Thanks to Bill Scurato, managing director of Country Gate Players, for joining us last night on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner, for a lively discussion about “Night of the Living Dead” (1968). We talked about the actual making of the film, its social relevance, and its undying influence. Reanimate the archived program by clicking here:
George A. Romero’s underground masterpiece was featured as part of a Saturday night film series Bill is curating this month at Country Gate Playhouse in Belvidere, NJ. Tonight at 8 pm, there will be a showing of the original, Roger Corman-directed “Little Shop of Horrors” (not to be confused with the later Mencken & Ashman musical).
On October 29th & 30th the Players will present a “live experience” that will incorporate a screening of Ed Wood’s masterpiece of incompetence, “Plan 9 from Outer Space.” Think “Rocky Horror” meets “Mystery Science Theater 3000.” Among other horrors, Roy will actually sing. And dance. For more information, visit https://www.countrygateplayers.org/upcoming-shows-events
Next week, we’ll conclude Halloween month with special guests Michael Rizzo and Marybeth Ritkouski of the weekly webcast SciFi Distilled. In what has now become something of a holiday tradition, M&M will join R&R for a lighthearted conversation about the classic television series “The Munsters” (1964-66). Costumes will be worn!
We’ll be looking for you on Mockingbird Lane. Leave your macabre, comical comments, when we livestream on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, next Friday evening at 7:30 EDT!
