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The Alex Film Society Presents Hollywood Scares
October 26, 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
The 2017 Alex Film Society Halloween Event will feature a full length Quiz Show Production of Hollywood Scares!…a classic, “all ghoul” send-up of the long running Hollywood Squares. Writer, actor and stand-up comedian Dana Gould will join forces with Bob Burns, Janet Varney, Tom Kenny and Frank Dietz, for an evening of fun and spirited competition. Subject to availability, these actors, stand up comics and “SuperFans” with test their wits against a battery of challenging horror and sc-fi film trivia questions.
Want to try your luck? What was the name of Dr. Frankenstein’s twisted, hunchbacked assistant in the famous 1931 Universal classic? If you said Igor…you’re out! And by the way…what was the good Doctor’s first name? That’s easy…Henry.
But wait…there’s more. As always, AFS will present a classic animated short and feature film. This year’s Bugs Bunny cartoon, A Witch’s Tangle Hare (1959) salutes the late June Foray, the female Voice Artist who’s recent passing (at 99!) closed a career that encompassed radio, animation, television, feature films and recording.
The evening will be capped off by a rare screening of Brides of Dracula (1960), a vintage horror film produced by Hammer Films.
In the late 1950s, London based Hammer brought exciting new life to the horror film genre. Now, all the old favorites could be re-imagined in bold colors and wider screen formats. In quick succession, Frankenstein, Dracula and the Mummy all got new productions that proved box office gold for the English producers and their American distributors.
Brides of Dracula (1960) was the first follow-up to Horror of Dracula (1958) in a series that would eventually include eight titles. Many fans consider it one of the greatest in the Hammer canon. The scenery is beautiful, the well-constructed plot has globs of gothic perversity, the ladies are as lovely as ever and Peter Cushing is at the top of his game.
Universal controls the American rights to this highly praised, but infrequently screened classic and their records indicate a good quality 35MM print to enjoy on the Alex Theatre’s big screen.
So join us to find out the real name of Baron Frankenstein’s demonic assistant…and no fair searching the internet!
