PHANTASM – The 4k Restoration Midnights This Weekend at The Moolah

“You play a good game boy, but the game is finished, now you die!”

PHANTASM screens Midnights this weekend (October 14^th and 15th) at The Moolah Theater and Lounge (3821 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108) as part of  Destroy the Brain’s monthly Late Night Grindhouse film series.

PHANTASM is one of the most creative horror films from the late 70’s/80’s. It doesn’t play like a slasher film – it’s a lot more clever and fantasy-oriented .The setting of the horror is a Funeral home/Cemetery and sinister things are happening there. Strange little Jawa-like things are running around and chopped-off fingers turn into giant bugs, not to mention people having sex in a graveyard. A man and his little brother decide to investigate these matters further and discover that the dwarves are actually shrunk-down corpses brought back to life and given mustard for blood, and somehow they are also aliens that enter to this world through some kind of gateway. Got that? Later we find out that the whole thing was a dream; the kid’s older brother is actually dead, and we’re more confused by the end of the film than we were before we sat down. But that’s okay. PHANTASM is still one of the most beloved horror films of its day. The most memorable scene is when a little flying orb with knives attached to it flies straight into some dude’s head, drills a hole in it, and shoots blood all over like a firehose and he just stands there and screams, making no attempt to pull it off.

PHANTASM was the debut feature and was written, directed and produced by Don A. Coscarelli, who was in his 20’s when he made it. It is pretty impressive, and features creepy music score, great art direction, lots of suspense, and a couple of good jump scenes. It holds up and you’ll have the chance to see it in this new, fancy, gussed-up 4k restoration this weekend at The Moolah.

TICKETS ARE $7 AND YOU CAN BUY THEM ONLINE VIA MOOLAH’S WEBSITE.

THE PSYCHOTRONIC PRE-SHOW STARTS AROUND 11:30P WITH THE FILM STARTING AT MIDNIGHT.

A Facebook invite for Friday’s show can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/1751443481761764/

A Facebook invite for Saturday’s show can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/1779472648942750/

The Moolah Theatre & Lounge serves alcohol until 2:30AM! Feel free to show up early and stay late to have some drinks and get friendly with the amazing Moolah staff.