ECCENTRIC CINEMA

RESERVOIR DOGS (1992)

Saturday, January 3, 9:30 pm

“You ever listen to K-Billy’s Super Sounds of the ’70s?” Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 debut still packs a punch all these years later. Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Eddie Bunker, and Tarantino himself star as a crew of thieves whose jewelry store heist goes disastrously wrong, forcing the surviving men to go into hiding. Tensions mount when the gang members suspect one of their own is an undercover cop. Chris Penn and legendary pain in the butt Lawrence Tierney co-star.

DON’T TORTURE A DUCKLING (1972)

Saturday, January 10, 9:30 pm

Italian master Lucio Fulci delivered one of his most unsettling and perverse features with Don’t Torture a Duckling, a film that ranks among Fulci’s best. A reporter (Tomas Milian) arrives in a small village to investigate the murders of three boys. The man accused proclaims his innocence. A woman the town believes to be a witch is eyed by the police. A disgraced reporter (the enchanting Barbara Bouchet) flirts with the young village boys while being shunned for her big city morals. As the investigation grows, it becomes apparent that something far more malevolent is taking the lives of the children.

THE ROOM (2003)

Second Saturday of every month
Saturday, January 10, 9:45 pm

Johnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, inexplicably, she gets bored with him and decides to seduce his best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again.

If you have not experienced The Room at the Drexel, you don’t know what you’re missing. The loyal fans have created their own live experience à la The Rocky Horror Picture Show. They’re always excited to indoctrinate newbies into the cult of Wiseau. A Drexel tradition for 16 years, The Room is a gonzo masterpiece. (2003, dir. Tommy Wiseau)

TROLL 2 (1990)

Saturday, January 17, 9:30 pm

One of the top-tier “so bad it’s good” schlockfests returns to the big screen. Young Joshua Waits is dragged by his family to the rinky-dink farming town of Nilbog when his dad randomly decides to become a farmer. Warned by the ghost of his dead grandfather to be wary of Nilbog’s residents, Joshua soon discovers the town’s hideous secret: everyone is a goblin and wants to eat the newcomers. Yes, a movie called Troll 2 features goblins instead of trolls. Subject of the 2009 documentary Best Worst Movie, Troll 2 was critically shredded when released straight to video in the ’90s, only later finding a passionate cult audience thanks to the movie message boards of the early ’00s.

TEEN WITCH (1989)

Saturday, January 24, 9:30 pm

100% pure uncut Eighties. What was originally meant to be a female spin-off of the Teen Wolf franchise became its own gloriously kooky teen comedy. Louise Miller (Blake’s half-sister Robyn Lively) is a social outcast, made fun of by teachers, ignored by her high school quarterback crush, and antagonized by her disgusting filth boy little brother (Joshua Miller, who also played a disgusting filth boy in Near Dark). One night, Lousie meets Madame Serena Alcott (Zelda Rubenstein), who informs Louise the teen is the reincarnation of a 17th century witch. Soon, the girl is learning to harness her powers and make all her wishes come true. Features some truly oddball musical sequences and tons of eye-melting ’80s fashions.

THE WICKER MAN (1973)

Saturday, January 31, 9:30 pm

The granddaddy of the folk horror genre returns in a beautiful 4K restoration. Edward Woodward stars as a police inspector who ventures to a remote Scottish island to investigate the case of a missing girl. The inspector, a devout Christian, finds the island folk to be far more unwelcoming than expected, continually hitting dead ends in his investigation. Something mysterious and ancient has gripped the island, the inspector’s faith might not be enough to keep him safe. Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, and Ingrid Pitt co-star in Robyn Hardy’s horror classic.