4 Star Theatre - Midnites for Maniacs

The 4 Star Theatre has yet another MIDNITES FOR MANIACS series filled with SEVEN Saturdays of totally disturbing cinema!

This semi-annual event is special because the films have been tracked down from all over the world. Even the trailers have affected me in major ways through my 27 years of life. Each movie & coming attraction that will be played is an actual 35mm print that screened back-in-the-day!

Take that evening nap & stay up all nite with us here at the 4 Star Movie Theatre. You might not get another chance to see these films on the big screen, in their original format, & with people who are probably way more obsessed about them than you-and-I put together!

--Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, Midnites for Maniacs Programmer, 10/03

Saturday, November 1 @ 12:00am

GARBAGE PAIL KIDS
This Live Action extravaganza was pulled from theaters after only 6 days!
Nominated for worst special effects, worst song & worst ensemble cast, the film will leave a long-standing stain on your soul. Have you bought the new 16th series that Topps just released? Bring your old & new stickers to trade!
RARE original 35mm print + tons of gross trailers. 1987.
Free GPK sticker to every paid admission! Buy advance tix cuz this sucker is gonna sell out!
Win prizes by making your own Garbage Pail Kid out of old Cabbage Patch Kids!

Saturday, November 8 @ 12:00am

LOST HIGHWAY
David Lynch's unstoppable film noir has confused many people. And like Mulholland Drive, multiple viewings are recommended. What better way to re-travel down it's path than with a special Q&A by the screenwriter, Barry Gifford, in person!
This widescreen 35mm print is not available on DVD in the US!
Screened with a collection of amazing David Lynch trailers.
Advance tix available! 1997. FREE Robert Blake masks for lucky audience members.

Saturday, November 15 @ 12:00am

APE CANYON
"Rape isn't funny...except when Bigfoot is doing it." Jon Olsen's ridiculously executed movie is "the finest Bigfoot rape-revenge flick ever made," say Joe Bob Briggs. Celebrate your local San Francisco Horror scene wit the cast & crew who will be on hand for a Q&A before the film. 2001. SF premiere! >> Official site
Digital screening.

Saturday, November 22 @ 12:00am

TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE
This Japanese animated film is a sight for sore eyes. Made in 1986, Orsen Welles finished his career with this film(!) as the voice of Unicron, an evil monster-robot threatening the planet's well-being. You can't even believe how much fun this film is gonna rock on the big screen! Directed by Nelson Shin, who designed the lightsabers for the original Star Wars movie!
RARE 35mm print + tons of marketing mania trailers.
Buy Advance tix cuz this could sell out! Be prepared for trivia & awesome giveaways.

SPECIAL SHOWING JUST ADDED: Friday, November 28 @ 11:59pm

The Very First MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS Fundraiser Screening !
for...
MATT GONZALEZ !

1991: THE YEAR PUNK BROKE

Filmed right on the tip of Alternative Rock's nipple, 1991: THE YEAR PUNK BROKE documented an amazing amount of footage from NiRVANA, SONiC YOUTH, MUDHONEY, DiNOSAUR JR., and THE RAMONES.

The interviews are truly hilarious & poignant, while the performances give you an extremely rare look at NiRVANA & SONiC YOUTH before both "Nevermind," & "Dirty" respectively came out. The film defines the early ninties in all of it's "fudge-packin, crack-smokin, devil-worshippin" glory. And with the sad news of Elliot Smith's recent suicide, the performances by Kurt Cobain and Joey & DeeDee Ramone are even more timely & relevant than ever before.

The proceeds of the night will be donated to the MATT GONZALEZ campaign. Show up around 11:30pm for tons of music, giveaways & trailers before the film.

Admission is by Donation only. Sliding scale of $7.00 and up. Go-Go GONZALEZ!

Saturday, November 29 @ 12:00am

DARK STAR
A team of wacky American astronauts go stir crazy while following their orders to blow up all "unstable" planets around the universe. This ultra low-budget debut by John Carpenter & Dan O'Bannon combines pertinent politics, hi-larious hi-jinx & super spiffy special effects.
RARE 35mm print! Plus tons of Carpenter trailers. 1974.

Saturday, December 6 @ 12:00am

ICHI THE KILLER
The uncut, unrated version!
Ichi-san has a problem. Anytime he feels a sexual desire, he goes totally crazy--slicing and dicing everything in sight. Director Takeshi Miike has made a film that needs to be experienced, not talked about. Becuz it's perhaps the most creative & disturbing Japanese film ever made!
In Japanese w/ English subtitles. Original uncut and unrated version (with nipple slicing!) Beautiful 35mm print! 2001.
Warning: Extremely Graphic

Saturday, December 13 @ 12:00am
SLUMBER PARTY 2 TRIPLE FEATURE! 3 Movies for $12.00!


PROM NIGHT It's back! The only all-night T&A triple feature in SF! The fun begins with the most original rip-off of Carpenter's Halloween! Jamie Lee Curtis bares plenty, including her disco dancing skills, in this powerful 80s stalker film. Directed by Paul Lynch. 1980. Original 35mm print plus enough 1980s stalker trailers to make you a gibbering fool.	SKATETOWN USA "The Rock & Roller Disco Movie of Your Lifetime!" With Mark Hamill, Scott Baio, Patrick Swayze's debut & Marcia Brady bursting out of her spandex dress! One of my all time favorite films! Never released on video or DVD ever! Directed by William A. Levy. Ultra rare 35mm print. 1979. Miss this and die...painfully! Tons more prizes and trailers.	ZAPPED! Begins at 4:00am What if you created a potion that would give you telekinetic powers? Would you chase old people with remote control airplanes or Zap off the shirts of teenage girls? Scott Baio and Willie Ames do both! FREE cereal for everyone who makes it thru all three films! Uncut 35mm print. Directed by Robert J. Rosenthal. 1982. All hail Scott Baio.

General admission $6.00
Designed & curated by jesse hawthorne ficks