For those of you in Los Angeles, cancel your Halloween plans because you have something else to do tonight and tomorrow. You will now want to be at the New Beverly Cinema to see some fantastic films with the one and only Edgar Wright. Things kick off at 7:30, so I’d get there early. And anyone wanting to report in on the event please feel free to send a submission here. Here’s all the details from Edgar’s MySpace blog:
If you are at a loose end early on Halloween night, why not join me at the NewBeverlyCinema for a double bill of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and my choice of Halloween film – RIKI OH: THE STORY OF RIKI.
The New Beverly have not only kindly chosen my film as the main feature, but let me pick the second feature.
I will also be showing the uncut version of my GRINDHOUSE trailer “DON’T” for the first time in the US.
As well as a whole mess of handpicked vintage trailers.
Should be a hoot.
SHAUN OF THE DEAD & DON’T are at 7.30
and the amazing
RIKI OH : THE STORY OF RICKY is at 9.30
The choice of second film was somewhat agonizing. But I eventually picked the film that brought the house down as the secret third feature at the close of my Wright Stuff festival last December.
So the honour goes to the 1991’s startling Hong Kong epic RIKI OH: THE STORY OF RICKY.
What could be more amazing than a film that names it protagonist twice in the title?
And what could be more Halloween-y than a ridiculously gory futuristic prison romp with a hero who can play the flute and punch through peoples heads?
I swear that if you haven’t seen it before – it’s a crazy film and a great one to see with a crowd.
If you need further prompting; please peruse the IMDB plot keywords for RIKI OH.
Plot keywords for :RIKI OH: THE STORY OF RICKY (1991)
Hook For Hand
Stabbed In The Eye
Exploding Body
Seppuku
Suicide
Taser
Glass Eye
Decapitation
Wetting Pants
Crow
Crushed To Death
Razor Blade
Vengeance
Severed Leg
Blinding
X Ray
Shower Room
Transformation
Stabbing
Extreme Gore
Crushed Head
Severed Arm
Opium
Intestines
Hand Through Head
Broken Finger
Skinned Alive
Grindhouse
Profanity
Disembowelment
Gore
Martial Arts
Prison
Splatter
Exploding Head
Black Comedy
Controversial
Torture
Animal Abuse
Buried Alive
Christ Allegory
Dismemberment
Hiding On Ceiling
Nail Through Hand
Murder
Mutilation
Megalomaniac
Social Commentary
If you were not sold by the time it got to ‘Hand Through Head’ on the list, then I do not know what to say.
See you Friday!
