Cult Films at Five

The annual collaboration between the Dalhousie Art Gallery and the Atlantic Film Festival will present seven classic cult films for free viewing at five o’clock for the week of the festival.  This year’s selection consists of controversial, late-night and niche films that have built their reputations outside of mainstream exhibition in unconventional public screenings.  

DAILY SCREENINGS AT 5 PM. FREE ADMISSION.

Warning: some of the films’ content may be disturbing or offensive.

Friday 16 September - Eraserhead

David Lynch, USA, 1977, 85 minutes.  A factory worker’s wife gives birth to a mutant, and then leaves him.  Surreal, fluid, and utterly unforgettable, Lynch’s debut feature remains a cinematic landmark.

Saturday 17 September - The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Jim Sharman, UK/USA, 1974, 100 minutes.  The sing-along musical about an alien transvestite has transcended its stage origins to become one of the most famous films of all time. (Please, no lighters or rice!)

Sunday 18 September - Female Trouble

John Waters, USA, 1974, 97 minutes.  The Hairspray director’s second film to be widely distributed stars Devine as an artist whose chief milieu is crime.

Monday 19 September - Two Lane Blacktop

Monte Hellman, USA, 1971, 102 minutes.  Occasional Nova Scotian Rudy Wurlitzer wrote this existential road movie that stars singer James Taylor, Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson and actor Warren Oates in a frenzied cross-country road race.

Tuesday 20 September - Night Of the Living Dead

George Romero, USA, 1968, 96 minutes.  The first of the Zombie cycle, Romero’s low-budget horror film sees the 1960s come to a grinding halt as the dead seek out the living for their flesh.

Wednesday 21 September - The Endless Summer

Bruce Brown, USA, 1966, 95 minutes.  The granddaddy of all surfing documentaries follows a pair of American surfers as they travel around the world in search of the perfect wave.

Thursday 22 September - Plan 9 From Outer Space

Ed Wood Jr., USA, 1959, 79 minutes.  Renowned as the worst film ever made, low-budget legend Ed Wood’s alien invasion flick must be seen to be believed.