HORROR AT THE HYLAND
presents...a double feature of...
THE FLY
&
THE THING
January 10th - 745pm (The Fly) & 10pm (The Thing)
With Special Guest Dr. Selma Purac!
**Double Feature and single film tickets available!**
**No Member pricing available for this show!**
Order of the Night:
Doors: 715PM
The Fly: 745PM
Intermission/A Body Horror Chat with Dr. Selma Purac: 930PM
The Thing: 10PM
When scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) completes his teleportation device, he decides to test its abilities on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a housefly slips in during the process, leading to a merger of man and insect. Initially, Brundle appears to have undergone a successful teleportation, but the fly's cells begin to take over his body. As he becomes increasingly fly-like, Brundle's girlfriend (Geena Davis) is horrified as the person she once loved deteriorates into a monster.
The Fly - Film Review
Gerardo Valero, rogerebert.com 2014
"Asides from a few of the fads from the 1980s, "The Fly" hardly looks dated. Goldblum's makeup is astounding from the initial sight where we see him start to lose his teeth/fingernails all the way to the closing scenes when he has to come apart (literally). The special effects may seem low-tech to some of today's audiences but I doubt they would be more convincing had they done with more modern techniques. Cronenberg makes excellent use of the "twisting room" (previously used in MGM musicals and in "Poltergeist") that shows Seth jumping effortless from wall to wall." For the full review please CLICK HERE.
In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot (Kurt Russell) and the camp doctor (Richard Dysart) lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.
The Thing - FILM REVIEW
Wael Khairy, rogerebert.com
"Almost 40 years after it was made, the gruesome practical effects are more impressive than anything that we’ve seen since. In fact, the animatronic effects alone are enough to cement “The Thing” as a milestone in film history, but what really separates Carpenter’s film from every other gorefest out there is what it says about the human psyche." For the full review CLICK HERE.
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