SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 2014
at the CASTRO theatre in San Francisco, CA.
"A GENUiNE RETROSPECTiVE FOR
WiLLiAM LUSTiG" Triple Bill - DAY TWO
(ONLY $12 FOR DOUBLE BiLL!)


7:00pm - MANiAC COP (1988) - 26th ANNiVERSARY!
Written by Larry Cohen; Directed by William Lustig
Makeup by David Atherton; Score by Jay Chattaway
w/ Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Richard Roundtree, Laurene Landon & Jake LaMotta!

B-Movies are often dismissed upon release and until the next generation of young audiences grow up and start citing them as their major influences (Director ofDrive (2011) Nicholas Winding Refn has recently approached William Lustig to direct a remake of Maniac Cop) the films find their ways into their respective audience members lives via word of mouth. Often clunky, these lil treasures are filled with anti-Hollywood techniques (purposeful and otherwise) and are a breath of completely different airs. Bruce Campbell 's follow up project to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn plays out like a nastier version of Darkman (1990) primarily due to exploitation master screenwriter Larry Cohen (It's Alive trilogy) wrote this lil ditty showcasing the wonderfully underrated Tom Atkins (of John Carpenter's The Fog and Halloween III: Season of the Witch). The film even has a cameo by the real life Jake LaMotta (Raging Bull) and is the perfect way to kick off an evening of pure exploitation heaven. RATED-R. 85min. Brand New DCP Restored Presentation!

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9:00pm - MANiAC COP 2 (1990) - SF THEATRiCAL PREMiERE!
Written by Larry Cohen; Directed by William Lustig
SFX by Dean Gates; Score by Jay Chattaway
Containing Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon & Danny Trejo!

Director William Lustig considers Maniac Cop 2 to be his best film and boy are you in for a treat. Celebrating its 24th Anniversary, tonite is the film's San Francisco Theatrical Premiere! Improving on the already brilliant B-movie qualities from the first (scary policeman, strippers and Bruce Campbell) this late-1980s sequel has found quite a large cult fan base over the past 25 years. Genre fanatics of late like Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson have beautifully tweeked Hollywood into making big budgeted B-movies. Its important to celebrate the filmmakers that worked right alongside those now prominent filmmakers to not only recognize their similarities and differences but because Maniac Cop 2 might just become your new favorite film! SF Premiere of this Brand New DCP Restored Presentation!. RATED-R. 90min.

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11:30pm - MANiAC COP 3: BADGE OF SiLENCE (1993)
(RARE NC-17 35MM SCREENING!)
Written by Larry Cohen; Directed by William Lustig & Joel Soisson
Containing Robert Davi, Jackie Earle Haley, Robert Forster!

Rounding out our evening as well as our retrospective is an extremely RARE NC-17 35MM SCREENiNG of the final chapter to the Maniac Cop trilogy. All attendees who remain will receive a special Maniacal Prize. This will literally be my first time seeing this film and what better way to experience it than with the director himself who can explain the controversy that arose during the production of this infamous grand finale.

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