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Los Angeles: ‘Sleepaway Camp’ Screening!
Until The Crying Game came along, the best all time “WHAT THE F—?” twist in a movie had to be Robert Hiltzik’s Sleepaway Camp, and there must have been chaos in the theater back in 1983 when the film was released, before the internet spoiled the hell out of it for everyone who hadn’t yet seen the film. Well, you can relive that experience tomorrow (October 8th) at the Cinefamily in Los Angeles, with a screening of Camp co-hosted by Bloody Disgusting! It will be followed by Hiltzik’s direct sequel (ignoring 2 and 3) Return To Sleepaway Camp. Ten bucks gets you a ticket for both films, but Bloody Disgusting has got one lucky reader covered! Read after the break for info.
To win a pair of passes (you and a guest) for Thursday, October 8th’s double feature of Sleepaway Camp/Return to Sleepaway Camp, simply drop an email titled “SLEEPAWAY” with your name, age, and number to SlasherScreenings@gmail.com. Winner will be chosen at random. You will be notified and your name will be held at the door. Cinefamily is located at 611 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Good luck and we will see you at the show!
Movies
‘Desperation’ – Sam Raimi and ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Directors Teaming for Stephen King Movie
Stephen King’s 1996 novel Desperation is headed back to the screen, with Jeff Sneider breaking the news on The InSneider that Sam Raimi, Stephen King, and Final Destination Bloodlines directors Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky are coming together for the film.
Sam Raimi will produce the upcoming Desperation movie, while Stein and Lipovsky are on board to direct. Searchlight Pictures is the studio attached to the feature film project.
Published in 1996, Stephen King’s novel Desperation was previously turned into a made-for-TV movie starring Ron Perlman, Tom Skerritt and Steven Weber back in 2006.
Wikipedia reminds, “Desperation is a story about several people who, while traveling along the desolated Highway 50 in Nevada, get abducted by Collie Entragian, the deputy of the fictional mining town of Desperation. Entragian uses various pretexts for the abductions, from an arrest for drug possession to ‘rescuing’ a family from a nonexistent gunman. It becomes clear to the captives that Entragian has been possessed by an evil being named Tak, who has control over the surrounding desert wildlife and must change hosts to keep itself alive.
“They begin to fight for their freedom, sanity and lives before realizing that if they are ever to escape Desperation, they must trap Tak in the place from which he came.”
Desperation was published at the same time as Stephen King’s own “mirror novel” titled The Regulators, which shares characters but takes place in an alternate universe.
The union of Sam Raimi and Stephen King is an exciting one for fans of both Raimi and King, and there’s a nice bit of full circle history there too. As you may recall, it was Stephen King’s review of The Evil Dead that Raimi credits for saving and legitimizing his indie debut feature.
And the rest is history! Stay tuned for more on this developing story.
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