Domy Books Monday Movie Nights

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8:30pm-10:30pm

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Domy Books, in association with Domy Films, is pleased to present, Monday Movie Nights, curated by Brand X.

October 13
Demons

They will make cemeteries their cathedrals and the cities will be your tombs.

Lamberto Bava (son of famed Italian horror filmmaker Mario Bava) directs this creep fest as a group of Berlin youths are trapped inside a movie theater and one by one are turned into prey and possessed by demons. The movie is an entirely original and fun film that shows just what horror used to be in the 80's. Co-written by Dario Argento, this movie almost plays like one of Romero's infamous zombie films. What makes it unique is how it tries a different version of a well tread story and makes it something new. The soundtrack is 80's excess with a bunch of American hair metal acts filling the bill. The movie itself goes down quick and is easily something you would watch over and over again as you prepare for Halloween.

1988, 830-1030pm, free admission
RUNTIME: 102 min

October 20
The Thing

The ultimate in alien terror.

The 1982 remake of Howard Hawks' 50's sci-fi gem; it can be safely said that John Carpenter's remake is a superior work of cinema. From the claustrophobic sense of paranoia that is abundant throughout the film to the groundbreaking special effects that still amaze to this day, The Thing is the definition of what a great horror film should be. Kurt Russell stars as a helicopter pilot named R.J. MacReady who's assigned to a U.S. outpost with a group of scientists in Antarctica. When on an excavation mission they find something buried in the ice that changes humanity forever, and that's just the beginning of the terror.

1982, 830-1030pm, free admission
RUNTIME: 109 min

October 27
Dawn of the Dead (the original)

When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.

This is it! The undisputed king of zombie horror, and considered by most to be one of the greatest horror films of all time… Dawn is more note worthy than most of the genre due to the metaphysical questions it asks. Its stabs at consumerism and morality became benchmarks for horror films to come.

Four individuals flee a city that has been overrun by the reanimated, flesh craving, corpses of the recently deceased. The plague is not explained, and the scientific community has few ideas. After refueling their helicopter, the group decides to make a pit stop at a local mall before flying to the wilds of Canada. This is where most of the film's setting takes place. Our group decides to hunker down and enjoy life in the adequately stocked mall, but soon realize that the utopia may not be as perfect as they imagined.

Dawn of the Dead marks the debut of horror effects wizard Tom Savini. His makeup effects in the film inspired a new generation of artists. They are over the top and gory as hell. Extremely graphic, they set a new standard for gore effects. This film is the first sequel to Night of the Living Dead, also directed by George Romero. Co-produced by Italian horror director Dario Argento, it is considered to be responsible for jump-starting the European zombie craze of the 70s and 80s.

1979, 830-1030pm, free admission
RUNTIME: 126 min

November 3
Halloween 3

The night no one comes home.

Arguably the most hated in the Halloween series, the second sequel to John Carpenter's Halloween strays away from the rest by not involving shape-slasher, Michael Myers. Nope, instead Halloween 3 is about a sinister plot that involves brain washing, moon rocks, and an evil toy company that makes really dated masks. Add to that another tour de force performance from Tom Atkins and you have another Brand X Monday Night. One of the best parts about Halloween 3 is the score that producer, and the director of the first installment, John Carpenter did for the film. Creepy, original and heavy with synths the movie is worth watching if for nothing else than an entirely original score. Not to forget you get to continue with your Halloween celebration into November as we kick off a month of political cinema.

1982, 830-1030pm, free admission
RUNTIME: 96 min

November 10
They Live

You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they're people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong.

Call it a sign of the times. Whether you're talking about the decadent 80s from wence it came or the current socioeconomic state our world finds itself in, you'll be hard pressed not to fins something to relate to in this film. They Live is a brilliant satire on the old class vs. class struggle; the elite vs. the down and out working class. Without a doubt putting forth its message, it takes unapologetic stabs at corrupt politicians, the out touch upper class and those that would sell out their fellow man just to get a piece of the pie; not to mention the shamelessness of advertisers.

Professional wrestler, Roddy Piper makes a brilliantly entertaining performance as a man with no name character that happens across the reality behind all the world's ills by putting on a pair of sunglasses. Why not? It isn't pretty, either… I'd like to say this film is more relevant today than it was when it was made, but, honestly, things haven't changed all that much. Speaking personally, as your humble synopsis writer, I gave a copy of this film to my former superior at a local corporation when my job, along with many others, was sold out to a company overseas. I felt somewhat vindicated.

1988, 830-1030pm, free admission
RUNTIME: 93 min

November 17
Marathon Man
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Dustin Hoffman plays a graduate student who trains for marathon races as a hobby. When his brother (Roy Scheider) comes to town for a visit and to deliver stolen diamonds for a Nazi in exile played by Sir Laurence Olivier, Hoffman's character becomes a victim of an international cat and mouse game and is hunted by the sadistic Nazi. A fantastic thriller and classic a Hoffman picture.

1976, 830-1030pm, free admission
RUNTIME: 125 min

November 24
Network

"NETWORK"... the humanoids, the love story, the trials and tribulations, the savior of television, the attempted suicides, the assassination -- it's ALL coming along with a galaxy of stars you know and love!

Howard Beale (Peter Finch) finally reached his breaking point, unfortunately on the nightly news and in front of millions of viewers. While initially punished, Beale is eventually brought back into television's fold. At first to high ratings and supervisor smiles, quickly though, his honest truth becomes too much for the manufactured “truth” of the network. A dark comedy through and through, Network does not just show us the cutthroat, ratings driven underside of television, it shows us how broken the human condition has become, from the bosses and creators down to the consumer humanoids, we're shown what we traded at the alter of the cathode ray gun. The film, with strong performances from Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall, and Ned Betty, received numerous Academy Awards, including the only posthumous award given to Peter Finch.

In the end, Network is not simply a cinematic take on television, but a film that leaves the viewer questioning everything they think they know, including their own humanity.

1976, 830-1030pm, free admission
RUNTIME: 121 min