Two ACMI posts in a row is almost self indulgent, but anyone who has read through this blog would understand that I couldn’t leave this particular event unmentioned! A season of underground/lesser known horror, grostesquerie and ghoul films alongside some beloved classic schlock to coincide with ACMI’s Tim Burton exhibition in July.
The week-long spook-fest includes the following films: more information about session times and bookings here:
Freaks + Frankenweenie
Tod Browning’s cult curio from 1932 screening with Burton’s Frankenstein-inspired live-action short.
The Elephant ManDavid Lynch’s moving Victorian-era drama about a hideously deformed yet disarmingly genteel man. |
Jason and the ArgonautsThe mythological 1963 fantasy classic with special effects by stop-motion wizard, Ray Harryhausen. |
Frankenstein + FrankenweenieMary Shelley’s gothic novel spawned both James Whale’s Universal classic and Burton’s 1984 short. |
Frankenstein Must Be DestroyedTerence Fisher’s 1969 Hammer horror, most faithfully inspired by Mary Shelley’s gothic story. |
Black SundayMario Bava’s moody gothic horror from 1960 made a star of cult ‘Scream Queen’ Barbara Steele. |
Baron BloodMario Bava’s Austrian-set Grand Guignol gothic melodrama, with Joseph Cotton and Elke Sommer. |
Nosferatu: A Symphony of HorrorF.W. Murnau’s iconic 1922 German Expressionist classic. |
DraculaBela Lugosi stars in Universal’s enduring 1931 adaptation of Bram Stoker’s literary classic. |
Forbidden PlanetMGM’s 1950s sci-fi cult classic, shot in Cinemascope and starring Robby the Robot – as himself! |
The Raven + VincentThe Universal Pictures’ classic starring Bela Lugosi screens with Burton’s early stop-motion short. |
The Pit and the PendulumRoger Corman’s extravagant Edgar Allan Poe adapatation co-stars Vincent Price and Barbara Steele. |
The Tomb of Ligeia + VincentRoger Corman and Vincent Price re-team for Corman’s brilliant, U.K. set, Edgar Allan Poe adaptation. |