The Evil Dead and the Rise of the Video Nasties (Brighton UK
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:51 am
Hi all, Rob here from BookOfTheDead.ws. Just want to let everyone know about a showing of The Evil Dead in Brighton at 1pm on October the 28, 2012.
This special event marks thirty years since the rise of the video nasties. Following a rare cinema screening of The Evil Dead, a panel of guests will discuss the horror classic’s impact and the video nasty phenomenon. The guests are the British Board of Film Classification’s Senior Examiner Craig Lapper, Empire Magazine’s Chris Hewitt and Ben Wheatley, director of the highly acclaimed 2011 film, Kill List.
I did see The Evil Dead last year at the Prince Charles Cinema in London, but that was a Blu-Ray digital projection. Going to the cinema and paying £10 to sit and watch a Blu-Ray is a bit of a swizz! Anyway checked with the Event organiser Wayne (Phone: 07932 981 028 / Email: wayne@soundstageevents.co.uk) who told me it was a proper 35mm print. That's strange as I was told by Paul Vickery, head of PR, Marketing & Events at the Prince Charles Cinema on the 21st of June 2012 that; Sadly there are no 35mm prints of Evil Dead or Evil Dead 2 in the UK, but we have managed to source a 35mm print of Army Of Darkness. So there you go?
Anyway I'll be there and you can book tickets for £9 each at the following website;
http://www.soundstage.thespace.uk.com
This special event marks thirty years since the rise of the video nasties. Following a rare cinema screening of The Evil Dead, a panel of guests will discuss the horror classic’s impact and the video nasty phenomenon. The guests are the British Board of Film Classification’s Senior Examiner Craig Lapper, Empire Magazine’s Chris Hewitt and Ben Wheatley, director of the highly acclaimed 2011 film, Kill List.
I did see The Evil Dead last year at the Prince Charles Cinema in London, but that was a Blu-Ray digital projection. Going to the cinema and paying £10 to sit and watch a Blu-Ray is a bit of a swizz! Anyway checked with the Event organiser Wayne (Phone: 07932 981 028 / Email: wayne@soundstageevents.co.uk) who told me it was a proper 35mm print. That's strange as I was told by Paul Vickery, head of PR, Marketing & Events at the Prince Charles Cinema on the 21st of June 2012 that; Sadly there are no 35mm prints of Evil Dead or Evil Dead 2 in the UK, but we have managed to source a 35mm print of Army Of Darkness. So there you go?
Anyway I'll be there and you can book tickets for £9 each at the following website;
http://www.soundstage.thespace.uk.com