Just noted that the Columbus list was never posted here. It will be happening (as stated above) March 15 & 16.
Here's a rip & tear from their site.

*The much-lauded 2010 Kino restoration of Fritz Lang's visionary science-fiction masterpiece METROPOLIS! Yes, it's the longest known version of the film, featuring the original 1927 orchestral score, all in sparkling 2K DCP!

*Kurt Russell heading an all-star cast plunged smack dab in the middle of the dystopian prison world of New York City, in a new 2K DCP of John Carpenter's Panavision classic ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK!

*The psychedelic cyberpunk world of Neo-Tokyo in Katsuhiro Otomo's ground-breaking anime landmark AKIRA!

*Arnold Schwarzenegger trapped in Richard Dawson's kill or be killed, ultimate game show nightmare in THE RUNNING MAN (in 35mm)!

*A 35mm print of the post-apocalyptic New Zealand cult classic THE QUIET EARTH!

*Karl Urban bringing cult comic icon Judge Dredd to life in the gritty, underrated DREDD, in hallucinatory 2K DCP Panavision!

*The payoff to one of the great trailers in Marathon history! Yep, it's Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's post-apocalyptic dark comedy DELICATESSEN!

*A 35mm print of the off the wall, day-glo, Banana Splits on acid, all-time Marathon classic INFRA-MAN!

PLUS!

*Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton on the hunt for a '64 Chevy Malibu in a 2K DCP of Alex Cox's punk classic REPO MAN!

*The definitive 1950's alien invasion classic EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS, in xeromorphic 2K DCP!

*Kyle MacLahlan in a 35mm print of the alien possession actioner THE HIDDEN!

AND!

*The 31st Annual Costume Contest with $100 First Prize!
*Vintage trailers and shorts in glorious 35mm!
*The coveted Certificate of Marathoid Behavior to all who survive!
*Surprises! Hilarity! Caffeine-induced dementia!

Tickets for this cinematic starflight are $35 in advance and $40 at the door (if they last).

Did some twitter searching. Found this Ohio Marathoner who posted a video blog after each movie.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyWDj7_emYcOePVlSbbRXGA/videos

Here's a rip & Tear from the Columbus site announcing their  24 hour Horror Marathon, SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK!
It starts on October 18.

*The OHIO PREMIERE of the festival hit HOUSEBOUND, an eerie, comedic, haunted house film from New Zealand. Sentenced to house arrest with her parents, trouble-making Kylie soon finds out that her childhood homestead holds a lot more secrets than she bargained for. Peter Martin, of Twitch Film says HOUSEBOUND "“Quickly tears apart the classic haunted-house movie piece by piece, and then reconstructs it on the fly with fresh new materials, garnished with oodles of blood, dark comedy, strong characters, and genuine suspense”, and Peter Jackson calls it "Bloody Brilliant!" See the OHIO PREMIERE with our fantabulously loony audience!

*The OHIO PREMIERE of Helene Catte and Bruno Forzani's psychedelic, psychotropic, mind-bending Italian horror tribute THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS. Ainitcool News calls it "Freakish...sexy...and deeply, deeply disturbed", and Fangoria dubs it "Hypnotizing and assaulting". It's a bloody, erotic dreamscape of a tribute to your most primal fears...and beyond. See it first with the Nightmarathon faithful!

*The OHIO PREMIERE of local experimental filmmaker (and longtime Marathoid) Mike Olenick's haunting horror short RED LUCK. The Underground Film Journal calls RED LUCK "gorgeous and disturbing" , and it won the Most Beautiful Film Award at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. We've seen it, and it's one hell of a deranged, lyrical, mind-melting experience. Mike will be on hand for a Q+A accompanying the film.

*An incredibly rare, once in a lifetime 35mm screening of Zoltan Spencer's long lost satanic cult/erotic film THE SATANIST! For almost 50 years, this was thought to be a lost film, but we'll finally be unleashing it once again on a live audience! Outside of a Philadelphia screening a month ago, there's very little known about THE SATANIST...which should make it perfect fodder for your demented minds.

*A new 4K DCP restoration of the one, the only, the ORIGINAL, the greatest drive-in movie ever (to quote Joe Bob Briggs: "The Saw is still king!"), the brand new 4K restoration of Tobe Hooper's THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE!!! For the first time, the filmmakers have gone back to the original 16mm elements to create a TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE experience like you've never seen before. Unleash the terror in this gorgeous, brutal landmark of terror, all in butcherific DCP!

*Lamberto Bava's absolutely brilliant and bonkers "I went to the movies and all I got was this demon possession" gorefest DEMONS! In glorious 35mm! If you enjoy blood, possession, heavy metal and more motor cycles than you can throw a dead cat at, you'll have a blast!

*Dario Argento's sleek, modernist, gory, haunting slasher classic TENEBRE! Anthony Franciosa is an American horror author on book tour in Rome who is haunted by the series of copycat murders that mirror his books. Featuring some of Argento's best gore scenes and a throbbing soundtrack by most of the original Goblin! (NOTE: For years, we've tried to secure a close to uncut 35mm print of TENEBRE, but it's become apparent that we won't be able to secure said print anytime in the near future. So we'll be presenting a high quality digital copy of the film; we've seen it, and it's absolutely gorgeous. Plus, this finally gives us the opportunity to share it with the greatest audience in the world!)

*A brand spankin' new 2K DCP restoration of Werner Herzog's lush, atmospheric remake of NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE, featuring the luminous Isabelle Adjani, the magnetic Bruno Ganz, a haunting score by Popul Vuh......and, oh yeah, the madman of Deutschland himself, Klaus Kinski as everyone's favorite fang-toothed vampire. This comes from our good friends at Bleeding Light Film Group, who brought you the complete version of Andrzej Zulawski's POSSESSION that played in 2012, so expect nothing but the best in this Marathon first.

*Another Horror Marathon first (believe it or not) with a 2K DCP screening of James Whale's creepy and humorous, "why are those pants running down the street" Universal classic THE INVISIBLE MAN.

*Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward and the gorgeous Britt Ekland in the critically acclaimed Final Cut of Robin Hardy's stone cold Brit cult classic THE WICKER MAN (in paganistic 2K DCP.) We've been waiting for years to screen this at the Columbus Horror Marathon, and now, thanks to the twisted folks at Rialto Pictures, you can savor the creeping dread of this horror landmark with the best audience in the world.

*Kubrick! King! Nicholson! Duvall! Redrum! Penderecki! Carlos! Faked moon landings? It's a testament to its enduring power that THE SHINING continues to inspire such diverse levels of appreciation. Now, revisit the Overlook Hotel once again in haunting 2K DCP.

*A rare 35mm screening of the absolutely bizarro gem THE MANITOU, with an all-star cast of Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Stella Stevens, and Burgess Meredith, with a score by the great Lalo Schifrin. Seriously, if you haven't seen this yet (it's out of print on DVD) you should wait until October, and then run to the Drexel like there's no tomorrow to experience all of THE MANITOU's wild charms.

*And last, but certainly not least, is Barbara Crampton in Adam Wingard's superior home invasion shocker YOU'RE NEXT. This one had great buzz coming out of the 2011 festival circuit, but when it was finally released last August, crowds stayed away. Boy, did they miss out, 'cause this one if a tremendous exercise in suspense and raw, bone-chilling terror. Highly recommended, and sure to go over well with this crowd in atmospheric 2K DCP.

Tickets for SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK are
$40 in advance
$45 at the door (if there are any left)

Cleveland/CWRU Marathon, Jan16-17 list announced.

8:30 PM - Godzilla (2014, PG-13, 35 mm)
11:00 PM - [Surprise I] (--, PG, 35 mm)
1:15 AM - The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957, UR, 35 mm)
3:00 AM - Sleeper (1973, PG)
4:45 AM - Steamboy (2004, PG-13, 35 mm)
7:15 AM - Honey I Shrunk the Kids (1989, PG, 35 mm)
9:00 AM - Forbidden Planet (1956, G)
11:00 AM - [Surprise II] (--, Approved, 35 mm)
12:30 PM - Jodorowsky's Dune (2013, PG-13, 35 mm)
2:45 PM - Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958, PG)
4:15 PM - Edge of Tomorrow (2014, PG-13, 35 mm)
6:30 PM - [Surprise III] (--, Approved, 35 mm)
8:00 PM - Jumanji (1995, PG, 35 mm)
10:00 PM - Tremors (1990, PG-13, 35 mm)
Announcement is on Facebook.
Just noted that  Jodorowsky's Dune  was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary.
Steamboy is manga steampunk by the guy who made Akira.
Usually one surprise is a newbie, one pretty wacko and one humorous - but who knows. Although the overall list is sort of pedestrian a little quality among the surprises would make it a decent (All 35mm!) list.
Most often they add some special treat. They also run about two hours late by the end, taking them well into the next day.
On the odd chance that anyone from Boston is thinking of attending, let me know for lodging/parking/hints.

Thanks for the correction LA.
As I responded to your note on the Columbus board, Jodorowsky's Dune is indeed only on the short list thus far. Still it is a serious acknowledgement of the makers of our genre. Looking forward to seeing it, and to the hope of an actual nomination in January.

A comment. For three years I have attended programs of the Oscar  Shorts & Documentary  nominees. If you want to see quality film check out where they might be shown in your area. If two theaters in Cleveland schedule the programs, then you can probably find a showing in your area.

And I shouldn't have said "All" 35 mm. Looking at the schedule, they only claim 11 of 14. Still the best ratio that I have seen in recent memory.

Thanks for the report!

How big was the crowd? How well behaved? And, how many stayed beginning to end?



pogo wrote on Jan 18^th, 2015 at 3:43pm:

I get the feeling we're going to see the Dune docu at SF40.