Comments on: Mondo Macabre http://rue-morgue.com/blog/archives/2007/11/29/mondo-macabre/ Welcome to the Rue Crew's official blog, where the designers and editors of Rue Morgue magazine share their terrible thoughts, odd opinions, anguished artwork and other random scraps of meat not necessarily fit for human consumption. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:41:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Zomb-Aid http://rue-morgue.com/blog/archives/2007/11/29/mondo-macabre/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Zomb-Aid Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:05:21 +0000 http://www.rue-morgue.com/blog/archives/2007/11/29/mondo-macabre/#comment-671 You just reminded me - Metro screened Grindhouse in September and from what I hear, it was a sellout. Apparently they had to bring benches in from the Citadel to accomodate more people. You just reminded me – Metro screened Grindhouse in September and from what I hear, it was a sellout. Apparently they had to bring benches in from the Citadel to accomodate more people.

]]> By: Dave http://rue-morgue.com/blog/archives/2007/11/29/mondo-macabre/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Dave Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:13:11 +0000 http://www.rue-morgue.com/blog/archives/2007/11/29/mondo-macabre/#comment-670 Wow, I'm not sure where those ass folks came from but, let's hope they're wearing pants! Hilarious typo... or something. And as far as screenings go in Edmonton, from my experience volunteering at The Metro and knowing various programmers around town, it's not the kind of city that supports genre stuff enough to open that kind of theatre. The Princess used to play all kinds of cool stuff before they were bought out by Magic Lantern in the '90s and then went more arthouse, which was probably a business decision. For about four months in the '90s the Odeon re-opened as a second-run cinema and it was a big failure. The location is the worst part. Your best bet is to try to program a regular night at The Metro, Garneau or Princess, if you can convince somewhere there it's a worthwhile idea. One Halloween I did a special event at the Metro where we screened a print of Martin and NotLD and had people come in costumes, gave out candy and a bunch of prizes, including an original Martin theatrical poster. We promoted it a lot, and although the people who came had a blast, it was still so-so turnout. But another time when the Metro screened Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! it sold out completely. So, in short, proceed with caution. Wow, I’m not sure where those ass folks came from but, let’s hope they’re wearing pants!

Hilarious typo… or something.

And as far as screenings go in Edmonton, from my experience volunteering at The Metro and knowing various programmers around town, it’s not the kind of city that supports genre stuff enough to open that kind of theatre. The Princess used to play all kinds of cool stuff before they were bought out by Magic Lantern in the ’90s and then went more arthouse, which was probably a business decision.

For about four months in the ’90s the Odeon re-opened as a second-run cinema and it was a big failure. The location is the worst part. Your best bet is to try to program a regular night at The Metro, Garneau or Princess, if you can convince somewhere there it’s a worthwhile idea.

One Halloween I did a special event at the Metro where we screened a print of Martin and NotLD and had people come in costumes, gave out candy and a bunch of prizes, including an original Martin theatrical poster. We promoted it a lot, and although the people who came had a blast, it was still so-so turnout. But another time when the Metro screened
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! it sold out completely.

So, in short, proceed with caution.

]]> By: Zomb-Aid http://rue-morgue.com/blog/archives/2007/11/29/mondo-macabre/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Zomb-Aid Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:30:31 +0000 http://www.rue-morgue.com/blog/archives/2007/11/29/mondo-macabre/#comment-669 As someone who's trying to get retro screenings going in an even smaller market (Edmonton), I really appreciated the behind the scenes look at what goes into a Cinemacabre event. We have a wonderful old theatre here (you may remember this Dave - the Odeon theatre on Jasper Ave) that's sitting vacant because the costs of getting the place up to snuff are close to half a million. Seems like people are more content to see claptrap at the multiplex than something classic at a great venue. Still, events like the Cinemacabre screenings give me hope! Cheers, Batboy PS - Who were the "ass folks" who came out and had a blast? :) As someone who’s trying to get retro screenings going in an even smaller market (Edmonton), I really appreciated the behind the scenes look at what goes into a Cinemacabre event. We have a wonderful old theatre here (you may remember this Dave – the Odeon theatre on Jasper Ave) that’s sitting vacant because the costs of getting the place up to snuff are close to half a million. Seems like people are more content to see claptrap at the multiplex than something classic at a great venue.

Still, events like the Cinemacabre screenings give me hope!

Cheers,
Batboy

PS – Who were the “ass folks” who came out and had a blast? :)

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