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Splatterfest XIII

35MM Screening
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    The Colonial Theatre’s perennial showcase for the gory, the gruesome, and the Grand Guignol returns Saturday, August 9th, with the thirteenth installment of Splatterfest, our all-night tribute to Italian Horror cinema at its most ferocious and transgressive. This year’s lineup features five splatter-soaked features from the deranged minds of Italy’s finest schlockmeisters — a can’t-miss cavalcade of carnage sure to satiate even the most hardened gorehounds and midnight fiends.

    To preserve the grindhouse aura in which these films were originally unleashed, all titles will once again screen from vintage 35mm prints. Grab your barf bag, brace yourself, and plunge headfirst into an all-night odyssey of Italian horror depravity. 

    Children under 17 must be accompanied by a Parent or Guardian. Tickets are non-refundable. Ticket prices include the Processing Fee. This fee will be added at checkout. Tickets are available with cash, check, or credit card at the Colonial Theatre Box Office or online. No member or guest passes are accepted for this event. 

    Food Tickets*

    General Admission with Box Lunch: $50.00 (includes $5.00 processing fee)
    Member Ticket with Box Lunch: $45.00 (no processing fee)
    *Please look for an email from Bob Trate, our Programming director (bob@thecolonialtheatre.com), which will have the link to order the Famous Box Lunches from Dixie Picnic. 

    Regular Tickets

    General Admission: $35.00 (includes $5.00 processing fee)
    Member Ticket: $30.00 (no processing fee)

    Running Order For the Night*

    The timing of Splatterfest is subject to change:

    6:45 p.m – 7:00 p.m  – Introductions/ Trailers

    7:00 p.m. – 8:25 p.m. – TBD

    20 min break: Food orders available at the new concession stand (10 min of trailers/ 10 min drive-in count down)

    8:45 p.m. – 10:10 p.m. – TBD

    10 min break: Free Raffle Prizes Distributed

    10:20 p.m. – 12:05 a.m.– TBD

    10 min break (trailers will play)

    12:15 a.m. – 1:45 a.m.– TBD

    10 min break (trailers will play)

    1:55 a.m. – 3:35 a.m. – TBD

    * Running order will be revealed soon.

    Film List and Details

    Antropophagus (aka Grim Reaper)

    Joe D’Amato. Italy. 1980. 1 hr 27 min. 35mm. R. 
    Screening rights are provided by Park Circus. 35mm film print courtesy of  Exhumed Films. In Italian with soft English subtitles.
    Tourists become stranded on an island and are stalked by a gruesome killer that slaughtered the island’s former inhabitants.

    Autospy

    Armando Crispino. Italy. 1975. 1 hr 40 min. 35mm. R. 
    Screening rights provided by American Genre Film Archive. 35mm film print courtesy of Exhumed Films.
    A young pathology doctor interning in a morgue tries to cope with a wave of suicides. A woman she just met kills herself, but she suspects someone close to her might have killed her.

    Torso

    Sergio Martino. Italy. 1973. 1 hr 30 min. 35mm. R. 
    Screening rights provided by American Genre Film Archive and Arrow Films. 35mm film print courtesy of Exhumed Films.
    A towering terror from the end of the ‘70s giallo boom, TORSO finds director Sergio Martino (YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY, CASE OF THE SCORPION’S TAIL) reveling in the genre’s time-honored traditions while also laying groundwork for the modern slasher. It delivers copious violence, sleaze and one of the tensest cat-and-mouse games ever committed to celluloid.

    A maniac prowls the streets of Perugia, targeting picturesque university students. Alarmed at the plummeting life expectancy of the student body, Jane (Suzy Kendall, THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE) and her friends elope to a secluded country villa to discover that, far from having left the terror behind, they’ve brought it with them…

    The final 2 titles will be revealed soon! 

    The Official Event Merchandise: 

    Our Splatterfest XIII merch will be in collaboration with Garofalo Designworks. A limited number of t-shirts and additional merch will be available at the event. Prices TBD. Garofalo Designworks will be vending during the show.

    Raffle Prizes:

    Fright-Rags is helping us mark our 40th anniversary screening of the film by providing us with official Friday the 13th: A New Beginning t-shirts from their collection. These will be a part of our FREE RAFFLE before the show. Get your raffle ticket at the door. A Jason-sized hug to Fright-Rags for sending these to us.

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    Information

    • Genre Hororr
    • Director Various
    • Released Various
    • Runtime 7 hours 30 min
    • Rated R
    • Studio Various
    • CountryItaly
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