First Friday Fright Night
Each and every First Friday the theater will go dark and the blood will run red. Show times will vary, but will generally be at 9:45pm. If horror screenings are your thing and you’re in the Philly area, check out Exhumed Films.
Tom Whalen (strongstuff.net) will be designing custom posters for many of our upcoming FFFN films. We’ll have prints (11×17) available for $10 at the screenings.
Click here to download a copy of our complete Summer schedule.
Iron Hill Brewery in Phoenixville has come on board as the sponsor for the remaining 2010 FFFN films. Please support them for supporting us!
House
Directed by Nobuhiko Obayahshi. Japan. 1977. R. Running time: 88 min.
- Fri, Sep 3, 10:00 pm
How to describe Nobuhiko Obayahshi’s 1977 movie House? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby Doo as directed by Dario Argento? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home, only to come face to face with evil spirits, bloodthirsty pianos, and a demonic housecat. More »
Asian Horror Fest
Directed by Jun Fukuda, John Carpenter, Takashi Miike. Japan, US, Japan. 1966, 1986, 1999. NR, PG-13, UR. Running time: 87, 99, 115 min.
- Sat, Sep 4, 12:00 pm
Join us for three very different films that range from classic monster mayhem, to genre pastiche, to unrelenting gore. We’re thinking of it as a bento box of Asian (and Asian-inspired) cinema. More »
Monster Squad
Directed by Fred Dekker. US. 1987. PG-13. Running time: 82 min.
- Fri, Oct 8, 9:45 pm
“Squad boasts a seemingly foolproof premise (The Little Rascals meet Universal’s monsters), but it nevertheless took years to develop a cult, thanks largely to marketing that made it look like a soulless Ghostbusters knock-off. A clever script by Shane Black and director Fred Dekker pits a resurgent Count Dracula (Duncan Regehr) and his clique of monster sidekicks against a pint-sized monster club devoted to exploring pressing matters like whether the Wolfman can drive a car. More »
Batman Returns
Directed by Tim Burton. US. 1992. PG-13. Running time: 126 min.
- Fri, Dec 3, 9:45 pm
Dark, twisted and filled with only the holiday cheer that Tim Burton could bring, Batman Returns was Burton’s last run at the Caped Crusader. This was also the last time Michael Keaton would be the Dark Knight. Released in June of 1992 the film was a stark contrast to the summer heat blazing outside. The Colonial feels it is only right to play this dark fairy tale in December with the bitter cold on the outside and bitter villains (Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Christopher Walken) scheming on the inside. (Bob Trate)