“SPINETINGLING!”
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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
SIR CHRISTOPHER
LEE
BELA
JULIAN
ROGER
GUILLERMO
LUGOSI SANDS CORMAN DEL TORO
BASED ON THE HORROR MASTERWORKS OF
EDGAR ALLAN POE
HOUSE CINEMA EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT ROW BUTLER ST, (412) 904-3225 STARTS FRI. OCT. 23RD 4115 PITTSBURGH
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NEW THIS WEEK THE APU TRILOGY. Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s three films comprising this masterful trilogy — Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956) and The World of Apu (1959) — have been recently restored. The gorgeously filmed blackand-white dramas depict the coming-of-age of a young Bengali named Apu, and the recently independent India. The deeply humanist films gently mark the transition from traditional to modern, from rural to urban. Ray’s work also helped spark a rise in “world cinema,” films produced outside of Europe and the U.S. In Pather Panchali, the young Apu is left in the care of female relatives when his father seeks work in the city. In the sequel, Aparajito, teenage Apu and his family have moved to the city. And The World of Apu depicts Apu seeking work as a writer, and a romantic relationship, during a fateful journey to a rural village. In Bengali, with subtitles. Pather: 7:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 21; 3:15 p.m. Sat., Oct. 24; and 2 p.m. Sun., Oct. 25. Aparajito: 7:30 p.m. Thu., Oct. 22; 7:30 p.m. Fri., Oct. 23; 5:45 p.m. Sat., Oct. 24; 4:30 p.m. Sun., Oct. 25; and 7:30 p.m. Mon., Oct. 26. World: 8 p.m. Sat., Oct. 24; 6:45 p.m. Oct. 25; and 7:30 p.m. nightly Oct. 27-29. Harris ATTACK ON TITAN: PART II. Shinji Higuchi’s live-action film is adapted from Hajime Isayama’s manga. In it, a young man may be the only hope against giant humanoid Titans who are preying on humans. 7:30 p.m. Thu., Oct. 22, and 7:30 p.m. Tue., Oct. 27. Hollywood
Extraordinary Tales CRIMSON PEAK. Guillermo del Toro’s gothic romance has all the trappings of an excellent thriller: love, murder, ghosts and beautiful scenery. The fairytale begins when an American aspiring writer, Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska), falls into the arms of a visiting English aristocrat, Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston). From the beginning it’s clear that Sharpe and his quiet sister, Lucille (Jessica Chastain), have a secret, but it’s not until Edith’s father, who disapproves of the match, is murdered that the arc of the plot begins to take shape. In mourning, Edith quickly marries Sharpe and is whisked off to a crumbling estate that oozes red clay from the floors and walls, and is beset by hundreds of black moths. Ghosts begin to appear and Lucille becomes even colder toward the lonely Edith, setting the stage for what will soon become an all-out steampunk iteration of Cruel Intentions. While the costumes and sets are exquisite, the plot ends up leaving much to be desired. Go for the visual spectacle beauty and Chastain’s performance. (Celine Roberts)
Poe’s frequently dense text, but once viewers adjust to the literary style, they are rewarded with truly horrifying stories: a twisted sibling relationship in “The Fall of the House of Usher,” a man hypnotized between life and death (“The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”), and a prisoner’s madness in “The Pit and the Pendulum.” Garcia uses archival voice recordings of Bela Lugosi to narrate “The Tell-Tale Heart,” and director Roger Corman — who made many a cinematic adaptation of Poe’s work — provides the voice of Prince Prospero in “The Masque of the Red Death.” The interstitial material, in which Poe (depicted as a raven) argues with Death, feels a bit padded. But this visit with Poe’s work will have you re-appreciating what an enjoyable twisted oeuvre it is. Starts Sat., Oct. 24. Row House Cinema (Al Hoff)
EXTRAORDINARY TALES. Halloween time means loads of scary movies making the rounds, but fans of horror owe plenty to one of its early masters, Baltimore author Edgar Allan Poe. Raul Garcia’s new anthology presents animated versions of five of Poe’s tales; each is done in a unique style and features different narrators. The narrations are adapted closely from
Zombie
(1979) - 10/21 @ 7:30pm - Lucio Fulci’s horror classic. We are going to eat you! _________________________________________________
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Attack on Titan Pt. 2
(2015) - 10/22 @ 7:30pm, 10/27 @ 10;30pm - Live action adaptation of the Japanese anime continues. Mind blowing visual effects! _________________________________________________
Night of the Creeps
(1986) - 10/24 @ 7:00pm, 10/28 @ 9:00pm, 10/29 @ 7:00pm - Fraternity pledges pull a prank with a frozen body and let sluglike creatures loose on campus. _________________________________________________
Halloween III Season of the Witch (1982) - 10/24 @ 9:15pm, 10/28 @ 7:00pm, 10/29 @ 9:00pm - The night no one comes home! An underrated classic. _________________________________________________
Rocky Horror Picture Show - 10/24 @ Midnight With live shadowcast by the JCCP.
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Breakfast and a Movie - 10/25 @ 10:30pm Featuring the movie North By Northwest (1959), Buy
tickets by 10/22 for catered brunch. _________________________________________________
48 Hour Film Horror Project - 10/25 @ 6:00pm Over 20 short horror films, locally produced, will be screened and awards announced.
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Crimson Peak GOOSEBUMPS. The biggest shocker in Rob Letterman’s new film, based on R.L. Stine’s eponymous children’s horror series, is that it’s funny: It’s successful enough in that comic vein that its failures probably won’t bother you. Dylan Minnette plays Zach, a teenager begrudgingly relocated to suburban Delaware. There he encounters a cute next-door neighbor, Hannah (Odeya Rush), and her reclusive, prickly dad (Jack Black), who, it turns out, is prickly and reclusive for a reason. Suspicions are piqued, basements are entered and before you know it, Stine’s collective literary monsters are brought to life — literally leaping off of their