YOKAI MONSTERS: SPOOK WARFARE 1968
"Like Clive Barker's NIGHTBREED, there are more monsters on display than you can shake a stick at."
— David Cairns, MUBI
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From the makers of the DAIMAJIN trilogy comes YOKAI MONSTERS, a hallucinatory series of Theremin-fueled films that combine Kaiju-styled beasties with epic mythological storylines. In YOKAI MONSTERS: SPOOK WARFARE (the second movie in the series), an evil Babylonian vampire is accidentally resurrected by a group of treasure hunters. And it's up to the Yokai monsters to stop this unholy bloodsucker from destroying the world! Combining the iconic surrealism of HAUSU with monsters that are as adorable as baby Yoda (and as ferocious as Godzilla), SPOOK WARFARE is an unmissable chapter in the Japanese horror-fantasy canon. This movie will give your audiences everything they need, including smiles, joy, and a demon vampire with the ability to clone itself.
Saturday, September 14
Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda
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Starring: Yoshihiko Aoyama, Akane Kawasaki, Takashi Kanda
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Runtime: 79 min., Japan
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Language: Japanese w/ English subtitles
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NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE 1979
“It is about the mood and style of vampirism, about the terrible seductive pity of it all.” - Roger Ebert
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Werner Herzog’s only horror film is as rich with artistry and tragedy as his most grounded, human work. It is 1850 in the beautiful, perfectly-kept town of Wismar. Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz, DOWNFALL; WINGS OF DESIRE) is leaving on a long journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize real estate arrangements with a wealthy nobleman. His wife Lucy (POSSESSION’s Isabelle Adjani) begs him not to go and is troubled by a strong premonition of danger. Despite her warnings, Jonathan arrives four weeks later at a large, gloomy castle. Out of the mist appears a pale, wraith-like figure with deep-sunken eyes who identifies himself as Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski). The events that transpire slowly convince Harker that he is in the presence of a vampire. Even still, he doesn’t realize the magnitude of danger he, his wife and his town are about to experience.
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Thursday, October 10
Director: Werner Herzog
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Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz
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Runtime: 107 min., Germany
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Language: German & English w/ English subtitles
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THE VAMPIRE DOLL 1970
Abounding with images of dark thunderous nights, ghostly mansions and bloody fangs, Michio Yamamoto’s “Bloodthirsty Trilogy” -- three vampire movies (VAMPIRE DOLL, LAKE OF DRACULA and EVIL OF DRACULA) that share the same cast and crew -- is sure to please both fans of Japanese genre cinema and gothic Hammer horror.
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The Trilogy kicks off with THE VAMPIRE DOLL, in which a young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend’s isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.
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Thursday, October 24
Director: Michio Yamamoto
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Starring: Kayo Matsuo, Akira Nakao, Atsuo Nakamura
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Runtime: 71 min., Japan
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Language: Japanese w/ English subtitles
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