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Straight To Video presents Nightmare At Noon (1988)

LAB111, Friday, June 19 at 09:00 PM GMT+2

STRAIGHT TO VIDEO PRESENTS NIGHTMARE AT NOON (1988)

Curators Lieuwe and Levente bring you the ultimate cult night every month with Straight to Video presents... Prepare for a wild cult film from the VHS era, filled with mind-boggling moments, rubbery rarities, and deranged dialogue.

This June: what happens when a government experiment poisons the water supply of a sleepy desert town? In Nightmare at Noon, the locals turn into green-bleeding homicidal maniacs, leaving sheriff George Kennedy, fired cop Bo Hopkins, and an utterly unhinged Wings Hauser to fight back against the madness. Directed by Greek exploitation legend Nico Mastorakis, this gloriously chaotic B-movie throws zombies, conspiracies, flamethrowers, motorcycle stunts, and endless exploding cars into one delirious package.

Part sci-fi paranoia thriller, part action movie, part zombie mayhem, Nightmare at Noon constantly escalates into increasingly absurd territory, including an overly long helicopter battle. Featuring manic villainy from Brion James and enough pyrotechnics for three movies, this cult oddity is exactly the kind of loud, messy, wildly entertaining VHS-era insanity that Straight to Video was made for.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/straight-to-video-presents-nightmare-at-noon-1988

Straight To Video presents Massacre In Dinosaur Valley (1985)

LAB111, Friday, May 29 at 09:00 PM GMT+2

STRAIGHT TO VIDEO PRESENTS MASSACRE IN DINOSAUR VALLEY (1985)

Curators Lieuwe and Levente bring you the ultimate cult night every month with Straight to Video presents... Prepare for a wild cult film from the VHS era, filled with mind-boggling moments, rubbery rarities, and deranged dialogue.

Do you like movies? Aren’t you annoyed that it takes around 2 hours to finish one before you can dwell into another story? What if I tell you that a single movie exists that features all the possible genres you can think of in just under 90 minutes? Allow Straight to Video to present you Massacre at Dinosaur Valley!*

Director Michele Massimo Tarantini was mainly known for his Italian sexploitation and poliziesco entries before he headed to the Amazonas to shoot his magnum opus. As a relatively late, 1985 addition to the Italian ’80s jungle and cannibal movie craze, Tarantini turned the disturbing violence somewhat down to replace it with cheap eroticism and the signature narrative nonsense which is the defining feature of Italosploitation.

Our ragtag group of adventurers, consisting of a dinosaur bone hunter, an old professor, his daughter, a bunch of suspiciously underdressed “fashion models” and a ‘Nam vet with both PTSD and a spiteful wife head deep into the jungle to do what again...? Eh, does it really matter? All you need to know is that after the most charming toy plane crash they will find themselves facing a brand new life threatening challenge every 3 minutes. Come and see for yourself who will survive to fly away to the sunset with the treasure of the Amazonas at the end!

*Disclaimer: Dinosaurs may not be included in the admission price.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/straight-to-video-presents-massacre-in-dinosaur-valley-1985

Film Lecture: Marilyn Monroe – Zoveel Meer Dan Een Dom Blondje

LAB111, Monday, June 1 at 07:30 PM GMT+2

FILM LECTURE:

MARILYN MONROE – ZOVEEL MEER DAN EEN DOM BLONDJE

Op maandag 1 juni zou Marilyn Monroe honderd jaar zijn geworden. Hoewel ze slechts 36 jaar oud mocht worden, is haar invloed op film, mode en popcultuur tot op de dag van vandaag onverminderd groot. Tijdens deze filmlezing staat filmwetenschapper Timna Rauch stil bij het leven, de carrière en de blijvende mythe van een van Hollywoods meest iconische sterren. Aansluitend vertonen we Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, de sprankelende musicalkomedie waarin Monroe schittert in een van haar meest memorabele rollen.

Ze is de meest gefotografeerde vrouw ter wereld en staat vooral bekend om haar zwoele stem en sexy uiterlijk. Maar ze las ook Proust, studeerde aan gerenommeerde acteerscholen en hield haar imago strak in de hand. Marilyn Monroe is zoveel meer dan het eendimensionale beeld dat vaak van haar gemaakt werd. Filmwetenschapper en -journalist Timna Rauch zet de spotlight op die veelzijdigheid van Monroe en laat zien dat Marylin zoveel meer is dan een ‘dom blondje’.

Over de spreker

Timna Rauch is film- en mediawetenschapper en -journalist. In haar artikelen, lezingen en cursussen schijnt ze altijd een verrassend licht op haar onderwerpen te werpen en gaat ze op zoek naar de verhalen achter de verhalen. Ze is een enthousiaste en gepassioneerde verteller en zorgt ervoor dat haar publiek altijd met een nieuwe blik de zaal uit loopt.

Please note that this lecture will be presented in Dutch. Tickets for the 20:30 screening of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes are sold separately.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/film-lecture-marilyn-monroe-zoveel-meer-dan-een-dom-blondje