10.12.2025
ALLIGATOR (1980)
dir. Lewis Teague, 91 min. English languageA series of mysterious disappearances in the New York sewer systems are revealed to be the work of a giant, mutated, and ever hungry Alligator that stalks stormwater drains in search of fresh meat. Hot on its trail are run down New York cop David (Robert Forster) and manic big game hunter Brock (Henry Silva) who are racing against time and each other to take down the beast before it can tear its way through every municipal worker in the big apple.
If the description of “Robert Forster fighting a giant practical effect Alligator” isn’t enough of an enticement then the additional description of “Henry Silva fighting a giant practical effect Alligator” will certainly be. This is top tier American schlock; a tightly formatted, and straight to the point monster movie, written by John Sayles, that deftly balances the inherent humour of its premise with a tenacity that sells the danger of its primary threat. Truly the JAWS of JAWS knock-offs.
17.12.2025
THE CAT (1992)
Dir. Lam Nai-Choi, 84 min. Cantonese Language w/ English SubtitlesParanormal investigator Wisely stumbles on to a plot of intergalactic peril when he encounters a young girl and her cat who are actually transplanted aliens from a far away star fighting against a biomechanical menace. Wisely will have to trust Pai So and her cat “The General” to fight off this extraterrestrial foe lest the entire earth be ingested into its electro fungal web of horror.
THE CAT is one of the wildest outings of Golden Harvests notably wild early ‘90s output, at times struggling to convey the absolute weight of plot that it present and yet always moving forward on to crazier and more mesmerising action sequences. You would think that there’d only be a certain number of ways that a cat puppet could be used in an action scene, and in that supposition you would be incorrect. Pure pulp sci-fi mayhem.
24.12.2025
PINK FLAMINGO PRESENTS: A VERY STATIC VISION CHRISTMAS
Felix & PalsJoin us for a very special holiday presentation from Static Vision founder and leader Felix “Big Dawg” Hubble.
07.01.2026
MYSTICS IN BALI (1981)
dir. H. Tjut Djalil, 85 min. Indonesian Language w/ English SubtitlesAnthropologist Cathy Kean travels to Bali to write a book on local black magic customs where she encounters a mysterious cult that worships the “Léyak”, a mythological figure that manifests itself as a flying head with its entrails still attached. As Cathy’s investigation of the practices continues she becomes increasingly involved in the cult’s activities and mired in the black magic that she thought to observe, eventually becoming enslaved to the dark powers and wicked creatures at play.
One of the most internationally successful and well known Indonesian film productions of all time, MYSTICS IN BALI is a uniquely local slice of exploitation madness that is constantly threatening to rip itself apart at the seams with its own sheer manic energy. The effects work is grimy and pulpy, the plot is ridiculously complicated, and the performances are questionable in their diction but admirable in their involvement. In brief, a perfect recipe for some good time grindhouse.
14.01.2026
RIKI-OH: THE STORY OF RICKY (1991)
Dir. Lam Nai-Choi, 92 min. Cantonese Language w/ English SubtitlesIn the far flung future of 2001 young Ricky finds himself trapped in a privately run prison full of a motley crew of murderous hoodlums, Triad assassins, corrupt guards, and other assorted ne’er do wells. What none of these goons know is that Ricky is a near invulnerable martial artists who can figuratively and literally tear through any number of challengers sent his way, leading to a stunning series of confrontations between supernaturally gifted fighters that end in agonising deaths and geysers of blood.
A notoriously gory Hong Kong adaptation of a notoriously gory Japanese Manga that stretches the very limits of fight choreography as well as the very limits of the human form. The amount of gore that the film is able to elucidate is near unparalleled, and yet for all its sliminess it never loses the joviality that makes all of that violence as boyant and convivial as it is. The action set pieces here must be seen to be believed, and when paired up with the film’s adamant commitment to cruelty and its campy dialogue it makes for an exquisite combination of the silly and the sanguinary.
21.01.2026
MIYA MIYA FILM CLUB PRESENTS: FANGS (1981)
Dir. Mohamed Shebl, 103 min. Arabic Language w/ English SubtitlesPresented in conjunction with Miya Miya Film Club
When young lovers Ali and Mona’s car breaks down on the way to a party they’re lured to the castle of Count Dracula for his somewhat nefarious and somewhat unfocused purposes. What follows is a surreal journey into 1980s Egyptian social and political issues refracted through Hollywood movies, mostly co-ordinated dance numbers, and enough campy, homoerotic weirdness to fog the mind and delight the senses.
What starts as an Egyptian remake of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW that trades Dr. Frank-n-furter for a very groovy Count Dracula and stage musical numbers for hot servings of Arabic disco quickly devolves into a wide ranging pastiche of Hollywood set pieces that held together by a DIY production ethos and as much licensed (but absolutely not paid for) music as the film makers could get away with using.
28.01.2026
SONATINE (1993)
Dir. Takeshi Kitano, 94 min. Japanese Language w/ English SubtitlesIntroduced by Jean David Le Goullon
Aging Tokyo Yakuza Murakawa, played by writer and director Takeshi Kitano, is sent by his bosses to Okinawa to mediate a dispute between two other Yakuza clans. Upon arrival Murakawa and his men find the dispute is overblow and are ambushed, fleeing to a deserted beach shack where they spend their time fishing, joking, playing, and generally staving off the ever encroaching realisation of their own fates.
A pensive and sombre Yakuza film that combines the sudden crashing violence of the genre with a playfulness and humanity that’s not often found, SONATINE is arguably the finest film effort from legendary creative force Takeshi Kitano. Everything from the cinematography to the edit to the performances is executed with a poise and a technical mastery that imbue every slight action and moment of time wasting the protagonists undertake with a tension and drama that drives home its quiet peril.