Penguicon 2009 Film Room Schedule
6pm -
Edison's Original Frankenstein 1910 (silent)
Frankenstein is a 1910 film
made by Edison Studios that was written and directed by J. Searle Dawley.
It was the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
The unbilled cast included Augustus Phillips as Dr. Frankenstein, Charles
Ogle as the Monster, and Mary Fuller as the doctor's fiancee.
Shot in three days, it was
filmed at the Edison Studios in the Bronx, New York City. Although some
sources credit Thomas Edison as the producer, he in fact played no direct
part in the activities of the motion picture company that bore his name.
6:13pm - Track of the Moon
Beast (1976)
Professor "Johnny Longbow"
Salina, a man who really knows his stews, introduces Paul Carlson to
the practical-joking Kathy Nolan. Paul and Kathy seem to hit it off
rather well but, during a meteor storm, a meteorite fragment strikes
Paul, burying itself deep in his skull, which has the unpleasant side-effect
of causing Paul to mutate into a giant reptilian monster at night and
go on murderous rampages. It turns out that this sort of thing has happened
before, when Professor Salina rediscovers ancient Native American paintings
detailing a similar event many centuries ago. Kathy, however, still
loves Paul, and tries to save him. Written by Leo L. Schwab {[email protected]}
7:34pm - Unknown World (1951)
Dr. Jerimiah Morley becomes
convinced that the world is headed to an inevitable worldwide nuclear
war. He organizes an expedition made up of a team of expert scientists
and an atomic-powered rock-boring vehicle called a "cyclotram"
to find a subterranean environment where holocaust survivors could live
indefinitely. When funding falls through, independently rich adventurer
Wright Thompson underwrites the project under the condition that he
be allowed to go. As the group goes deeper beneath the Earth's crust,
personalities clash, tempers flare, and the dangerous journey claims
the lives of several expedition members. When they come upon an enormous
underground expanse with its own ocean and phosphorescent light, it
appears that their goal has been achieved. Written by Gabe Taverney
{[email protected]}
8:48pm - THACO: the Movie
(2008)
Get your geek on! THACO is the story of four nerds in their 30's: adults, but not grown up, who never quite get around to playing their dungeon adventure on their weekly game night. Jon the .rules lawyer. and hardcore gamer Duck harass their DM, Bill while waiting for the perpetually late Aaron, they go over the games that have affected, infected, and generally warped their minds (and they wouldn.t have it any other way). With a cameo appearance by author Neil Gaiman.
9:39pm - Warning From Space
(1956)
UFO's are seen around Tokyo.
Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us
without creating panic. Hence one of them sacrifices itself and takes
the form of a popular female singer. It/she warns mankind that a meteor
will crash on Earth. While the approaching meteor causes hotter and
hotter weather, mankind runs and builds a last-chance anti-meteor weapon.
Written by {[email protected]}
11:07pm - Mystery Spatula
Theater 11 episode 202 - Dungeons and Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons Mystery
Spatula Theater 11 is a fan-made version of Mystery Science Theater
3000. MST3K and Joel approved! If life is just a game, then Max has
lost big time. In this second episode of the new season, Max and the
Bots must match wits against a scenery-chewing Jeremy Irons, a Wayans
brother, an incomprehensible plot, and light sabers scepters that control
dragons (but not dungeons). With CGI that went out of style years earlier,
rip-offs gallore (mostly from Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark),
and a special guest appearance by Gary Gygax.s bedroom, this is the
Ridliest movie you.ll ever see.
Saturday, May
2nd
1:09am - Assignment Outer
Space (1960)
In the 21st century Ray Peterson,
reporter for the Interplanetary News, is assigned to write a story aboard
a space station. Tension mounts between Peterson and the station commander,
who believes he is in the way, but has orders to leave him alone. Errant
spaceship Alpha Two enters the solar system and its photon generators
are radiating enough heat to destroy Earth as it approaches. It falls
to Peterson to try to figure out a way to enter the spaceship, disarm
the generators, and escape before suffocating. Written by Doug Sederberg
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2:22am - Soapy the Germ
Fighter 1951 (10 Minute Short)
Young Billy Martin has to learn
that being clean isnt the same as being a sissy. One night, a giant,
talking cake of soap wearing tights and a puffy-sleeved shirt assures
him of this fact. This film, like many personal hygiene films, taught
kids about germs and what to do to avoid them in case their parents
neglected to do so.
2:32am - The Brain that
Wouldn't Die (1962)
Brilliant but borderline psychotic
surgeon does secretive, experimental work with limb transplants and
tissue rejection drugs, much to the chagrin of his surgeon-father. When
he crashes his car and his fiancee is decapitated, his research - far
from complete - is put to the test. His focus then becomes finding an
appropriate donor body to make his fiancee whole, while the current
and failed experiments in his basement laboratory grow restless. Written
by Alan Brewster {[email protected]}
3:44am - Crash of The Moons
(1954)
Cruising the galaxy in his
space ship "The Orbit Jet" Space Ranger, Rocky Jones, Vena
Ray, and 10 year-old Bobby defend the Earth and themselves against space-bound
evil doers. Written by Wayne Coleman {[email protected]}
4:57am - Last Woman on Earth
(1960)
Ev; her husband, Harold; and
their lawyer friend, Martin, are skindiving while on vacation in Puerto
Rico. When they resurface, they gradually conclude that an unexplained,
temporary interruption of oxygen has killed everyone on the island -
maybe in the world! Written by Kim Williams {[email protected]}
6:10am - Phantom From Space
(1953)
An alien being with the power
of invisibility lands in Santa Monica. Killing two people who attacked
him due to the menacing appearance of his spacesuit, the creature takes
it off while being pursued by government authorities. Written by Jeremy
Lunt {[email protected]}
7:23am - The Airship Destroyer
AKA The Battle in the Clouds 1909 (silent)
Very early short sci-fi film.
7:30am - Them! (1954)
Nuclear tests in the desert
result in the growth of gigantic mutant ants who menace cities in the
American south-west as a team of investigators and the army search for
a way to control their spread in this Cold War-era monster film. Written
by Keith Loh {[email protected]}
9:03am - Good Health Practices
(10 Min short)
The makers of Soapy the Germ
Fighter are back to teach other things to keep us healthy. Young Jim
and Judy learn about proper eating, keeping clean, proper rest and good
toilet habits. The enthusiastic narrator reminds us not to be bashful
or silly about bathroom habits and that we should go whenever we feel
like it.
9:13am - Mystery Spatula
Theater 11 episode 203 . Mission To Mars
Mission to Mars Mystery Spatula
Theater 11 is a fan-made version of Mystery Science Theater 3000. MST3K
and Joel approved! .Let there be death. in this disaster of a space
movie. Max and the bots face their toughest challenger yet, as they
watch four hapless astronauts try to save one stranded astronaut, and
return with only half the crew intact. Along the way they discover the
secret to all life on Earth, product placement.
11:24am - Mystery Spatula
Theater 11 Q&A
Meet the performers of Mystery
Spatula Theater 11 and have them answer your questions in this panel.
Mission to Marzipan, the recipe from their latest film, will be served.
12:24pm - Planet Outlaws
(1953)
Buck Rogers (1939) re-edited
from serial to feature format and re-released for theatrical distribution
in 1953; an American soldier suspended in time wakes up to find himself
in the futuristic world of the year 2500. Once settled he realizes that
an evil villain, along with his gang of outlaws, has been trying his
best to gain total control of the universe and everything in it. Buck
Rogers has other plans for these thoughtless henchmen and will do anything
he in his power to stop them in their tracks.
1:33pm - Things to Come
(1936)
Along one hundred year, mankind
lives a long period of war from 1940 to 1966; then a plague destroys
half of the worldwide population; and finally a group of scientists
reconstruct the society bringing progress. Each one of these eras is
disclosed in the city of Everytown, in England: during the war, the
city is completely destroyed. Then with the plague, the ill people called
wanderings are killed by the survivors. One day, a weird airplane lands
and the pilot tells that he belongs to a scientific community called
Wings Over the World and their mission is to rebuild the societies,
using a gas to make people peaceful. In 2036, in a modern Everytown,
an opponent of the progress raises the population against the system.
Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3:08pm - Frozen Alive (1964)
A scientist experimenting with
suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. While
he is frozen, his wife is murdered, and he becomes the primary suspect.
4:23pm - THACO: the Movie
(2008)
Get your geek on! THACO is the story of four nerds in their 30's: adults, but not grown up, who never quite get around to playing their dungeon adventure on their weekly game night. Jon the .rules lawyer. and hardcore gamer Duck harass their DM, Bill while waiting for the perpetually late Aaron, they go over the games that have affected, infected, and generally warped their minds (and they wouldn.t have it any other way). With a cameo appearance by author Neil Gaiman.
5:13pm - Edison's Original
Frankenstein 1910 (silent)
Frankenstein is a 1910 film
made by Edison Studios that was written and directed by J. Searle Dawley.
It was the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
The unbilled cast included Augustus Phillips as Dr. Frankenstein, Charles
Ogle as the Monster, and Mary Fuller as the doctor's fianc�e.
Shot in three days, it was
filmed at the Edison Studios in the Bronx, New York City. Although some
sources credit Thomas Edison as the producer, he in fact played no direct
part in the activities of the motion picture company that bore his name.
5:26pm - Let.s Make a
Sandwich (1950 . 4 minutes)
5:30pm - Last Man On Earth
(1964)
Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent
Price) is the only survivor of a devastating world-wide plague due to
a mysterious immunity he acquired to the bacterium while working in
Central America years ago. He is all alone now...or so it seems. As
night falls, plague victims begin to leave their graves, part of a hellish
undead army that.s thirsting for blood...his! Written by Jeremy Lunt
{[email protected]}
6:57pm - Destroy All Planets
(1968)
A group of aliens from another
planet head for Earth with the intentions of conquering it. Their first
ship is destroyed in transit by the giant flying turtle Gamera. A second
ship makes it to Earth and captures two Boy Scouts and holds them captive
so that Gamera will not attack them. The aliens then implant a remote
control device into the monster's neck and use the great turtle to attack
Tokyo. The boys then come up with a plan to foul up the remote control
device to the point where Gamera does the opposite of what he is ordered
to. As a result Gamera destroys the aliens ship, but then has to contend
with their giant squid like leader Viras. Written by Brian Washington
{[email protected]}
8:28pm - House On Haunted
Hill (1959)
Frederick Loren has invited
five strangers to a party of a lifetime. He is offering each of them
$10,000 if they can stay the night in a house. But the house is no ordinary
house. This house has reputation for murder. Frederick offers them each
a gun for protection. They will all arrived in a hearse and will either
leave in it $10,000 richer or leave in it dead! Written by simon
9:43pm - Carnival of Souls
(1962)
A group of teenagers lose control
of their car which plunges off a bridge into a river. They must be dead,
think the local townsfolk but out creeps a survivor who attempts to
carry on with life as she knows it. Written by Scott Dawson {[email protected]}
11:06pm - A Boy and His
Dog 1975 (Rated R)
A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved. The daughter of one of the leaders of the community seduces and lures him below, where the citizens have become unable to reproduce because of being underground so long. They use him for impregnation purposes, and then plan to be rid of him. Written by Ed Sutton {[email protected]}
Sunday, May
3rd
12:37am -
Good Health Practices 1953 (10 min)
The makers of Soapy the Germ
Fighter are back to teach other things to keep us healthy. Young Jim
and Judy learn about proper eating, keeping clean, proper rest and good
toilet habits. The enthusiastic narrator reminds us not to be bashful
or silly about bathroom habits and that we should go whenever we feel
like it.
12:47am - Night Of the Living
Dead (1968)
The dead come back to life
and eat the living in this low budget, black and white film. Several
people barricade themselves inside a rural house in an attempt to survive
the night. Outside are hordes of relentless, shambling zombies who can
only be killed by a blow to the head. Written by Mark Logan {[email protected]}
2:23am - Spider Baby (1964)
In a dilapidated rural mansion,
the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with
the inherited curse of a disease that causes them to mentally regress
from the age of 10 or so on as they physically develop. The family chauffeur
looks out for them and covers up their indiscretions. Trouble comes
when greedy distant relatives and their lawyer arrive to dispossess
the family of its home. Written by D.A. Kellough {[email protected]}
3:44am - Dementia 13 (1963)
John Haloran has a fatal heart
attack, but his wife Louise won't get any of the inheritance when Lady
Haloran dies if John is dead. Louise forges a letter from John to convince
the rest of his family he's been called to New York on important business,
and goes to his Irish ancestral home, Castle Haloran, to meet the family
and look for a way to ensure a cut of the loot. Seven years earlier
John's sister Kathleen was drowned in the pond, and the Halorans enact
a morbid ritual in remembrance. Secrets shroud the sister's demise,
and soon the family and guests begin experiencing an attrition problem.
Written by Ed Sutton {[email protected]}
4:59am - Teenagers From
Outer Space (1959)
A young alien (David Love)
falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl (Dawn Anderson) and they team
up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts, who intend to use
Earth as a food-breeding ground for giant lobsters from their planet.
The invaders, who arrive in a flying saucer, carry deadly ray guns that
turn Earth-people into skeletons. Written by alfiehitchie
6:25am - They Came From
Beyond Space (1967)
Aliens crash land on the moon,
they try to use scientists from earth as slaves to to help fix their
ship. But one of the scientists has a metal plate in his head and he
cannot be controlled by the Aliens. Based on the Novel "The Gods
Hate Kansas". Written by Dylan Conner
7:49am - Mystery Spatula
Theater 11 episode 201
The Fantastic Four Mystery
Spatula Theater 11 is a fan-made version of Mystery Science Theater
3000. MST3K and Joel approved! In this first episode of the new season,
Max and company take on a challenge indeed, the unreleased Fantastic
Four directed by Roger Corman. Can Max and the bots keep their
sanity for another episode while still coming up with fabulous recipes?
Can they endure Dr. Hotman, bad CGI, and overacting galore? Will
Johnny ever be able to hit anything besides a wall? Can anyone
understand Doom? Will Petra always be stuck in Pirate Mode?
What is that giant blue thing? And what happened to Pikachu?
9:41am - The Day the Sky
Exploded (1958)
Scientists discover that a
group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if
they hit, the planet will be destroyed.
11:01am - Zontar the Thing
from Venus (1966)
A misguided scientist enables
an alien from Venus named Zontar to come to earth in order to help solve
man's problems. However, Zontar has other ideas, like disabling the
power supply of the entire world and taking possession of important
officials with mind control devices. Written by Jeremy Lunt {[email protected]}
12:22pm - THACO: the Movie
(2008)
Get your geek on! THACO is the story of four nerds in their 30's: adults, but not grown up, who never quite get around to playing their dungeon adventure on their weekly game night. Jon the .rules lawyer. and hardcore gamer Duck harass their DM, Bill while waiting for the perpetually late Aaron, they go over the games that have affected, infected, and generally warped their minds (and they wouldn.t have it any other way). With a cameo appearance by author Neil Gaiman.
01:12pm - The Amazing Transparent
Man (1960)
Paul Krenner, an ex-major with
delusions of grandeur, has forced scientist Peter Ulof to develop a
radiation-based technique to turn men invisible, with which process
he plans to create an invisible army to sell to the highest bidder.
He busts safecracker Joey Faust out of prison and forces him to undergo
the invisibility treatment so he can steal more radium to further the
experimentation. Plans go awry when Faust discovers there is a side-effect
to the invisibility treatments he didn't count on. Written by Doug Sederberg
{[email protected]}
2:10pm - VD is For Everyone
2:11pm - Squeak the Squirrel
(1957)
2:22pm - Rural Civil Defense
(1965)
2:33pm - Let's Make a Sandwich
(1950)
2:37pm - Good Health Practices
(1953)
2:47pm - Soapy the Germ
Fighter (1951)
2:57pm - Get Certs Get Closer
(1980)