Media Co-Op/Black Lodge October Horror Series

10/12: Spider Baby (1968)
In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes them to mentally regress from the age of 10 or so on as they physically develop. The family chauffeur looks out for them and covers up their indiscretions. Trouble comes when greedy distant relatives and their lawyer arrive to dispossess the family of its home. w/ Lon Chaney Jr. and a very young Sid Haig(House 1000 Corpses / Devil's Rejects). Directed by Jack Hill

10/13: Evil Dead 2 (1987)
It's fuc*in Evil Dead 2. Not much plot description needed here I wouldn't think. A young man named Ash(Bruce Campbell) takes his girlfriend Linda to a secluded cabin, and plays back a professor's tape recorded recitation of passages from the Book of the Dead. The spell calls up an evil force from the woods which turns Linda into a monstrous Deadite, and threatens to do the same to Ash. Directed by Sam Raimi

10/19: Suspiria (1977)
A newcomer to a fancy ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the staff of the school are actually a coven of witches bent on chaos and destruction. Directed beautifully by Dario Argento(Opera, Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Deep Red Hatchet Murders)

10/20: The Thing ('82)
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills. Easily one of the best film remakes ever. w/ Kurt Russell. Directed by John Carpenter

10/26: Return of the Living Dead (1985)
When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food...brains! Incredibly fun pseudo continuation of the "Dead" series. Directed by Dan O'Bannon(writer of "Alien", "Dark Star")

10/27: Halloween('78)
15 years ago(from 1978), 6 year old Michael Myers brutally killed his older sister. The silent child was incarcerated in the Smith's Grove Sanitarium under the care of psychiatrist Sam Loomis. The town of Haddonfield had slowly began to forget the tragic crime, until Loomis returned to the town to warn of Myers escape from Smith's Grove. THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY "HALLOWEEN". EXCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES. Directed by John Carpenter

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