I think everyone enjoyed it as much as you, we’ve received nothing but positive comments, even with the no-show of Plan 9 (which will definitely be making an appearance in the near future, with an added bonus). One thing, there were almost 40 minutes of trailers – they went by so fast that it only seemed like 20.
I’m surprised that nobody has posted their reactions to the festival yet, so I’ll start. Psycho looked great, and was in great condition for a 1960 print. The audience was totally into it. The Crawling Eye was ok, but I don’t care for the film anyway; a decent print. House of Frankenstein was a surprise. I told Pete there would only be about 25 people there; boy, was I wrong! More like 150 people, mostly parents with their kids. It did my heart good to see the younger (and in some cases much younger) generation appreciate the ol' monsters. Plan 9 never played. Only half the print arrived, so a very nice print of Bride of the Monster was located quickly and substituted. The home movie part of the Plan 9 show was shown before Bride, so it worked out ok. The trailerfest that followed was fun, but too brief, only about 20 minutes long. However, the trailers for Ghidrah, and Rosemarys Baby/Odd Couple were standouts. All the color trailers were original Tech prints. Sundays slate of films were less well attended, but fun nonetheless. It The Terror from Beyond Space looked great on the big screen, and still made a few people jump with fright! House of Usher looked incredible, even though it was a new print. The colors were deep, rich and almost Technicolor bright. A truely beautiful print! Rosemarys Baby closed the show and it too looked great. All told, a frightfully good time was had by all. Can’t wait for next year’s festival!
Thanks, hotwaterbottle.
I think everyone enjoyed it as much as you, we’ve received nothing but positive comments, even with the no-show of Plan 9 (which will definitely be making an appearance in the near future, with an added bonus). One thing, there were almost 40 minutes of trailers – they went by so fast that it only seemed like 20.
I’m surprised that nobody has posted their reactions to the festival yet, so I’ll start. Psycho looked great, and was in great condition for a 1960 print. The audience was totally into it. The Crawling Eye was ok, but I don’t care for the film anyway; a decent print. House of Frankenstein was a surprise. I told Pete there would only be about 25 people there; boy, was I wrong! More like 150 people, mostly parents with their kids. It did my heart good to see the younger (and in some cases much younger) generation appreciate the ol' monsters. Plan 9 never played. Only half the print arrived, so a very nice print of Bride of the Monster was located quickly and substituted. The home movie part of the Plan 9 show was shown before Bride, so it worked out ok. The trailerfest that followed was fun, but too brief, only about 20 minutes long. However, the trailers for Ghidrah, and Rosemarys Baby/Odd Couple were standouts. All the color trailers were original Tech prints. Sundays slate of films were less well attended, but fun nonetheless. It The Terror from Beyond Space looked great on the big screen, and still made a few people jump with fright! House of Usher looked incredible, even though it was a new print. The colors were deep, rich and almost Technicolor bright. A truely beautiful print! Rosemarys Baby closed the show and it too looked great. All told, a frightfully good time was had by all. Can’t wait for next year’s festival!