THE LAST NIGHT
dir. Michael J. Murphy, 1982
UK. 52 min.
In English.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 – 10PM
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 – 7:30PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 – 5PM

Impaling, strangulation, hanging, stabbing, implied necrophilia – all in the name of entertainment!

As a small local theater and its players prepare for the final performance of a mystery thriller play, they find themselves held hostage by two escaped convicts who have chosen the theater as a hideout.

Clearly conceived around an available location with a limited budget in mind, Murphy does a surprising amount with very little in this short and nasty little slasher-thriller, set in a local theater dynamic he was clearly familiar with.

PLAYING WITH

INVITATION TO HELL
dir. Michael J. Murphy, 1982
UK. 44 min.
In English.

Your nightmares will never be the same again.

When a young girl visiting a friend’s mansion in the English countryside is suddenly taken prisoner after a costume party, she realizes that darker forces may be preventing her from leaving.

Similar in execution to THE LAST NIGHT (mostly one location, cast of friends + locals), INVITATION TO HELL has a decidedly different feel – much dreamier and stranger, and features a fantastic drone-y synth score.

All screening from Powerhouse’s remastered releases.