The screams are coming from inside FilmScene at the Chauncey at our eighth annual 12-hour fright fest!
All night is weird when Late Shift hosts Ross Meyer, Joe Derderian, and Aaron Holmgren dig up low-budget b-movies, horror and gore-fests, and camp classics for your viewing pleasure. Buy your ticket and take a ride in our Time Machine! Punch in and earn a bonus! $4 Pabst Blue Ribbon & Hamm’s tallboys (until 2:00 a.m. and then again at 6:00 a.m.), $4 small popcorn, small soda and candy! $1 off beer/wine/soda/popcorn/candy for FilmScene members. PLUS -- special custom trash trailer reels curated by Ross with cheap swag and prize giveaways!
Tickets $35 public / $25 members / $20 UI students with ID (box office only, discounted student tickets sponsored by The Bijou Film Board)
Includes free Fix! Coffee all night long, complimentary breakfast, and a commemorative keepsake! Plus midnight pizza, specialty drinks and prizes galore!
SIX films plus trailers, short films, vintage advertisements and demented fun, all at FilmScene at the Chauncey. Don't forget your sleeping bag and pillow if you want to catch a nap. Earn a free pass to see us again if you stay up for the full show!!
Psycho Ape!! Part 2: The Wrath of Kong (2024)
Directed by Addison Binek (Psycho Ape!) & Greg DeLiso (Hectic Knife)
Featuring: Kansas Bowling, Bill Weeden, Floyd Cashio
Director Addison Binek stays up late with us at FilmScream to present the sequel to the legendary Psycho Ape! Keep your eyes peeled, there’s never a Dole moment!
"This is one of those ‘check your brain at the door, grab a six pack, and strap yourself in for some laughs’ kind of movie." - Tim Gross, Gross Movie Reviews
"A brilliant bit of meta-filmmaking that twists in on itself like Thankskilling 3 on steroids." - Bobby LePire, Film Threat
"Psycho Ape! Part II not only takes a self-referential approach, but it goes as far into self-deprecating comedy as Gremlins 2: The New Batch." - Jason Burke, PopHorror
First, they went Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Then, King Kong Lived. This is also a sequel.
After being apprehended by police during a big banana heist (and, you know, all the murders in the first film), the Psycho Ape! is put on trial for his crimes.
This one features less gore, less nudity and more parodies of A Few Good Men!
Phantasm (1979)
Directed by Don Coscarelli (Bubba Ho-Tep)
Featuring: Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin
Enter the stunning and surreal world of Phantasm - where nothing is as it seems and every move you make could lead to a fate worse than death!
"As to the peculiar influences which sprouted the Phantasm film, I would have to say it is the same influence which drives all us humans, and that is the challenge and fear of death." - Don Coscarelli, director
"Some films are genuinely hard to classify. Take Phantasm - a rubber-reality teen adventure sci-fi horror film (eat your heart out Donnie Darko)." - Stephen Thrower, Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents
"A unique and fascinating horror hit with more satisfying surprises that you could find in a dozen other recent offerings." - Michael J. Weldon, The Psychotronic Encyclopedia
"Parts of this pic weave a powerful primal spell." - The Phantom of the Movies
"The film that made the tall man and his silver spheres a cult hit." - Ken Kish, Video Wasteland: Rental, Reference and Review Guide
"A mix of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy, but it was pretty awesome." - Robin Bougie, Cinema Sewer