NIGHTMARE FEVER - PICTURE RESTART 16MM SERIES | IN-PERSON (10/18)
NIGHTMARE FEVER - PICTURE RESTART 16MM SERIES | IN-PERSON (10/18)
NIGHTMARE FEVER: Six Spooky Films To Haunt and Frighten
Date/Time: Saturday, October 18th at 6pm
Get ready for pure terror at this month’s Picture Restart, Halloween Edition, full of tales and images to keep you up all night. The program starts with softer vibes, with an animated film of cats in constant metamorphosis and a hand-drawn adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe story. But the night gets dark quite fast, as we lurch into vampire territory with an underseen local experimental horror film and a small classic of jack-in-the-box horror. We go from hidden ghouls to industrial wastelands and close on a Florida-set zombie gremlins mashup. These six films produce endless sights and sounds to freak you out and all on 16mm. See you there!
Note: this program is sometimes scary, but should be appropriate for teens and adventurous kiddos.
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FURIES - Sara Petty, 1975, 3m
The joyous curiosity, grace, and beauty of two cats in ceaseless motion are captured in cubist and Art Deco inspired charcoal and pastel drawings.
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER - John Schnall, 1984, 10m
This animated adaptation of the famous Edgar Allan Poe story features characters drawn on newsprint, colored and mounted on acetate cels, then combined with backgrounds of colored xerox to produce a shimmering effect.
A GIFT FOR TOBY - Charles Whittington, 1987, 7m
Young Toby, clad in plaid knickers and a beanie cap, receives a jack in the box one day in the post. Grisly surprises await him - and his mom - at the turn of the crank handle.
REALLY DEAD - Dan Dinello & Sharon Sandusky, 1993, 4m
An experimental vampire trance film, called an “eerie little tone poem” by the Chicago Reader, the set, make-up and costumes were designed to visually evoke the style of German Expressionist silent films. The film features the actors George Black and David Stowell from the Chicago band Stations.
THE DUST - Kip Hanks, 1986, 24m
A teenage boy breaks a clay statue that was given to him by his grandpa. He discovers a mysterious dust inside which has the power to make inanimate objects - and the dead - come to life. When the dust is accidentally scattered on the graves in a local cemetery, the young man is forced to play host to some unwanted guests.
ZUG - Dorn Martell & Eric Iversen, 1987, 12m
The story of Jerry, a factory worker with some industrial strength nightmares. Directed by a group of young filmmakers who live and work in the automotive corridor of the Midwest, Zug has the look of an Eraserhead sequel, Detroit style. Photographed in shadowy film noir tones, with gruesome special effects and a synthesized mechanical soundtrack, ZUG is an unrelentingly grim vision of the industrial wasteland and the horrifyingly violent and erotic inner world bred in those wastes.
Total Runtime: 60m