All Murder, All Guts, All Fun Dept: No, I’m not talking about the upcoming Misfits show at the Back Room, though admittedly this next item is right up their (dark) alley. It’s time, instead, for the second annual Lucio Fulci Halloween Horror Fest Splatterbowl at the Alamo Drafthouse, which begins Thursday, Oct. 26, at midnight, and runs through Sunday, when it concludes with a special All Hallows Eve presentation from the Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 troupe, defacing (if that’s possible) Herschell Gordon Lewis‘ Sixties-era goo-fest The Gruesome Twosome. Like last year’s outing, this weekend’s lineup focuses on beloved Italian horror director Fulci, featuring a shiny new print of the classic nail-biter Zombie on Friday and the little-seen, widely praised House by the Cemetery on Saturday. As this is a co-production from local horror maven Stephen Romano and cannibal wannabe/Alamo owner Tim League, expect gobs of in-house extras (barf bags, T-shirts, body parts, nekkid ghourls) and a general air of friendly pandemonium to reign (in blood). Slayer won’t be on hand, sadly, but the Friday show will feature the final co-performance by longtime hellraisers Satan’s Cheerleaders and psychobilly freakazoids the Flametrick Subs, who will be going their separate ways after a lengthy five-year stint at the Black Cat Lounge. Tix and info can be had by calling 476-1320 or at www.drafthouse.com… The Austin Film Society and the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers will present an AIVF salon Monday, Oct. 30, 7pm, at the Carver Library (1161 Angelina). Featured speakers will be Tommy Pallotta of LineResearch, expounding on things digitally animated, and Tom Rhodes of Digital Focus, speaking animatedly of things digital. Something like that, anyway. Admission is free, all are welcome. More info at www.aivf.org… The University of Texas Department of Radio-Television-Film and the Dallas Video Festival are co-hosting The Texas Show 2000, Saturday, Oct. 28, 7pm, at Burdine Hall (2505 University Ave. on the UT campus), Room 106. The program will feature various Texas-made and/or related short films and videos culled from the ranks of the 13th annual DVF, which was originally held back in March. If you couldn’t make it then, now’s your chance to catch up and see what all the hubbub’s about, bub. Admission is free, and more info can be had at 471-6617. Also, entries are now being accepted for next year’s DVF, to be held March 14-18, 2001, in Dallas. There are no thematic or content restrictions. Submission info and registration forms are available online at www.videofest.org. The deadline for entries is Nov. 20… Austin’s inheritors of the small-gauge filmmaking crown, Cinemaker Co-op, and Rude Mechanicals present another in their ongoing series of Screenings at The Off Center (2211-A Hildalgo), Monday, Oct. 30, 8pm. Titled ®TMark: Bringing It to YOU, this video program of anti-corporate hijinks is billed as “an investigation in reality-based performance, corporate sabotage, and the confused role of technology in contemporary culture.” Also screening will be Suicide Box, a documentary about using technology to focus on the Golden Gate Bridge and those who plummet from it. Admission is $5 general public/$2.50 Cinemaker members. More info at www.cinemaker. org… Finally, congrats are in order for Andrew Fisher and Leonid Mandel, producers of the locally shot indie program Delirium, whose tape has apparently caught the roving eye of Bob Odenkirk. The duo will be flying out to L.A. to meet with the former Mr. Show, but before they do, they’ll be screening “the product” Monday, Oct. 30, and Monday, Nov. 13, 8pm, at the Bad Dog Comedy Theater (110 E. Riverside). More info? Call 452-8927.
This article appears in Rick Perry.