Wednesday, March 5, 2014

The A.F.S. present NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS on 16MM!






Monday April 28th
8:00pm  $5.00

Upstairs
95 Empire Street,
Providence, RI

Come out and join us as we present an under seen classic of Spanish horror cinema directed by Amando de Ossario who brought us the amazing blind dead series. NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS will be projected  from an admittedly less than perfect 16mm film print, but heck it’s not every day you get to see classic genre films presented on actual film.

NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS (1974)
A research team travels to the African jungle to study the mysterious disappearance of elephants in the area. Instead they discover a tribe of voodoo-zombies who rise from the ground, capture the women, whip them and slice their heads off on an altar. The women return as vampires who look for more women to kill.



Be sure to keep an eye out for info on more upcoming screenings. These Black Box 16mm screenings will be our chance to branch out and show more than our usual exploitation and horror films, we look forward to screening 16mm prints of some obscure classics for you guys as well. Check us out at the following places:





Tuesday, February 25, 2014

The A.F.S. present SHOCK WAVES on 16mm!





Monday March 17th
8:00pm  $5.00

@ 95 Empire Black Box 
95 Empire Street, 
Providence, RI

Come out and join us as we present the classic underwater nazi zombie film SHOCK WAVES from an admittedly less than perfect 16mm film print, but heck it’s not every day you get to see classic genre films on actual film.

SHOCK WAVES (1977)
Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been hiding a secret about a group of Zombie soldiers.



Be sure to keep an eye out for info on more upcoming screenings. These Black Box 16mm screenings will be our chance to branch out and show more than our usual exploitation and horror films, we look forward to screening 16mm prints of some obscure classics for you guys as well. Check us out at the following places:











Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Rock and Shock Film Festival 2013 schedule announcement.




As many of you may know we at the Arkham Film Society program the film festival portion of the yearly ROCK AND SHOCK horror and music convention in Worcester Massachusetts. Here is the final film festival schedule for this weekend. 

Feature = (F) Short = (S)


Friday 10/ 18           

6:00pm –
Slew Hampshire (F)

8:00pm –
                                                       Adjust Your Tracking (F)


Saturday 10/19

11:30am –
Spanish Shorts Block
(Horizonte / No Mires Ahi / Walkie Talkie)

12:30pm –
Fantasm

1:30pm -
Shorts Block
(No Man’s Ghost / The Next Step / Sadie / My Fallen Rose / Party Crasher)

2:30pm –
Nobody Can Cool (F)

4:00pm –
Blood And Guts With Jack Bennet

5:00pm -
Something Wicked Documentary Promo
(plus shorts Ave Maria and Legitimate)

5:45pm –
Dreams Never End (S)

6:00pm –
Kantemir (F)

9:00pm –
Army Of The Dead (F) Premier

Sunday 10/20

12:00pm –
You Better Watch Out! (F)

2:00pm –
Outside The Cinema Present 
Mardi Gras Massacre (F)

4:00pm –

                                                     Waterfront Nightmare (F)

Rock And Shock takes place Oct 18 - 20 in Worcester Massachusetts. For more info check out www.rockandchock.com or link directly to http://rockandshock.com/film-fest/ for the festival schedule on their site.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

The A.F.S. host a sCare Foundation Benefit screening of HALLOWEEN 4 and Anthony C. Ferrante's BOO..





Thursday October 17th
 7:00pm doors - 8:00pm movie start
$10
The Columbus Theatre
270 Broadway,Providence, RI

On Thursday October 17th The Arkham Film Society and Rock And Shock present HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS for a special screening to benefit The sCare Foundation. The sCare Foundation are an organization who do work to benefit homeless children and teens and we are breaking out the 35mm print of HALLOWEEN 4 plus a second unannounced mystery movie in order to help their cause.


HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS (1988) - Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece on Halloween. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095271/


Plus a second bonus movie BOO (2005) - A handful of college students get trapped in a haunted hospital on Halloween. Directed by Anthony  C. Ferrante of SHARKNADO fame who will also be in attendance! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385560/



And our usual assortment of vintage slasher themed trailers! All of this will be hosted by horror journalist and future Halloween book author Justin Beahm and may feature some special guests. For advanced tickets please check out:http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/469158



For more info check out the Arkham Film Society at:Arkhamfilmsociety.comAnd please check out our sponsors Rock And Shock at:http://rockandshock.com/


Wicked Bird Media at:https://www.facebook.com/WickedBirdMediaAnd Analog Underground at:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Analog-Underground/133108133367327And of course for more info on the sCare Foundation at:http://www.scarefoundation.org/sCare/site/


Also be sure to check out our wonderful venue The Columbus Theatre:http://www.columbustheatre.com/




Sunday, September 15, 2013

The A.F.S. presents a Euro Horror Marathon with a tribute to Lucio Fulci! UPDATED WITH SCREENING SCHEDULE!





Saturday October 12th
Noon until Midnight
$30 for all day pass or $12 for the final Double Feature (8:00pm start)

The Columbus Theatre
270 Broadway,
Providence, RI

On Saturday October 12 The Arkham Film Festival presents our Euro Horror Marathon featuring our tribute to director Lucio Fulci! You get six movies in one day all on 35mm and all Euro Horror. So far we have three classic Lucio Fulci films confirmed and we will be announcing the other three titles in the coming weeks.


Film Screening Schedule

11:45am - Doors Open

12:00pm – Opening Intro

12:15pm – The Horrible Doctor Hitchcock
The year is 1885, and necrophiliac Dr. Hitchcock likes to drug his wife for sexual funeral games. One day he accidentally administers an overdose and kills her. He leaves his home shattered. Several years later he remarries and returns. Discovering that his still beloved first wife is alive but insane and prematurely aged, he plans to use the blood of his new bride to rejuvenate and heal her.
(Come out early since our day will start with this excellent example of Italian Gothic Horror presented in a very rare but unfortunately redish print.)

2:00pm – Burial Ground (Plus Trailers)
A professor opens a crypt and reanimates rotten zombies. The zombies attack a jet-set-group which is celebrating a party in a villa nearby...
(I know we showed this film not too long ago, but it was popular and we felt we should show it again to make up for some technical issues during the previous screening of Burial Ground.)

4:00pm – Man From Deep River
A photographer in the rain forest is captured by wild natives and after months of living with them, he marries the chief's daughter and helps protect the village from a vicious cannibal tribe.

6:00pm – House By The Cemetery (Plus Trailers)
A New York Doctor moves his family to a Massachusetts home to continue a colleagues’ research only to uncover a horrible secret.

8:00pm – The Gates Of Hell (Plus Trailers)
A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from the grave.

10:00pm – The Beyond (plus Trailers)
A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where after a series of supernatural 'accidents', she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.




This all day marathon will feature all films being screened from 35mm prints and vintage trailer shows. You can see all six films for only $30 or if you want to only see the final double feature of the night (starting at 8:00pm) the cost of admission will be $12. Remember that only 500 tickets will be available to this event and they may go quickly.

Tickets are on sale now* at: Buy Tickets Here


And as a special offer advanced all day tickets will be only $25 for the next week and thanks to our friends at GASP etc the first 100 people to purchase all day tickets will receive a free* dvd copy of Mike Baronas’ PAURA: Lucio Fulci Remembered tribute documentery. Tickets will be handled in a “Will Call” fashion and dvd’s will not be shipped rather you will receive your dvd when you pick up your tickets at the event.

This event is being brought to you by The Arkham Film Society:

Arkhamfilmsociety.com

With help from GASP ETC:

http://www.gaspetc.com/

Also I'd like to announce that local eclectic record shop Analog Underground will have a table in the theatre lobby selling soundtrack lp's and other oddities. Check them out here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Analog-Underground/133108133367327.

And be sure to check out our beautiful venue The Columbus Theatre:


* Tickets and dvd’s will not be mailed, tickets will be handled in a “Will Call” fashion and you will receive your dvd when you pick up your ticket.






Monday, August 12, 2013

The Arkham Film Society and NecronomiCon Providence present the official pre convention warm up screening.





Sunday August 18th
7:00pm $5.00
95 Black Box
95 Empire Street,
Providence, RI

This is going to be a fun night of films as we prepare for NecronomiCon Providence’s 2013 Convention and it’s a double feature to boot. First up at 7:00pm is THE ACKERMONSTER CHRONICLES, a 2012 documentary about acclaimed genre journalist Forrest J. Ackerman which was directed by convention guest Jason Brock. Second up at 9:00pm will be a special secret mystery screening of a Lovecraft film from The Arkham Film Society’s 16mm film collection.And as if two feature films wasn’t enough, the whole evening will be hosted by renowned horror host PENNY DREADFUL and her friends from their Rondo Award winning show PENNY DREADFUL’s Shilling Shockers!


Tuesday, July 16, 2013

35MM Returns in August!





Friday August 16th
8:00pm  $12.00
The Columbus Theatre
270 Broadway St.,
Providence, RI


On Friday August 16th The Arkham Film Society bring 35mm screenings back to Providence with one hell of a double feature. Not only are we bringing back 35mm but we’re bringing it back to the historic Columbus Theatre, a beautiful old single screen house just like the ones featured in out double feature. That’s right you get to watch cult classics DEMONS (1985) and POPCORN (1991) in the same style of theater the films take place in, plus you get great vintage trailers before each feature from the Arkham vaults!

DEMONS (1985), Two friends invited to a movie house grand opening find themselves trapped in the theater as the events of the on screen film seem to be reflected in the audience members.

POPCORN (1991), A group of film students decide to put on an old fashioned horror movie marathon only to have someone killing people during the features. The killer may have something to do with a murderous cult leader who died in a theater fire fifteen years earlier.

For more info please check out:
facebook.com/groups/arkhamscreenings


Please note that the above flyer is a temporary piece as we are working on something special.