Drive-In Night Double Feature at the Capitol!

The Capitol’s annual “Drive-In Night” Horror/Sci-Fi double feature (held inside the historic Capitol Theatre), with two extraordinarily entertaining drive-in style classics from the 1950s, plus coming attraction and drive-in snipes from the era, all seen via 35mm film prints. Drive-in-style foods will be available before and during the show!

Feature #1: Curse of the Demon (Sabre/Columbia, 1957; B&W, 95 minutes; 35mm film) An American professor (Dana Andrews) arrives in England for a conference and is confronted by a series of mysterious deaths, all of which were supposedly caused by an ancient curse. The professor is initially skeptical but soon encounters a devil-worshiper (Niall MacGinnis) who he believes is involved in the deaths, little realizing he himself is being drawn into a nightmarish situation that threatens his own life. Directed by a master of the horror genre Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie), Curse of the Demon is regarded as one of the finest horror/occult films of the era. Other cast members include Peggy Cummins, Maurice Denham, and Athene Seyler. “…film convinces the audience right off the bat and never lets up. ***1/2”
–Leonard Maltin’s Movie and Video Guide

Feature #2: It! The Terror from Beyond Space (Vogue/United Artists, 1958; B&W, 69 minutes; 35mm film) An expedition is sent to Mars to look for the first expedition to the planet which has not been heard from. One survivor is found, who is suspected of doing away with his fellow crew members. This lone survivor, however, claims a horrible alien creature killed the entire crew, though there is no trace of the supposed monster. On the spaceship back to Earth it gradually becomes clear that something has stowed away aboard the ship…. The plot re-surfaced virtually intact in the 1979 movie, Alien. Directed by Edward L. Cahn, with Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, and Ray “Crash” Corrigan in the cast. “A towering classic of 1950s sci-fi horror cheese. It’s more fun, more memorable, and certainly more influential than the handful of big-budget sci-fi movies of the era.”
–Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress