Body horror made a quantum leap in ’32, with the twin releases of these two markedly different exploitation classics. In Island of Lost Souls, Charles Laughton plays the sinister Dr. Moreau, whose gene-splicing lab in the jungle spawns a new class…
SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963) w/ intro by psychology professor Dr. Madeline Bruce
“A WILD EXPERIENCE! The most resonant exploitation movie of its era… Using a mental hospital as a microcosm of a country whose prosperous post-war facade is slowly cracking up is the sort of faux-lowbrow cunning that turns a nasty little…
THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM (1973) — a rarely screened masterpiece of Polish surrealism w/ Polish animation pre-show @ 6 pm
“AN ABSOLUTE MASTERWORK… My jaw dropped at the sheer spectacle (in glorious—and I mean glorious—color) spread across the screen” – If You Want the Gravy A visually stunning phantasmagoric journey through the labyrinth of the mind, THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM creates…
$3 MONDAY MYSTERY MOVIE: A Thrilling Murder Mystery!
This month, Arkadin brings you a truly unique and underseen mini-masterpiece of suspense that will leave you guessing till the last frame. With wry humor and a meta sensibility that can only be described as “De Palma-esque,” this ingenious little…
Joan Crawford wields an ax in STRAIT-JACKET (1964)
“A stark, vicious little b-movie featuring a truly berserk and mesmerizing performance from bitch goddess extraordinaire Joan Crawford” – The Lobotomy Room Film Club Film legend Joan Crawford is absolutely electrifying in this deliciously tawdry (yet disarmingly empathetic) shocker from…
THE SNAKE PIT (1948) w/ intro by scholar of in-patient mental health treatment Dr. Morgan Shields
“A drama that builds to a fever pitch of tension and holds itself there with superlative artistry.” – The Hollywood Reporter Anatole Litvak’s classic adaptation of Mary Jane Ward’s book, THE SNAKE PIT is a harrowing portrait of a young…
SHUTTER ISLAND (2010) — 15th Anniversary!
“A divinely dark and devious brain tease…Scorsese has given us a new noir classic.” – The Los Angeles Times Set in 1954, this “intense, gripping and unforgettable” (Richard Roeper) psychological thriller stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels,…
VHS NIGHT – Admission Price: One VHS Tape
We will be playing a mystery VHS tape, and it’s up to YOU what we’ll see! Bring in a VHS tape, and you’ll get in FREE! It can be absolutely anything — a forgotten bargain-bin B-movie, a Hollywood classic, an…
SHOCK (1946) — celebrate Vincent Price’s birthday weekend with a FREE screening of one of his earliest villain roles!
“Not only does Vincent give a great, measured performance, but Anabel Shaw gives a brilliant and exhausting performance as poor, persecuted Janet, and Lynn Bari is so good that you want to murder her due to how scheming and conniving she is.…
FRANKIE FREAKO (2024) — Friday Night WTF! — $6
“It’s intentionally cheesy, delightfully demented, entirely over-the-top, and makes no apologies for its juvenile jokes and abundant gore.” – Film Threat From gonzo indie filmmaker Steven Kostanski, director of PG: Psycho Goreman, comes this fun, frenzied late-night pizza party of…