Vampire-Con Releases the Bats with its Film Festival Schedule
Vampire-Con 2009, the world’s first convention devoted to everything vampire, has announced its film festival lineup for Friday, August 14th and Saturday, August 15th. The two themed nights of Vampire movies both classic and new will be held at the famed New Beverly Cinema.
The film fest kicks off on Friday, August 14th with three movies befitting the evening’s theme “Bad Boys,” hosted by author David J. Skal (V Is For Vampire: The A-Z Guide For Everything Undead). Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) will screen first at 7:30 PM in honor of star Robert Quarry, who passed away earlier this year. The 9:30 slot is occupied by cult favorite The Lost Boys (1987), starring Keifer Sutherland, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Dianne Weist, Jason Patric and Jami Gertz. Cast members Jamison Newlander, Chance Michael Corbitt and others will appear in person to talk about the making of the film. Friday at midnight, Vampire-Con will unveil a WORLD PREMIERE sneak preview of Midnight Son, the new film from writer/director Scott Leberecht and executive producer Eduardo Sanchez, the visionary behind The Blair Witch Project! The film’s plot centers on a young man named Jacob, who is forced to drink human blood for sustenance and struggles to hide his increasingly violent tendencies from the woman he loves. Stay tuned for updates – several members of the cast and filmmaking team are expected to be in attendance.
The theme for Saturday, August 15th’s double feature is “Lesbian Vampireotica”, hosted by author Pam Keesey (Daughters Of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Stories). The evening opens at 7:30 PM with the 1971 Roger Corman production The Velvet Vampire, starring Celeste Yarnall. Celeste will be attending the screening as well as joining the “Vampires & Sexuality” panel discussion on Sunday, August 16th! At 9:30 the film festival concludes with The Hunger, the stylish and steamy 1983 classic directed by Tony Scott and starring Susan Sarandon, David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve.
The New Beverly Cinema is located at 7165 West Beverly Blvd. Tickets for each film night are $7 and can be paid for at the door (cash only).
Vampire-Con moves to The Music Box Theatre @ Fonda on Sunday, August 16th for a day of vendors, contests and panel discussions, including “Vampires & Sexuality” and “Inked in Blood: 40 Years of Vampirella.” That evening Vampire-Con will cap off with Vampirella’s Ball, a hot 18 & over danse macabre with vampirerotic go-go girls & boys churning to the grooves of DJ Xian and DJ Gary Calamar, Grammy-nominated producer, music supervisor of HBO’s True Blood and host of KCRW’s Sunday night slot from 9pm – midnight.
Tickets are $15 for the Sunday day-walkers and $30 for Vampirella’s ® Ball. A day & night package deal can be purchased for $40 ($45 at the door).
For more info, visit: www.vampire-con.com.
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