SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our FILMMAKER Q&A series! Wed, March 9, 2022
LOCATION: The Secret Movie Club Theater, 1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90021
*Please note entrance/parking is actually in the back of the building. Make a right on Wilson Street, then a right behind the building. We’re the first set of black steps after the big gate. We’ll have staff to help guide/park you.
730pm THE FINAL GIRLS (2015, wri by M.A. Fortin & Joshua John-Miller, dir by Todd Strauss Schulson , 86mns, 35mm)
FILMMAKER Q&A with FINAL GIRLS writer M.A. Fortin between movies.
945pm SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983, wri/dir by Robert Hilzak, 84mns, digital presentation)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
***ALL AUDIENCE will be required to show proof of vaccination at the door. PLEASE HAVE YOUR VIRTUAL OR PHYSICAL VACCINATION CARD READY BEFORE ENTERING THE THEATER. If you have an exemption, please have proof of a negative PCR level COVID test within 3 days of the screening.
***ALL GUESTS WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH PROTOCOLS PRIOR TO ENTERING THEATER SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TIME.
***EVERYONE WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS INDOORS WHEN NOT EATING/DRINKING CONCESSIONS IN THEIR ASSIGNED SEATS.
HOW TO:
1)PLEASE BRING AND WEAR A PROPER MASK AT ALL TIMES WHEN NOT EATING/DRINKING INSIDE THE THEATER AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION.
2)PRE-ORDER ANY CONCESSIONS OR MOVIE MERCHANDISE you would like from the additional Add-Ons. You can pick up all concessions & merchandise at our tables in our lobby prior to the screening.
We will be able to sell concessions & merchandise at the theater. But it will make everything much quicker and easier if you pre-order!
3)PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANYONE EXHIBITING COVID OR FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS AT THE DOOR, WILL BE OFFERED COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO A FUTURE SHOW AND ASKED TO RETURN WHEN HEALTHY. So please, if you’re feeling sick, just write us at community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer your complimentary tickets to a future screening when you’re healthy. Let’s all do our part to beat this thing so we can go back to the complete movie going experience!
We're honored and excited as part of our occasional FILMMAKER Q&A series to have writer M.A. Fortin with us to discuss the movie he co-wrote The Final Girls.
The Final Girls is a meta-comedy-examination of the 80's Slasher genre, most notably nodding to the shocking beloved 1983 slasher classic Sleepaway Camp (which we show second). On the third anniversary of the death of her "Scream Queen" actress mother, Max and her friends somehow use a machete to cut a hole in a movie screen and step "inside" an actual slasher.
The movie examines, celebrates, satirizes all the tropes that made 80's slashers the rage with giddy teenagers across the nation.
Mr. Fortin will discuss the twists and turns and all the ups and downs of getting a great script to the screen.
We follow the Q&A up with the 1983 Sleepaway Camp which writer/director Robert Hilzak has kindly allowed us to screen on the condition we give away several pairs of free tickets. Thank you Mr. Hilzak!
Sleepaway Camp almost tells you its story in its title. A bunch of people are gonna get murdered at a Sleepaway Camp . What the title doesn't tell you is that it has one of the most shocking (to this day) twist endings of all time. So impactful in fact, it was the inspiration for a whole new movie (The Final Girls).
So if you like your slashers slathered in both meta-interrogation and gore, laughter and screams, you gotta spend the night with us. . .if you dare!
Best always,
Craig Hammill
35mm Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR OUR IN-DOOR THEATER SCREENINGS
REFUNDS:
We can offer refunds up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry.
However if something last minute comes up and you can’t make the screening, for whatever reason, just write us at: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening.
HELPFUL SECRET MOVIE CLUB (1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, LA, CA 90021) THEATER PARKING TIPS:
We recommend that you park just outside our theater. Remember our theater is actually in a beautiful street art alleyway in the back of the 1917 Bay Street building. You get to our entrance by taking a right on Wilson, then a right behind the building. We are the first set of black steps on the right after the big gate.
We will have a staff member on duty to monitor all cars parked in the street-art alleyway at our entrance.
There is also a parking lot at the corner of Mateo and Violet Street, just 2 blocks from our theater, which costs $7 per car.
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HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS:
You can always email us at community@secretmovieclub.com with any other questions, concerns, thoughts, recommendations.