Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Film Bloodsuckers in the Stacks: Library Screens Cult Horror Classics
Posted by Jim Ridley on Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:53 AM
This week, Scene contributor Brian Miles writes about the Nashville Public Library's weekly "Thursday Nights of Terror" screenings this month. Every Thursday in October at 5:30 p.m., the library's Popular Materials staff fires up a cult-classic horror film in the library's auditorium, free and open to the public. Since the library's DVD projection system is first-rate, the screenings have started to draw a sizable turnout.
This week's feature is the little-seen 1973 shocker Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural, starring one of the great leading ladies of 1970s exploitation cinema, Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith. Not only may this be your only chance to see the movie locally on a big screen, the library staff has gone to the trouble of securing interviews and personal introductions from the filmmakers whenever possible—meaning that tomorrow night's screening of Lemora will feature a taped interview with writer-director Richard Blackburn. The library is making these available as podcasts, free for download.
The series ends in sepulchral style next week with a classy Halloween offering: Mario Bava's skin-crawling witchcraft thriller Black Sunday. As a special treat, the library has lined up a taped intro from Bava scholar and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas. Thank library staffers Clint Tatum and Bryan Jones for putting together this sack of razor-bladed candy.
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