Midnight Movies
Alejandro Jodorowsky is the father of the ‘midnight movie’, his film kick started the phenomenon in NYC at the beginning of the 70s. To celebrate we are planning special screenings of his most psychedelic cult films.
The movie generally recognised as igniting the theatrical midnight film movement is Alejandro Jodorowsky's surrealist El Topo, which opened in December 1970 at the Elgin in New York City. Playing with the conventions of the spaghetti Western, the film was described by one newspaper critic as "full of tests and riddles" and "more phony gore than maybe 20 years of The Wild Bunch." El Topo regularly sold out every night for months, with many fans returning on a weekly basis. It ran at the theatre through June 1971, until at the prompting of John Lennon - who was reported to have seen the film at least three times— Beatles manager Allen Klein purchased the film through his ABKCO film company and gave it a relatively orthodox re-release." (Later John Lennon and Yoko Ono, gave Jodorowsky $1 Million to create his next film 'The Holy Mountain)
Other midnight movies that followed included: Night of the Living Dead, Pink Flamingos, Rocky Horror Picture Show and Eraser Head. Each cult midnight movie status helped massively to project the film into the mainstream!
Exclusive Film screenings will be held at the following venues:
El Topo @ Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BX
Thurs 5th Nov – Late Night Screening
(After last performance of ‘The Gorilla’ starring Brontis Jodorowsky
The Holy Mountain @ Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N
Friday 27th Nov - Doors 7.30pm / £5
Santa Sangre @ Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1HX
Friday 20th Nov - Enquire are Horse Hospital for times
The movie generally recognised as igniting the theatrical midnight film movement is Alejandro Jodorowsky's surrealist El Topo, which opened in December 1970 at the Elgin in New York City. Playing with the conventions of the spaghetti Western, the film was described by one newspaper critic as "full of tests and riddles" and "more phony gore than maybe 20 years of The Wild Bunch." El Topo regularly sold out every night for months, with many fans returning on a weekly basis. It ran at the theatre through June 1971, until at the prompting of John Lennon - who was reported to have seen the film at least three times— Beatles manager Allen Klein purchased the film through his ABKCO film company and gave it a relatively orthodox re-release." (Later John Lennon and Yoko Ono, gave Jodorowsky $1 Million to create his next film 'The Holy Mountain)
Other midnight movies that followed included: Night of the Living Dead, Pink Flamingos, Rocky Horror Picture Show and Eraser Head. Each cult midnight movie status helped massively to project the film into the mainstream!
Exclusive Film screenings will be held at the following venues:
El Topo @ Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BX
Thurs 5th Nov – Late Night Screening
(After last performance of ‘The Gorilla’ starring Brontis Jodorowsky
The Holy Mountain @ Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N
Friday 27th Nov - Doors 7.30pm / £5
Santa Sangre @ Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1HX
Friday 20th Nov - Enquire are Horse Hospital for times
