The annual Exhumed Films is officially an "event". After selling out in record time back in August the event finally arrived. I got to the International House around 10am and the line had already wound its way to the back of the lobby. Ticket pickup was a breeze at the box office and long before we entered the theater at 11am we already had our wristbands and program listing the amount of films and some hints to as what they might be.
I can't say enough about the coordination. From directing us to cheap parking to bringing actual food vendors out (more about that later) the staff at Exhumed have really made this already great event even better.
As we worked our way into the theater we were handed a goodie bag. It had some candy and a pack of Bernie Wrightson trading cards. Cool and unexpected!
12:15pm: "Hey man, that's cruel."
After a brief announcement and a series of giveaways we jump into the first of fifteen features. The Exhumed bumper plays and we get...
1st Feature: The Gate (1987)
A young Stephen Dorff stars in this demonic movie .
1:45pm - Trailer Reel #1: In addition to trailers this year we got some cool animated intermission promos. Trailers for: Homebodies, Phantom of the Paradise, The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, Dracula Blows His Cool, Terror in the Wax Museum
1:55pm: "I hope you had your tetanus shot."
2nd Feature: Q (1976)
AKA Q: The Winged Serpent
A welcome surprise as I'd been wanting to see this one for years.
3:30pm - Trailer Reel #2: Previews of coming attractions for: Death Ship, Psycho II, The Phantom of the Opera (1989), The Entity, Superstition, Night of the Demons
3:40pm: "I need something special like this"
3rd Feature: The Driller Killer (1979)
Portrait of a starving artist. A great snap shot of NYC in the late 1970s.
SPOILER: He finally eats half a pizza.
5:15 - Trailer Reel #3: Nightmare Honeymoon, Tales that Witness Madness, And now the Screaming Starts, Invasion of the Bee Girls
5:25pm: "If you think hard about something, you can make it happen."
4th Feature: Xtro (1983)
Feature debut of Maryam d"Abo
Part 2
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