Well the Alamo in Richardson is kicking off well. I have recently began attending the screenings when I can and honestly it will take it some time for them to really get going and they are starting off.
Included in their lineups are both the Master Pancake stand up specials as well as the Horror remixes.
One monthly event that they have added is be Free AGFA Secret Screenings
The AGFA (American Genre Film Association) was founded in 2009 by an international band of genre enthusiasts. Featuring the worlds largest archive of Genre Films with an emphasis on exploitation films from the 1960s through the 1980s. With approximately 3,000 35mm prints.
"AGFA exists to raise awareness of the importance of genre cinema through collection, conservation, and distribution."
To kick off these events myself and other genre enthusiasts headed over to the Drafthouse to find out what this special screening was. We all knew that this flick had to be a good one.
When I sat down in the theater I had a $5.00 voucher since I reserved my seat online I was given a slip of paper advertising a special cocktail for the screening that was a hint as to what the film was and we were all informed that if we could figure out what the screening was we would receive a free drink. The drink was called "Hydrated Chromium Oxide" and was mixed with Deep Eddy Vodka, Melon Liquer, Blue Curacao, with Lime and Grapefruit giving it a Blue Green Color and was garnished with a Gummy Worm which gave me the best hint of the film.
The Film was Beetlejuice.
There is a scene in the film where the character of Otho walks through the house deciding how to decorate the house and refers to a paint that he had created for one of he rooms that was Blue Green, Hydrated Chromium Oxide and the worm on the beverage could have been a reference to the Sandworms in the film.
Trust me when the Beetlejuice logo came on the screen the crowd went nuts.
Released in 1988 Beetlejuice was the second feature of director Tim Burton starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, and Michael Keaton in the title role.
Telling the story of Barbara and Adam Maitland who after their deaths in a car accident are trapped in their home which is sold to the Deetzes who begin to annoy the couple and they bring in Bio-Exorcist Beetlejuice to haunt the house and to scare them away. However Beetlejuice has his own agenda and it involves the Deetzes young daughter Lydia.
Beetlejuice was a box office success and spawned Theme Park Attractions, a yet to be produced sequel, and was loosely the inspiration for a Saturday Morning Cartoon in the 1990s.
If this is only the beginning of the Screenings I look forward to seeing more at the Alamo Drafthouse as well as all of you in the future.
When I sat down in the theater I had a $5.00 voucher since I reserved my seat online I was given a slip of paper advertising a special cocktail for the screening that was a hint as to what the film was and we were all informed that if we could figure out what the screening was we would receive a free drink. The drink was called "Hydrated Chromium Oxide" and was mixed with Deep Eddy Vodka, Melon Liquer, Blue Curacao, with Lime and Grapefruit giving it a Blue Green Color and was garnished with a Gummy Worm which gave me the best hint of the film.
The Film was Beetlejuice.
There is a scene in the film where the character of Otho walks through the house deciding how to decorate the house and refers to a paint that he had created for one of he rooms that was Blue Green, Hydrated Chromium Oxide and the worm on the beverage could have been a reference to the Sandworms in the film.
Trust me when the Beetlejuice logo came on the screen the crowd went nuts.
Released in 1988 Beetlejuice was the second feature of director Tim Burton starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, and Michael Keaton in the title role.
Telling the story of Barbara and Adam Maitland who after their deaths in a car accident are trapped in their home which is sold to the Deetzes who begin to annoy the couple and they bring in Bio-Exorcist Beetlejuice to haunt the house and to scare them away. However Beetlejuice has his own agenda and it involves the Deetzes young daughter Lydia.
Beetlejuice was a box office success and spawned Theme Park Attractions, a yet to be produced sequel, and was loosely the inspiration for a Saturday Morning Cartoon in the 1990s.
If this is only the beginning of the Screenings I look forward to seeing more at the Alamo Drafthouse as well as all of you in the future.
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