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The Sci-fi Center in Las Vegas is a great place to spend some time and see some great horror/sci-fi/grindhouse film. Also often film makers and actors are present during certain screenings.
Tonight at 8pm H.G. Wells 'Things to Come' will have a rare screening in the only true grindhouse theater in Vegas. Starring Raymond Massey with a screenplay written by Wells himself; this film is an underrated classic.
Plot from IMDb;
A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still alive (mostly those born after the war started) do not even know who started it or why. Nothing is being manufactured at all any more and society has broken down into primitive localized communities. In 1966 a great plague wipes out most of what people are left but small numbers still survive. One day a strange aircraft lands at one of these communities and its pilot tells of an organization which is rebuilding civilization and slowly moving across the world re-civilizing these groups of survivors. Great reconstruction takes place over the next few decades and society is once again great and strong. The world's population is now living in underground cities. In the year 2035, on the eve of man's first flight to the moon, a popular uprising against progress (which some people claim has caused the wars of the past) gains support and becomes violent.
Tickets for tonight are $5.00 and the show starts at 8PM.
Upcoming events;
April 24th-The Wolfman (original) and The Invisible Man 7PM cost is $8.00
May 1st-2 H.P. Lovecraft influenced films. 'The Dunwich Horror' and 'Call of the Cthulhu'. Starts at 8PM cost is $5.00.
May 7th/8th-Coffin Joe Weekend. Coffin Joe was known mostly for his bizarre horror films. Friday will feature 'At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul'. Saturday will be a double feature with 'This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse' and 'Embodiment of Evil'. This special night will also feature prizes including a .....coffin. Films start at 8PM. Friday the entry fee is 2.50 and Saturday it's 5.00.
May 21st-This night will feature a screening of 'Heavy Metal' from 1981. Show starts at 7PM and costs 1.50 for admission.
Check the website for directions and parking info, the link is above.
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