August 15 & 16, SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! pulls those dusty books down from the shelf and ushers age-old terror tales from the tattered page to the shining screen in a feat of cinematic sorcery that will make you wide-eyed with wonder and terror!

These grimy and grotesque nightmares by legendary Czech New Wave filmmaker Juraj Herz are more vivid than ever thanks to brand new restorations courtesy of Severin Films from their expansive collection of classic folk horror, and both films will be introduced by Czech language student Emily Barney and Chicago Underground Film Festival programmer Raul Benitez!

In this version of Beauty and the Beast, the monstrous prince is part falcon—a looming, twitching bird of prey with piercing eyes, matted feathers, and talons that shred human flesh with ease. His prisoner is Julie, and he resists the urge to drink her blood as he admires her extraordinary beauty and innocent heart. He gives strict orders never to look at him, and, day by day, Julie grows more fascinated by her unseen captor. This film reinvents the living castle of Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (1946) and makes it much creepier, like the bed where Julie sleeps, which has four posts of human shape that lower the canopy like the lid of a casket. We bet you've never seen a retelling of “Beauty and the Beast” as strange or bleak as this!

We're also screening Juraj Herz' The Ninth Heart (1979) on Saturday, August 16 at 11:45pm!

Every ticket includes a Limited Edition Pinback Button (new design each night), and every show kicks off with Giveaways donated by The Shadowboxery, Cryptid Craft Studio, Night Natalie, Drive-In Asylum, Full Bleed Zine, and Bumps in the Night for the first folks who answer our trivia questions. The category is folk horror, so get ready!