[Press release from the Nightlight Cinema.]
From 1985 to 1989, a local director named J.R. Bookwalter made one
of the largest scale Zombie movies ever produced: THE DEAD NEXT DOOR.
More than 1500 extras roamed these very streets in tattered outfits and
Karo syrup-soaked prostheses in search of flesh. Now that Bookwalter has
successfully completed his crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, the
Akron-native has been able to restore the original Super-8 materials to
glorious HD and surround sound.
"From the
beginning, this project snowballed into something much bigger than I
ever dreamed, thanks to financing from a mysterious executive producer
in Detroit, a large cast and crew with no prior film experience, … and
like-minded horror fans who discovered the film after seeing a (somewhat
premature) four-page spread in FANGORIA magazine," Bookwalter said on
his Indiegogo campaign page.
On October
10th, The Nightlight Cinema will host a screening of THE DEAD NEXT DOOR
with J.R. Bookwalter present to give a Q&A after the screening.
Following THE DEAD NEXT DOOR, The Nightlight will show the 1979 Lucio
Fulci-directed horror classic, ZOMBIE.
"Anyone
who's got brains will show up to The Nightlight on October 10th, …" said
Nightlight executive director Kurtiss Hare, "…on second thought, if you
have brains and you want to keep them, maybe you'd better stay home."
The
Nightlight is a high-end digital cinema whose theater seats only 52, so
special events like these often sell out. Tickets to both THE DEAD NEXT
DOOR with J.R. Bookwalter and ZOMBIE may be purchased at The
Nightlight's website: http://www.nightlightcinema.
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