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May 15, 2012 | 
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Poor Deborah Harry…or rather, poor Nicki, the character she played in David Cronenberg’s classic horror/science-fiction hybrid movie Videodrome back in 1983. The sexy star of radio and pop videos made her major motion-picture debut after a string of underground and independent film appearances and made a major impact playing Nicki Brand, a sadomasochistic psychiatrist and radio host. Her character becomes caught up in an investigation into a potentially dangerous illegal satellite TV station and disappears when she goes to Pitsburgh to audition for a sex and torture show being made and broadcast by the channel.
To find out what happens next you really need to go along to the SHIVERS Canadian Genre Film Festival on Sunday 20th May at the Roxy Bar & Screen in London! Videodrome is playing alongside a whole heap of other Canadian cult and exploitation flicks starting at 3pm!
Read why SHIVERS festival supports the Classic Horror Campaign here!
Check out the SHIVERS official website here!
Read Rue Morgue magazine’s in-depth interview with festival organiser Vince D’Amato here!
Posted in 1980's | 
Tags: Creepysix Films, David Cronenberg, Deborah Harry, Roxy Bar & Screen, Shivers Film Festival, Videodrome, Vince D'amato | 
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The amazing Filmbar70 is proud to fly the flag as they celebrate the British Thriller of the Seventies! They’ll be screening the original And Soon the Darkness (’70), and guiding you through this long neglected aspect of our cinematic heritage with their very own Top Ten Brit Thrills of the ‘70s. Also on hand will be Mr Eldiabolik himself – bringing his World of Psychotronic Soundtracks to bear on the best of British film grooves from the decade.
When two young female nurses (Filmbar fave Pamela Franklin and Michele – “oh Frank” – Dotrice) embark on a cycling holiday around southern France, nothing had prepared them for the sheer monotony of their trip. As tempers are tried and bickering flares, the couple decide to split – an action that leaves them more vulnerable than they could have ever imagined. For this alien, expansive landscape has a dark history, a history involving the unsolved abductions of a number of young women…
An excursion into the very, very eerie, And Soon the Darkness wrings incredible suspense from its minimal resources. Dearly departed arch stylist Robert Fuest imbues the wide, sunny spaces of the French countryside with palatable dread and cloying claustrophobia, tightening the screws of tension to breaking point.
So come and join in this celebration of ’70s British Thrillers at The Roxy Bar & Screen from 7pm on Thursday May 17th!
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Posted in 1970's | Tags: 1970's, And Soon The Darkness, British, Filmbar70, Robert Fuest, Roxy Bar & Screen | No Comments »
