Spider
Baby
The demented and darkly comic feature film will
be Spider Baby. Jack Hill is the director of this,
and he's made a living directing very bad films
like Switchblade Sisters and Foxy Brown and Coffy
(even though Pam Grier
was Hot!). But this is his “best” film,
and it's really kind of “good” (at
least compared to his other films!). It is a really
creepy and surprisingly touching film about a very
unique and disturbed family living in the proverbial
decaying old mansion. Lon Chaney, Jr. (who sings
the title song over the credits) is magnificent
as the long suffering
guardian of the family, who has a rare genetic
malady that causes its victims to mentally regress
to a condition of "pre-human savagery and
cannibalism." So when the family is visited
by a pair of distant relatives and their greedy
lawyer, a wild night of murderous thrills ensues.
After it was released (sort of) in 1964, it went
into limbo, and
was released over the years under several names,
like Cannibal Orgy: or The Maddest Story Ever Told
and Attack of The Liver Eaters. There is a rumor
that a live musical version of this film is now
being staged in, of all places, Brookings, Oregon!
Insanely obsessive film archivist, Steven Mayerson
will screen Halloween themed rarities before the
feature.
Also stay tuned for the 3rd episode of the serial
The Lost Planet from 1953! On the par with an Ed
Wood movie, it’s considered the worst serial
ever made with unintentionally hilarious dialogue
like "How are we going to find it, it's the
Lost Planet." It was the last sci-fi serial
ever made…for good reason.
Please bring ghoulish treat for the potluck dinner
open to all members before the feature. Some bottom
feeders just come for the great food! And, of course,
wear a costume…or not!
Also stay tuned for the 3rd episode of the serial
The Lost Planet
from 1953!
On the par with an Ed
Wood movie, it’s considered the worst serial
ever made with
unintentionally hilarious dialogue like "How
are we going to find it,
it's the Lost Planet." It was the last sci-fi
serial ever made…for good
reason.
The TV Dinner potluck is open to all members before
the feature.
Also, unload your trashy videos for door prizes
in our humiliating
and hilarious raffle.
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