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

With a flash of blue light and the opening rattles of “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” Tony Scott’s debut feature THE HUNGER exploded into cinemas one lonely April night some 40 years ago. Following the love triangle between two vampires (Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie) and a motivated gerontologist (Susan Sarandon), this impeccably fashioned romantic horror was staked and buried by critics on release. Roger Ebert deemed it “agonizingly bad” and THE HUNGER crumbled from screens with a reputation as “stylish but hollow” (thanks, Rotten Tomatoes!), a true signifier that the world just wasn’t ready for Catherine Deneuve as New York’s messiest bisexual. Is one of the best opening sequences ever filmed not enough?

Luckily, the march of years has been kind to THE HUNGER, a timeless and unsettling poem on fears of aging, the loss of beauty, and the inherent horrors of realizing you might be a lesbian. Queer in both content and melodramatic tone, this unsubtle gothic art exhibit is as good an excuse as ever to break out your black eyeliner and take your immortal polycule of lovers to the movies. After all, whether this is your first time or your hundredth time… there’s never a bad moment to indulge in THE HUNGER.

A surreal trip through the modern slasher film via an absurdist alternate reality where the CW network reigns supreme - Joseph Kahn delivers one of the most fascinating entries in the 2000's slasher genre. As a group of kids gather for detention at their high school, they find themselves stalked by a serial killer known as Cinderhella. As the body count rises, so does the drug-induced, sugar-rush mayhem, letting the film slip into its own hyperreal stream, combining and breaking apart the many genres thrown into its digital offbrand blender. As baffling as the film attempts to be, it somehow remains grounded by its performances and admirable lunacy. From the director of TORQUE

Calling all horror fans!

Join us Wednesday, June 25th, 2025, from 7-9 PM at the Logan Theatre Bar for a night of terror, thrills, and celebrating Pride Month with indie horror madness!
Special Guest: CHFF’s own punk horror icon, Germ T Ripper (Jeremy Lowe), signing copies of his explosive new book, "The Lilac Retribution Theory!"

Hosted by Ashland Thomas, come hang with fellow horror lovers, meet Germ T Ripper, and get your book signed. Grab a drink, celebrate Pride, and support indie horror!

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BO-DEADLY JUNE, Thurs 6/26:
Slumber Party Massacre II
Dude Bro Party Massacre III......

Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
Courtney, the younger sister from the first film is all grown up now, but suffers from nightmares about the Driller Killer incident. She and the other members of her female rock group go to a condo for the weekend to play music and have fun with their boyfriends. Courtney dreams of warnings from her sister, and the dreams begin to spill into real life.

Dude Bro Party Massacre III (2015)
In the wake of two back-to-back mass murders on Chico's frat row, loner Brent Chirino must infiltrate the ranks of a popular fraternity to investigate his twin brother's murder at the hands of the serial killer known as "Motherface."

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Happy Hour ($2-off draft pints) goes til 8pm, and there's a $5 craft draft special + high-end whiskey special all night (ask your bartender)!