I honestly thought that with such cool events always happening at the Cafe i was sure they would stay in business and even go to another 12 hour horrorthon this coming October. the first year they had slasher movie cupcakes with Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers faces on themĪnd the last horrorthon right before a screening of “the Funhouse” the owner of the cafe Elric Kane gave out free beers for everyone and Emma Julia Jacobs gave out free copies of Fangoria magazine. I got good advice on putting personal problems and bearing your soul in a script from scriptwriter Jared Rivet and even got to meet Dreadcentral personality Andrew Kasch.īut my favorite memory of all was during October of 20 they had 12 hour horrorthon screenings there with old horror films and childrens halloween cartoons. From there i frequented more and more with my friend Doug to even more screenings they had (films like Funhouse, Deadly Eyes, They Live, Tales from the Darkside and on 16MM projector no less) and meeting more filmmakers and genuine horror fans and just talking horror movies and filmmaking. My first cool experience with the Jumpcut cafe was going with my best friend Doug waugh for a screening of a documentary on the Video Nastys ban in England, that is where i met the director of the film and even was surprised at seeing filmmakers there that i have read about and even some people from the Dreadcentral website. Now i know this might not seem like a typical obscure horror movie post here but believe me this news hurts and I just have to share it. ![]() It was like those tv sitcoms where like minded characters always meet up and have a great time and sadly the sitcom is being cancelled. The jumpcut cafe was a great place for those who love the horror genre. Sadly the news just broke that they shall be closing there doors over this weekend. It was a wonderful place to meet like minded horror fans and filmmakers who love and talked passionately about many of the same horror movies you could love. I have been to this wonderful place numerous times and have met some cool horror filmmakers and screen writers there. area and horror fans to come, eat food, write scripts and they even had horror film screenings there too. ![]() It was a cafe that was a hangout for many horror filmmakers in the L.A. An anthology of demented tales.For all those horror fans who are southern California natives, you might have heard of a wonderful little place in Los Angeles called the Jumpcut Cafe. Bobby Hacker, Jim Kunz, Scooter McCrae, Mike Etoll and Damon Packard. Michael Frostįrom God’s Mouth Ro Your Ears, dir. The shorts will then be followed by the blistering world premiere of Betamax, a wild anthology of twisted underground tales featuring new work by Damon Packard, as well as filmmakers Bobby Hacker, Jim Kunz, Scooter McRae and Mike Etoll. ![]() Other shorts include a blazingly fun biopic of Hollywood icon Russ Meyer, Up the Valley and Beyond, directed by Todd Rosken Michael Frost‘s insane patchwork Lana Turner Overdrive Kent Lambert‘s mind-warping RECKONING 3, which won Best Experimental Film at the 2014 Chicago Underground Film Festival the brutal MOMENTS excerpt #7 by the always controversial John & Clu Gulager April Simmons’ dreamy Half Life Mara Tasker’s grindhouse Sheila Scorned and lots more demented cinematic offerings. premiere of the latest film by longtime Journal favorite Brian Lonano, Crow Hand!!!, which is bloody and fantastic and Mike Olenick‘s visual epic Red Luck, which won the Best Looking award at the 2014 Chicago Underground Film Festival and the Best Experimental Film at the 2015 Slamdance. by the world premiere of the exciting new anthology film Betamax, which features new work by Los Angeles underground filmmaking legend Damon Packard. First, there will be a short film program at 7:30 p.m. The festival will include two screenings. Along with partners the American Cinematheque and Jumpcut Cafe, the Underground Film Journal is thrilled to be co-presenting the first ever Hollywood Underground Film Festival, which will be a one-night event at the Egyptian Theater on Saturday, February 21.
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