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Putting on scares
The organizers of a 24-hour horror-movie marathon share five terrifyingly underrated films. By Zach Long
Black Sunday A Satanic priestess returns from the dead as
IF THE THOUGHTof sitting in a dark room for an entire day watching frightening images gets your blood boiling (in a good way), the annual horror-movie marathon Massacre could be the highlight of the spooky fall season. Taking place at the historic Patio Theater, the annual 24-hour event strives to expose audiences to little- seen flicks. “There are a lot of great horror movies that don’t get screened anywhere,” says Massacre co-organizer Kelly Mitchell, who provided us with five scary and often underappreciated films that will make your next movie night a total scream.
a vampire 200 years after being burned at the stake in this shockingly bloody (for its time) black-and-white movie. “This is Italy’s version of a Universal horror film,” says Mitchell. “The tone, the framing and the utter dread it conveys are phenomenal.” Dir. Mario Bava. 1960. Unrated.
They Came from Within Before he directed body horror classics
like Videodrome and The Fly, David Cronenberg created this rarely screened low-budget flick (also known as Shivers) about parasites that turn their hosts into sex-crazed maniacs. “This film was actually funded by the Canadian government,” says Mitchell. “[It] found the finished film to be appalling.” Audiences responded to the visceral thrills, making it the most profitable Canadian movie to date in 1975. Dir. David Cronenberg. 1975. R.
Inferno
Assault on Precinct 13 Instead of supernatural terrors,
director John Carpenter’s sophomore film—about a cop and a convicted murderer facing off against a heavily
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armed gang—focuses on more human horrors. “In typical Carpenter fashion, the lines between good and evil are constantly blurred,” says Mitchell. Dir. John Carpenter. 1976. R.
Inferno Propelled by Keith Emerson’s prog-rock
soundtrack, this colorful thriller follows a man searching for his missing sister, who lived in a New York City apartment that once belonged to a witch. Italian director Dario Argento worked on George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead before shooting this film, which may account for its campy scares, gory effects and surreal tone. Dir. Dario Argento. 1980. R.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives After being killed off in a previous film,
hockey-masked, machete-wielding murderer Jason Voorhees is resurrected (by lightning!) in this self-aware sequel, which satirizes horror-genre conventions—a practice echoed by the Scream and Scary Movie franchises. “This film knows what it is and makes fun of itself in a loving manner,” says Mitchell. Dir. Tom McLoughlin. 1998. R.
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