The horror-comedy raunch fest known as “Chillerama” premiered at Hollywood Forever Cemetery last night to a rowdy crowd more than eager to eat up every excrement laced joke and sight gag throughout.
The anthology film’s four directors, Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Adam Rifkin, and Tim Sullivan, were present along with numerous cast and crew. Green helped introduce the film, instructing the audience to “have a good time, yell shit, throw stuff, drink, get pregnant, and do drugs.”
“I hope you all come tonight, cause we’re certainly going to be coming. All over you,” warned Lynch, who also directed the forthcoming film “Knights of Badassdom.” “This movie has more body fluids than a Northridge porno.”
“Of all the premieres we have been to, this is by far the most star studded,” noted Rifkin. “Tonight we are joined by Bela Lugosi, Rudolph Valentino, Joey Ramone, and Mel Blanc.” Rifkin directed 1999’s “Detroit Rock City.”
Joe Lynch told CreepyLA that he was inspired to his segment, a wraparound story about the closing night of a drive-in, from childhood memories of his parents taking him to see double features of films like “Beastmaster” and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” at the drive-in.
“Eating popcorn in your car, listening to shitty audio,” he said. “There’s nothing better than that community experience.” He shot his segment in the City of Industry at the Vineland Drive-In Movie Theatre, which is one of the remaining drive-ins still in operation. “Chillerama was my way of saying, let’s bring the magic back.”
“My favorite part of the evening was just arriving at the cemetery grounds as it was getting dark and seeing everyone gather around to watch a horror movie,” said audience member Tim Curns. “The 50s music blasting across the lawn helped set the mood of a drive-in theater as well.”
The film played well, with the audience cheering on every over-the-top death and howling with any sight of gore, severed member, or other of the film’s numerous, um, money shots. The crowd gave an especially loud roar of applause when the New Beverly Cinema made a surprise cameo.
Following the film, attendee Fernando Lopez described the fim as, “Attack of the killer giant sperm, hungry gay werebears, a grotesque Jewish Frankenstein created by Hitler, really horny drive-in zombies – totally tasteless and fun.”
“The movies actually had something to say, if you could see through the filthy fun with which each story dripped!” Curns said. “From the topic of homosexual repression in the 50s, to the idea of an effeminate Hitler creating a Jewish Frankenstein monster.”
So, in summary, “Chillerama” is a movie with a message. Though that message may be, “be careful of what’s in your popcorn.”
“Chillerama” is in limited release for the next couple months, playing at drive-ins and other special screenings across the country before a Blu-Ray and DVD release on November 29th. Just in time for Hannukah.