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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

AGFA And Shout! Factory Team Up To Bring 50 Cult Classics Back To Theaters


Well hot damn, this is like Christmas morning! The fine folks at the American Genre Film Archive and Shout! Factory have teamed up to bring 50, count ‘em 50, cult classics back to the big screen this year. 


There’s obviously more to say, but holy crap, first take a moment to gawk at this list of titles:

BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
BEN
BLACK CHRISTMAS
BOY AND HIS DOG
BREAKER MORANT
CAGED HEAT
CHOPPING MALL aka KILLBOTS
CRAZY MAMA
DOWNFALL
DREAMSCAPE
FACES
FANNY
FEAR CITY
FORBIDDEN WORLD
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
GALAXY OF TERROR
GARGOYLES
GREASERS PALACE
HOLY MOTORS
HOPSCOTCH
HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP
HYPE!
I MARRIED A WITCH
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE
LONG VOYAGE HOME
THE NINTH CONFIGURATION
OPENING NIGHT
OTHELLO
PIRANHA
QUADROPHENIA
RABID
ROCK N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
THE HARDER THEY COME
THE RULING CLASS
SAINT JACK
SHADOWS
SHAKMA
SIMON, KING OF THE WITCHES
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II
SMITHEREENS
STAGECOACH
STARCRASH
THE STUNT MAN
SUBURBIA
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
WILLARD
THE VELVET VAMPIRE
WHALE RIDER
A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE

This list has something for everyone. We’ve got the post-apocalyptic stylings of A Boy and his Dog; angry, nasty critters with Willard and Piranha; teen slasher goodness with the Slumber Party Massacre films; the recent mind-bending art house fare that is Leos Carax’s Holy Motor; the music documentary Hype!; and so much more. Come on, Chopping Mall, Quadrophenia, Rock ‘n Roll High School, Black Christmas, all on the big screen? 

We got class, we got exploitation; there’s Johns Ford and Cassavetes. Oh god, there’s even Shakespeare. There’s something for everyone here.

AGFA and Shout! Factory teaming up sounds like a good idea no matter what, but looking at this collection of movies, it’s difficult not to drool all over my keyboard. These titles are apparently ready and available for theatrical booking right away, so hopefully we’ll start to see some of them roll out before long. (In Seattle, I imagine a few might pop up at places like the Grand Illusion or the NW Film Forum. Just a guess. Maybe a bit of a cinephile prayer.)

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