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Keep the Halloween Spirit Alive With Alamo Drafthouse’s Terror Tuesdays and Weird Wednesdays
November 1st is a tough day for horror hounds. The decorations are still up, the air remains crisp, but the spirit has seemingly moved on, perhaps vanquished by the sun. Alamo Drafthouse says to hell with all of that and has announced two month’s worth of genre joy that’ll take you from Dia de los Muertos to Christmas Eve with minimal whiplash.
Terror Tuesday is a weekly slash-and-thrash through the world of horror, and they’ve booked a number of holiday-tinged forever classics mixed in with new canon-busting entries, many of which are screening from new, sparkling scans. Highlights include Lake Mungo, Tales from the Hood, The Changeling, and a pre-Thanksgiving feast with the Sawyers.
Weird Wednesday is similarly a weekly exploration of exploitation, pop oddities, and underloved gems. (Think of it as channel-surfing a transmission from a better dimension). And like Terror Tuesday, they’ve loaded it up with a smorgasbord of seasonal delights, particularly To Die For, Delicatessen, The River Wild, Mute Witness, and Turbulence.
So, don’t lose that costume, seek out some local screenings below, and secure your passes.
AUSTIN
Terror Tuesday
11/7/23 – INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES*
Anne Rice’s vampire spectacle in 35mm.
11/14/23 – LAKE MUNGO
Chilling Analog Horror from Australia.
11/21/23 – BLOOD RAGE**
It’s not cranberry sauce.
11/28/23 – SPAWN*
“Best seen as an experimental art film.”—Roger Ebert
12/5/23 – AMERICAN PSYCHO***
4K restoration of Mary Harron’s brilliant horrorshow.
12/12/23 – INSIDE
Extreme season’s greetings from France.
12/19/23 – BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)**
4K restoration of the immortal holiday slasher.
Weird Wednesday
11/1/23 – VENUS IN FURS**
Jess Franco’s jazzy, sexy fever dream thriller.
11/8/23 – Curtis Hansen’s THE RIVER WILD*
Meryl Streep is one tough mother in this watery thriller.
11/15/23 – I WAS A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER x TERMINAL USA***
A double dose of ‘90s American underground provocations.
11/22/23 – Weirdo Mystery Movie
A rotten feast that’ll ruin your appetite.
11/29/23 – Andy Milligan’s SEEDS***
Sown in incest; harvested in hate!
12/6/23 – EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE!: THE EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! HOLIDAY SPECIAL!
The 2012 found footage mixtape returns to the big screen
12/13/23 – COLD STEEL*
A Christmas crime crashterpiece directed by Dorothy Ann Puzo
12/20/23 – TURBULENCE**
Yule die hard for this unheralded high altitude Xmas thriller
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration
NEW YORK CITY
Terror Tuesday
11/7/23 – TALES FROM THE HOOD
Rusty Cundieff’s essential anthology.
11/14/23 – Kim Jee-woon’s A TALE OF TWO SISTERS*
Every family has its dark secrets.
11/21/23 – Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE** x TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2**
A pre-Thanksgiving feast with the Sawyer family.
11/28/23 – THE CHANGELING**
George C. Scott is haunted by ghosts & grief!
12/5/23 – DEEP RED** (at Lower Manhattan)
Dario Argento’s wintry slashterpiece in 4k.
12/12/23 – SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 2***
The nightmare is about to begin… again!
12/19/23 – DIAL CODE: SANTA CLAUS***
Your new favorite Holiday slayride.
Weird Wednesday
11/1/23 – O.C. & STIGGS*
Robert Altman goes to war with ’80s suburbia.
11/8/23 – S.S. Rajamouli’s EEGA
Rated RRR for Reincarnation Revenge Rampage.
11/15/23 – THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN
Not even death can stop Bruce Lee!
11/22/23 – DELICATESSEN*
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s breakthrough comic rampage in 4k.
11/29/23 – STONE COLD*
A high-water mark of sweaty ‘90s actioners.
12/6/23 – SHREDDER ORPHEUS (at Lower Manhattan)
What if Jean Cocteau knew how to grind a half-pipe?
12/13/23 – Gus Van Sant’s TO DIE FOR*
Nicole Kidman shines in tabloid trash turned high art.
12/20/23 – MUTE WITNESS
The most underrated wintry thriller of the ‘90s.
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration
RALEIGH
Terror Tuesday
11/7/23 – TALES FROM THE HOOD
Rusty Cundieff’s essential anthology.
11/14/23 – DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004)*
Zack Snyder and James Gunn resurrect this all-timer for the 21st century.
11/21/23 – Tobe Hooper’s TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2**
A pre-Thanksgiving feast with the Sawyer family.
11/28/23 – THE CHANGELING**
George C. Scott is haunted by ghosts & grief!
12/5/23 – Dario Argento’s DEEP RED**
Dario Argento’s wintry slashterpiece in 4k.
12/12/23 – SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 2***
The nightmare is about to begin… again!
12/19/23 – DIAL CODE: SANTA CLAUS***
Your new favorite Holiday slayride.
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration
Weird Wednesday
11/1/23 – Jim McBride’s BREATHLESS (1983)*
Richard Gere bebops through LA in Jim McBride’s essential remake.
11/8/23 – S.S. Rajamouli’s EEGA
Rated RRR for Reincarnation Revenge Rampage.
11/15/23 – THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN
Not even death can stop Bruce Lee!
11/22/23 – DELICATESSEN*
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s breakthrough comic rampage in 4k.
11/29/23 – Olivier Assayas’ IRMA VEP*
Maggie Cheung slinks her way through Parisian cinema.
12/6/23 – Tsui Hark’s THE BLADE*
A chopped (not slopped) take on the One-Armed Swordsman mythos.
12/13/23 – Gus Van Sant’s TO DIE FOR***
Nicole Kidman shines in tabloid trash turned high art.
12/20/23 – MUTE WITNESS**
The most underrated wintry thriller of the ‘90s.
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration
SAN FRANCISCO
Terror Tuesday
11/7/23 – TALES FROM THE HOOD***
Rusty Cundieff’s essential anthology.
11/14/23 – [REC]
Ground zero for found footage magnificence.
11/21/23 – Tobe Hooper’s TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2**
A pre-Thanksgiving feast with the Sawyer family.
11/28/23 – EVILSPEAK* w/ Another Hole in the Head
Clint Howard hits up Satan on What’s App. Chaos ensues.
12/5/23 – DEEP RED**
Dario Argento’s wintry slashterpiece in 4k.
12/12/23 – SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 2**
The nightmare is about to begin… again!
12/19/23 – DIAL CODE: SANTA CLAUS*
Your new favorite holiday slayride.
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration
Weird Wednesday
11/1/23 – HIGHLANDER II: THE QUICKENING*
A sword-swinging dystopian eco-crisis fantasy!
11/8/23 – S.S. Rajamouli’s EEGA
Rated RRR for Reincarnation Revenge Rampage.
11/15/23 – THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN
Not even death can stop Bruce Lee!
11/22/23 – DELICATESSEN**
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s breakthrough comic rampage in 4k.
11/29/23 – HEAT (1986)*
No, it’s the one with Burt Reynolds. Trust us, it’s just as good.
12/6/23 – Hal Hartley’s FAY GRIM
Where in the world is Parker Posey?
12/13/23 – I COME IN PEACE (aka DARK ANGEL)*
Dolph Lundgren vs. an alien junkie? Christmas came early.
12/20/23 – MUTE WITNESS**
The most underrated wintry thriller of the ‘90s.
*Screening in 35mm
**4k Restoration
***2k Restoration
Only one episode remains in Season 3 of “Chucky,” and what a bloody road it’s been so far, especially for actor Devon Sawa. The actor has now officially died twice on screen this season, pulling double duty as President James Collins and body double Randall Jenkins.
If you thought Chucky’s ruthless eye-gouging of the President was bloody, this week’s Episode 7 traps Randall Jenkins in an elevator that feels straight out of an iconic horror classic.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with series creator Don Mancini and actor Devon Sawa about that ultra-bloody death sequence and how the actor inspires Mancini’s writing on the series.
Mancini explains, “Devon’s a bit of a muse. Idle Hands and Final Destination is where my Devon Sawa fandom started, like a lot of people; although yours may have started with Casper. I was a bit too old for that. But it’s really just about how I love writing for actors that I respect and then know. So, it’s like having worked with Devon for three years now, I’m just always thinking, ‘Oh, what would be a fun thing to throw his way that would be unexpected and different that he hasn’t done?’ That’s really what motivates me.”
For Sawa, “Chucky“ is an actor’s dream in that the series gives him not one but multiple roles to sink his teeth into, often within the same season. But the actor is also a huge horror fan, and Season 3: Part 2 gives him the opportunity to pay homage to a classic: Kubrick’s The Shining.
CHUCKY — “There Will Be Blood” Episode 307 — Pictured in this screengrab: (l-r) Devon Sawa as President James Collins, K.C. Collins as Coop — (Photo by: SYFY)
“Collectively, it’s just amazing to put on the different outfits, to do the hair differently, to get different types of dialogue,“ Sawa says of working on the series. “The elevator scene, it’s like being a kid again. I was up to my eyeballs in blood, and it felt very Kubrick. Everybody there was having such a good time, and we were all doing this cool horror stuff, and it felt amazing. It really was a good day.”
Sawa elaborates on being submerged in so much blood, “It was uncomfortable, cold, and sticky, and it got in my ears and my nose. But it was well worth it. I didn’t complain once. I was like, ‘This is why I do what I do, to do scenes like this,‘ the scenes that I grew up watching on VHS cassette, and now we’re doing it in HD, and it’s all so cool.“
It’s always the characters and the actors behind them that matter most to Mancini, even when he delights in coming up with inventive kills and incorporating horror references. And he’s killed Devon Sawa’s characters often. Could future seasons top the record of on-screen Sawa deaths?
“Well, I guess we did it twice in season one and once in season two,“ Mancini counts. “So yeah, I guess I would have to up the ante next season. I’ll really be juggling a lot of falls. But I think it’s hopefully as much about quality as quantity. I want to give him a good role that he’s going to enjoy sinking his teeth into as an actor. It’s not just about the deaths.”
Sawa adds, “Don’s never really talked about how many times could we kill you. He’s always talking about, ‘How can I make this death better,’ and that’s what I think excites him is how he can top each death. The electricity, to me blowing up to, obviously in this season, the eyes and with the elevator, which was my favorite one to shoot. So if it goes on, we’ll see if he could top the deaths.”
CHUCKY — “Death Becomes Her” Episode 305 — Pictured in this screengrab: Devon Sawa as James Collins — (Photo by: SYFY)
The actor has played a handful of distinctly different characters since the series launch, each one meeting a grisly end thanks to Chucky. And Season 3 gave Sawa his favorite characters yet.
“I would say the second one was a lot of fun to shoot,“ the actor says of Randall Jenkins. “The President was great. I liked playing the President. He was the most grounded, I hope, of all the characters. I did like playing him a lot.” Mancini adds, “He’s grounded, but he’s also really traumatized, and I thought you did that really well, too.”
The series creator also reveals a surprise correlation between President James Collins’ character arc and a ’90s horror favorite.
“I saw Devon’s role as the president in Season 3; he’s very Kennedy-esque,“ Mancini explains. “But then given the supernatural plot turns that happen, to me, the analogy is Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath, the character that is seeing these weird little things happening around the house that is starting to screw with his sanity and he starts to insist, ‘I’m seeing a ghost,‘ and his spouse thinks he’s nuts. So I always like that. That’s Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath, which is a movie I love.”
The finale of “Chucky” Season 3: Part 2 airs Wednesday, May 1 on USA & SYFY.
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