Next Month at The D.o.S.

Start marking your calendars boys and girls because unlike some people (who's names start with B.J.) I've made my schedule on time.

Tuesday April 6 -- Movies that make you go Huh!?!

7pm: Myra Breckenridge [1970] -- I'll be honest with you, this one is a big risk. Based on the novel by Gore Vidal and staring Raquel Welch as the transsexual Myra Breckenridge (the male counterpart Myron is played by Rex Reed!) this is an either you get it or you don't kind of movie. Resoundingly despised by almost everyone upon it's initial release it has found something of a cult following all these many years later. Beverages encouraged.

9pm: Putney Swope [1969] -- Dark satire of the advertising world considered dated by some, but nonetheless very influential to this day. Arnold Johnson is the token black employee of a staid, white bread corporate advertising firm who by a strange twist of fate gets put in charge and immediately starts to make some changes. Again, either you love it, or you hate it. Lets find out where we stand.

Tuesday April 13 -- The Italian Masters: Argento

7pm: Suspiria [1977] This is something we've been meaning to show ever since they released the beautifully restored DVD almost 3 years ago. Shot in authentic Technicolor (something that had fallen out of fashion so badly by that point in time that had to get the film stock from China), this is Argento's masterpiece. Scary, strange and memorable. People caught talking during this film will be thrown out.

9pm: Bird With The Crystal Plumage [1970] Argento's debut feature this is a twisty stylish giallo that mixes equal parts Bava (his hero) and Hitchcock. An American writer in Rome witnesses the murder of a girl by a black gloved killer (a giallo staple) and decides to investigate.

Tuesday April 20: -- Val Lewton double bill

7pm: Seventh Victim [1943] -- Back in the forties Val Lewton produced a number of extremely influence low budget horror films for RKO Pictures, most notably the still chilling "Cat People" (later remade in the 80's with Denis Hopper). Lacking the money for big special effects Lewton relied instead on atmosphere and clever lighting. "The Seventh Victim" is something of an oddity as it seems to merge the genres of "noir" which was all atmosphere and "horror" which was largely suspense to tell it's story of a missing girl and a group of Satanists (although I can promise you it's nothing like "The Devil Rides Out").

9pm: I Walked With a Zombie [1943] -- Loosely inspire by "Jane Eyre" this is a creepy, extremely atmospheric tale of voodoo on a plantation in the West Indies. A tone of sadness permeates the film making the ending that much more surprising.

Tuesday April 27 -- Gore! Gore! Gore!

7pm: Riki-Oh (The Story of Ricky) [1991] -- I traded a week with BJ this month since he really wanted to get this one in. Set in a prison in 2001 (the "future"), all you really need to know is that this movies contains some of this most over the top, ridiculous ass kicking gore and action you will ever witness. It is so beyond, it's almost impossible to describe accurately.

9pm: Braindead a.k.a. Dead Alive [1992] -- The uncut version of Peter Jackson's landmark gross-a-rama. If Sumatran Rat Monkey means nothing to you, it might be best to stay away.

Well, that's it. You know the drill.