September 26 & 27, SUPER-HORROR-RAMA! presents a pair of late-nite excursions to Uncanny Valley that’ll leave you glassy-eyed with shock and rigid with terror! Both screenings will be introduced by guest programmer Nicola McCafferty, a PhD candidate at Northwestern and the After Dark programmer at the Chicago International Film Festival!

Mannequins populate our wildest dreams and our worst nightmares. They sell us fantasies of a life made complete in the things we buy, and they appear throughout pop culture as idealized versions of ourselves, fetish objects, and reminders of the thin veil between the living and the dead, humans and nonhumans. Tourist Trap (1979) and Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) spotlight the most unsettling qualities of mannequins and the places we find them, from roadside attractions to dress shops, and you'll soon see you CAN have it all...if you pay for it with your soul.

Directed by the legendary Mario Bava, Hatchet for the Honeymoon is about a dashing psychopath who runs the bridal gown business he inherited from his mother. He lures brides-to-be to his mannequin-filled lair for dancing and death. It's the only way he can recall more details of the traumatic event from his childhood that changed him forever. His own wife is an older woman who financially supports him and refuses his pleas for divorce. They loathe each other, and wait until you see who gets the last laugh and how!

We're also screening David Schmoeller's Tourist Trap (1979) on Friday, September 26 at 11:45pm!

Every ticket includes a Limited Edition Pinback Button (new design each night), and every show kicks off with Giveaways donated by The Shadowboxery, Cryptid Craft Studio, Night Natalie, Drive-In Asylum, and Full Bleed Zine for the first folks who answer our trivia questions. The category is mannequin movies, so get ready!