THE COLLECTION, SILENT NIGHT & Holiday Horror Roundup: CFQ Spotlight Podcast 3:48

Did you see SILENT NIGHT this weekend? It's okay, you can be honest with us.
Did you see SILENT NIGHT this weekend? It's okay, you can be honest with us.

It’s a funny ol’ thing: Guess the studios figured that after the tension of all those family reunions last week, audiences would need to vent some of that sublimated hostility. So this week, depending on where you live, you could spend time with a sadistic murderer with a penchant for elaborate death traps in THE COLLECTION, or with a sadistic murderer with a penchant for weeding out who’s been naughty and who’s been nice in the Xmas-themed SILENT NIGHT.
And if neither of those openings quite fit your taste, well, you’re probably not alone. So after quickly giving their impressions of this week’s two (relatively) big openings, Cinefantastique Online’s Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons round up some more-desirable, and some less-desirable, holiday-themed horror films to feed your winter-depression-fueled blood lust. Among the titles discussed: GREMLINS, JACK FROST, BLACK CHRISTMAS, and the off-kilter Finnish film, RARE EXPORTS.
Then, Larry gives his quick impression of HITCHCOCK, and Dan briefly reviews the fanciful new Hong Kong martial arts film, DRAGON. Plus: What’s coming to theaters next week. Oh, who are we kidding? Nothing’s coming to theaters next week. Save up that energy for THE HOBBIT.

Hitchcock: November 23/30 (limited)

Fox Searchlight Pictures HITCHCOCK in limited engagements on November 23, 2012, then expands onto more screens on November 30. The docudrama focuses on director Alfred Hitchcock during the making of his 1960 horror classic PSYCHO.
Directed by Sacha Bervasi. Screenplay by John J. McLaughlin, based on Stephen Rebello’s non-fiction book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho” (which originally appeared as a cover story in Cinefantastique Magazine back in 1986).
Rated PG-13. U.S.
Cast:

  • Anthony Hopkins … Alfred Hitchcock
  • Helen Mirren … Alma Reville
  • Scarlett Johansson … Janet Leigh
  • Danny Huston … Whitfield Cook
  • Toni Collette … Peggy
  • Michael Stuhlbarg … Lew Wasserman
  • Michael Wincott … Ed Gein
  • Jessica Biel … Vera Miles
  • James D’Arcy … Anthony Perkins
  • Richard Portnow … Barney Balaban
  • Kurtwood Smith … Geoffrey Shurlock
  • Ralph Macchio … Joseph Stefano
  • Kai Lennox … Hilton Green
  • Tara Summers … Rita Riggs
  • Wallace Langham … Saul Bass
  • Paul Schackman … Bernard Herrmann
  • Currie Graham … PR Flack
  • Spencer Garrett … George Tomasini

Theatrical Engagements:
November 23, 2012

BOSTON, MA
Boston Commons 19, Boston, MA
Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, MA
WASHINGTON DC
Georgetown 14, Washington DC
Bethesda Row Cinema 8, Bethesda, MD
E-Street Cinema 8, Washington DC
NEW YORK, NY
AMC Lincoln Square 13, New York, NY
Union Square Stadium 14, New York, NY
TORONTO, ON
Varsity Theatre 12, Toronto, ON
CHICAGO, IL
River East 21, Chicago, IL
Evanston 18, Evanston, IL
Century Centre Cinema 7, Chicago, IL
LOS ANGELES, CA
Century City 15, Los Angeles, CA
Arclight 15/ Hollywood & Cinema, Hollywood, CA
PHOENIX, AZ
Camelview 5 Theatre, Scottsdale, AZ
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Metreon 16, San Francisco, CA
Kabuki 8 Theatre, San Francisco, CA

November 30, 2012

ATLANTA, GA
Tara Cinemas 4, Atlanta, GA
DETROIT, MI
Uptown 8, Birmingham, MI
NEW YORK, NY
AMC Empire 25, New York, NY
AMC Kips Bay, New York, NY
Chelsea Cinemas 9, New York, NY
First & 62nd Cinemas 7, New York, NY
Jacob Burns Film Center 3, Pleasantville, NY
Bam Rose Cinemas 4, Brooklyn, NY
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Ritz 5 (Art), Philadelphia, PA
Rave Ritz Center, Voorhees, NJ
CHICAGO, IL
Renaissance Place 5, Highland Park, IL
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Keystone Art 7, Indianapolis, IN
DALLAS, TX
Angelika Film Center 8, Dallas, TX
Angelia Film Center & Café 5, Plano, TX
HOUSTON, TX
River Oaks 3, Houston, TX
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Uptown-ART, Minneapolis, MN
ST. LOUIS, MO
Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis, MO
SAN DIEGO, CA
Hillcrest 5 Art Cinema, San Diego, CA
Arclight 14/ La Jolla, San Diego, CA
DENVER, CO
Mayan 3 Art Cinema, Denver, CO
SEATTLE, WA
Pacific Place 11 Theatre, Seattle, WA
Lincoln Square 16, Bellevue, WA
Guild 45th Twin Art Cinema, Seattle, WA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
California 3 Art Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Guild Cinema, Menlo Park, CA