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TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema

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While Rocky Horror soldiered on, by then a phenomenon unto itself, and new films like The Warriors (1979), [20] Altered States (1980), [20] Forbidden Zone (1980, released 1982), [30] The Evil Dead (1981), [20] Heavy Metal (1981), [20] Mommie Dearest (1981), [31] Liquid Sky (1982), Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982), [14] Repo Man (1984) [20] and Akira (1988) [20]—all from mainstream distributors—were picked up by the midnight movie circuit, the core of exhibitors that energized the movement was disappearing. The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news about films with major releases. Parking is available at the leisure complex, approximately 30 metres from the venue entrance, with accessible spaces available for blue badge holders.

Showcase and Showcase Cinema de Lux are committed to providing you with the ultimate film-going experience. In our autism-friendly screenings, the lights are left on low, the sound is turned down and trailers and adverts aren't played. Neil Cornelius is the only hair salon in the UK to offer its cut, blowdry and colour services by appointment, 24/7. Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film (New York and London: New York University Press). Polo Bar, a spruced-up caff by Liverpool Street Station, serves all-day and all-night breakfasts and various other dishes for less than a tenner.A quarter-century later, Cassandra Peterson established a persona that was essentially a ditzier, more buxom version of Vampira. Midnight screenings of the film soon became a national sensation, amassing a cult following all over the United States. Midnight movie staples Freaks (1932) and Night of the Living Dead (1968) were inducted in 1994 and 1999 respectively. We do receive a high volume of e-mails and so cannot guarantee an individual response to all communications.

As Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Cassandra Peterson presented late-night movies on the Movie Macabre series. Fantasy and Horror in the Media: 2004," in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Eighteenth Annual Collection, ed. The exclusive Members' area spreads across three floors including a mezzanine level, and the star of the show is its beautiful roof terrace that hangs over Piccadilly Circus.The jewel in Picturehouse Central’s crown, The Members' Bar and Roof Terrace is the perfect place to escape the crowds with its incredible views and luxurious layout. With the hustle and bustle of one of Europe’s busiest streets below you, it’s the perfect spot for a relaxed daytime coffee or a delicious after-work cocktail. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. The term midnight movie is rooted in the practice that emerged in the 1950s of local television stations around the United States airing low-budget genre films as late-night programming, often with a host delivering ironic asides. In 1988, the midnight movie experience was institutionalized in a new manner with the introduction of the Toronto International Film Festival's nightly Midnight Madness section.

With fine wines, Champagnes, craft beers, house-made cocktails, popcorn, sweet and savoury treats all available to enjoy at your seat.

By the time the fabled Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge, Massachusetts, shut its doors after a fire in 1986, [32] the days of the theatrical midnight movie as a significant countercultural phenomenon were already past. The staff always come over as not bothered, and unfriendly, and to be honest, I'm not surprised; the place hasn't changed in all the time it's been open, it must be so disappointing to work there. Older films are also popular on the circuit, appreciated largely in an imposed camp fashion—a midnight movie tradition that goes back to the 1972 revival of the hectoring anti-drug movie Reefer Madness (1936).

We ask guests to not bring in large bags with them, and to not wear fancy dress masks or bring replica weapons with them to the cinema. Opening later this year, adjacent to The Cinema In The Power Station , will be an exclusive private members bar and restaurant, an intimate place to relax. Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites. From midnight movies to swanky restaurants serving food all night and London’s first all-hours hair salon, there are a multitude of fun things to do until the wee hours that don’t involve alcohol. Where the irony with which Reefer Madness was adopted as a midnight favorite had its roots in a countercultural sensibility, in the latter's place there is now the paradoxical element of nostalgia: the leading revivals on the circuit currently include the crème de la crème of the John Hughes oeuvre— The Breakfast Club (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)—and the preteen adventure film The Goonies (1985).

In the spring of 1954, Los Angeles TV station KABC expanded on the concept by having an appropriately offbeat host introduce the films: for a year on Saturday nights, The Vampira Show, with Maila Nurmi in her newly adopted persona of a sexy bloodsucker ("Your pin-down girl"), presented low-budget movies with black humor and a low-cut black dress.

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