ALL NIGHT CINEMATIC SEANCE OF WITCH AND WARLOCK MOVIES

The Pioneer's annual horror all-nighter takes place this weekend, on Saturday, October 28. 

http://www.twoboots.com/pioneer/index.html#Seance

We summon all the spirits of the dark and forgotten worlds for this all night seance of movies featuring witches and warlocks. For only $25, you can get over ten hours of evil movies, as well as accompanying audio incantations poured into our darkened  theater.

Dress in costume - prizes for best witch costume, best warlock costume, best incantation.

Free popcorn for anyone who actually summons a demon.

Please note: in the middle of the all-nighter, we will call upon the underworld to change time back one hour, as daylight savings time ends. All the showtimes listed here correspond to the daylight savings times as if no time change occurred.

October 28

9pm
THE SEANCE (directed by Arun Vaidyanathan)

9:20pm
WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES (1968 version)
featuring narration by William S. Burroughs

An terrifying assault on the eyes, Benjamin Christensen's 1922 documentary is a landmark film of witchery, possession, and sadism. Originally released under the Swedish title HAXAN, this eerie, unusual film experience uses seven chapters to illustrate a history of myths and beliefs regarding the occult. The film uses animation, creature effects, nightmarish sets, reenactments of satanic rituals and intense sexual imagery to weave a tale that ranges from being darkly humorous to severely disturbing.

The print we will show runs 77 minutes. Voice over narration by William S. Burroughs and a score by Jean-Luc Ponty in this cut only strengthened the film's status as a cult classic. [synopsis adapted from RottenTomatoes.com]
(dir. Benjamin Christensen, 77 mins, 1922 / 1968)


11pm
NIGHT OF THE DEMON (directed by Jacques Tourneur)

Dr. Holden (Dana Andrew), a psychologist knowledgeable about the occult, is dismayed by a friend's strange death, leading him to investigate a demon-worshipping cult in England. But the leader of that sect, Prof. Karswell (Niall MacGuinness), resists Holden's inquiries by calling up an actual demon to fight the good doctor. Can Holden hold his own in a battle of good vs. evil?

Based on the M.R. James short story "Casting the Runes," the film is considered to be one of the true classics of the horror genre, relying heavily on the power of suggestion to create a heavy atmosphere of fear and dread. The famous, much-debated monster was added by the studio against Tourneur's wishes. This original, uncut version is known as NIGHT OF THE DEMON. [synopsis adapted from RottenTomatoes.com]
(dir. Jacques Tourneur, 95 mins, 1957)


1am
BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE (starring Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart)

A great cast in a supernatural romantic comedy. When urban witch Kim Novak casts a spell on Jimmy Stewart to lure him away from a snooty former schoolmate, she finds the spell rebounding due to the intercession of a more powerful witch (Hermione Gingold). Lemmon and comic genius Ernice Kovacs add lots of laughs. [synopsis adapted from RottenTomatoes.com]
(dir. Richard Quine, 106 mins, 1958)


3:15am
THE WITCHMAKER

THE WITCHMAKER - From the people that brought you A BOY AND HIS DOG and BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN comes this obscure Witchcraft shocker. A paranormal researcher takes a group of people deep into bayou country which also happens to be the setting for several ritualistic murders.
(dir. William O. Brown, 97 mins, 1969)


5:15am
THE HAUNTED PALACE

Vincent Price turns in a fine performance as a refined heir to a haunted castle who is transformed into a murderous mutant enslaved to carry out the depraved revenge plot of a warlock burned at the stake one hundred years earlier. Based on "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward," by H.P. Lovecraft.
(dir. Roger C orman, 87 mins, 1963)

Also: a number of audio incantations of the dark and underworld, played through the theater sound system to a darkened theater.

Please note: we will not screen SIMON: KING OF THE WITCHES.