ALL FREAKIN’ NIGHT 2023

Saturday, October 14, 2023
Olympia Film Society presents:
All Freakin’ Night
9pm doors / 10pm first movie
$20 General / $15 Member
All bags, backpacks, carry-on luggage will be subject to searches: best to leave your unmentionables at home.

ACCESSIBLE SEATING NEEDS:
When purchasing tickets in advance, mark “Wheelchair / Accessible.” Accessible seating sections are located on the main floor in various areas for sight, hearing, size, and mobility needs. If you are comfortable sharing your needs, email  [email protected] before purchasing so we can better assist you and ensure your time at the theater is enjoyable.

This year’s lineup has a little bit of everything: sludge, demons, orgies, and possessions. We even have special pre-recorded interviews w/ filmmakers! Win prizes, bring your friends, tell a story or two between movies. It’s going to be wild ALL freakin’ night. This year’s poster art was illustrated by Olympia Film Society’s Anna Claire White!

Film One:
Maggie’s Problem (2015)
When Maggie’s love reaches the darkest depths of the ocean, it enchants a swamp man-beast from the dawn of time! A rogue wave of practical effects, cigarettes, and hair rollers, Maggie’s Problem is a dizzying feat like none other. Eat your heart out, The Shape of Water! (The last time we screened this movie at the Capitol Theater people screamed out “oh my god!”)
Dir: Glamhag / US / 30 min

Film Two:
Possession (1981)
With its pulsating score, visceral imagery, and some of the most haunting performances ever captured on screen, Possession is cinematic delirium at its most intoxicating. Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s stunningly choreographed nightmare of a movie makes its way to the Capitol Theater. An unforgettable Isabelle Adjani performance in an unforgettable 4K restoration.
Dir. Andrzej Żuławski / France, West Germany / 124 min

Film Three:
Video Diary of a Lost Girl (2012)
Louise (Pris McEver) works in a video store. But she’s also a demon who must fulfill her predestined obligation to have sex with a man—and then kill him—every full moon. When she meets Charlie (Shields), a reincarnated partner from her past, Louise struggles to not do what she does best. The feature film debut from writer-director Lindsay Denniberg and co-writer Chris Shields, Video Diary of a Lost Girl is a hypercolored dreamland that combines a love for genre film history with a gorgeous handmade aesthetic. After Video Diary of a Lost Girl concludes, there will be a special pre-recorded Q&A between filmmakers Lindsay Denniberg, Chris Shields, and Olympia Film Society’s Rob Patrick.
Dir. Lindsay Denniberg / US / 96 min

Film Four:
Sisters (1972)
Brian De Palma’s first foray into horror voyeurism is a stunning amalgam of split-screen effects, bloody birthday cakes, and a chilling score by frequent Hitchcock collaborator Bernard Herrmann.
Dir. Brian De Palma / US / 93 min

Film Five:
All the Way Down, This Time (2022)
Three frustrated young artists drive into the wilderness intending to unleash their creativity with a New Moon Ritual. The disastrous evening tests their bonds and raises the question: how far is too far in the pursuit of art?
Dir. Michael Rogerson / US / 20 min

Film Six:
Pathogen (2006)
Conceived when filmmaker Emily Hagins was 12 and released when she was 15, Pathogen is one of the most accomplished horror movies ever made by a person before they could legally drive a car. A mysterious technology has transformed the residents of Austin, TX into flesh-craving zombies. Armed with a knife, an axe, and many pairs of flip-flops, middleschooler Dannie and her pee-wee zombie squad take to the streets to battle undead parents, teens, and even a toddler. With an impressive devotion to editing and storytelling, Pathogen delivers eyeball gouging, decapitations, and knife fights, along with an endearing perspective that could only originate from a teenager. After the screening concludes, there will be a special pre-recorded Q&A between director Emily Hagins and Olympia Film Society’s Anna Claire White.
Dir. Emily Hagins / US / 68 min

Film Seven:
Society (1989)
After producing Re-Animator, Brian Yuzna turned his hand to directing with Society (1989) – and created one of the ickiest, most original body horror shockers of all time. Teenager Bill Whitney has always felt like the odd one out in his wealthy, upper-class Beverly Hills family, but his sense of alienation soon takes a sinister turn. Packing stomach-churning grue courtesy Screaming Mad George (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4), Society is a biting satire that culminates in the most gag-inducing “climax” in all of horror history.
Dir. Brian Yuzna / US / 100 min