Film Forum kicks off horror, sci-fi fest with genre favorites

New York City’s Film Forum, one of the best movie theaters in the world, will kick off a summer horror and science fiction festival today, Aug. 9. The overall retrospective is a celebration of Ray Harryhausen and all things odd. Some highlights include screenings of Planet of the Apes, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth, Godzilla, Psycho and Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3D. Be sure to check out the interactive screenings of Vincent Price in The Tingler.

Several of the screenings are double admission, meaning two movies for the price of one. Double admissions can only be purchased at the theater on the day of the show. Single screenings are available online. Click here for more information. General tickets are $12.50. Seniors, children and members are $7.

Here’s a list of what to see (in alphabetical order):

• The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Aug. 13, playing with Jason and the Argonauts)

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (Sept. 2)

• 20 Million Miles to Earth (Sept. 3, playing with It Came from Beneath the Sea)

• The Abominable Dr. Phibes (Aug. 24, playing with The Fearless Vampire Killers)

• Alien (Aug. 15 and 19)

• Aliens (Aug. 19)

• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (Aug. 27, playing with Mysterious Island)

• Blacula (Aug. 24)

• Body Snatchers (Aug. 23)

• Cat People (Sept. 5, playing with Curse of the Demon)

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Aug. 9-10)

• Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3D (Aug. 25, playing with The Incredible Shrinking Man)

• Curse of the Demon (Sept. 5, playing with Cat People)

• The Day the Earth Stood Still (Sept. 4, playing with War of the Worlds)

• Dead Ringers (Sept. 3)

• Demon Seed (Aug. 30, playing with Rosemary’s Baby)

• Earth vs. Flying Saucers (Aug. 20, playing with First Men in the Moon)

• Escape from New York (Sept. 5)

• Evil Dead II (Aug. 9-10)

• Fantastic Voyage (Aug. 11, playing with Planet of the Apes)

• The Fearless Vampire Killers (Aug. 24, playing with The Abominable Dr. Phibes)

• First Men in the Moon (Aug. 20, playing with Earth vs. Flying Saucers)

• The Fly by David Cronenberg (Aug. 29, playing with The Fly starring Vincent Price)

• The Fly starring Vincent Price (Aug. 29, playing with The Fly by David Cronenberg)

• Godzilla (Aug. 16, playing with Mothra; Aug. 21)

• Homicidal (Aug. 18, playing with The Tingler, in an interactive showing)

• The Howling (Aug. 31)

• The Incredible Shrinking Man (Aug. 25, playing with Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3D)

• Invaders from Mars (Aug. 14, playing with Kronos)

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (Aug. 23, playing with Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978))

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) (Aug. 23, playing with Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956))

• It Came from Beneath the Sea (Sept. 3, playing with 20 Million Miles to Earth)

• It Conquered the World (Aug. 21, playing with I Was a Teenage Werewolf)

• It! The Terror From Beyond Space (Aug. 15, playing with The Thing From Another World)

• I Was a Teenage Werewolf (Aug. 21, playing with It Conquered the World)

• Jason and the Argonauts (Aug. 13, playing with The 7th Voyage of Sinbad)

• Just Imagine (Aug. 28, playing with Things to Come)

• Kronos (Aug. 14, playing with Invaders from Mars)

• The Mad Magician in 3D (Aug. 18)

• The Man Who Fell to Earth (Aug. 14)

• Metropolis (Sept. 2)

• Mothra (Aug. 16, playing with Godzilla; Aug. 29)

• Mulholland Drive (Sept. 4)

• Mysterious Island (Aug. 27, playing with The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms)

• Peeping Tom (Aug. 17, playing with Psycho)

• Plan 9 from Outer Space (Aug. 20 and 28)

• Planet of the Apes (Aug. 11, playing with Fantastic Voyage)

• Psycho (Aug. 17, playing with Peeping Tom)

• Quatermass and The Pit (Sept. 1, playing with Village of the Damned)

• Rosemary’s Baby (Aug. 30, playing with Demon Seed)

• Solaris (Aug. 12)

• Starship Troopers (Aug. 31, playing with Total Recall)

• Strait-Jacket (Aug. 22, playing with What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?)

• Swamp Thing (Aug. 27)

• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Aug. 26)

• The Thing From Another World (Aug. 15, playing with It! The Terror From Beyond Space)

• Things to Come (Aug. 28, playing with Just Imagine; Sept. 2)

• The Tingler (Aug. 12-13, in an interactive showing; Aug. 18, in an interactive showing and playing with Homicidal)

• Total Recall (Aug. 31, playing with Starship Troopers)

• The Unknown (Aug. 26)

• Village of the Damned (Sept. 1, playing with Quatermass and the Pit)

• War of the Worlds (Sept. 4, playing with The Day the Earth Stood Still)

• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Aug. 22, playing with Strait-Jacket)

By John Soltes / Publisher / John@HollywoodSoapbox.com