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CREEPY CRAWLIES OF UNUSUAL SIZE AND/OR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
October at the Trylon
Would you rather fight a thousand creepy, crawly little critters or a single one of gigantic size? Who says you’ll have a choice? Just when you thought it was safe to go . . . anywhere, really, the Trylon plays on your fear of the squirmy and bitey beings that usually stay safely underfoot.
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Upcoming Films in this Series
SQUIRM
(1976, 35mm, 92m) dir Jeff Lieberman w/Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R. A. Dow. A freak electrical accident spurs millions of wriggling worms to go on the attack. Rick Baker’s gory makeup effects helped make this low-budget shocker a classic of modern horror. SUN 7:00 MON/TUE 7:00 9:00
KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS
(1977, 35mm, 97m) dir John “Bud” Cardos w/William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode. A series of cattle deaths are traced to a gigantic nest of tarantulas. Only the Shat knows what to do, but short-sighted bureaucrats won’t listen. SUN 7:00 MON/TUE 7:00 9:00
THEM!
(1954, DCP, 94m) dir Gordon Douglas w/James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon. FBI agents track giant, carnivorous ants spawned by atomic radiation to their nests in the storm drains of Los Angeles. Warner Bros.’ biggest hit of 1954 is still tense and scary today. SUN 7:30 MON 7:00 TUE 9:00
SLUGS: THE MOVIE
(1988, DCP, 89m) dir Juan Piquer Simón w/Michael Garfield, Philip MacHale, Santiago Álvarez. Many of you Trylon patrons keep asking, “When are you going to show a movie about disgusting, flesh-eating slugs?” Trust us: this one is exactly what you’ve been clamoring for. Also: please stop writing. MON 9:00 TUE 7:00
PHASE IV
(1974, DCP, 84m) dir Saul Bass w/Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy, Lynne Frederick. Scientists in the Arizona desert set out to study a colony of superintelligent ants. But before long the researchers are fighting for their lives, in legendary graphic designer Bass’s only directorial foray. SUN 5:00 7:00 MON/TUE 7:00 9:00