The last horror remix was very popular and of course it's free. You just need to reserve a seat online by getting a $5 food voucher you can use on the night. Hope you can make it. The Remix starts at 10pm, so we'll meet at 9 to get seats together. Usual links below:
Horror Remix...RUSH 2 Hours of Sorority Slashers!
Wednesday September 9th
10:00pm
FREE (Reserve your seat with a $5 food voucher)
If you're a fan of shitty horror films, then you've wasted a lot of your life. You've sat through lame red herrings, endless chase scenes, shower scenes with NO nudity (it happens more than you think) and all the talking and talking and talking...
A Horror Remix is taking a bad horror film, cutting out all the filler and condensing the central plot, gore, cheese and nudity into approx. 30-40 minutes.
This month, Horror Remix tackles 3 of the best trashy sorority horror films and condenses the action down to a fast paced 2 hours of ALL KILLER, NO FILLER.
Killer Party (1986)
Killer Party never had a chance. While filming in the early 80s, the studio pulled the plug. A few years later they finished filming, supposedly cut out all the gore and released it in theaters. Around 1986, it was released on VHS, still cut. And that was that…what a cursed movie.
More than any movie, you can feel the juggling from one producer to the next. One director to the next. The beginning is a perfect example. Because of 2 fake openings sequences (a-drive-in-movie-within-a-music-video-within-a-movie) the actual film doesn’t start for 10 minutes (in a 91 minute movie)! It’s obvious these false starts are just leftovers from the earlier failed production.
The remaining 80 minutes feels like 3 different films. Same plot, same characters, but you can just feel the gears shift. First section is a screwball comedy, complete with hot tub babes and horny frat boys. This is very good. However, an hour goes by and there is no evidence that Killer Party is a horror film. Every time they build the suspense, the payoff is an impossible to conceive April Fool’s prank, which would be cool in a screwball comedy. But in a slasher, the film needs to deliver bloody bodies by the hour mark.
Next, the slasher section begins… and it sucks. As stated before, the only release of this film is believed to be heavily censored. Who knows, this section could have been insane, especially considering the murder weapons include a hammer, spear, trident(!) and guillotine. But the constant cut-aways are frustrating and you just know the next victim will be you; death by a kick to the peanuts. Finally, 10 minutes left and I start to feel something… Is this a touch of fear I’m experiencing? Hey wait, a horror film has broken out! Finally!
Notable Actor: Elaine Wilkes (Sixteen Candles)
Hell Night (1981)
This is a classy, big budget horror film. Really well filmed, beautiful sets and costumes. Nice, lush soundtrack too. Horror Remix disapproves of this. Thankfully, on the heels of Friday the 13th, the influence of the cheap-thrills-teen-slasher occasionally appears (which I believe was because of studio pressure - hey, “the man” was right)!
The only time this movie jumps off is when it dives in the gutter; sex, booze, pills and a few good kills really work, especially in the context of a well made film.
Notable Actor: Linda Blair (The Exorcist)
Notable Writer: Randy Feldman (Tango & Cash)
The House on Sorority Row (1983)
Just yesterday Horror Remix received the news that The House on Sorority Row was being remade. On top of that, the film drops Sept 11th, two days after this screening. For a couple of hours I started thinking about what film I would use to replace The House on Sorority Row. I just didn’t want anyone to think Horror Remix was associated with, or capitalizing on the remaking of this film. Frankly, I ‘m surprised this film is being remade. Oh well, I’m still going to screen the original. Maybe this will deter a handful of people from seeing the remake. If that happens, then I’ll be glad I stuck with it.
The House on Sorority Row is a really cool and clever film. Plus, sexy ladies, beautiful sets and lighting. It looks amazing. The only criticism is the pace. It’s really, really slow. That won’t be a problem on the remix. You may want to see the rest someday.
Notable Actor: Eileen Davidson (The Young and the Restless)
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