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CONEY ISLAND FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS: "SUMMER OF HORROR" - SCHEDULE 2009
presented by indiefilmpage.com & Coney Island USA
SATURDAY NIGHTS MAY 16TH - SEPTEMBER 26TH
at the Coney Island Museum 1208 Surf Ave.
between Stillwell Ave. and West 12th Street
Tickets $5 general public, $3 for film society members. Doors open at 8pm. Pre-show at 8:15pm featuring classic drive in trailers, shorts, old commercials and more. Films start at 8:30pm. FREE POPCORN! Series runs from May 16th - September 26th. Please note the following Saturdays have no screenings,
May 23, June 20, July 4, September 12th.
Coney Island USA members at the $50 or above level qualify as Coney Island Film Society Members. To become a member, which includes discounts to film programs as well as other programs and perks, click here.
Travel directions, Click Here.
 May 16th - Psycho Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1960. Certainly Hitchcock's most unrelenting exercise in terror, PSYCHO remains one of the most terrifying films of all time. Countlessly imitated but never equaled, PSYCHO's tale of a strange young man and his possessive mother features the now-famous shower scene, the sinister Bates Motel, and the creepy house that overlooks it. Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles; Universal Pictures; Black and White; Not Rated; 109 minutes |
Dir. Sam Raimi, 1993. Horror master Sam Raimi delivers another visual tour-de-force in this outrageously comic sword-and-sorcery fantasy about an innocent 20th century man (Bruce Campbell) hurtled back to the Dark Ages. In a hilariously macabre tug-of-war between the living and the walking dead (courtesy of spectacular special effects), Campbell relies on his unreliable chainsaw, aging 12-gauge shotgun, and a beat up 88 Olds to battle demonic forces and return to his own time. Starring: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie, Richard Grove; Universal Pictures; Rated R; 80 minutes
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Dir. Alex Proyus, 1994. Mixing the traditions of film noir and high-style action, THE CROW, based on James O’Barr’s popular underground comic book, introduces a mesmerizing hero of the urban music scene in this gothic urban fantasy for the ‘90s. Featuring the final performance of Brandon Lee, an ordinary guitar player becomes a ray of superhuman hope in a city of fear. Lee’s haunting work is the centerpiece of this stunning film that turns O’Barr’s vision of good vs. evil into a music-driven, fully realized cinematic tale of love, death, and revenge. Starring: Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott; Miramax Films; Rated R; 100 minutes |
Dir. Del Tenney, 1964. Sea creatures created from radioactive sludge terrorize a beach community. Starring: John Scott, Alice Lyon, Allan Laurel. Black & White; 80 minutes. The film will be preceded by the Surfing Episode of Ghoul A-Go-Go.
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Dir. Joel Schumacher, 1987. Hip, party-loving teenage vampires are terrorizing the seemingly quiet seaside community of Santa Cruz. When Michael (Jason Patric) moves to the city with his family, he falls for the head vampire’s (Kiefer Sutherland) girl (Jami Gertz) and unwittingly finds himself in a world of trouble in this vampire story with a comic twist. Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, Dianne Wiest; Warner Bros.; Rated R; 97 minutes
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Dir. Sean S. Cunningham, 1980. In this classic horror film, a nightmarish world of blood and terror is unleashed from an ancient curse. A harrowing film of suspense and horror, twisted teenager, Jason, returns from the bottom of a lake to violently stalk and murder everyone at a quiet summer camp. Starring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, Kevin Bacon; Paramount Pictures; Rated R; 95 minutes
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Dir. Rob Zombie, 2003. Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers. Starring: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie; Universal Pictures; Rated R; 89 minutes |
Dir. Wes Craven, 1984. A group of friends who live on Elm Street are having nightmares about a killer with razors on his hands. The frightening figure is Freddy Krueger who can kill you in your dreams. This group must find a way to stop Freddy’s reign of terror in this modern horror classic. Starring: Robert Englund, Johnny Depp; New Line Cinema; Rated R; 91 minutes |
Dir. John Carpenter,1988. Wrestling star Roddy Piper stars as a struggling blue collar worker who stumbles upon a deadly discovery—society has been overtaken by grotesque aliens who are depleting the earth's resources and are controlling the earth through a television system whose hypnotic signal lulls an unsuspecting public into submission. Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster; Universal Pictures; Rated R; 115 minutes
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Dir. Wolf Rilla, 1960. In the English village of Midwich, the blond-haired, glowing-eyed children of uncertain paternity prove to have frightening powers Starring: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens. MGM; Black and White; Not Rated; 80 minutes |
Dir. Brian DePalma, 1976. A high school wallflower and outcast (Sissy Spacek) with a telekinetic ability wreaks havoc and revenge upon her classmates after they play a horrible joke on her at her senior prom. This horror classic is based on the novel by Stephen King. Starring: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, John Travolta United Artists; Rated R; 98 minutes
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Dir. Tod Browning, 1931. Dracula’s (Bela Lugosi) castle stands in the shadows of the Carpathian Mountains, a symbol of fear and suspicion to the villagers who live in the valley below. Real estate agent Renfield (Dwight Frye) journeys to the castle to conclude a business transaction with its elusive owner. Tension mounts as Renfield learns the truth about his mysterious host and succumbs to Dracula’s will to become his mindless victim. Starring: Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye; Helen Chandler; Universal Pictures; Black and White; Not Rated; 75 minutes
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Dir. Henry Selick, 1993. Venturing where no film has gone before, Tim Burton’s quirky and charming musical combines the extraordinary artistry of stop-motion animation with state–of–the–art technology to create a magical realm where fantastic characters come to life. Jack Skellington, the Halloween Pumpkin King kidnaps Santa and takes it upon himself to deliver ghoulish Christmas presents to all the little boys and girls. Animated Feature Voices of Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, William Hickey, Paul Reubens; Touchstone Pictures; Produced by Tim Burton; Rated PG; 75 minutes |
Dir. John S. Robertson, 1920. Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself. Starring: John Barrymore, Charles Lane, Brandon Hurst; Black and White; Not Rated; Silent; 82 minutes
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Dir. Peter Jackson, 1992. A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors. Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Elizabeth Moody; WingNut Films; Rated R; 104 minutes |
Dir. Charles Barton, 1948. Wilbur Grey (Lou Costello) is chased by Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) who wants to transplant Chick Young’s (Bud Abbott) brain into the skull of Frankenstein’s Monster. The Wolfman thwarts Dracula’s plans, however. Even the Invisible Man makes a non-appearance in this superb horror comedy. Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. Universal Pictures; Black and White; Not Rated; 83 minutes |
9th Annual Coney Island Film Festival
October 2-4, 2009
at Sideshows By The Seashore and The Coney Island Museum in the historic Brooklyn neighborhood Coney Island, New York!
Call for Entries Now Open!
Click here to submit
Click here for our paper entry form
Regular Deadline - April, 24, 2009
Late Deadline - July 3, 2009
Extended Late Deadline - July 10, 2009
Quotes from the 2008 filmmakers about our festival
2008 Photo Gallery
