Splatterfest 16mm Overture: All The Colors of the Dark (1972) + The Dead Are Alive (1972)

ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK (dir. Sergio Martino, 1972)

Nightmares, Satanic cults, and psychedelic paranoia collide in this deliriously stylish occult thriller from Sergio Martino, one of the undisputed masters of the giallo. Italian genre cinema icon Edwige Fenech stars as Jane, a traumatized woman plagued by visions of violence and pursued by forces that may be supernatural, psychological, or something far more sinister. Emerging at the crossroads of the giallo, horror film, and the post-Rosemary’s Baby wave of Satanic shockers, All the Colors of the Dark abandons conventional mystery mechanics in favor of a hallucinatory descent into dread, awash in swirling colors, black masses, and dream logic. Featuring the impossibly handsome George Hilton, the menacing Ivan Rassimov, and a thunderous score by Morricone collaborator Bruno Nicolai, Martino’s cult favorite remains one of the most intoxicatingly strange and visually ravishing nightmares to emerge from the golden age of Italian exploitation cinema.

Print Note: We proudly present All The Colors of the Dark on a rare 16mm theatrical print in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio and English-language dub under the American release title, They’re Coming to Get You. The print retains nice color, though some fading is present. Print Courtesy of Exhumed Films.

THE DEAD ARE ALIVE (dir. Armando Crispino, 1972)

Few gialli are as fascinated with the distant past as Armando Crispino’s The Dead Are Alive (aka The Etruscan Kills Again). Ritualistic killings, jet-set melodrama, and supernatural suggestion converge around the remnants of an ancient Etruscan civilization, yielding a murder mystery unlike any other in the genre. Best known today for the cult favorite Autopsy, which screened on 35mm at last year’s Splatterfest, Crispino proves equally adept at conjuring atmosphere here, mutating sun-drenched ruins and picturesque European landscapes into sites of mounting unease. Samantha Eggar, Alex Cord, and a magnificently volatile John Marley headline an eccentric international cast, while Riz Ortolani’s haunting score occasionally foreshadows the mournful textures he would later bring to Cannibal Holocaust. An overlooked gem from the golden age of the giallo, The Dead Are Alive remains a singular excursion into archaeological horror.

Print Notes: The Dead Are Alive (aka The Etruscan Kills Again) will be presented on a rare 16mm theatrical print in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio and English-language dub under its international title. The print retains nice color, though some fading is present. Print courtesy of Dan Santelli.

SCHEDULE

Introduction: 7:30 PM

All The Colors of the Dark (1972): 7:40 PM

Intermission (15 minutes) + Trailers: 9:15 PM

The Dead Are Alive (1972): 9:35 PM

End of Show: 11:20 PM

TICKETS

Adults: $20

Senior / Student / Military / Veteran: $18

Members: $16

Designer / Director / Visionary Members: $5