How trashy can you get? Find out with Program 9 of Trash Classics, last Friday of each month at Luna Leederville!
- Friday 26 August: TOP SECRET! (1984)
- Friday 26 September: WILD THINGS (1998)
- Friday 31 October: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS (1987) – Halloween special!
- Friday 28 November: STRANGE DAYS (1995)
- Friday 19 December: SHOCK TREATMENT (1981)
Top Secret! (1984)
How silly can you get? Val Kilmer gets extremely silly in his first film, Top Secret! (1984). From the creators of Flying High and The Naked Gun, experience this hilarious, surreal spoof of Elvis Presley musicals and World War II action flicks. Nick Rivers (Kilmer), an American rock and roll singer gets involved in a French Resistance plot to rescue a scientist from the Nazis. Full of visual gags, fun songs and zany one-liners.
Wild Things (1998)
“They’re dying to play with you.” When a guidance counsellor (Matt Dillion) is accused of improper conduct by two students (Neve Campbell and Denise Richards), an investigator (Kevin Bacon) uncovers secrets and lies. Sex, murder, alligators, Bill Murray in a neck brace – this swampy neo-noir erotic thriller has it all! Overheated 1990s trash of the highest degree!
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
This Halloween, better get ready for Freddy! Co-written by series creator Wes Craven, Dream Warriors is the Inception of Nightmare on Elm Street movies, as a group of psych-ward teens work together to fight the knife-gloved, fedora-wearing monster haunting their dreams. Featuring Severance’s Patricia Arquette and The Matrix’s Laurence Fishburne, and of course, Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. “Welcome to prime time, b****!”
Strange Days (1995)
New Year’s Eve, 1999… the last party of the century! Directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by James Cameron, Strange Days is a sci-fi action thriller, set before the new millennium where memories are recorded and sold like drugs. Ralph Fiennes is the “Santa Claus of the subconscious,” Angela Bassett is a pistol-packing bodyguard that says the line Fatboy Slim sampled (“Right here, right now”), and Juliette Lewis sings a PJ Harvey song. Essential cyberpunk cinema.
Shock Treatment (1981)
From the makers of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, an underrated “sequel” where Brad and Janet are played by different actors (Cliff DeYoung and Jessica Harper), living in the fictional town of Denton and caught in a TV game show called Marriage Maze. A new wave rock ‘n’ roll extravaganza with songs written by Richard O’Brien (aka Riff-Raff) including ‘Bitchin’ in the Kitchen’ and ‘Little Black Dress.’ Co-starring Ruby Wax, Rick Myall and Little Nell! A visually-arresting, satirical and totally unique musical experience.
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