Last week I talked about Kino Lorber’s October releases which include a Blu-ray release of The Pit scheduled to hit shelves October 18th. Kino Lorber is going one step further and celebrating this brand-new 2k restoration by giving the film a limited theatrical release beginning on September 30th at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, GA and wrapping up at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, IL on November 12th.
I am very much looking forward to this. I’ve always enjoyed The Pit despite it’s cheesiness and am eager to see it on the big screen. I’ve already circled that Halloween Portland screening on my calendar. What really excites me is that perhaps this is the start of something new from Kino Lorber. The company handles theatrical releases all the time, but to the best of my knowledge they don’t often have limited re-release runs of their cult and horror stuff. Maybe some one-off screenings here and there but I don’t think they’ve done anything like this before. This type of theatrical release is along the lines of what Grindhouse Releasing often does when they’re putting out a new Blu-ray. Here’s to hoping this is the beginning of something Kino Lorber plans to do going forward!
Full screening dates and Blu-ray info below the trailer. For additional information please visit KinoLorber.com/film/ThePit
**THEATRICAL SCREENING DATES**
09/30/2016 – 10/06/2016 – Plaza Theatre – Atlanta GA
10/01/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse Ashburn – Ashburn VA
10/11/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse El Paso – El Paso TX
10/11/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse Littleton – Littleton CO
10/14/2016 – Cinefamily – Los Angeles CA
10/18/2016 – Alamo Ritz – Austin TX
10/18/2016, 10/122/2016 – Capitol Theater Cleveland – Cleveland OH
10/22/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers – Yonkers NY
10/22/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn – Brooklyn NY
10/25/2016 – Alamo Vintage Park – Houston TX
10/28/2016 – SIFF Egyptian – Seattle WA
10/28/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock – Lubbock TX
10/31/2016 – Hollywood Theatre – Portland OR
11/11/2016 – 11/12/2016 – Music Box Theatre – Chicago ILSynopsis:
Jamie wouldn’t kill anyone… unless Teddy told him to! Twelve-year-old Jamie (Sammy Snyders, Tom Sawyer of TV’s Huckleberry Finn and His Friends) is one creepy kid… he has a perverse obsession with sex, his only friend is an evil teddy bear, and he’s the only one who knows about the hole in the forest where he feeds raw meat to a ravenous pack of mutant troglodytes. Jamie will teach everyone a lesson: the kids who teased and bullied him, the mean old lady down the street, even his pretty new babysitter. Soon they – and his entire town – will face the flesh-eating horror of The Pit! The one and only directorial effort by Lew Lehman with a script by documentarian Ian A. Stuart and featuring a wonderful cast that includes Jeannie Elias (Nomads), Sonja Smith (Videodrome) and Richard Alden (The Sadist).Blu-ray Special Features:
*Interview with Star Sammy Snyders
*Interview with Star Jeannie Elias
*Interview with Screenwriter Ian A. Stuart
*Interview with Composer Victor Davies
*Audio Commentary by Film Historians Paul Corupe and Jason Pichonsky
