Saturday,
February 17 at 8pm
Exhumed
Films presents
Romance
Gone Awry Double Feature
My
Bloody Valentine
dir.
George Mihalka, Canada, 1981, 35mm, 91 mins, color
A
well-regarded slasher from the early '80s that once again proves
no holiday is safe from homicidal maniacs. A seemingly
innocent Valentine's Day dance inadvertently leads to a mine
explosion and the deaths of several coal miners (isn't that
always the way?). Twenty years later, a group of youngsters
decides to organize the town's first Valentine's dance since
the horrible accident. Unfortunately, they are stalked
by a pick axe wielding, gas mask wearing killer who takes offense
to their insensitivity. Could this masked madman be the
lone survivor of the explosion, or is something else afoot?
Candyman
dir.
Bernard Rose, USA, 1992, 35mm, 99 mins, color
For
a gruesome horror film, this has quite a pedigree: it's produced
by famed horror writer/director Clive Barker (Hellraiser),
written & directed by art house filmmaker Bernard Rose (Immortal
Beloved, Anna Karenina), and features a score
by Phillip Glass.
Loosely
based on one of Barker's short stories, Candyman
tells the tale of graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia
Madsen), who is writing a thesis paper on urban legends.
In an inner-city ghetto she hears the legend of Candyman, a
vengeful spirit who materializes and slaughters anyone brave
enough (or foolish enough) to repeat his name five times.
When a series of murders takes place in the city, it seems as
if the titular boogeyman might be the culprit. Even worse
is the possibility that Helen herself is actually the reincarnation
of Candyman's long lost love. Her boyfriend's back, and
she's gonna be in trouble...
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