Chicago Horror Meetup Group (Movies, Books, Etc., Etc.)

Leave it to Paul Schrader to take the Jacques Tourneur classic, and turn the horny-dial up to ten, if not eleven. Not that the original didn't suggest as much as it could in the 1940's at the deep undercurrent of psychosexuality infusing the material - but leave it to cocaine and the 1980's to help it emerge fully. Irena (Nastassja Kinski) meets Oliver (John Heard) and falls in love, exciting her more animal side (she is the cat person of the title). But the romance is hindered upon the arrival of her estranged perverted brother Paul (Malcolm McDowell), who is unfortunately also a cat person. Will his lust for his sister interfere in Irena's new life? Schrader, fresh off of writing RAGING BULL and directing AMERICAN GIGOLO, takes the sweltering sexuality of the original into the new age, in a way only Schrader could.

Nazi-occupied Romania, 1941: In a small and gloomy village hidden deep in the mountains, German troops have arrived to lay siege. Although warned by the townspeople to stay out of a mysterious and ornately carved structure known only as “The Keep,” two arrogant soldiers ignore their orders and break into the obelisk, hoping to find stowed treasure, but instead unleash an ancient evil force which, with each new victim, grows stronger and more powerful. After suffering large casualties at its hands, Captain Klaus Woermann is informed that the only person who might be capable of defeating this monstrous and demonic entity is an elderly Jewish historian named Dr. Theodore Cuza, who is being held captive with his daughter in a concentration camp...

The legendary horror spectacle from director Michael Mann (Heat, Miami Vice), adapted from genre writer F. Paul Wilson’s New York Times best-selling novel, THE KEEP is a mesmerizing visual feast of supernatural terror enhanced by a remarkable original score by Tangerine Dream (Sorcerer) along with jaw-dropping special effects by Nick Maley (Superman, Lifeforce). Starring Scott Glenn (The Hunt for Red October), Jürgen Prochnow (David Lynch’s Dune, Das Boot), Alberta Watson (Hackers), and two-time Oscar® nominee Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings film franchise)

Canadian director and beloved weirdo David Cronenberg always has something to say. He may add sexual organs to abdomens and create new gynecological tools, however in addition to being delightfully gross, they all come with a purpose. CRIMES OF THE FUTURE is his scathing and uncomfortable look at the art world, and just what he thinks they take too seriously. In the near-ish future, artists use their bodies as their medium for creation, and the public worships them for this indulgence. Not a classic body-horror, but also not for the squeamish.

Music Box of Horrors is celebrating Half-o-ween in style with the Chicago premiere of CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD!

Director Eli Craig and author Adam Cesare in person for a post-film Q&A

Author Adam Cesare signing autographs next door at Terror Vision before and after the show

Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time. Welcome to Kettle Springs. The real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.