Sat, Oct 30 / 11:45pm
Directed by Eddy Matalon
1977, Canada, 88 min
There is no greater horror subgenre than “shitty kids.” And no shitty kid is shittier than the shitty kid in Cathy’s Curse. We’d love to share the plot of this movie, but it’s been difficult for us to summarize! For now, imagine Bergman’s Scenes of a Marriage as a 25¢ Exorcist rip-off directed by Argento’s third cousin in a Toronto suburb. Add multiple counts of senior citizen abuse, epic synth bloops and a foul-mouthed, telekinetic rampage from shittiest-kid Cathy culminating in the most gratuitous violence against dinnerware ever filmed. When someone in this movie says, “You and I both know that I’ve had a nervous breakdown,” you will believe them.
Restoration courtesy of Severin Films and the American Genre Film Archive.
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You Are A Lesbian Vampire / Directed by Thirza Cuthand, 2008, Canada, 3:17 min / In the dark night of a prairie city, a vampire considers her future with a fetching mortal. But requiring blood for sustenance brings a host of problems to the relationship.
Aurora Gorealis returns for one-night only this Halloween! Join us on Saturday, October 30 for a Canadian horror marathon featuring creepy phone calls, botched science experiments, zombie plagues and evil kids. This series pairs classic Canuxploitation offerings with Canadian shorts in a hair-raising sampling of northern frights.
