RETROFANTASMA AND RETROFATNASMA CLASSICS FILM SERIES ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE OF DOUBLE FEATURES FOR JANUARY THROUGH JUNE 2012
Durham, N.C. – The Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc., has announced the schedule for the RETROFANTASMA AND RETROFANTASMA CLASSICS FILM SERIES for January through July 2012. Retrofantasma is a monthly film series that screens double features of classic horror, genre and cult films. Retrofantasma Classics features genre films from the 50s through the 70s. Screenings take place at the Carolina Theatre of Durham, located at 309 W. Morgan Street in Downtown Durham. Double-feature tickets are $8 and are available at the theatre box office. New this year, fans can purchase season passes to Retro for $40, Retro Classics for $32 and a Super Double Bonus Pass for both series for $72. Passes can be purchased at the door or online at Ticketmaster.com or call 919.560.3030 to purchase passes or tickets. Box office hours are weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and one half hour prior to show time.
Created in 1998, RETROFANTASMA is dedicated to bringing classic horror, genre and cult movies back to the big screen in 35mm. RETRO began with a screening of Friday the 13th Part II on Friday, November 13, 1998. On October 30, 1999, the tradition of double features began with screenings of Re-Animator and Bride of Re-Animator. Since then, RETRO has screened over 175 classic horror movies while developing a large dedicated audience of movie enthusiasts. This diverse film series offers its audience a joyful jolt of terror and nostalgia. RETRO is one of the longest, continuously running, U.S. genre film series in the country.
RETROFANTASMA CLASSICS was born in July 2010 with a William Castle double feature of 13 Ghosts and Homicidal. These monthly double-features of genre films from the 1950s through the early 1970s includes the infamous gimmickry of William Castle, the magic of Ray Harryhausen and classic monster and giant bug films. Some of these films are considered masterpieces while others are simply great “bad” movies.
RETROFANTASMA FILM SERIES – JANUARY TO JUNE 2012
January 20
When You’re Strange Faces Come Out of the Rain
The Shining
(R, 1980, 142 min)
The Shining is Stanley Kubrick’s intense, epic, gothic horror film and haunted house masterpiece about a writer who relocates his family to a cavernous, abandoned hotel resort for the winter…and succumbs to madness. Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall star.
The Lost Boys
(R, 1987, 97 min)
Strange events threaten an entire family when two brothers, Mike and Sam, move with their divorced mother to a California town where the local teenage gang turns out to be a pack of vampires.
February 24
The Kids Are Not All Right
Child’s Play
(R, 1988, 87 min)
Horror maestro Tom Holland (Fright Night) brings wit and devilish energy to this scare-fest about a murderer (Brad Dourif) who wills his soul into an innocuous doll named Chucky.
It’s Alive!
(PG, 1974, 91 min)
A young couple joyously awaiting the birth of their newborn is in for a horrifying surprise in this thrilling low-budget ’70s tale of terror which went on to gain cult status and spawn two sequels.
March 23
Not Another Typical Horror Movie
Blue Velvet
(R, 1986, 120 min)
David Lynch peeks behind the picket fences of small-town America to reveal a corrupt shadow world of malevolence, sadism, and madness
Blow Out
(R, 1981, 107 min)
Blow Out is Brian De Palma’s heart-stopping adventure hailed by Rolling Stone as “an American moviemaking triumph!”
April 20
Groovy “B” Movies Live Forever, Baby!
Curtains
(R, 1983, 89 min)
Six beautiful actresses gather in a remote New England mansion to vie for the most important role of their careers
The Beast Within
(R, 1982, 98 min)
The Beast Within is a great, bloody piece of big-budget, early 80s Hollywood terror.
May 18
We Were Not Alone During Christmas 1984
Starman
(PG, 1984, 115 min)
Starman is John Carpenter’s warmest film, and the only one that ever earned an Oscar nomination.
Runaway
(PG-13, 1984, 101 min)
Written and directed by Michael Crichton, Runaway is set in the near future, when robots do most daily chores, but often break down and damage people and property.
June 22
Shark Fin Soup and Chilled Monkey Brains
Jaws
(PG, 1975, 125 min)
One of the greatest horror movies of all time returns…just in time for beach season
King Kong
(PG, 1976, 134 min)
Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange star in this ambitious remake which adds a great deal of fun to the story. .
RETROFANTASMA CLASSICS FILM SERIES – JANUARY TO JUNE 2012
January 13
The Master of Gimmickry: William Castle, Part 2
House on Haunted Hill
(NR, 1959, 75 min)
William Castle’s thriller is a funhouse come to life.
Let’s Kill Uncle, Before Uncle Kills Us
(NR, 1966, 92 min)
12 year-old Barnaby has lost his parents and stands to inherit a $5 million fortune, but “Uncle” has plans to inherit Barnaby’s estate, even if it means killing him
February 3
Universal Monsters Collection
Dracula
(NR, 1931, 75 min)
Relive the horror, the mystery, and the intrigue of the original 1931 vampire masterpiece starring Bela Lugosi and directed by Tod Browning.
The Wolf Man
(NR, 1941, 70 min)
The original horror classic that introduced one of the screen’s most infamous monsters! Lon Chaney, Jr. portrays Larry Talbot who, on one fateful night, is bitten by a werewolf and suffers the classic fate of the victims of lycanthropy.
April 6
1950’s Science Fiction Double Feature
This Island Earth
(NR, 1955, 87 min)
One of the most ambitious science fiction films of the 1950s!
War of the Worlds
(G, 1953, 85 min)
Visionary producer George Pal brought the classic H.G. Wells story of a Martian invasion to the big screen, and it instantly became a science fiction classic.
May 4
How We Were Taught the Future Would Be
Rollerball
(R, 1975, 125 min)
The year is 2018. There are no wars. There is no crime. There is only the Game
Fahrenheit 451
(NR, 1966, 114 min)
The classic science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury was a curious choice for one of the leading directors of the French New Wave, François Truffaut. The society depicted in Fahrenheit 451 is a culture without books.
June 1
Sci-Fi & Horror from Across the Atlantic
Planet of the Vampires
(NR, 1965, 88 min)
Italian horror master Mario Bava directed this classic science fiction story that follows the horrific experiences of the crew members of two giant spaceships that have crash landed on a forbidding, unexplored planet.
Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy
(NR, 1968, 85 min)
Here is Roger Vadim’s sexy sci-fi opus to the 1960s starring his then-wife Jane Fonda
The Retrofantasma and Retrofantasma Classics Film Series take place at the Carolina Theatre located at 309 West Morgan Street in downtown Durham. Double-feature tickets are $8. Tickets are available by calling the box office at 919-560-3030. Box office hours are weekdays from 11: 00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and one-half hour prior to show time.
For more information and detailed synopses about Retrofantasma and Retrofantasma Classics films, please visit the website at http://festivals.carolinatheatre.org/retrofantasma.
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