Dick Miller Triple Feature Tonight in the Twin Cities!?

If you've made it out to all of the JoeDante series screenings, you may have noticed a certain actor making brief but memorable appearances in each flick. In Small Soldiers he was the toy delivery driver, in Piranha he was the resort owner, in The Howling he was the bookstore owner, in The Burbs he was one of the garbage men,and tonight he'll be plow driver Murray Futterman in both Gremlins 1 & 2. (Bonus Horror for the Holidays appearance: in Night of the Creeps he's the guy who gives the flame thrower to Tom Atkins!) Yes, we are talking about everyone's favorite “that guy” Dick Miller!

We've been pumped for the Gremlins double feature all month long, and just yesterday it was brought to our attention that we could make this a triple feature night if we stopped by The Southern Theater. The Southern has been featuring some pretty fantastic plays, performance pieces, and live accompaniment movies this month, and after each day's performances they've topped the night off with some amazing movie screenings. Tonight they are screening the original Little Shop of Horrors, featuring the one and only Dick Miller!

So come see Gremlins 1 & 2 and make the drive over to the Southern Theater by 12:45AM and catch LittleShop of Horrors in an amazing old theater. (if you get there a little early you can see some of Tim's monster taxidermy adorning the walls to boot) We're totally making it a Miller triple feature night, join us won't you?

Gremlins 7:30 and Gremlins 2 (on 35mm) 9:30(ish) @ Theatres at Mall of America, 5 bucks each movie. Little Shop of Horrors 12:45 @ The Southern Theater, free!

Super Awesome Bonus Trivia:

Dick Miller has appeared in at least 174 films, and we've seen our fair share of them, but so far we've only seen him play the lead in one film. Dick stars in the Roger Corman classic Bucket of Blood as a beatnik sculptor Walter Paisley. That character name became somewhat of a inside joke to those who loved to cast him. In The Howling, Chopping Mall, Twilight Zone The Movie, and a handful of other films his character credit is some version of Walter Paisley. (We're beside ourselves excited for the documentary That Guy Dick Miller to be released, we've heard nothing but good things about it and we could listen to stories about Mr. Miller all day!)

Halloween III with Tom Atkins.

I am beyond excited for tomorrow. Not only do I get to see one of my favorite Halloween movies on the big screen but I get to do it in the presence of a true badass and MVP* of Horror for the Holidays this year, TOM ATKINS!! 

Ive never actually been able to see Halloween 3 in a theater before. Ive never even heard of anyone screening it around here, since most people seem to hate it. I on the other hand have always thought it got a bad wrap.

You throw together some H. P. Lovecraft/old world witchcraft and mix it with 80's telecommunications technology. Then add some commentary on consumerism and advertising. Put it together with fantastic cinematography by Dean Cundey, a great synth score by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth, and of course my favorite beer drinking leading man Tom Atkins. Im not sure whats not to like.

Get down to the Starbar in the Theaters starting at 6:30 to snag one of 50 limited edition posters I made for the event and if your there real early you will also get one of these sweet Halloween 3 button packs.

7:30 start time with a really great vintage trailer pack, Halloween 3 and then followed by a Q&A with Tom Atkins.

All for $5. At Theatres at Mall of America.

* We played My Bloody Valentine 3D, Night of the Creeps and Halloween 3 this year all starring Tom Atkins!

Halloween Spirit

We've finally got some time to get into the Halloween spirit! To start off the season right, we thought we'd make a list of some of our favorite movies to carve pumpkins to:

Halloween III: Season of the Witch:

We got around to watching this movie one year while carving pumpkins and we've probably watched it every year since! It features Tom Atkins is at his finest and the best song to sing during the Halloween season. (If you haven't given this one a chance, check it out on Oct 23rd on the big screen with a Q&A with Tom Atkins after the screening!!!) 

The Beyond:

One of our favorite Lucio Fulci movies in partial thanks to Germano Natali's amazing effects work (he also had a hand in such gems as Deep Red, Suspiria, and Starcrash). Heads melt, dogs attack people, eyes are gouged, spiders kill a guy, and the heroes keep forgetting that head shots kill the zombies every time they change locations... It's pretty much everything you could need in a horror film!

Friday the 13th:

I prefer the first in this series, but Tim always goes for five when we have pumpkins in hand. The first Friday the 13th is probably my all time favorite horror movie, it's fun while maintaing a sense of realism, it portrays creepy in-the-middle-of-nowhere very accuratly, and it has some of my favorite simple kills of all time. The fifth Friday is basically a slaughter from start to finish, people are introduced solely to be killed and we're A-OK with that! Plus it features Miguel A. Nunez Jr. one of our favorite b-movie actors to spot in a flick!

Evil Dead:

We're suckers for the original with all it's crazy make-up, well executed low budget effects, loads of cheese and gore, and of course the indomitable Bruce Campbell.

Dawn of the Dead:
Our favorite of the Dead series; a mall filled with zombies in bad make-up, drips with social commentary, features non-zombie bad guys, and a spectacular soundtrack.

Trick 'r Treat: 
A seriously underrated modern horror anthology we've grown to love. Creepy kids, re-imagined werewolves, crotchety old men, and some pretty great twists on some old ideas. And then there's the fantastic cast: Dylan Baker (Happiness), Anna Paquin (True Blood), Brian Cox (everything), Tahmoh Penikett (Supernatural), Brett Kelly and Britt McKillip (both from Dead Like Me).

But really, this list could go on, (Night of the Creeps, Halloween) and on, (The Fog, Cabin in the Woods, Deep Red) and on, (Omega Man, BloodFeast) and on....

I wrote a thing for the Trylon blog!

You missed the screening, but you can read all about my thoughts on Scream if you like! Trylon microcinema has some fun meta-horror all October, I'm particularly excited for Tucker and Dale vs. Evil and Hausu, but there's really not a bad one in the bunch. 













But seriously, if you haven't seen Hausu please do so, there's not a snowballs chance in hell you'll regret it.

And while you're there, check out the poster Tim designed for the series!

And while you're there, check out the poster Tim designed for the series!