Hi Kids,
So the good news is that there will be an Evil Film School tonight (June 30)!!
Doors: 7:30
Start: 8:00
Admission 10 - 5 sliding
Popcorn & beer will be available.
Now for the bad news: Turkish Wizard of Oz has not come in. Despite being ordered over a month ago, and several attempts to contact the supplier, it looks unlikely that I'll have it in time for tonight's screening. However, there is an alternate and it's almost as good:
Alyas Batman en Robin [1993] -- That's right, it's the Philipino Batman and Robin musical!! Charming and hilarious. In Filipino/Tagalog with a good smattering of nonsensical English.
There will still be a shorts program before the main event, so come early so you don't miss out.
See you there,
~meeko
Friday, June 30, 2006
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Evil Film School Presents: Summer Camp!
That's right, I've already figured out our next film night:
Friday July 28th.
Doors: 8pm
8:15pm: Mooch Goes to Hollywood [1971] – Bizarre 70’s kid flick involving an ambitious mutt who strives to be a star with some help from Zsa Zsa Gabor. Also featuring Vincent Price and a cavalcade of stars including, Mickey Rooney, Cesar Romero, Phyllis Diller, Darren McGavin and Sam Jaffe. Narrated by Richard Burton.
9:30pm: I Woke Up Early the Day I Died [1998] – From a script by Edward D. Wood Jr. This little seen film features Billy Zane in a masterful performance as an escaped mental patient who spends a good deal of the film in nurse drag. There is no dialogue, only the occasional voice over and the supporting cast has to be seen to be believed (Tippi Hedren, Ron Perlman, Christina Ricci, Andrew McCarthy, Ann Magnuson, Bud Cort, Taylor Negron, Max Perlich, Will Patton, Rain & Summer Phoenix, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Tara Reid, John Ritter, Rick Shroder, Nicollette Sheridan, Steven Weber, Karen Black, Sandra Bernhard, Eartha Kitt, Leif Garrett, Dana Gould, Vampira and MANY more). A rare treat.
Admission is on a sliding scale of $10 - $5.
Beer and popcorn will be available at the venue.
For more info please email me at evilfilmschool.com
Friday July 28th.
Doors: 8pm
8:15pm: Mooch Goes to Hollywood [1971] – Bizarre 70’s kid flick involving an ambitious mutt who strives to be a star with some help from Zsa Zsa Gabor. Also featuring Vincent Price and a cavalcade of stars including, Mickey Rooney, Cesar Romero, Phyllis Diller, Darren McGavin and Sam Jaffe. Narrated by Richard Burton.
9:30pm: I Woke Up Early the Day I Died [1998] – From a script by Edward D. Wood Jr. This little seen film features Billy Zane in a masterful performance as an escaped mental patient who spends a good deal of the film in nurse drag. There is no dialogue, only the occasional voice over and the supporting cast has to be seen to be believed (Tippi Hedren, Ron Perlman, Christina Ricci, Andrew McCarthy, Ann Magnuson, Bud Cort, Taylor Negron, Max Perlich, Will Patton, Rain & Summer Phoenix, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Tara Reid, John Ritter, Rick Shroder, Nicollette Sheridan, Steven Weber, Karen Black, Sandra Bernhard, Eartha Kitt, Leif Garrett, Dana Gould, Vampira and MANY more). A rare treat.
Admission is on a sliding scale of $10 - $5.
Beer and popcorn will be available at the venue.
For more info please email me at evilfilmschool.com
Monday, June 05, 2006
You Rock!!
A big huge sloppy thank you to everyone who showed up at last month's Evil Film School. You guys made it our most successful night yet! Guess everybody really does love The Shat.
Anyways, here's a preview of our next night:
Friday June 30th!
Evil Film School Presents: Turkish Wizard of Oz!
A seriously demented "re-imagining" of the L. Frank Baum children's classic. Presented in Turkish with no subtitles! Get ready to make up your own dialogue.
Preceeded by a short film by local filmmaker Kody Zimmerman based on the Neil Gaiman Short story "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale".
Doors: 7:30pm
Starts: 8:00pm
Admission: $5 - $10
For more info email evilfilmschool@gmail.com
Anyways, here's a preview of our next night:
Friday June 30th!
Evil Film School Presents: Turkish Wizard of Oz!
A seriously demented "re-imagining" of the L. Frank Baum children's classic. Presented in Turkish with no subtitles! Get ready to make up your own dialogue.
Preceeded by a short film by local filmmaker Kody Zimmerman based on the Neil Gaiman Short story "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale".
Doors: 7:30pm
Starts: 8:00pm
Admission: $5 - $10
For more info email evilfilmschool@gmail.com
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Can You Smell It?
That's right, only 10 days 'till the next Evil Film School!
Remember, beer & popcorn will be available at the concession.
And don't forget to brush up on your Shatner trivia...
Remember, beer & popcorn will be available at the concession.
And don't forget to brush up on your Shatner trivia...
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Heads Up
Evil Film School Presents: Shatner!
That's right, Captain Kirk in two lost gems from the 70's.
8pm: Pray for the Wildcats -- Shatner, Andy Griffith & Robert Reed in a road movie you've gotta see to believe!
9:45: Impulse -- Shatner as a psycho killer! What more do you want?!
Doors 7:30
Admission $5
Where: Blim (197 E. 17th Ave (@ Main))
When: Friday May 26th
More info to follow...
That's right, Captain Kirk in two lost gems from the 70's.
8pm: Pray for the Wildcats -- Shatner, Andy Griffith & Robert Reed in a road movie you've gotta see to believe!
9:45: Impulse -- Shatner as a psycho killer! What more do you want?!
Doors 7:30
Admission $5
Where: Blim (197 E. 17th Ave (@ Main))
When: Friday May 26th
More info to follow...
Friday, March 31, 2006
Thank You!!
Big huge fat thank you to everyone who showed up at Evil Film School's FREAK OUT last night. It was one of our best turn outs ever (I almost broke even!) & really helped renew my dedication to this project. Wasn't Skidoo so much better than you expected?
Hope to see all of you at our next event May 26. Details to follow.
~meeko
Hope to see all of you at our next event May 26. Details to follow.
~meeko
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Friday, February 17, 2006
Freak Out! March 30th
Evil Film School Wants You To:
FREAK OUT!
Otto Preminger's SKIDOO (1968) & Mickey Rooney in BJ LANG PRESENTS (1969)
See Preminger's madcap ode to counter culture with Jackie Gleason (The Honeymooners) tripping on acid, Groucho Marx as a mob boss named God, and a calvacade of stars including Carol Channing, Mickey Rooney, Frankie Avalon, Frank Gorshin, Cesar Romaro, Burgess Meredith & John Philip Law!
Then, stay to see Mickey Rooney again, this time as a washed-up stage actor who kidnaps an innocent women only to subject her to his bizarre LSD influenced "acting."
Refreshments recomended.
Still at Blim (197 E. 17th Ave @ Main)
Thursday March 30th
Doors: 7pm
Movie: 7:30pm
Admission: $5
Beer will be available at the consession, for anything else you'll have to go out back.
FREAK OUT!
Otto Preminger's SKIDOO (1968) & Mickey Rooney in BJ LANG PRESENTS (1969)
See Preminger's madcap ode to counter culture with Jackie Gleason (The Honeymooners) tripping on acid, Groucho Marx as a mob boss named God, and a calvacade of stars including Carol Channing, Mickey Rooney, Frankie Avalon, Frank Gorshin, Cesar Romaro, Burgess Meredith & John Philip Law!
Then, stay to see Mickey Rooney again, this time as a washed-up stage actor who kidnaps an innocent women only to subject her to his bizarre LSD influenced "acting."
Refreshments recomended.
Still at Blim (197 E. 17th Ave @ Main)
Thursday March 30th
Doors: 7pm
Movie: 7:30pm
Admission: $5
Beer will be available at the consession, for anything else you'll have to go out back.
More About Skidoo
Phil Hall's Bootleg Files article
From a Harry Nilsson Fan Page
Joblo's Bottom Shelf #21 (second one down)
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Update
First off, a big huge thank you to everyone who showed up at our inaugural Evil Film School Night: The Xmassacre. For a recap & pix, check out my blog here.
Second, I wanted to take this opportunity to announce our next Evil Film School event:
Evil Film School Presents: Superhero Night!!
Legends of the Superheroes [1979] & 3 Dev Adam a.k.a. Turkish Spider-man [1973]
That's right, the TV show that makes The Star Wars Holiday Special look good & a Turkish whirlwind of a movie featuring Captain American (sorta) and Santos (sorta) fighting a homicidal Spider-man (sorta).
Where: Blim (197 W. 17th @ Main)
When: Friday, January 27th
Doors: 8 - 11 pm
Admission by donation ($5 Suggested)
Please note "3 Dev Adam" will be presented in Turkish with no subtitles.
More info to follow.
Second, I wanted to take this opportunity to announce our next Evil Film School event:
Evil Film School Presents: Superhero Night!!
Legends of the Superheroes [1979] & 3 Dev Adam a.k.a. Turkish Spider-man [1973]
That's right, the TV show that makes The Star Wars Holiday Special look good & a Turkish whirlwind of a movie featuring Captain American (sorta) and Santos (sorta) fighting a homicidal Spider-man (sorta).
Where: Blim (197 W. 17th @ Main)
When: Friday, January 27th
Doors: 8 - 11 pm
Admission by donation ($5 Suggested)
Please note "3 Dev Adam" will be presented in Turkish with no subtitles.
More info to follow.
Friday, November 25, 2005
It's Official!
Dec 16th will mark the very first Evil Film School Night. It will run from 7pm to 10pm (after party pending) and admission will be by donation ($5 suggested).
It's our 3rd Annual Xmassacre and we promise, Glogg, Crappy Santa Gift Exchange, and:
Depending on how successful the Xmassacre is, we hope to make this a regular event, held the last Thursday of every month.
It's our 3rd Annual Xmassacre and we promise, Glogg, Crappy Santa Gift Exchange, and:
Depending on how successful the Xmassacre is, we hope to make this a regular event, held the last Thursday of every month.
About Evil Film School
Long a nickname for the original Den of Sin nights, Evil Film School will be a mishmash collection of found footage, bootlegs, cinema obscura and local shorts because this city is sadly in need of an alternative film night. To contribute or make a suggestion, please email me at: evilfilmschool @gmail.com.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Submit!
Are you a filmmaker?
Is your stuff kind of hard to categorize?
Are you a gorehound/sleazophile/weirdo?
Do you want some local exposure?
Well then, send us your short!
We are accepting submissions of local shorts on VHS or DVD for inclusion in future Evil Film School programs.
Submissions can be on DVD/DVD-R or VHS, but please do not send originals as they will not be returned. Be sure to include your name & contact info including email address. Only films chosen for inclusion in an EFS program will be contacted. Submissions can be sent to:
There is no cost to submit your film (other than postage, which you are responsible for) & you will receive no financial compensation.
For more info please email evilfilmschool@ gmail.com
Is your stuff kind of hard to categorize?
Are you a gorehound/sleazophile/weirdo?
Do you want some local exposure?
Well then, send us your short!
We are accepting submissions of local shorts on VHS or DVD for inclusion in future Evil Film School programs.
Submissions can be on DVD/DVD-R or VHS, but please do not send originals as they will not be returned. Be sure to include your name & contact info including email address. Only films chosen for inclusion in an EFS program will be contacted. Submissions can be sent to:
There is no cost to submit your film (other than postage, which you are responsible for) & you will receive no financial compensation.
For more info please email evilfilmschool@ gmail.com
The (kind of) Official Den of Sin Manifesto
The Den of Sin movies nights started as a way for my husband and I to catch up on our film viewing, introduce our friends to new & unusual cinema specimens, and as a way for me to practice my programming skills.
In general, films shown at the Den of Sin are of an exploitive or trashy nature with special attention given to genre (horror, sci-fi, fantasy) movies, although we have shown classics, musicals, comedies and a drama or two. We also have a predilection towards Asian and Eurotrash, although usually we just show whatever we want as long as too many people haven't seen it before.
With Evil Film School, we will be diving further into the Trash pit with a focus on found footage and bootlegs, but we would also like to start showing more local film and we will be accepting submissions of short films of an exploitive or genre nature for inclusion in future programs.
The original Den of Sin is also the basis for my regular column of Film Threat and has inspired many crazy movie nights all over North America.
In general, films shown at the Den of Sin are of an exploitive or trashy nature with special attention given to genre (horror, sci-fi, fantasy) movies, although we have shown classics, musicals, comedies and a drama or two. We also have a predilection towards Asian and Eurotrash, although usually we just show whatever we want as long as too many people haven't seen it before.
With Evil Film School, we will be diving further into the Trash pit with a focus on found footage and bootlegs, but we would also like to start showing more local film and we will be accepting submissions of short films of an exploitive or genre nature for inclusion in future programs.
The original Den of Sin is also the basis for my regular column of Film Threat and has inspired many crazy movie nights all over North America.
Crappy Santa Gift Exchange
This game was played at the previous 2 Xmassacres and was very well received so we've decided to let everybody play this year.
If you're coming to the Xmassacre, please bring a wrapped (important) gift of no more than $5. It's actually better if you can get away with not spending any money, as the goal is humour value. Make something. Recycle a gift. Bring something you found on the side of the road. It's all good, just as long as it will bring a smile to the face of the person opening it. Or at least those around the person opening it.
Those who bring a gift will be given a ticket which will allow them to pick another gift (not their own) out of the pile.
Highlights from previous years:
Electric scissors
The official "Friends" companion
Numerous $1 DVDs, including "Robo Vampire" and some movie w/ Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff
A hedgehog made of sticks
A box of stale "Simpsons" Jelly Pops
A beefcake calendar from 2001
If you're coming to the Xmassacre, please bring a wrapped (important) gift of no more than $5. It's actually better if you can get away with not spending any money, as the goal is humour value. Make something. Recycle a gift. Bring something you found on the side of the road. It's all good, just as long as it will bring a smile to the face of the person opening it. Or at least those around the person opening it.
Those who bring a gift will be given a ticket which will allow them to pick another gift (not their own) out of the pile.
Highlights from previous years:
Electric scissors
The official "Friends" companion
Numerous $1 DVDs, including "Robo Vampire" and some movie w/ Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff
A hedgehog made of sticks
A box of stale "Simpsons" Jelly Pops
A beefcake calendar from 2001
How Much...
Admission to the Xmassacre will be by donation, although we are suggesting a minimum donation of $5.
This is mainly to cover operating costs, although the more "successful" we are, the more likely this is to be a continuing event.
This is mainly to cover operating costs, although the more "successful" we are, the more likely this is to be a continuing event.
When
The Xmassacre will be on Friday, December 16th.
Doors open at 7pm and the film will start at around 8pm, running until around 10pm.
Doors open at 7pm and the film will start at around 8pm, running until around 10pm.
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