Unsound Festival 2010 (ENG)

UNSOUND FESTIVAL in Kino Pod Baranami
October, 16-22 2010

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DIRT
- Midnight Videotape Horror Sessions

Between 16 and 22 October during UNSOUND FESTIVAL 2010, Kino Pod Baranami will screen horror films in the middle of the night. Programme includes horrors of exploitation cinema from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Spain, Germany and USA.

Midnight marathon entitled Night Of The Living Dirt will open the Festival and launch a series of midnight screenings of the same name.

All movies were chosen by Jigoku - an audio visual artistic collective created by Lovely Jon and Cherrystones, a pair of likeminded DJ's, producers, film buffs and crate diggers. Their boundary-pushing DVD "A Visual Mixtape" is a demonstration of what to expect from a Jigoku show: a rollercoaster ride of obscure cinematic and musical rarities, presented as a unique visual experience. Fast paced clips and tailored psychedelic backgrounds keep your heart beating, whilst a slew of highly obscure 60’s and 70’s horror, giallo and popart Snapshots entice the eye to go deeper. Come have your ears, eyes and mind blown wide open.
All screenings in original language versions.

ABOUT UNSOUND FESTIVAL:

Unsound was established in 2003 in Krakow, Poland, as a festival of advanced music. Starting out as an underground event, in recent years the festival has grown in size and name.
Unsound currently produces an annual festival in Krakow at the end of October each year, and in the Spring 2011 will produce the second Unsound Festival New York, with local producers, curators, venues and cultural institutes in that city.
Unsound is interested in the idea of cross-border collaboration, and thinking of the festival as a tool for commissioning and fostering new work. As well as this, Unsound is focused on promoting music from Poland and generally the region East of Berlin.

TICKETS: 6 PLN
Film marathon (3 films): 15 PLN

LATE NIGHT VIDEO TAPE HORROR EXPLOITATION PROGRAMME:

Saturday, October 16, 00:00
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DIRT - session no. I
opening film marathon

Stay awake until dawn with a video tape horror exploitation movie marathon curated by Jigoku. Starts on the midnight hour of Unsound 2010. With Blue Eyes of The Broken Doll, Scorpion Thunderbolt and The Demon Lover.
English, without subtitles.

BLUE EYES OF THE BROKEN DOLL | LOS OJOS AZULES DE LA MUÑECA ROTA
dir. Carlos Aured, Spain 1973, 89’

Jigoku’s favourite giallo is a twisted, sleazy mix of violent murder and perverse sexuality from Spain’s master of horror Jacinto Molina (better known to English speaking fans as Paul Naschy) and Carlos Aured (helmer of classic 70’s paella nasties Horror rises from the Tomb and Vengeance of the Mummy). An ex con drifter (Naschy) is welcomed in to the home of three strange sisters. They waste no time in getting their new guest into bed (especially the eldest who has a disfigured hand). Meanwhile, a spate of bloody killings is plaguing the area - could one of the sisters be the culprit or is naschy the main suspect (a bizarre dream sequence reveals he strangled his wife). Banned in the UK during the notorious video nasty debacle of the mid 80’s (and still awaiting a British release to this day), this is a unique, left field gialli that refuses to play by the rules. Juan Carlos Calderon performs the astounding jazz/folk infused score. To add a genuinely grubby old school vibe blue eyes of the broken doll will be presented in it’s original banned UK video print incarnation.

SCORPION THUNDERBOLT
dir. Godfrey Ho, Hong Kong 1988, 85’

If you have never witnessed an ifd movie before, then be prepared to be blown sideways by this demented Asian horror action cut and paste atrocity from legendary far Eastern Mogul Joseph Lai. A hideous snake monster stalks the alleyways of Hong Kong looking for victims to devour. Meanwhile, adventurer Richard (Richard Harrison, star of many 60’s continental spy movies) hunts a lethal witch with a magical sword and shield. Packed with slo-mo kung fu battles, weird sexual rites, gore, outrageous dubbing and a mad electro score it doesn’t get any madder than this - a seminal late nighter for the Jigoku crew from back in the day - you won’t believe it!

THE DEMON LOVER
dir. Donald G. Jackson, Jerry Younkins, USA 1976, 83’

After his coven disband following a bummed out ritual occult martial artist laval blessing summons an evil demon to dispatch those who have deserted him. Nothing will prepare you for this demented US indie horror gem from Michigan. Made for table scraps with a largely improvised cast and imbedded with a wacked out ‘mansonesque’ vibe, you will truly be climbing the walls by the ridiculous climax. Also features Gunnar ‘Leatherface’ Hansen in a cameo and sick electronics from Don Gutz and Jerry Skolasinski.


Sunday, October 17, 00:00
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DIRT - session no. II

BLOODLUST | MOSQUITO DER SCHÄNDER
dir. Marijan David Vajda, Germany 1976, 90’

A deaf mute accountant unable to form relationships with the opposite sex (Euro exploitation icon Werner Pochath) leads a solitary, meaningless life. Smearing blood on his lips, the mute loner forms a perverse yearning for sucking the blood from the bodies of female corpses (using a unique jagged straw device). This perverse lust for blood soon escalates in to an obsession that leads to madness and murder. A bizarre, sleazy fever dream of macabre Euro weirdness with a heartfelt performance from Pochath of gut wrenching sadness. David Llewellyn’s beautiful score greatly enhances the wigged out vibe to make blood lust the great unsung classic of necrophiliac cinema. The print being screened in this programmed is the uncut widescreen version with Dutch subtitles.


Monday, October 18, 00:00
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DIRT - session no. III

HEADLESS EYES
dir. Kent Bateman, USA 1971, 78’

This could well be the ultimate New York horror sleazer of them all - whatever your take, the dirt literally drips off the screen as a demented artist takes revenge on those who have wronged him by removing their eyeballs. Largely improvised by a proper ‘ghetto’ cast, this seethes twisted lunacy so it’s no surprise it was helmed by producers normally involved in grinding out mid 70’s pornos.


Tuesday, October 19, 00:00
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DIRT - session no. IV

PREMONITION
dir. Alan Rudolph, USA 1971, 83’

A macabre masterpiece of tripped out counter culture from Alan Rudolph (respected Hollywood auteur who went on to helm US indie hits Choose Me and Trouble in Mind). A stoner rock band travel to their secluded log cabin to rehearse for an impending ‘freak out’ music happening. They begin to smoke a weird brand of grass mysteriously left by the former occupant and experience wild hallucinations. Meanwhile, strange, unseen forces in the woods threaten their growing paranoia and sanity. A neglected psychotropic classic with noisy electronics from 4AD alluminous Harold Budd.


Wednesday, October 20, at 00:00
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DIRT - session no. V

WOLF DEVIL WOMAN | LANG NU BAI MO
dir. Ling Chang, Hong Kong/Taiwan 1982, 93’

A girl is raised by wolves after her mother and father are slaughtered by the evil red devil and his legion of monsters. She grows to become a feared white haired demon swords woman known as the Wolfen Ninja who is hell bent on avenging her parents murder. Cue incredible candy colored psychedelic strobing effects, gory splatter and beautifully choreographed martial art sword duels from an uncredited Jackie Chan. Director Chang (also known as Pearl Cheong) stars as the titular heroine whose deadly skills and magic powers are brought to the fore in a crazed climax that will have you reaching for the mandrex in disbelief.


Thursday, October 21, at 00:00
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DIRT - session no. VI

A COLD NIGHT’S DEATH
dir. Jerrold Freedman, USA 1973, 74’

Scientists at a remote snow bound polar station suspect they are not alone. Is there an evil being tracking their every move or are they going insane? Suffused with a claustrophobic vibe of impending dread and sick electronic sound waves from Gil Melle. We suspect this little seen made for TV obscurity to be the template for John Carpenter’s reimagining of The Thing.


Friday, October 21, at 00:00
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DIRT - session no. VII

DEATH LINE | DEATH LINE
dir. Gary Sherman, Great Britain 1973, 87’

A classic of 70’s British horror and one of Jigoku’s all time late night favourites, Death Line is a quirky tale of death and decay set in the depths of London underground. A spate of murders in the tunnels of Russell Square tube station is baffling the police (lead by old school genre stalwart Donald Pleasence - giving a very bizarre performance here).