The famous Music Box here in Chicago has locked in its massive lineup for their annual Music Box of Horrors’ 24-hour long marathon, which takes place Saturday, October 13th at Noon (doors open at 11am) and runs through Sunday, October 14th at Noon. The highlight is the screening of Tom Holland’s Child’s Play, which celebrates the film’s 30th anniversary and will be hosted by franchise creator and writer (and recent director) Don Mancini! Also just added is a surprise screening of the Italian uncut print of Dario Argento‘s Opera!
It also promises to obliterate your sanity as they journey to the land of Australia for some skin-melting-goop-debauchery, revel in the gleeful delight of two of horrors greatest villains battling to the death, crash land into a hellscape of vamp-infused alien invasion, a sadistic desert-commune living cult leader cum magician, a tale of two sisters and the primate that tears them apart, and oh so much more!
Marathon Lineup with Approximate Start Times:
12:00PM GOKE, BODYSNATCHER FROM HELL – Dir. Hajime Satô, 1968, 84mins, 35mm
1:40PM THE MAFU CAGE – Dir. Karen Arthur, 1978, 102mins, 35mm
3:40PM LORD OF ILLUSIONS with Kevin J. O’Connor in person! – Dir. Clive Barker, 1995, 101mins, 35mm
6:15PM THE LODGER with Live Score by False Gods Trio – Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1927, 91mins, DCP
8:15PM BLAME IT ON TOBY Midwest Premeire! – Dir. Richard Knight, Jr., 2018, 52mins, DCP
9:15PM THE CHILDREN Chicago Theatrical Premiere! – Dir. Tom Shankland, 2008, 84mins, DCP
11:00PM CHILD’S PLAY with Don Mancini in person! – Dir. Tom Holland, 1988, 87mins, 35mm
1:15AM OPERA Italian Uncut Verison | First Time Playing in Chicago! – Dir. Dario Argento, 1987, 107 min, 35mm
3:15AM FREDDY VS. JASON – Dir. Ronny Yu , 2003, 97mins, 35mm
5:00AM SLEEPAWAY CAMP II: UNHAPPY CAMPERS – Dir. Michael A. Simpson, 1988, 80mins, 35mm
6:45AM BODY MELT – Dir. Philip Brophy, 1993, 81mins, 35mm
8:20AM WICKED, WICKED in Duo-Vision! – Dir. Richard L. Bare, 1973, 95mins, 35mm
10:10AM FRIGHT NIGHT PART 2 – Dir. Tommy Lee Wallace, 1988, 104mins, 35mm
