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Friday Creature Features $1
October 2, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm CDT
$1Just in case 2020 wasn’t scary enough for you, we’re bringing you classic horror/ suspense movies every Friday in October. For the last two Fridays (10/23 & 10/30), enjoy an old time radio show at 6:30 pm — done just like they did way back when, with script in-hand in front of a mic.
Just $1.00 per person!
Reserve: 815-724-3761 / bipark@joliet.gov
Pay (cash) at the gate, opens 6:00 pm.
Masks required.
Costumes welcomed!
Outdoors on the bandshell big screen.
Bring blankets and chairs for hill seating.
Dress accordingly for the weather.
Concessions and cash bar available.
You may bring outside food and beverage, but
NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL ALLOWED.
OCT 2
CHARADE
“… is a 1963 American romantic comedy mystery film directed by Stanley Donen, written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. … It combines the genres of whodunit, screwball comedy and spy thriller, and has been described as ‘the best Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock never made’.” (per Wikipedia)
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968 horror suspense)
Seven people barricade themselves in a secluded farmhouse as zombies attack. They battle to stay alive and keep peace with one another.
THE GORILLA (1939 suspense comedy)
When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive. OCT 16
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962 horror suspense)
After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.
A BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959 horror comedy)
A dim-witted busboy finds acclaim as an artist for a plaster-covered dead cat that is mistaken as a skillful statuette. The desire for more praise soon leads to an increasingly deadly series of works.
OCT 23
INSIDE – NO FOOD SERVICE
Old time radio (6:30 pm)
Double feature (7:00-9:00 pm)
Before the movies, enjoy actors recreating Fibber McGee & Molly’s old time radio comedy classic with just a script & mic, just like they did in 1940! Movies will follow at 7:00 pm.
Evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible “Plan 9” into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (8:20 pm, 1960 horror comedy, pre-dates the musical)
An exotic plant in a downtown flower shop convinces the storekeeper’s meek apprentice to resort to gruesome measures to keep it alive and make it grow.
May be moved inside (if so, no food service)
Old time radio (6:30 pm)
Vincent Price Double Feature (7:00-9:00 pm)
Before the movies, enjoy actors recreating Orson Welles’ old time radio thriller with just a script & mic, just like they did in 1941! Movies will follow at 7:00 pm.
THE BAT (7:00 pm, 1959 horror suspense)
A crazed killer known as “The Bat” is on the loose in a mansion full of people.
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (8:20 pm, 1959 horror suspense)
A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
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