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Belly of the Tarantula
Italy, 1971, Dir. Paolo Cavara,
Italian Video, 98 min. with live translation!
Cavara's quintessential giallo kicks off the 'giallo night'.
Starring Giancarlo Giannini of recent Hannibal fame as a detective
investigation a series of murders whose unique modus opperandi
involves paralyzing the victims with a long needle and then
slicing their stomachs open while they are fully aware of what's
happening to them. Director Cavara proved that he is one of
the masters of the genre with his later, equally strong giallo
Too Much Fear.
Friday July 13th at 8:00pm at Pacific Cinematheque  
 Twitch
of the Death Nerve
Italy, 1971, Dir. Mario Bava, 16mm 82 min.
English
Mario Bava's infamous bodycount trendsetter
takes place in a small seaside community where a murderer
is eliminating all those who might get in the way of their
plans to cash in on the fortune of an elderly, wheelchair-bound
woman. This was the prototype for the American slasher film,
with 13 murders, all creative and gory. Bava masterfully creates
sheer terror in broad daylight when the first of the teenagers
is offed by the gore-friendly murderer.
Friday July 13th, 10:10pm at Pacific
Cinematheque
 Friday
the 13th
USA, 1980, Dir, Sean S. Cunningham,
35mm, English
Two films before the hockey mask was even thought of, a killer
was stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake offing numerous
cavorting camp counsellors for the sins of their predecessors.
Counsellors die one by one, in ways remarkably like their
counterparts in Twitch of the Death Nerve. The quintessential
American slasher film wher all the people who hate Kevin Bacon
get to see
him die an agonizing death. Good, filthy fun, an endurance
test for the faint-hearted and a laugh for purveyors of eighties
cheese.
Friday July 13th, midnight at Pacific Cinematheque
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