Have you heard of Trash Film Debauchry? Well you should have! Trash Films screens every third Wednesday* at the Trylon microcinema and as the name suggests, there're hosts to some amazing gems.
This month TFD is screening Abraxas: Guardians of the Universe and friend, it's a sight to behold. We had the trailer for this gem in Trailer Trash Vhs and it was an audience fave. (It also stars one Jesse Ventura and that alone makes it required viewing in this state!)
There's so much awesome stuff happing in town this week we had to tell you all about it! We don't have anything to do with these screenings but we couldn't let a week like this go by without bringing it to the attention of our fellow fans of cinema!
Tuesday August 24th The Burbs, on The Happy Gnome patio, FREE, Starts @ Sundown.
presented by Trash Film Debauchery and Indeed Brewing Company.
Trash Films and Indeed Brewing have been screening movies on the patios of local bars all summer, and this week's flick is killer! If you haven't revisited this one since Rick Ducommum passed away a few months ago, you really should. Its a not only great movie but its one of his all time great performances.
Made in between Basket Case and Frankenhooker by the incomparable Frank Henenlotter, Brain Damage fits between it's sibling movies in tone pretty well as a goofy-fun creature movie. Don't miss a chance to see this horror-comedy classic on the big screen in a room full of fans!
Friday August 28th -Sept 3rd
Turbo Kid at Theatres at Mall of America.
This movie looks INCREDIBLE! Made in 2014 to look like a post apocalyptic future perceived from the 80's, and looks to be a mashup of Mad Max and Rad. Theatres at MOA were able to get it for a week and are the only one in town. In fact we are one of a very limited number of cities to get it! (CAUTION: We've been told by a parent who's seen it, this is not a kid's movie.)
There are soo many movies starring Santo its hard to keep them straight, but this one also stars Blue Demon and together they battle: The Mummy, Frankenstien, a Vampire, The Wolfman and a friggin' Cyclops!
Second clue: This movie inspired us and our friends to come up with a spin-off sitcom to this month's movie called Up the Pole where this month's protagonist and her day-job co-workers get themselves into wacky situations.
As this is the 5th installment, we decided it had to be dedicated to the VHS gems of the 80s and 90s (see what we did there). All the trailers this round were taken from our extensive VHS collection and carefully stitched together to form the best, most awesome-to-date, fun-time-stravaganza you'll ever see (until the next one natch)! Come for a full show of trailers and stay for an ultra secret movie screening after because really, after all those trailers, you'll be itching for a feature presentation.
Stop by the theater's Star Bar before the show to get a free poster, chat with some fellow movie nerds, or just get yourself some mozzarella sticks and a Surly! Any way you slice it, we're excited to see you there!
Trailer Trash VHS: Thursday, April 9th @7:30 (6:30 for the Star Bar), $7
Also check out the Star Tribune article on us: HERE
We've written about Dick Miller before but you really can't say enough about him. That's likely why Elijah Drenner made a documentary about him!
If you aren't familiar with Dick Miller by name, you most likely would recognize him from any of his 175 roles. He sells guns to the Terminator, he's the town drunk/snow plow driver in Gremlins, in the Howling he sells convenient books on werewolfs. He pops up in Pirannah, Chopping Mall, The 'Burbs, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Innerspace, Matinee, Unlawful Entry, Small Solders, and he's got a (rare) starring role in A Bucket of Blood.
We seriously can't wait for That Guy Dick Miller so we can learn so much more about this iconic That Guy. But we only have to wait for Friday because Trylon is screening That Guy all weekend! Check it out and know so much more about a man you've seen in everything.
Tonight!
Come join us for another night of cinematic weirdness. There'll be some trashy VHS trailers (pulled straight from our collection) and a genre mashing movie that will make you wonder so many things...
The first 20 people that arrive at the Starbar (starting at 6:30) will get a limited number screenprint poster designed and printed by Tim just for this event. Come get a free poster and chat with your fellow movie nerds!
The next installment of Trailer Trash will be like no other! That's because this round of Trailer Trash will be exclusivly VHS content! We scoured our expansive VHS collection and captured the best of the worst, and on April 9th you can bask in the VHS trailer glory. (If you're curious about what we'll be screening, we'll be serving up a taste on March 26th before the super secret Tape Freaks movie!) Trailer Trash Vhs, Theaters @ MOA, April 9th, 7:30pm, $7.
This is it! The first Tape Freaks presents event is this very night. We'll be hanging out in the the theater's Starbar at 6:30 having some beers and popcorn discussing nerdy movie stuff. The first 25 people to the Starbar will get a secret button pack that pertains to the first movie of the night. (As you can see, we've literally shrouded them in mystery for the event! If you choose to open your pack before the first movie, we ask that you're discreet so you aren't the spoiler for anyone excited to be surprised.)
A limited edition screenprint (run of 25 for each movie) available for sale at the end of each screening. But you might be lucky enough to score one by answering some trivia questions before each screening!
$5 for 2 movies, VHS trailers pack, buttons, and possibly posters!
Did you know that Dr. Seuss wrote a
screen play in the 50s? Well you do now! The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T
was his only full leingth movie script to hit the silver screen. It
stars Hans Conried (the voice of Captian Hook in Disney's Peter Pan)
and Tommy Rettig (the original boy to TV's Lassie). Strange, dark,
dripping with commentary on opression and world dominataion this is
defanatly a movie for your movie bucket list, and Trylon microcinema
is playing this gem all weekend!
The 5000 fingers of Dr. T, Jan
23rd-25th, show times vary, $8
If you aren't familiar with Y.N. Rich Kids, take a second to get aquatinted because they will be hosting the Defenders Series at the Trylon microcinema tonight! To quote the organizer "Their movie pick is amazing by the way. You'll be surprised." The Defenders Series is always hosted by a local celebrity who picks a movie to screen No one in the audience knows what's been chosen, and after the movie ends the Defender stands in front of the audience to defend their selection. It's amazing, and to the best of my knowledge it's never been hosted by a kid (let alone a group of them) before. Don't miss this amazing chance to see what these bright and talented kids have selected to Defend! Tonight (Wed 12/17) @ 7pm, Trylon microcinema $8 (half of the proceeds will go to the Beats & Rhymes Program at the Harold Mezile YMCA.)
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!)
