAY
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17 Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles
FRIDAY
18 7PM Ms.45 (1981) 9:30PM Honeyland
25 7PM Greener Grass 10PM The Rocky Horror Picture Show
12 2PM Private Event 7PM Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles TBA 11:59PM Doctor Butcher M.D.
19 1PM The Addams Family (1991) 5PM Edmonton Short Film Festival MIDNIGHT The Rocky Horror Picture Show
26 1PM Beetlejuice 3:15PM Tigers Are Not Afraid 6:30PM Wild Boar 10PM The Rocky Horror Picture Show
31 7PM House
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on Haunted Hill - Metro Halloween Mash 9PM The Beast Must Die - Metro Halloween Mash
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Häxan
Sweden 1922, 105 min, Dir: Benjamin Christensen Swedish Intertitles with English Subtitles Häxan is a terrifying and nuanced look into the history of witchcraft. Part documentary, part horror fantasy it explores torture, mental illness, medieval science, and more. Initially banned and heavily censored, Silent Sundays is proud to present Häxan in its uncut and restored form. OCT 13 @ 3:30PM
Drag Me to Hell
USA 2009, 99 min, Dir: Sam Raimi A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point. Featuring a live drag performance by HOMO-CIDAL Drag Show at before the screening. OCT 13 @ 9:30PM
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone UK/USA 2001, 152 min, Dir: Chris Columbus OCT 14 @ 12:30PM
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
UK/USA/Germany 2002, 161 min, Dir: Chris Columbus OCT 14 @ 3:30PM
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban UK/USA 2004, 142 min, Dir: Alfonso Cuarón OCT 14 @ 6:30PM
A Nightmare on Elm Street USA 1984, 91 min, Dir: Wes Craven, 35th Anniversary The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death. OCT 15 @ 9:30
Fiddler on the Roof Harry Potter: The Early Years Come for all three films, a lesson at Hogwarts, and all the extras! Absolutely no quiddich playing in the theatre, please. Individual films are regular price. Special all-day pass (all three films and a magic lecture at noon) - $24
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USA 1971, 181 min, Dir: Norman Jewison In prerevolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village. OCT 16 @ 7PM
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Hell Yeah!
Live Event Edmonton audiences have fallen in love with God Is A Scottish Drag Queen and now it is time for them to hear the other side of the story. The Devil comes to skewer everything from gingers to marshmallows in a hilarious night of comedy you will never forget! OCT 17 @ 7PM
Fascination
France 1979, 80 min, Dir: Jean Rollin French with subtitles A runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret. OCT 17 @ 9:30PM
Ms. 45
USA 1981, 80 min, Dir: Abel Ferrara A timid and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day, in which she takes to the streets of New York City after dark and randomly shoots men with a .45 caliber pistol. OCT 18 @ 7PM
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
in Wonderland and Little Red-Riding Hood, Valerie and her Week of Wonders is a surreal tale in which love, fear, sex and religion merge into one fantastic world. OCT 20 @ 7PM
The Addams Family
USA 1991, min, Dir: Barry Sonnenfield The eccentric lifestyle of the Addams family is threatened when the family attorney and a greedy mother/son team conspire to steal the family fortune by having the son pose as Gomez Addams’ missing brother Fester. Free admission for kids 12 & under. OCT 19 @ 1PM
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
USA 1975, 100 min, Dir: Jim Sharman Let’s do the Time Warp again! The adventure begins where it always does, as newly engaged Brad and Janet encounter car trouble in rainy weather and find themselves at the castle of the charming transvestite, Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Audience participation is encouraged. Dress up, bring props (but not glitter!), and sing along! We will also be selling prop kits in the lobby for $10, quantities limited. OCT 19 @ MIDNIGHT (Full Shadow Cast), OCT 25 @ 10PM, OCT 26 @ 10 PM
Czechoslovakia 1970, min, Dir: Jaromil Jires Czech with subtitles Inspired by fairy-tales such as Alice 14 www.metrocinema.org
2019 Edmonton Short Film Festival
Worldwide 2019, 90 min, Dir: Various On October 19 Enjoy the best of Alberta Independent Short Film, experience 360/VR films using high-tech headsets, hang out with filmmakers at the Red Carpet Gala, and enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres, live music, and a silent auction. On October 20, check out short films from all around the world and take part in a conversation with local filmmaker, Adam Scorgie. Tickets available at filmfreeway.com. OCT 19 @ 5PM, OCT 20 @ 2PM
SIMRIT live in Edmonton
Live Event Ethereal Wave & Neo-Psychedelic World Beat band, SIMRIT, is coming to celebrate the release of their upcoming new album When We Return. Imagine that the Aurora Borealis could sing: that’s Simrit’s voice. There is nothing like this sound or configuration on the planet. With a virtuosic psychedelic and groovin’ world beat band and ethereal vocals...SIMRIT will leave you spellbound with their epic and cinematic music that is hauntingly beautiful and gets under your skin. OCT 22 @ 7PM
Greener Grass
The Corporate Coup D’Etat USA 2019, 95 min, Canada/USA 2018, 80 min, Dir: Fred Peabody A horror film of the most realistic kind. Journalist Chris Hedges and philosopher John Ralston Saul examine the current state of American politics, arguing that corporate power has eclipsed the power of its citizens. OCT 20 @ 9:30PM
Dir: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field. This deliciously twisted comedy was the hit of Sundance. Opens October 23 OCT 23 @ 7PM - CJSR Film Night
Election Night: Can’t We Get Along?
Halloween
USA 1978, 91 min, Live Screening Dir: John Carpenter A plea for empathy on election Fifteen years after murdering his sisnight, featuring readings with ter on Halloween night 1963, Michael Humble the Poet, Kai Cheng Thom, Ayelet Tsabari, and Ami McKay. Fol- Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of lowing the author readings, watch Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. the election results roll in on the OCT 23 @ 9:30PM big screen! Hosted by Dave Cournoyer. Admission is by donation. OCT 21 @ 6PM www.metrocinema.org 15
CandyMan
BOOM BAP
USA 1992, 99 min, CinemA Dir: Bernard Rose The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster’s myth. OCT 24 @ 7PM
Tigers Are Not Afraid
Mexico 2017, 83 min, Dir: Issa López, Spanish with subtitles A dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug war. OCT 24 @ 9:30PM, OCT 26 @ 3:15PM
USA 1988, 92 min, Dir: Tim Burton The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out. Free admission for kids 12 & under OCT 26 @ 1PM
USA 2019, 90 min Dir: Barney Burman Wild Boar follows a small group of treasure seekers, also known as “Geocachers,” who trek into the desert to conquer a Geocache Challenge. Out in the wild they stumble upon a forbidden world 16
Garneau Ghost Light History Tour
Live Event Get a rare glimpse at the history and hidden spaces of Edmonton’s grand Art Deco Garneau Theatre on this tour, with host Dave Clarke. We can only accommodate a few for the tour – book early to avoid disappointment. OCT 27 @ 11AM
The Wolf Man
Beetlejuice
Wild Boar
flooded with radiation and inhabited by a race of bloodthirsty mutants who have evolved from pigs. Presented by The Edmonton Prop Museum. Specially priced tickets available at thepropmuseum.com/ wild-boar. OCT 26 @ 6:30PM
SUNDAY
USA 1941, 70 min, CLASSICS Dir: George Waggner A practical man returns to his homeland, is attacked by a creature of folklore, and infected with a horrific disease his disciplined mind tells him can not possibly exist. OCT 27 @ 1PM
Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
UK 2019, 90 min, Dir: Anthony Bueno The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the Ghostbusters franchise. It features interviews with cast and crew alongside never-before-seen archive material. Opens October 27
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EVERYONE FOR A WONDERFUL 2019. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AUGUST 1-3, 2020 17
The Evil Dead
USA 1981, 85 min, Dir: Sam Raimi Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin, where they discover a book that turns out to be powerful evil once the incantations are read out loud. They find themselves helpless to stop the evil as it takes them one by one. Co-presented by DEDfest. Advance Tickets available at The Lobby(10815 82 Ave). OCT 27 @ 7PM
What We Do in the Shadows
New Zealand/USA 2014, 86 min, Dir: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane–like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts. OCT 28 @ 9:30PM
Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo
USA 2019, 107 min, Dir: Brett Harvey 71 years in the making, Inmate #1: The Rise Of Danny Trejo is the feature documentary experience revealing the extraordinary life journey of Hollywood’s most unlikely hero, Danny Trejo. Presented by NorthwestFest OCT 29 @ 7PM
Midsommar: Director’s Cut
THE UN IVERSITY OF ALBERTA’S STUD EN T JOURN ALISM SOCIETY
a rural hometown’s fabled midsummer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult. Free for all students with valid ID. OCT 29 @ 9:30PM
Ghostbusters
USA 1984, 105 min, Dir: Ivan Reitman, 35th Anniversary After the members of a team of scientists lose their cushy positions at a university in New York City, they decide to wage a high-tech battle with the supernatural for money. When they stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, it releases evil upon the city, and they must now save it from complete destruction. OCT 30 @ 7PM
6th Annual Metro Halloween Mash Groovy ghoulies listen up! It’s time for the 6th annual Halloween Metro Mash! The night begins with our old friend William Castle’s House on Haunted Hill presented in EMERGO. A bloodcurdling supernatural murder mystery starring Vincent Price with an appearance by a very special guest. Our second creature feature, The Beast Must Die is part mystery, part Blaxploitation, part thriller, and all werewolf ARWOOOO! Presented with vintage WEREWOLF BREAK. Tickets: $13 (Kids 12 & under: $8). OCT 31 @ 7PM - House on Haunted Hill OCT 31 @ 9PM - The Beast Must Die
USA 2019, 171 min, Dir: Ari Aster A couple travels to Sweden to visit 18 www.metrocinema.org
Presents
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E DMON T ON’S SE X IE S T F IL M F E S T I VA L MASSIVE THANKS TO METRO CINEMA, OUR SPONSORS, VOLUNTEERS, FILMMAKERS, AND YOU THE AUDIENCE FOR HELPING US MAKE THIS YEAR’S BLUE REVUE A HUGE SUCCESS.
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