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Event includes FREE Romanian food courtesy of Blip Blap Video! Although this bizarre work of genius from renowned Romanian fantasy director Elisabeta Bostan is the most popular children's film in the history of Romanian cinema, Veronica has rarely been screened outside of…
"A ravishing example of the incandescent grandeur of Swanson and Valentino." (Nick Schager) In 1950’s SUNSET BOULEVARD, aging silent star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) proclaimed, “We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces!” In this 1922 film starring the aforementioned Gloria…
At this screening, we'll be playing B-Movie Bingo! You'll get a bingo card with typical B-movie stuff (explosions, bad acting, flying saucers...you get the idea) — When you get BINGO, you'll win a prize! With its incoherent plot, jaw-droppingly odd…
Please help us prevent Chronodecay by attending the ABELLON Premiere and Concert! St. Louis' newest underground short science fiction movie premieres on the backlot! ABELLON is inspired by a Nebula Award-winning novel and STL's film heritage. The film will be…
It's Drinkolas Cage! A monthly Nicolas Cage movie and drinking game event only at Arkadin Cinema & Bar. The last Wednesday of each month, we show a mystery Nic Cage movie and write an accompanying drinking game. Tickets are just…
"A bold and feral black comedy, a bleak satire on corporate excess and capitalism." -Slant Magazine A "sci-fi fantasy with sleek, high-powered drive" (Time) about an indestructible high-tech policeman who dishes out violent justice, RoboCop established Dutch director Paul Verhoeven…
Part of our Labor Day I-70 series, for which we've partnered with our friends at Stray Cat Film Center in Kansas City to bring you a weekend of fist-pumping genre thrills. Catch Miami Connection here at the Arkadin Backlot on…
It's a night of bone-smashing, blood-spurting entertainment on the backlot as we hold a MORTAL KOMBAT tournament followed by a screening of the original 1995 film adaptation. The video game contest will begin as soon as the sun goes down…
It's Drinkolas Cage! A monthly Nicolas Cage movie and drinking game event only at Arkadin Cinema & Bar. The last Wednesday of each month, we show a mystery Nic Cage movie and write an accompanying drinking game. Tickets are just…
"Yes, we love the dancing, and the chemistry between Grey and Swayze is electric, but ultimately, Dirty Dancing is a deeply political movie about abortion, class struggle, and feminist identity." (Mia Brett, Mic) Featuring Patrick Swayze's heat-seeking pelvis, Jennifer Grey's original nose, and lavish…
Mondays in October we’re showing deep-cut horror films! We’ll announce the subgenre each week, but we’re keeping the feature a surprise up until the moment it appears on the screen.
This film is presented by STRANGE BREW, St. Louis's long-running cult film series! "A deliriously trashy, exuberantly vulgar, lavishly appointed exploitation picture, this weird combo of road-kill movie and martial-arts vampire gorefest is made to order for the stimulation of…
Don't Push Pause Podcast will be hosting this outdoor screening of Fred Dekker's THE MONSTER SQUAD, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year! Join us for the film that inspired the podcast! Whether it's your absolute favorite or a first-time…
Mondays in October we’re showing deep-cut horror films! We’ll announce the subgenre each week, but we’re keeping the feature a surprise up until the moment it appears on the screen.
"The audience, confined in the madman’s universe, sees what the madman sees: distorted perspectives, eerie painted lights and shadows, an angular, warped world of fears and menace. The sets are used expressionistically to convey the madman’s thoughts, to intensify the…
“Calling RE-ANIMATOR a crucial gore movie is like saying that fire is hot.”-Zack Carlson, co-author of Destroy All Movies H.P. Lovecraft and Lucio Fulci did not team up to make the most amazing gore-sex grotesquerie of 1985. But thanks to…
Mondays in October we’re showing deep-cut horror films! We’ll announce the subgenre each week, but we’re keeping the feature a surprise up until the moment it appears on the screen.
Celebrate the Halloween season with a double feature of films starring St. Louis's favorite son, the inimitable Vincent Price! THE TINGLER "How any red-blooded American could hear 'Vincent Price's acid trip,' and not fall over themselves rushing to find a…
St. Louis's brand-new horror film festival debuts on the Arkadin Backlot with a night of terrifying shorts! Featuring films that have played at major genre festivals such as Panic Fest, Grimmfest, and the Chattanooga Film Festival, HYSTERIA FEST presents a…
St. Louis's brand-new horror film festival debuts on the Arkadin Backlot with a night of terrifying shorts! Featuring films that have played at major genre festivals such as Panic Fest, Grimmfest, and the Chattanooga Film Festival, HYSTERIA FEST presents a…
