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Thomsen skrev:(Okay, jeg skal blankt indrømme, at jeg stort set aldrig går i Husets biograf og min bekymring egentligt gælder, hvor Jack nu skal holde sine B-filmsarrangementer henne?)

Nicolai skrev:Det er meget trist, men tiden er nok desværre løbet fra den slags små biografer trods deres fine repertoire og særprægede charme... I øvrigt synes jeg, at det er ret synd, at man ikke har inddraget dem i CPH:PIX-festivalen ligesom i forbindelse med den hedengange Natfilmfestival.

Dear film-interested....
We can now announce the schedule of our annual 8 nights of free open air cinema in Husets courtyard: It will run from July 31 to August 7 and take place in the cafe if it rains. Drinks available at the bar (I don't think they take Dancard so bring cash) and suggested for 15-and-over.
FILMS: YELLOW BEARD 31.07 / ZORROR THE GAY BLADE 01.08 / CATWOMAN DRESSED TO KILL 02.08 / ALL ANIMATION NIGHT 03.08 / BRAINSTORM 04.08 / VIVA LAS VEGAS 05.08 / 20,000 DOLLARS FOR 7 LIVES 06.08 / FLASH GORDON 07.08 / (see the attachment for more details on each show)

Regarding the status of Husets bio, it will continue to operate as a kind of "special events" theater, and because it is no longer locked into any kind of daily schedule there will be more freedom to do diversive programing and draw on the energy & ideas of the community at large. The fall schedule is already partially planned: 3 days of films from the Lund Fantastic Film Festival will screen September 25th to 27th, and other ideas are being explored like a propaganda festival and a week of environmental disaster movies with a determinedly B-movie vibe to play during the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December (Hello Monster From The Green Hell and Day of the Animals).

We're open to suggestions, if anybody out there wants to program a series of films, bring a filmmaker to KBH or generally has a good idea they are willing to invest some time and energy in, let us know.

Cordially, Jack

ANNOUNCING THE 4th EDITION OF HUSETS OPEN-AIR “FILMS IN THE COURTYARD” SERIES!
This year we have something for everyone: A tribute to Monty Python, film noir, spaghetti westerns, drag comedies and a cartoon night with everything from Betty Boop to Batman to Bennys Badkare. Admission is free and all shows start at sundown with a short film as opener. If it rains shows will take place inside Husets café. Suggested for 15 and over. Among the highlights:

With an opening night screening of YELLOW BEARD (1983) we pay tribute to MONTY PYTHON which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year (born in 1969 as a BBC show). Although not an official “Monty Python” film it was co-written by the beastliest Python of all, Graham Chapman, who stars (in the lead role as Yellow Beard) along with Python cohorts John Cleese and Eric Idle. This screening also marks the 20th anniversary of Chapman’s death in 1989. Permeated at every turn by a Pythonesque humor, it is incurably British, unforgettably bizarre and absolutely in bad taste. Also stars Marty Feldman in his last role and Cheech and Chong among other notables.

- ZORRO THE GAY BLADE - As a tip of the hat to “Copenhagen Out” we offer up Hollywood veteran GEORGE HAMILTON IN DRAG, playing a straight and a gay Zorro. All at once witty, sublime and foolish.

- ALL-ANIMATION NIGHT – an ode to unusual forms of animation which spotlights films such as Denmark’s own Benny’s Badkare and Der Fürher’s Face from 1942 in which Donald Duck has a nightmare that he has turned into a Nazi. And much more…

FULL SCHEDULE:

July 31 (Friday): YELLOW BEARD 1983, 96 min., Graham Chapman, sadly deceased in 1989, stars here as the infamous pirate Yellow Beard who rampages through medieval London and sows destruction on the high seas, killing, maiming and raping women by the armful. (movie is with Danish subtitles)

Aug 1 (Saturday): ZORRO THE GAY BLADE, 1981, 93 min. Hollywood star George Hamilton plays a double role: Zorro as a straight man and as a gay impostor who prefers the whip to the sword. Directed by Peter Medak who also directed The Ruling Class and The Changling. (With Norwegian subtitles)

Aug 2 (Sunday): SUMMER CAMP is a feature-length package of short films dedicated to deceased divas of the silver screen. The main item is CATWOMAN DRESSED TO KILL, a 1966 Batman TV episode that stars the recently deceased (December, 2008) diva Eartha Kitt as the evil cat-woman. In other shorts the charms of luminaries such as Maria Montez (6 spectacular trailers!), Ed Wood and Carman Mura shine through. The evening is capped with a selection of 60s music/dance films (Scopitones) that spotlight French cult stars like Francoise Hardy, Dalida, Sylvie Vartan, Johnny Hallyday, Claude Francoise and many more. Ultra entertaining / No subtitles

Aug 3 (Monday): ANIMATION NIGHT opens with Benny’s Badekar (1970) and continues with (not necessarily in order of play) Der Fuehrer’s Face, an American film from 1942 where Donald Duck falls asleep and dreams he is slaving in a Nazi arms factory. Other cartoon include Jungle Jive, Coal Black and De Seben Dwarves, Education in Death and The Hand(65) this is an entertaining but also at times perverse, disturbing and thought-provoking selection of animation.

Aug 4 (Tuesday): BRAINSTORM, 1965, (NOT the 1983 film with Natalie Wood of same title!) An ultra-stylish film noir psycho-thriller that tells the tale of madness, obsession and betrayal. Stars Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, Jeffrey Hunter and Swedish diva Viveca Lindfors. (No subtitles) (We show this film every year with no apologies offered ‘cause we love it.)

Aug 5 (Wednesday): VIVA LAS VEGAS, 1964 Elvis teams up with Ann-Margaret in this sizzling 60s frolic full of music numbers, dance extravaganzas, water-skiing and road racing, all in glorious Technicolor – an essential film to see under the stars even if you already know it. (no subtitles)

Aug 6 (Thursday): 20,000 FOR 7 LIVES, (Italian) 1968, Directed by Alberto Cardone (Danish subtitles) Jerry Kingio (Roberto Miali) ankommer til en lille flække med $20.000 på lommen og et ønske om at hævne sin bror. Han kender ikke sin brors morder, har ikke engang set hans ansigt. Så Jerry hyrer to medhjælpere. Det rygtes imidlertid, at Jerry er en holden mand og en bande anført af Gringo (Teodoro Corrà) sætter jagten ind på de mange penge. En fængende spaghetti western om $ og hævn! Opening film, A VISIT FROM THE INCUBUS by Anna Biller, 2001

Aug 7 (Friday): FLASH GORDON, 1980, With a soundtrack by Queen and the campiest special effects this side of Barbarella, how can this story of true love in the outer cosmos fail? (Danish subtitles) Voted best film of last season (2008) along with VIVA LAS VEGAS so both are back again.

END OF PROGRAM

Dr. Humpp skrev:YELLOWBEARD er beyond rædselsfuld. BRAINSTORM er den eneste jeg mangler at se, recommended?

Kristensen skrev:

Dr. Humpp skrev:YELLOWBEARD er beyond rædselsfuld. BRAINSTORM er den eneste jeg mangler at se, recommended?

God klassisk film noir-ish mindfuck-drama. Hvis ikke jeg husker galt har den en af filmhistoriens mest udknaldede slutninger. Noget med en bro og et lyn. Eller er det Kitten with a Whip? Måske jeg blander dem sammen.

Rettelse: Glem hvad jeg sagde om den underlige slutning i Brainstorm, jeg tror jeg blander den sammen med den film med den lille dydsmønsterpige som har dræbt ham knægten ved badebroen og stjålet hans medalje. Hvad fanden er det nu den hedder?

Vang skrev:

Kristensen skrev:

Dr. Humpp skrev:YELLOWBEARD er beyond rædselsfuld. BRAINSTORM er den eneste jeg mangler at se, recommended?

God klassisk film noir-ish mindfuck-drama. Hvis ikke jeg husker galt har den en af filmhistoriens mest udknaldede slutninger. Noget med en bro og et lyn. Eller er det Kitten with a Whip? Måske jeg blander dem sammen.

Rettelse: Glem hvad jeg sagde om den underlige slutning i Brainstorm, jeg tror jeg blander den sammen med den film med den lille dydsmønsterpige som har dræbt ham knægten ved badebroen og stjålet hans medalje. Hvad fanden er det nu den hedder?

Ondskabens sæd... sælges i min videooprydning

Dear movie goers,
Husets Biograf starts its new life next weekend as the city's only special-events cinema
http://www.berlingske.dk:80/article/200 ... 709090038/
with a screening of Knud Leif Thomsen's scandalous GIFT (1966). This screening, held at 18.00 on Friday the 18th, is part of The Golden Days Festival so to reserve a ticket (50kr) you need to contact sarah (a) goldendays.dk .
GIFT did more than any other single film to end Danish censorship in 1969, and when it played in the UK and US (retitled VENOM) it was hailed as the lastest "sexation" from the land of sin (that's you - see the naughty UK ad art in attachment). It would never again screen in Denmark after its initial opening and today is considered a "lost" film. We are proud to be able to show an excellent 35mm print (with English subtitles) that ironically had to be flown in from the US. All prints, even those shown in DK, were censored in 3 spots with large X patterns, but before the screening we will show 2 of censored scenes as they originally appeared - uncensored. Don't miss the film that brought all of Denmark to a boil in 1966! ..As the Danish poster put it, "Går de unge for vidt... eller er de gamle senile?" Don't be senile - come to this show!
Cordially, Jack

Kristensen skrev:
Ja sæføli, The Bad Seed. Den ender da ret tosset med et lyn eller har jeg fået bonghjerne?

Dear movie goers,
Two items here:
(1) There are still tickets left for Dennis Nyback's BAD BUGS BUNNY animation show tomorrow night. Reserve at billet@husetsbio.dk or call Huset's office at 33693208 during business hours. (Huset's ticket e-mail was temporarily down but is back in operation - sorry for any delays in responding)
(2) This coming weekend we are staging a "mini" FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL in cooporation with the festival in Lund, as below. Saturday in particular should be a high point with Cory McAbee of "American Astronaut" fame introducing his new film in-person, STINGRAY SAM, followed by a film party upstairs in Planeten (4 sal) to celebrate the relaunch of Husets Bio. See the poster below, and check the attachment for more information on the 6 films we are screening over the weekend. Reserve tickets or call for info at above numbers, or reply back to me if you have questions.
Please help us spead the news about all this on the Net - thanks!!!!!!!
Friday 25th
19:00 Nollywood Babylon
21:00 Inglorious Bastards (Yes! The ORIGINAL!!!)
Saturday 26th
20:00 Stingray Sam
Party in Planeten (see poster below!!!!)
Sunday 27th
17:00 Lake Mungo
19:00 The House of the Devil
21:00 The Clone Returns Home
Cordially, Jack

Lørdag 26. september kl. 20 - 03

Huset har overtaget den hyggelige biograf på 2. sal. I den forbindelse inviterer vi til officiel åbning med gode film, drinks og DJ’s i biografen og Planeten.


http://husetsbio.blogspot.com/2009/09/a ... af_08.html

Dear film goers,
Husets Biograf will be participating in the upcoming CHP:DOX festival but before that we have a great shows to announce on Saturday, October 31st (Halloween!) and Sunday, November 1st.
On 31.10.09 we will be screening a tinted print of the 1922 German horror classic Nosferatu to a live musical accompaniment, followed by a 65-minute attack of the most scarifyin' movie trailers ever assembled in one place.
On 01.11.09 we stay in the mood with two of Werner Herzog's most celebrated works, Stroszek and Woyzeck, the latter featuring a much abused Klaus Kinski. See separate attachments for details on both these programs, and note our new numbers:
info at info@husetsbio.dk
ticket reservations at billet@husetsbio.dk
Cordially, Jack

HALLOWEEN PROGRAM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31st

GOTHIC/GRUESOME: A Halloween Double-feature
Synopsis: Husets Biograph will honor the black spirit of Halloween (31.10.09) with two shows that should serve as a tasty starter for those planning to go on to concerts or parties later that night. All evening for 70 kr.

AT 19.00 … Ends 20.40
NOSFERATU (1922)
(in cooperation with The Goethe-Institut Dänemark)
This classic vampire tale, shown in a tinted print with live musical accompaniment, gave rise to the birth of Dracula and stands as one of the most celebrated works of horror cinema. In honor of Max Schreck’s ghoulish performance as the bald blood-sucking villain, anyone wearing a skin-head wig will be given free admittance. (Having your head shaved doesn’t count, and if you wear a wig you gotta keep it on through the show.)

At 21.00 …. Ends 22.05
ATTACK OF THE FLYING
KUNG-FU MONSTER MOVIE SHOW
Grindhouse, horror, Euro-trash, supernatural kung-fu and blaxploitation all collide in this 65 minute package of 25 rare and sensational trailers. Included is the original trailer to The Exorcist, banned for being too frightening, as well as trailers for Alien, The Demon Seed, Vampire Kids, Twins of Evil, The Bug and Flash Gordon among others. It has proven extremely popular at horror & fantasy festivals in Edinburgh, London, Lund and elsewhere. Duration: 65 minutes

Sunday 01.11.09
FREAKISH: A CLASSIC WERNER HERZOG DOUBLE-FEATURE (In cooperation with the Goethe Institute Danmark)
At Husets Biograf, info at info@husetsbio.dk / reservations at billet@husetsbio.dk

WERNER HERZOG IS DEAD – LONG LIVE WERNER HERZOG!

On site at the recent Venice film festival, Politiken writer Kim Skotte startled us by reporting that Herzog’s latest film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is the most “decidedly mainstream” film he has ever made. Horrors! Along with Fassbinder and Wenders, Herzog founded “New German Cinema” in the 70’s. He created a body of work that explored outsider themes of wanderlust and alienation and was arguably the most inventive and uncompromising of the three. And now to hear he has “gone mainstream”!!! Once we recovered from our shock we decided to pay tribute to the old Herzog and arranged a double-feature of his 70s masterpieces, Stroszek and Woyzeck, most kindly assisted by the Goethe Institute Danmark. Long live Werner Herzog (both films for a sorry-ass 50kr!)
17.00: STROSZEK, 1977 (with English subtitles)
19.00: WOYZECK, 1979 (With English subtitles and Klaus Kinski!!!!!!)

STROSZEK Synopsis:
In Werner Herzog's idiosyncratic and lyrical take on the road movie, the road in question stretches between the gritty, urban slums of Berlin and the equally desolate railroad flats of Wisconsin, U.S.A. Herzog regular, Bruno S. (Kaspar Hauser in Herzog's THE MYSTERY OF KASPAR HAUSER) plays Stroszek, just out of jail, who is trying to stop drinking and eke out a living by selling fruit and playing music on the street. Stroszek finds a soul mate in Eva (Eva Mattes), an equally hard-up Berlin prostitute. However, the two quickly find their fate closing in on them when Eva's ex-pimps threaten to kill them both. An unlikely solution arises when Stroszek's neighbour, eccentric and aging Scheitz (Clemens Scheitz), takes them along as he heads to rural Wisconsin to meet up with long-lost relatives. When the three displaced Germans arrive in Wisconsin, their lives seem to change for the better, but as the tarnished lures of capitalism fade and the bills pile up, they find themselves locked into the same struggles they fled Berlin to escape. In the process Herzog paints a melancholic and dark portrait of the alien landscapes and the perversely poetic culture of the rural poor in Midwestern America.

"...Terrifically, spontaneously funny and, just as spontaneously, full of unexpected pathos..." - New York Times

"[A] steady but bleak 1977 gaze at American badlands..." - Uncut

"With its deadpan humour, brutality and rambling storyline, this often seems like a German variation on a Charles Bukowski novel – Sight & Sound

WOYZECK Synopsis:
In WOYZECK, Herzog crafts yet another highly stylized and dispassionate tale of madness and obsession and for the first time in his oeuvre injects a love story (tortured though it is) into the equation. Based on Georg Bnchner's unfinished play, the film is a dark study of a lowly German flunky (Klaus Kinski) who toils as an orderly in the army. Cowering pathetically in front of his superiors, who constantly push him around, he struggles and rushes through his daily duties. In order to earn much-needed extra money, Woyzeck volunteers for a local doctor's strange experiments, which require Woyzeck to stay on a strict diet of peas and push him to murderous insanity. In addition, Woyzeck has a son with a lusty young prostitute, Marie (Eva Mattes), who is easily seduced by a stout drum major. Publicly humiliated by the officer, Woyzeck is propelled into a rage. Herzog pushes his use of static cinematography and extremely stylized acting almost to the point of abstraction as he evokes Woyzeck's struggles with social and sexual oppression that lead to his eventual journey into humiliation and madness.

"...Hypnotic....Herzog is a poet for whom neither Marx nor Freud supplies all the answers. He cherishes as well as guards the mystery at the heart of WOYZCEK." - New York Times

Dear film-interested;
(1) Don't forget that the big show is on WEDNESDAY: GIFT is playing at 18.30 and PORNOGRAPHY IN DENMARK is at 20.30. Some of the family of the director of Gift, Knud Leif Thomsen (who died in 2003) will be attending the screening and we will show 2 of the censored scenes before the film. If you would like context on both films and how they fit into the larger picture of Danish erotic cinema check out the article I just wrote for Bright Lights Film Journal, click on http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/ and scroll a bit down to the piece headed "Porno to the People." Keep in mind the phone # to the cinema is 51850714. At this stage in DOX reservations must be made on that number. Each film is 70 kr. and cash only (unfortunately)
(2) Alert! The must-see show tomorrow, on TUESDAY, is happening at the DOX-CLUB tent - the Warhol Films played to live music. Check out the attached poster for info! This is one not to miss.
(3) Loose notes: Copenhagen's coolest movie poster and what-have-you shop, I AM CURIOUS has moved from Vesterbro to Nørrebro. It's new address is: Griffenfeldsgade 56, 2200 Kbh N .. Check it Out!
Cordially, Jack

Dear movie goers,

During the Upcoming COP-15 climate conference Husets Biograf will stage a small film fest under the banner of ATTACK OF THE PLANET KILLERS: Films about apocalypse ...

Festival synopsis: The theme of (man-made) environmental catastrophe is universal and goes back to the post-war era when fear of the atomic bomb left a generation of school kids cringing under their desks. At this point it was only a question of people suffering – not the planet itself. Over the decades things changed: In the 30s science was seen as the saviour of humanity but in the 50s and 60s it came to be seen as a dark force that would imprison us, and today we – the mindless, consuming, polluting resource-exhausting population of earth – have become the villains and science, in helping to create renewable power sources and non-polluting cars, etc, is the hero again. Via a selection of 8 films we seek to show how environmental issues have resonated in popular culture from decade to decade and how this cinematic culture of doom and pessimism has evolved. These films will show how filmmakers working in art-house and exploitation as well as Hollywood styles often exploited and exaggerated environmental fears to produce low-grade horror and camp but also on occassion visionary works that dealt seriously with the issues. In addition to provoking thought this series will also hopefully help to lighten up what bodes to be a very serious 12 days.

Cordially, Jack

THE SCHEDULE for ATTACK OF THE PLANET KILLERS: Films about apocalypse
Ticket price: 50kr. per night (for all films)
* All films in original (English-language) versions

Wednesday: 09/12:
19.00 - FOOD OF THE GODS
21.00 – DAY OF THE ANIMALS

Thursday: 10/12:
19.00 – A BOY & HIS DOG
21.00 - 12 MONKEYS

Friday: 11/12:
19.00 – MONSTER FROM THE GREEN HELL
21.00 – THX 1138,

Saturday: 12/12:
17.00 – A BOY AND HIS DOG
19.00 – PANIC IN THE YEAR ZERO
21.00 – THE MUTATIONS

Sunday: 13/12:
17.00 - THX 1138
19.00 – FOOD OF THE GODS
21.00 – “HIT OF THE FEST” TO BE CHOSEN BY AUDIENCE DEMAND

* Make reservations via: jack.stevenson(a)mail.dk

THE FILMS:

A BOY & HIS DOG, 1975, Directed by LQ Jones
Based on the novella by Harlan Ellison, A Boy and His Dog is set in a post-apocalyptic future where canned goods are used as currency and where entertainment often consists of old porn reels. Vic (Don Johnson) is a violent, illiterate scavenger, principally interested in getting laid. He communicates telepathically with his deceptively cute-looking dog Blood (voiced by Tim McIntire); Vic finds food for Blood, while Blood sniffs out girls for Vic. One of these girls is the sexy Quilla June (Susanne Benton), who, unbeknownst to Vic is a spy for an underground society, headed by a Mr. Craddock (Jason Robards Jr.). This subterranean civilization needs a human "sperm bank" to stay alive, and the oversexed Vic fills the bill. (excerpt from NY TIMES review)

FOOD OF THE GOODS, 1976, Directed by Bert Gordon
Based on a novel by H. G. Wells, a group of bloodthirsty, oversized creatures (including rats, chickens, wasps, and worms) have taken over a remote island after ingesting a mysterious growth known as "Food of the Gods." It is up to an unusual group of people to put an end to this animal threat. ~ Erlewine, All Movie Guide (Not to forget the classic grade-Z moment of a man getting pecked to death by a giant balsa-wood chicken!)

PANIC IN YEAR ZERO, 1962, Directed by Ray Milland
En route from Los Angeles to a vacation in the mountains, Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland), his wife, Ann, and his teen-aged children, Rick (Frankie Avalon!!!) and Karen are appalled to see a mushroom cloud forming over the L.A. skyline. With the highways clogged by panicking motorists, Milland and his family decide to head to the shelter of their fishing spot, there to wait until more news about the nuclear disaster is available. Everywhere they drive, however, the family is confronted by rampaging looters, heavily armed survivalists, and doped-up motorcycle punks. Attempting to remain calm and collected in the face of Armageddon, Milland ends up as violent and animalistic as everyone else. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

DAY OF THE ANIMALS, 1977, Directed by William Girdler
This violent thriller features the prophetic premise of a widening gap in the ozone layer (thanks to human indulgences in hairspray and other aerosol products) which unleashes brain-frying radiation and causes assorted woodland creatures to go for the throats of unsuspecting Sierra backpackers. As if that weren't horrific enough, the poor kids are also placed in the position of defending themselves against a rampaging Leslie Nielsen -- whose hammy performance will probably have fans of the Naked Gun series and their ilk waiting for a punch line that never arrives. Perennial B-movie couple Christopher George and Lynda Day George round out the cast. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

THX 1138, 1971, Directed by George Lucas
Based on his award-winning student short, George Lucas's debut feature cerebrally celebrates the possibility for individual freedom against all odds. In a 1984-esque white-washed future underground dystopia where sexuality is banned, all humans sport shaved heads and the same shapeless outfits as they go about their work in a mandated state of sedation, listening to exhortations to "Buy and Be Happy." Black-clad robot cops chant a mantra to their victims that "everything will be all right" and automated confessional booths emit soothing therapeutic bromides. But unbeknownst to THX 1138 (Robert Duvall), his roommate LUH 3417 has been reducing their meds, resulting in their mutual discovery of love and THX's subsequent imprisonment for drug evasion and sexual misconduct. Determined to find the pregnant LUH, THX breaks out of prison with the help of his cellmate SEN 5241 (Donald Pleasence) and an escaped TV hologram. With fugitive pursuits strictly budgeted, THX only has to evade the robocops until the funds run out, but surveillance is omnipresent and THX's vehicle keeps overheating. THX 1138's coolly minimalist style and story-telling gained fans on the college screening circuit. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

THE MUTATIONS, 1974, Directed by Jack Cardiff
The Mutations (aka The Freakmaker) might not have a lot to do with environmental apocalypse, but it does have authentic sideshow freaks and a mad doctor kidnapping people and turning them into plantlike monsters - all in the name of scientific progress of course. Clearly inspired by Tod Browning's Freaks, with the added bonus of sleaze, gore and 70's fashions, the film features a group of sideshow freaks imported straight from a US carnival! Regarded by some as a classic of British 70's horror, The Mutations was one of the directorial efforts of well-renowned cinematographer and double Academy Award winner Jack Cardiff (The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus), who died earlier this year. The Mutations is of course strictly b-movie horror fare, also featuring some amazing looking SPFX monsters that have to be seen to believed. Starring the great Donald Pleasance as the freakmaker himself, the late dwarf actor Michael Dunn (Frankensteins Castle of Freaks), Norwegian sex pot Julie Ege (Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires) and British actor Tom Baker, who would later star as Dr. Who in the popular tv-series. Come witness the politically incorrect glory of the 70's, and see what happens when you fool with mother nature!

MONSTER FROM THE GREEN HELL, 1958, Directed by Kenneth G. Crane
A test rocket goes berserk in orbit and crash-lands in Africa. One of the many scientific experiments contained within the ship is a nest of wasps. The strange radioactive frequencies of space have contaminated the nest, mutating the insects and unleashing giant flesh-craving wasps upon the hapless natives. Yikes!!!!

12 MONKEYS, 1995, Directed by Terry Gilliam.
In the "12 Monkeys" Mr. Gilliam's methods are uncommonly wrenching and strong. This apocalyptic nightmare is a vigorous work of dark, surprise-filled science fiction, a fierce and disturbing film. The film's hero fears that he's half-crazy, and for two hours Mr. Gilliam artfully keeps his audience feeling the same way. Twelve Monkeys" trips unpredictably through time, moving backward from a bleak vision of 2035. In that year, as the film begins, civilization has been driven underground by the after-effects of a terrible plague. All but 1 percent of the world's human population was wiped out in 1997, and now animals prowl through the wreckage of abandoned cities. Below Philadelphia, power belongs to a handful of oddly sinister scientists who have made James Cole (Bruce Willis) their favorite research tool… Scientists of 2035 want to know where the deadly virus originated, and James has such keen powers of observation that he is being sent to the past for research purposes, to trace the disease to its source.