SUN MON TUES Wed thurs fri SAT 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 SPECTACLE 5:00 THE SNOW WOMAN 7:30 IDOL IS DEAD/ SANGUIVOROUS 10:00 WOMAN OF MUD Midnight SCREAM BLOODY MURDER 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3:00 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 5:00 FIST CHURCH DARK WATERS tetsudon: The abcs of folies meurtrieres the ape woman NOTHING CAN TURN INTO THE GUARD FROM UNDERGROUND A VOID - PEOPLE LIKE US fool japan 7:30 5:00 EXOTIC DIRECTOr Q&A! MADELeINE, STUDY OF 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 CHANGE ITSELF - 10:00 A NIGHTMARE Déjà vu affairs within walls the guard from go go second time GENESIS P. ORRIDGE WHAT’S REVENGE? lost & forgotten cinema underground virgin DIRECTOr in person! DIRECTOr Q&A! 7:30 ECSTASY OF THE ANGELS Midnight Midnight Contemporary underground special events DAYDREAM VIOLATED ANGELS • 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 3:00 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 & 10:00 5:00 BLOOD BRUNCH GO GO SECOND TIME THE SNOW WOMAN WOMAN OF MUD DARK WATERS BORBETOMAGUS: mansion of madness VIRGIN A Pollock of Sound director in person! 7:30 5:00 EXOTIC DIRECTOr Q&A! BAKENEKO: A 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 VENGEFUL SPIRIT THE EMBRYO HUNTS IN VIOLATED ANGELS MADELeINE, STUDY OF THE GUARD FROM Midnight 10:00 SECRET A NIGHTMARE scream bloody murder WHAT’S REVENGE? UNDERGROUND DIRECTOr Q&A! 7:30 BORO IN THE BOX Midnight daydream 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 3:00 - 5:00P 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 7:30 5:00 CLOSED IDOL IS DEAD/ Déjà vu DAYDREAM ecstasy of the angels BAKENEKO: A madeleine, study of SANGUIVOROUS VENGEFUL SPIRIT a nightmare 7:30 7:30 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 affairs within walls THE EMBRYO HUNTS IN THE SNOW WOMAN THE APE WOMAN optic nerves boro in the box mansion of madness SECRET ONE NIGHT ONLY! 10:00 go go second time virgin Midnight Midnight woman of mud scream bloody murder 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3:00 8:00 7:30 7:30 8:00 7:30 BLOOD BRUNCH Match cuts presents: idol is dead/ boro in the box (In)Visible: An Evening ecstasy of the angels Yvonne Rainer’s sanguivorous of Cineradiography shriek show 5:00 Privilege 10:00 10:00 the ape woman 10:00 mansion of madness folies meurtrieres IV dark waters 7:30 tetsudon: The abcs of Midnight fool japan violated angels 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 3:00 7:30 FIST CHURCH BAKENEKO: A VENGEFUL SPIRIT 5:00 Déjà vu 7:30 10:00 October 2016 affairs within walls folies meurtrieres 124 S. 3RD St. • BROOKLYN, NY

On the cover: $5 MOVIES • $10 special events SANCTUS 7 days a week Folies Meurtrieres, Antoine Pellissier, 1984 SHRIEK SHOW IV Tetsudon: The ABCs Of Fool Japan, Various, 2016 SPECTOBER V SHRIEK SHOW VI TIDEPOINT PICTURES: WEIRD WORLDS For the fifth year, Spectacle is proud to present a month-long, lovingly-selected ALL DAY 10/29 • $5 PER FILM, $25 FOR THE DAY Specializing in bringing contemporary and cutting-edge Asian films to North series of unknown, mysterious, and shocking films from around the world. Crunch a leaf, smash a pumpkin, key a car - the time is at hand! Tricks, treats, American audiences, Tidepoint turns 20 this year. In the spirit of Halloween, and everything in between - post up for 12ish (probably 14) hours of cerebellum- Spectacle presents a selection of Tidepoint films that go beyond (or directly THE MANSION OF MADNESS: Dir. Juan Lopez Moctezuma, 1973, Mexico, 99 min. boiling insanity with your favorite Spectaghouls. This year we have the premiere mock) typical JHorror while showcasing their diverse catalogue. 10/15 5:00p • 10/21 10:00p • 10/26 10:00p of Appalachian satanists, more midnight madness presented by Negative We enter into a place where political satire and surrealist horror blend into a Pleasure, rare and secret archival prints from Radical Hardware, as well as IDOL IS DEAD/SANGUIVOROUS: Dir. Yukihiro Katô/ Naoki Yoshimoto, 2012/2011. truly astonishing film. Led by the great Claudio Brook, the film is as a dream, the usual who’s who of fiendish friends, shorts, songs, and surprises. After five Japan, 120 min. In Japanese, with English subtitles. a ritual, a series of living tableaux. No less than Leonora Carrington served as years strong this one is truly one for the books. Don’t miss out! 10/1 7:30p • 10/17 7:30p • 10/25 7:30p art director. We are honored to present this film in its longest known cut, with SANGUIVOROUS is an impressionist fever dream of a young woman’s realization the original English dialogue, miles from public domain cuts. Those expecting OPTIC NERVES she’s related to an ancient vampire clan. It screens with IDOL IS DEAD, a cheap horror will be disappointed; those expecting clarity will be confused, 10/19 10:00p ONE SCREENING ONLY! perfect showcase for real-life J-pop anti-idol group BiS (Born idol Society). those with eyes to see will behold a revelation. The Imagine Science Film Festival exists to go beyond the expectations of After not-so-accidentally dispatching their more successful rivals in a rumble traditional science documentary or sci-fi conventions. Even within this, some of gone wrong, BiS realize they can turn murder-lemons into success-lemonade FOLIES MEURTRIERES: Dir. Antoine Pellissier, 1984, France, 47 min. the most exciting and unique works received are those which most resolutely by posing as the now-dead group. They’re going to claw their way to stardom 10/5 7:30p • 10/28 10:00p • 10/31 10:00p defy categorization or definition. For these films, we’ve created OPTIC NERVES. one supermarket opening at a time, and the only thing that can stop them is the FOLIES MEURTRIERES is the slasher boiled down to a dead-eyed late-night Sometimes disorienting, often visually arresting, always surprising. Join us for a resurrected, extremely pissed lead singer of the original group. Featuring gore, trance, all VHS tape hiss, HG Lewis-style gore effects and zero character program of mysterious optical experiments, traumatic medical experiences, and depravity, and the bubbliest J-pop this side of a knife fight. development or comic relief. Anyone looking for a well-written mimetically sci-fi avant-garde reflections on identity in a post-digital age. plausible story won’t find it here: this is homemade murderdrone haze. WOMAN OF MUD (ANG BABAENG PUTIK): Dir. Rico Maria Ilarde, 2000, Information on this film is sparse, but director Pellissier’s day job is medical Phillipines, 105 min. In Filipino/Tagalog with English subtitles. examiner, fitting for a film closer to Grand Guignol than the action-film-jump- (IN)VISIBLE: AN EVENING OF 10/1 10:00p • 10/12 7:30p • 10/21 MIDNIGHT 5:00p scare world of contemporary horror. MOVING IMAGE X-RAYS Medical student/Olympic-level archer Mark just wants to get away from it all 10/27 8:00p LIVE SCORE • ONE NIGHT ONLY! to focus on his true passion, writing horror. But when he finally hikes to his THE APE WOMAN: Dir. Marco Ferreri, 1964, Italy/France, 92 min. SANCTUS: Dir. Barbara Hammer, 1990, USA, 20 min. uncle’s house in the boondocks, he’s struck with severe writer’s block. As 10/6 7:30p • 10/18 10:00p • 10/23 5:00p THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER: Dir. James Sibley Watson & thanks for rescuing him from the local junta, a magician gives Mark a magic A woman born with hair covering her body is exploited by a man planning to use Melville Webber, 1928, USA, 13 min. seed he promises will answer Mark’s needs. It grows into a beautiful, mute her as a freak attraction. MOVEMENT OF THE JOINTS BY CINERADIOGRAPHY: Dir. Nuffield Institute muse he dubs Sally. But soon, local villagers disappear, and Mark notices Sally for Medical Research Oxford, 1945, UK, 16 min. prefers raw meat to his delicious dishes…An underseen creature-feature gem MADELEINE, STUDY OF A NIGHTMARE: Dir. tRoberto Mauri, 1974, Italy, 110 min. featuring excellent gore effects. 10/2 5:00p • 10/12:10:00p • 10/22 5:00p In 1990, experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer found previously unopened 35 mm nitrate films made by a physician in the 1950s. The program will Camille Keaton stars in a story of a woman unable to directly acknowledge deep THE GUARD FROM UNDERGROUND: Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1992, Japan, 96 min. personal trauma, but trying to; her efforts mostly take the form of swanning feature three rarely seen films: SANCTUS, an exploration of the experiments In Japanese, with English subtitles. around a gorgeous Italian villa seducing one man after another. And yet, the in moving image X-rays conducted by Dr. James Sibley Watson; a horror 10/5 10:00p • 10/8 5:00p • 10/13 10:00p increasing sense her will is not her own, that her mysterious husband/lover/ film–an adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe story; a medical tutorial, never Art historian Akiko begins her new job at a vaguely defined corporation the same benefactor isn’t acting benevolently, turns what could have been mere softcore before screened, created at Oxford University. The film will be accompanied by day as an immense security guard, who happens to match the description of a into a haunting look at a woman struggling with her own id, and losing. original, live scoring by High Water. murderous sumo wrestler released due to an insanity plea. Unfairly derided as a generic slasher flick ground out before Kurosawa moved on to better-received DARK WATERS Dir. Mariano Baino, 1993, Russia, 94 min. BORBETOMAGUS: A POLLOCK OF SOUND works, including CURE and PULSE, GUARD features all his signatures in nascent 10/3 7:30p • 10/13 7:30p • 10/25 10:00p Dir. Jef Mertens, 2016, Belgium, 63 min. form – isolation amid the everyday, dingy, banal locations, terror stemming from Englishwoman Elizabeth travels to an ascetic convent on an isolated Eastern 10/14 8:00p & 10:00p NYC PREMIERE • DIRECTOR IN PERSON! the gloom and nihility of human existence rather than shock or gore. European island to settle her late father’s affairs, against his last wishes. From 1979 on, Borbetomagus have persevered a ‘no holds barred’ musical Confined by the sea and under the ireful scrutiny of the sisters, Elizabeth style, described and boxed by the media so many times they remain TETSUDON: THE ABCS OF FOOL JAPAN: Dir. various, 2016, Japan, 105 min. In experiences disorienting visions of a horror she cannot recall. uncategorized. Guerilla filmmaker Jef Mertens brings the story previously only Japanese, with English subtitles. written in select underground media. Made on a low budget string and with the 10/4 7:30p • 10/23 7:30p help of many artists, writers, photographers and fellow filmmakers, the film Comedy film fest TETSUDON put together an anthology of 26 ‘foolish’ films by DÉJÀ VU: Dir. Goran Markovic, 1987, Yugoslavia, 102 min. 10/3 10:00p • 10/18 7:30p • 10/30 5:00p exhibits a raw, urgent, and unpolished vision on a band that has spent almost 4 26 different directors. Japan and ‘Japan’ are covered in full, with kaiju, anime, Haunted by flashbacks, troubled piano teacher Mihailo seeks solace in decades defining and redefining their music. salarymen, panty shots, calligraphy, samurai, gothic loli, bushido, and everything romance. But when politically-minded Olgica dumps him for a Communist else from A-to-Z thrown into the mix. Youth, Mihailo, unable to distinguish past from the present, is driven to insanity. EXOTIC Dir. Amy Oden, 2015, USA, 61 min. 10/8 7:30p • 10/15 7:30p DIRECTOR IN PERSON, BOTH SCREENINGS! ALSO PLAYING: SCREAM BLOODY MURDER: Dir. Marc B. Ray, 1973, USA, 90 min. Guam’s best known as military base and tourist playground, leading to a thriving 10/1 MIDNIGHT • 10/14 MIDNIGHT • 10/22 MIDNIGHT AN ART APART: VICKI BENNETT AND GENESIS P-ORRIDGE A troubled young man with a hook for a hand and a serious aversion to sex industry of strip clubs and brothels. This documentary explores the complexities murders anyone who gets in the way of his love for a prostitute in this grimy of the industry from the point of view of the island’s sex workers, many of EROS + MASSACRE: PINKU FILMS slasher flick from 1973. SCREAM BLOODY MURDER seems to have crawled whom travel from the United States for seasonal work. They describe customer MATCH CUTS PRESENTS: YVONNE RAINER’S PRIVILEGE directly from the gutter, with a warped internal logic that drags you into its preferences, joys and abuses of the job, and their precarious relationship with NYC PREMIERE: WHAT’S REVENGE bleak, blood-drenched world. “big sister” Korean bosses. The film contextualizes a global struggle to legalize sex work within women’s daily struggle on this tiny, often overlooked island. Please visit spectacletheater.com for a full listing of films and events.