Godzilla,The Monsters of Mass Destruction, The Missing Beast Stalker and Cannibal Holocaust

At the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemapocalpse/Midnites for Maniacs event on April 19, they screened a trailer for an upcoming Shock It To Me event.

From August 21 to 23, Shock It To Me presents Godzilla and The Monsters of Mass Destruction, a Japanese Monster Movie Festival.

I was never a big fan of the Japanese monster movies of the 50's and 60's although I think the miniature models of city, ships, bridges, etc. that the monsters destroy was cool.





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Shock It To Me also announced that their annual horror film festival is October 16 to 18. I saw the delightfully ridiculous Sugar Hill (1974) at their 2007 festival.

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I also notice that the 4-Star has removed Beast Stalker from its Coming Attractions page. I hope it is still playing. If I had known this earlier, I would have purchased tickets to last night's screening at the 2009 San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF). I won't be able to catch the next two screenings at the festival.

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Tyson and East Virtue, two films screening at the 2009 SFIFF open at the Sundance Kabuki on May 8 and 29, respectively. Departures, a Japanese film which one the Best Foreign Film Award at this year's Oscars is also opening May 29.

Ferlinghetti, also at this year's SFIFF, looks to get a one week run at the Roxie starting May 1.

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The Landmark Clay is screening Cannibal Holocaust and Cannibal Ferox at midnight on May 8 and 9, respectively. These two cult classics tell the story of unfortunate encounters between Westerners and cannibals in the jungles of South America. A faux documentary, a la The Blair Witch Project, Cannibal Holocaust has been a staple among the Faces of Death crowd for the past 20 years. It was banned in the US for a few years and actual animal killings are shown.