Tobe Hooper with Chainsaw Massacre, Joe Dante with Gremlins

Friday features personal appearances by two horror directors from the 1970s and ’80s: Tobe Hooper and Joe Dante. Hooper is appearing as part of the Steve Allen Theatre’s Master of Horror series. Datne is appearing as part of a 25th anniversary tribute to GREMLINS.

Event: Masters of Horror Series
Tobe Hooper appears between screenings of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and his episode of MASTERS OF HORROR, “Dance of the Dead.” This is week’s installment of the Steven Allen Theatre’s on-going Friday night “Masters of Horror” drive-in series.
Location: Steve Allen Theater at Center for Inquiry – West, 4773 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90027
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Date: Friday, May 22 at 8:00pm

Event: Gremlins double bil
The American Cinematheque hosts a 25th anniversary double bill, with director Joe Dante in person.
Location: Aero Theatre – 1328 Montana Avenue at 14th Street in Santa Monica
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Date: May 22 at 7:30pm

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Steve Biodrowski

Steve Biodrowski owns and operates Hollywood Gothique. Since graduating from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema, Steve has worked as a film critic, script analyst, journalist, and interviewer. As a film journalist, his work has appeared in Movieline, Premiere, Le Cinephage (in France) and The Dark Side (in England). He served as the West Coast Editor of Cinefantastique magazine in the 1990s, then worked as the Vice President of Editorial Content at Fandom.com and, more recently, as the Executive Editor at Cinescape Online. He is currently the Managing Editor of Cinefantastique Online, the website incarnation of Cinefantastique magazine.

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