Devil Times Five
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A drive-in horror classic notorious not only for its savage violence and distinctly ’70s mean-spiritedness, but also for its status as one of the greatest killer-kids films ever made! Devil Times Five was produced by attorney-to-the-stars Jordan M. Wank and features an early performance from future teen idol Leif Garrett (Skateboard: The Movie) along with character actor Sorrell Booke (TV’s The Dukes of Hazzard).
Silent Night, Deadly Night
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UNRATED. 40 years ago, community leaders tried to stop its release. The P.T.A. fought to ban it. But no one can keep an axe-wielding Santa from coming to town! Silent Night, Deadly Night is the heartwarming holiday story of little Billy Chapman, who was traumatized by his parents' Christmas Eve murder, then brutalized by sadistic orphanage nuns. But when grown-up Billy dons a Santa suit and goes on a yuletide rampage to "punish the naughty," no one can stop him... not even your angry city council!
The Dark Crystal
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“Another world, another time… in the Age of Wonder.” From the imaginations of Jim Henson and Frank Oz, The Dark Crystal is a puppetry fantasy classic that tells a timeless tale of good versus evil. Directed by Henson and Oz, the film features innovative animatronics and uniquely memorable characters created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Since its 1982 release, the film has evolved into a fantasy essential, and its arrival on Night Flight Plus tonight marks the homecoming of another treasure of ’80s culture!
The Dallas Connection
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The profusion of weapons of mass destruction by terrorists leads the United Nations to an in-depth strategy for eliminating contraband weapons. Using atomic-age technology, a group of scientists from around the world create a system to seek and destroy such weaponry. A deadly team of stunning beauties terminates the scientists one by one, using a cover as exotic dancers.
Freckled Max and The Spooks
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Director Juraj Jakubisko's Gothic horror comedy about an orphan who hides out in Frankenstein's castle with a lovable rogues' gallery of monsters. A bittersweet, slapstick cross between Monster Squad, Young Frankenstein and the Island of Misfit Toys, Freckled Max is a nostalgic Gothic fairytale about broken hearts and monsters who long to be loved for who they are - and a truly delightful discovery for genre fans.
Hollywood 90028
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Hollywood 90028 shows the dark side of the L.A. dream in the bleak and downbeat story of an aspiring movie cameraman turned serial murderer. Written and directed by esteemed experimental filmmaker Christina Hornisher, and beautifully captured through the lens of camera operator Jean-Pierre Geuens, Hollywood 90028 offers a vivid time capsule of Los Angeles in the early 1970s.
Subotnick: Portrait of an Electronic Music Pioneer
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Subotnick is a revealing documentary portrait of seminal electronic music pioneer, Morton Subotnick -- recounting his early years as a fine-art composer & key figure in the '60s avant-garde, while exploring his newly acquired status as "founding father of electronica." Through personal recollections, live performances, and archival films & images, the film traces the exceptional existence of the composer of Silver Apples of the Moon.
Night Flight - Short Cuts: "Kate Bush"
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Shot at our studios 40 years ago, this vintage Night Flight interview features Kate Bush discussing the obsessive creative process behind Hounds of Love, building her countryside studio, and how she infuses each album with new energy.
The Lawnmower Man
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Dr. Lawrence Angelo (Pierce Brosnan) is a brilliant scientist obsessed with perfecting virtual reality software. When his experiments on animals fail, he finds the ideal substitute – Jobe Smith (Jeff Fahey), a slow-witted gardener. Dr. Angelo's goal is to benefit his human guinea pig and ultimately mankind itself, but evil lurks the guise of "the Shop," a shadowy group that seeks to use the technology to create an invincible war machine. When the experiments change the simple Jobe into a superhuman being, the stage is set for a Jekyll-and-Hyde struggle for the control of Jobe's mind and the future of the world.
Embrace of the Serpent
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At once blistering and poetic, the ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape in Embrace of the Serpent, the third feature by Ciro Guerra and a 2016 Academy Award-nominee. Filmed in stunning black-and-white, Embrace of the Serpent centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals kept by Theodor Koch-Grunberg (portrayed by Jan Bijvoet) and Richard Evans Schultes (Brionne Davis), who traveled through the Colombian Amazon in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.
Fade to Black
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Eric Binford (Dennis Christopher, Breaking Away, It) lives for the movies. He works at a 35mm print depot as a delivery boy, but spends all of his free time watching classic films and collecting Hollywood memorabilia. Endlessly tormented by his colleagues, Eric drifts further and further into a dream world where he embodies the screen characters that he so deeply worships. However, when the teasing pushes him too far, he snaps and dons the outfits of his big screen idols and begins killing off his tormentors in outrageous recreations of his favorite film scenes.
Shelf Life
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After decades underground, the final film from legendary director Paul Bartel (Eating Raoul, Death Race 2000) has arrived on Night Flight Plus! It's 1963 and JFK has been assassinated. Three young siblings—Tina, Pam, and Scotty—are ushered into Mom and Dad’s well-stocked bomb shelter. 30 years later and 40 feet under, with their parents long dead, the kids are adults but they haven't grown up and they've never left. Fueled by unfettered energy, no rules, and intermittent tv broadcasts, they spend each day immersed in their own wild imaginations and childlike structures. Shelf LIfe is a dark comedy based upon a theatrical production of the same name. Never released in theaters or on home video, Night Flight Plus is proud present a special reproduction of Bartel's personal 35mm print that was donated to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after his death in 2000.
The Boogeyman
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One of the major independent horror blockbusters made in the wake of Halloween, Ulli Lommel's The Boogeyman (Blank Generation) catapulted its director out of the arthouse circuit and solidified him as a master of horror. When she was young, Lacey witnessed, by mirror reflection, the brutal murder of her stepfather at the hands of her brother, Willy. Years later, Lacey has settled into a comfortable married life, with a child of her own, while Willy has been rendered mute as a result of his childhood trauma and has taken to removing or blacking out all mirrors in the family home. When the very mirror through which Lacey and Willy viewed the murder is accidentally shattered, a dark and vengeful curse is unleashed on the family, and soon anyone unlucky enough to come into contact with shards of the mirror falls victim to heinous murder...
Men of War
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Nick Gunar (Lundgren) is part of a topflight team of ex-Special Forces agents hired by ruthless con men. Their mission: to carry out a secret operation and overtake an exotic island that's loaded with precious jade. But once there, the agents -- led by Lundgren -- defect to defend the islanders against the savage attackers! It's nonstop action as Lundgren and his elite group wage war to defeat the deadly opposition at any cost. From acclaimed screenwriter John Sayles (Lone Star, Eight Men Out) -- you'll love every hard-hitting minute.
New York Ninja
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New York Ninja is a truly one-of-a-kind cinematic experience. Witness the painstaking reconstruction of a lost '80s martial arts treasure from Night Flight's cult label partner, Vinegar Syndrome! Originally directed by and starring martial arts actor John Liu in his only American production, New York Ninja was filmed entirely on 35mm in 1984. The project was completely abandoned during production, resulting in all original sound materials being lost. Thirty-five years later, VS acquired the original unedited camera negative and painstakingly reconstructed and completed the film while enlisting the voice talents of genre favorites including Linnea Quigley (Night of the Demons), Michael Berryman (Impact Video Magazine), and many more.
Night Flight - Short Cuts: "Kate Bush"
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Shot at our studios 40 years ago, this vintage Night Flight interview features Kate Bush discussing the obsessive creative process behind Hounds of Love, building her countryside studio, and how she infuses each album with new energy.
Night Flight - Short Cuts: "Rick Rubin"
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In this uncut interview originally shot for Stuart S. Shapiro’s MetalHead Video Magazine in 1989, Rick Rubin talks Def American, Slayer, LL Cool J, Danzig, and more. From his NYU punk days with Hose to assembling artists with a unique identity, Rubin lays out an early version of his signature philosophy. He also reveals his favorite pro wrestler.
Winterbeast
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A film which truly justifies the term 'unclassifiable,' and the sole feature from writer and director Christopher Thies, Winterbeast was shot on and off for nearly half a decade and in a mix of super 8mm and 16mm, resulting in a one of a kind piece of outsider art horror filmmaking that must be seen to be believed. Weird things are happening in and around the Wild Goose Lodge, a snowy inn located in rural Massachusetts. People are being found dead and mutilated, while others are vanishing without a trace. A trio of cops decide to investigate the goings on, and are faced with an array of monsters, ghouls, and even a sampling of murderous locals!
Assault on Precinct 13
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Isolated and cut off from the city inside a soon-to-be-closed L.A. police station, a group of police officers and convicts must join forces to defend themselves against the gang called Street Thunder, who have taken a blood oath to kill someone trapped inside the precinct. From John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing and Prince Of Darkness), Assault On Precinct 13 combines the elements of a classic western and a modern thriller to create a riveting cult classic.

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