Get Hammered! Horror Film Fest in LA
Don't sweat the lack of quality horror films coming out this month.
If you're in Los Angeles, the American Cinematheque has assembled a shiver-worthy series of classic British screamers for the scary movie fans.
John Patterson, who's usually smacking around the new U.S. releases for the Guardian, has an overview of the films--from Hammer to Jacques Tourneur--in the current LA Weekly.
Highlights include the rare screenings of WITCHCRAFT (1964) a tale of witches and warlocks who take umbrage at the bulldozing of their private burial ground (it's not on DVD) and THE GORGON (1964), with Barbara Steele casting her steely gaze at all who...piss her off.
I haven't seen I START COUNTING (1969), but it stars "a very young Jenny Agutter" as a Catholic schoolgirl gone wild and/or homicidal, which is a can't miss plotline if I've heard one.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF BRITISH HORROR: 1955–1975. American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theater. Through June 25.