By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The rediscovered serial-murder opus has won raves from early screenings.
Grindhouse Releasing has revealed over a dozen Alamo Drafthouse Cinema bookings next month for HOLLYWOOD 90028, a previously obscure 1973 flick that has been fully restored in 4K from the original camera negatives. Directed by Christina Hornisher, who also scripted under the pseudonym “Craig Hansen,” it stars Christopher Augustine as an alienated porno-movie cameraman turned serial strangler, along with Jeannette Dilger, Gayle Davis, and Dick Glass. Featuring an early score by Basil Poledouris (CONAN THE BARBARIAN, ROBOCOP), the movie played grindhouses and drive-ins in the ’70s and ’80s under the titles THE HOLLYWOOD HILLSIDE STRANGLER and TWISTED THROATS, but has never played on TV or been released on home video in the U.S.
In the last year, however, Grindhouse’s restoration has won comparisons to PEEPING TOM and TAXI DRIVER thanks to early showings at the Sitges festival, Helsinki’s Night Visions Film Festival, The Future of Film is Female in New York City and LA’s New Beverly Cinema and The American Cinematheque. It next screens this Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19 at Portland, OR’s Hollywood Theatre. The Drafthouse schedule is:
June 14: Alamo Drafthouse Naples, Naples, FL
June 14: Alamo Drafthouse Seaport, Boston, MA
June 14: Alamo Drathouse Sloans Lake, Denver, CO
June 14: Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers, Yonkers, NY
June 14: Alamo Drafthouse Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
June 14: Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, San Francisco, CA
June 14: Gateway Film Center, Columbus, OH
June 14: Alamo Drafthouse DTLA, Los Angeles, CA
June 15: Alamo Drafthouse NYC, New York, NY
June 15: Alamo Drafthouse DFW–Richardson, Richardson, TX
June 16: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Austin, TX
June 17: Alamo Drafthouse DFW–Denton, Denton, TX
June 17: Alamo Drafthouse Twin Cities–Woodbury, Woodbury, MN
June 18: Alamo Drafthouse Chicago–Wrigleyville, Chicago, IL
June 22: Digital Gym Cinema, San Diego, CA
June 29: Frida Cinema, Santa Ana, CA
Keep an eye on Grindhouse’s official website for schedule updates.
