Edgar Wright wants to spend Halloween with you
And now we bring you a message directly from filmmaker Edgar Wright, the man responsible for "Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz" and "Spaced," who will be hosting an L.A. Halloween event that sounds spooky good.
If you are at a loose end early on Halloween night, why not join me at the New Beverly Cinema for a double bill of "Shaun of the Dead" and my choice of Halloween film, "Riki Oh: The Story of Ricky."
The New Beverly has not only kindly chosen my film as the main feature, but let me pick the second feature. I will also be showing the uncut version of my "Grindhouse" trailer "Don't" for the first time in the U.S. as well as a whole mess of handpicked vintage trailers.
Should be a hoot. "Shaun of the Dead" and "Don't" at at 7:30 p.m. and the amazing "Riki Oh: The Story of Ricky" is at 9.30. The choice of the second film was somewhat agonizing. But I eventually picked the film that brought the house down as the secret third feature at the close of my Wright Stuff Festival last December. So the honor goes to the 1991 startling Hong Kong epic "Riki Oh: The Story of Ricky." What could be more amazing than a film that names its protagonist twice in the title? And what could be more Halloween-y than a ridiculously gory futuristic prison romp with a hero who can play the flute and punch through peoples' heads?
More from Edgar Wright:
I swear that, if you haven't seen it before, it's a crazy film and a great one to see with a crowd.
If you need further prompting; please peruse the IMDB plot keywords for "Riki Oh":
Hook For Hand/Stabbed In The Eye/Exploding Body/Seppuku/Suicide/Taser
Glass Eye/Decapitation/Wetting Pants/Crow/Crushed To Death/Razor Blade
Vengeance/Severed Leg/Blinding/X-Ray/Shower Room/Transformation
Stabbing/Extreme Gore/Crushed Head/Severed Arm/Opium/Intestines
Hand Through Head/Broken Finger/Skinned Alive/Grindhouse/Profanity
Disembowelment/Gore/Martial Arts/Prison/Splatter/Exploding Head
Black Comedy/Controversial/Torture/Animal Abuse/Buried Alive
Christ Allegory/Dismemberment/Hiding On Ceiling/Nail Through Hand
Murder/Mutilation/Megalomaniac/Social Commentary
If you were not sold by the time it got to 'Hand Through Head' on the list, then I do not know what to say. See you Friday!
