Third Clue: December

Tonight's movie was the inspiration for John Carpenter's Halloween!

Tape Freaks Presents: Mystery Movie! Theatres at Mall of America, Thursday, Dec 10th at 7:30pm, only $5! (Come to the Star Bar early and grab a free poster! If you're looking for posters from past events check here!)

July Clue #1

First clue: This month's movie is one of our favorite Cannon films.

Tape Freaks Presents: July Mystery Movie! Theatres at Mall of America, Thursday, July 16th at 7:30pm, only $5!

June Clue #3

Clue three: The star of this month's movie is the mother of the star of the blockbuster it rips off.

Tape Freaks Presents: Mystery Movie! Theatres at Mall of America, Thursday, June 18th at 7:30pm, only $5!

May clue #3:

Clue three: Vanity does not make an appearance in this movie.

Tape Freaks Presents: May 21st Mystery Movie! Theatres at Mall of America, Thursday, May 21st at 7:30pm, only $5!

Trailer Trash V:hs

Trailer Trash is this Thursday!!

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

Raw Force was a blast!

Thank you to everyone who stopped out last night, you were a fun crowd and many fun conversations were had!

If you didn't get there early enough to get one for free, Tim's posters will be up for sale in the next day or two. And as always, check back here to get clues about next month's movie!

Tape Freaks screening Tonight!

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!

7:30pm, $5, Theatres at Mall of America.

Trailer Trash V!

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.

Clue number two!

Clue two: our pick for March is a mash-up of no less than five different movie genres.

Our super secret movie will be screening on March 26th at Theatres at Mall of America, check back for one more clue leading up to the screening!

Clue number one!

Your first clue: Jim Wynorski had an uncredited hand in editing our pick for March.

Our super secret movie for March will be screening on the 26th, keep checking back for more clues about what we'll be showing!

Double Feature Tonight!

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! 

First movie starts at 7:30, see you there! 

Super Secret Double Feature, Theaters at Mall of America @ 7:30, $5.

Clue two!

Here are your next clues for our doublefeature this Thursday starting at 7:30!

Movie one: Contains explosions, one-against-a-hundred bazooka battles, and chases.

Movie two: Contains a nightmare that begins with the kids next door.

We're hosting our own series at the Mall of America!

   
That's right, we've taken on a monthly series at Theatres at Mall of America. Each month we will bring you a weird, unique, and cheesy movie we think deserve a larger audience. This series is based on the days when scouring the shelves of your local video store, relying on the cover art and misleading descriptions on the backs, would get you movies that would blow you away, make you cringe or both. And when you found the best of the worst, you'd invite all your buddies over to gleefully watch them be blown away too. Well friends, we've been to the video store and we've got some things to show you! We've got movies you've forgotten about, never heard of, or only heard of, and all of them are worth watching in a room full of people.

 The movies will remain secret until the title hits the screen, but we'll be dropping hints on the Tape Freaks blog to give you an idea of what to expect. We'll be exploring movies, directors, actors, and actresses that somehow relate to the movie we've chosen. The movies will screen* every 3rd Thursday and we'll be doing giveaways before each screening.

 Hopefully we'll blow some minds, but we're most excited to watch some fun and strange movies with other like minded individuals on the big screen!

 See you there! -Tim and Colette

 (*We're sourcing the best versions we can, but sometimes we're going to be screeining actual VHS copies because that's all the further they were allowed to get in the home viewing world.)

Michael Crichton

Usually recognized as the guy who wrote Jurassic Park and Lost World (and The Andromeda Strain, and Congo, and Sphere) Michael Crichton’s career wasn’t all writing books that were well suited to be made into movies. He was also a director and almost a doctor.

Crichton pursued a writing degree long before he went down the path to science. But when he felt one of his literary professors was unfairly grading him, he switched his undergrad to biological anthropology and ultimately enrolled in Harvard Medical School. While in med school he wrote the Andromeda Strain and a Case of Need (the latter winning him an Edgar Award). After becoming disenchanted by the medical field’s priority to doctors careers over patient's needs, he didn’t pursue his licence to practice medicine after obtaining his M.D.. Instead he shifted his focus to writing, and eventually directing films based on his own novels or screenplays. Eventually he tapped into his medical school experiences to create and executive produce the hugely successful T.V. series E.R.

Coincidentally, the 3rd film in the Theaters of MOA Movember series happens to be Runaway, Michael Crichton's 80’s killer robot flick starring Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons. Don’t miss an opportunity to see what kind of gems Crichton committed to screen!

Wednesday Nov 19th, Theaters of MoA @ 7:30, Free with suggested donation.

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!)