SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
HALLOWEEN-O-THON IN A MOVIE PALACE Double! Friday, October 29, 2021
PHANTASM writer/director Don Coscarelli & PHANTASM crew in person for a 9pm Q&A on the making of this 70's horror classic.
LOCATION: The Million Dollar Theater Movie Palace, 307 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
*Please note audience members who purchase tickets for BOTH FEATURES can purchase an all-day pass and park at the Grand Central Market Parking Garage (corner of 3rd & S. Hill Street). Please purchase a $6 all day parking passes via our ADD-ONS. We will hand you your parking pass at the screening.
**We will open doors 1 HOUR before each screening time so audience can have plenty of time to enter, maintain 6 feet of distance, pick up or buy concessions/drink, and get their seats. We will have staff who will help guide and direct audience to their seats.
730pm PHANTASM(1979, wri/dir by Don Coscarelli, AGFA, 88mns, 35MM)
*Followed by a 9pm Q&A with wri/dir Don Coscarelli & PHANTASM filmmakers!
1015pm NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968, wri/dir by George Romero, 96mns, 35MM)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
***ALL GUESTS WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH PROTOCOLS PRIOR TO ENTERING THEATER SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TIME.
****Please still bring phone photos or actual vaccination cards and masks so we can continue to make sure we are keeping events as safe and worry free as possible.
HOW TO:
1)PLEASE BRING AND BE READY TO WEAR A PROPER MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE THEATER. You will be able to eat and drink concessions without a mask. But AT ALL OTHER TIMES, MASKS ARE REQUIRED.
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 you 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!
Tonight, we're excited to present a double of two independently made horror movies that rocked the 1960's and the 1970's and reverberated for decades afterwards.
AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO WELCOME Phantasm WRITER/DIRECTOR DON COSCARELLI, ART DIRECTOR DAVID BROWN, PRODUCER PAUL PEPPERMAN among others to a 9pm Q&A on how they made their seminal horror movie.
First up, we screen Phantasm, the late 1970's independently made horror movie (right here in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area) that follows two brothers as they slowly begin to realize that the ominous "Tall Man" undertaker of a local mortuary may actually be an other-worldly murderous being bent on destroying them both before they uncover his secret.
Coscarelli's Phantasm like so many great indie horror movies is a work 100% dedicated to its own wildly imaginative and bizarre world. Imagery like the deadly flying sphere blades that impale morturary intruders, inter dimensional gates to other planets would inspire future moviemakers to take gonzo chances with their own horror movies.
And Phantasm further elevates itself because at its heart, like all good horror, is a surprisingly profound tale about the relationship between two brothers.
After our Q&A, we'll follow this up with the grandparent indie horror movie of them all: George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. A movie that has profoundly affected EVERYTHING that came after it, Night of the Living Dead tells the story of a zombie pandemic (though the word zombie is never used in the movie!) and how a group of conflicted, argumentative living people hole up in house. They either have to start working together across class and race lines or be attacked by the undead amassing outside the doors.
STILL. . .one of the all time great horror movies with a subversive and devastating climax that has the power to shock almost 60 years later.
Join us for a great double bill. On 35mm. For any moviemaker or movielover wanting to see how great horror is made on a budget.
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.
WHY ARE THE TICKET PRICES HIGHER THAN NORMAL?
In order for us to re-open, maintain health protocols (which includes operating at only 50% capacity), and screen movies on 35MM, we need to temporarily raise our ticket prices. We apologize.
However, if you could look at this as partially helping Secret Movie Club re-open indoor theaters and 35MM film screening, we would be eternally grateful.
As we can increase capacity, we will IMMEDIATELY LOWER ticket prices.
If you could look at this as all of us being in this together, we WILL remember your kindness.
HELPFUL MILLION DOLLAR THEATER MOVIE PALACE PARKING TIPS:
If you are attending all movies on any given day (the double or triple feature), you can go to ADD ONS and pre-order an all day $6 Grand Central Parking Lot Pass. The Grand Central Parking Lot is at the corner of 3rd Street and Hill Street just 1 block from the Million Dollar Theater entrance on 3rd & Broadway.
Folks just attending one feature can also park at this lot and as long as you grab food/drink from GCM you can get a 90 minute validation stamp that will help the cost of parking.
HOW WILL OUR STAFF MAKE SURE THE THEATER IS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE:
We will have staff in the theater (on both the ground and balcony levels) at all times who make sure everyone is wearing masks and obeying protocols. We will have signage at entrance, markings at concessions, restrooms, etc so folks keep 6 ft distance at all times.
Anyone not observing safe protocols will kindly be asked to leave. On top of this, we’ll be making announcements at the head of each screening to make sure everyone understands the rules & regs!
HOW CAN WE STAY ON TOP OF NEWLY ANNOUNCED 35MM SCREENINGS, EVENTS, ETC?
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HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS:
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