Coming Attractions
BREAKIN' (1984)
Director: Joel Silberg
Cast: Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quinones, Michael Chambers
A dance craze is an excellent basis for a bad movie and when you take the old Mickey-and-Judy-putting-on-a-show template and set it in the 80s you’ve got an entertainment that’s pretty much irresistible. Kelly is a talented street dancer. She’s working as a waitress but she has a quest; to prove to the dance establishment that what she does is as legitimate as anything ballet has to offer. All sorts of obstacles stand in her way (a horny dance teacher, a disillusioned colleague, lots of bad 80s clothes) but it all ends happily with an amazing dance spectacular that will have you jumping out of your seat – and probably running from the theatre!
When: May 24 @ 7.30pm
Where: Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne
BLACULA (1972)
Director: William Crain
Starring: William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas, Thalmus Rasulala, Elisha Cook Jnr
An African prince (on an anti-slavery mission to Transylvania in 1780!) is bitten by Dracula and cursed to roam the earth as the terrifying black vampire Blacula. Two hundred years later, when a couple of camp antique dealers import his coffin stateside, Blacula finds himself in L. A. where he creates all sorts of mayhem among the 70s disco set and falls in love with the reincarnation of his former wife. This great Blaxploitation/horror hybrid features a mind-boggling array of afros, heels and flares, jive-talking dialogue, lots of action, a guest appearance by hit-makers The Hues Corporation and the magnificent William Marshall whose velvet voice and imposing presence call to mind the tantalizing suggestion of a vampire Barry White.
When: Friday 7 June 2013 @ 7.30pm
Where: Cinema Nova 380 Lygon Street Carlton
Bookings: http://www.cinemanova.com.au/catalogue/cinema-fiasco/
I DON'T WANT TO BE BORN a.k.a. THE DEVIL WITHIN HER a.k.a. THE MONSTER a.k.a. SHARON'S BABY (1975)
Director: Peter Sasdy
Starring: Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Eileen Atkins, Donald Pleasence, Caroline Munro, John Steiner
Joan Collins is an ex-stripper whose affair with her former boss might be the reason she’s had a possessed baby. The little brat bites and scratches everyone, pulls the head off his doll and puts a dead mouse in the housekeeper’s cup of tea but then gets really nasty when he pushes nanny into the duck pond and kills her. Thank heavens Joan’s sister-in-law is a nun who knows how to perform exorcisms! Other highlights from this hilarious Rosemary’s Baby rip-off include Joan’s strip routine (in which she doesn’t take off any clothes), a randy dwarf and a supporting cast of desperados including former Bond girl Caroline Munro (who’s been dubbed) and Ralph Bates as Joan’s Italian husband (who should have been dubbed). Bring your mum. I dare you.
When: Friday 5 July 2013 @ 7.30pm
Where: Cinema Nova 380 Lygon Street Carlton
Bookings: http://www.cinemanova.com.au/catalogue/cinema-fiasco/
LIFEFORCE (1985)
Director: Tobe Hooper
Starring: Steve Railsbeck, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Patrick Stewart
The major selling point of this movie is the main character: a nude lady vampire from outer space. She’s an alien, she’s a vampire and she’s totally naked – for the entire movie. She comes to earth, but rather than sucking her victim’s blood, she sucks out their life force, leaving behind a trail of shriveled-up corpses, all the while wearing nothing – which is probably how vampires get about in outer space. The novel on which the movie is based features an extra-terrestrial nude lady vampire only at the beginning but the producers of this $25,000,000 spectacular weren’t taking any chances – so she’s nude all the time. For your average bad movie lover the film throws up a cornucopia of hammy performances, gruesome special effects and rampaging zombies. But for fans of unearthly, undead, undressed women there is no better movie in the entire universe!
When: Friday 2 August 2013 @ 7.30pm
Where: Cinema Nova 380 Lygon Street Carlton
Bookings: http://www.cinemanova.com.au/catalogue/cinema-fiasco/
