Sept 27th: J. Cannibal's Feast of Flesh 7 (!!!)
Black Ocean Presents
J. CANNIBAL’S FEAST OF FLESH
featuring a remastered 35mm print of DEAD ALIVE
plus special guests BLACK CAT BURLESQUE
with live music by ROCK CITY CRIMEWAVE
Saturday September 27th / Midnight / $10
Real-life undertaker and long time zombie fanatic J. Cannibal-dubbed the King of Horror Burlesque-presents a gruesome banquet of midnight mayhem!
This frightful night of fun kicks off with the ass-kickin, blood-suckin, mother-fuckin sounds of Rock City Crimewave. Rock City Crimewave was formed in the dark days of 1998, rising from the ashes of legendary Boston greaserbilly band 8 Ball Shifter. 8 Ball Shifter's garage punk/rockabilly sound and their affection for low-brow culture which seamlessly carried over into Rock City Crimewave, only RCCW upped the ante with Detroit styled motor-scorch (think MC5 and the Stooges) and even tossed in some 60's pop and R&B to sweeten the deal. Following their set will be a bevy of grotesque burlesque courtesy of the infamous horror troupe, Black Cat Burlesque. Dedicated to putting the BUMP back into the night, Black Cat Burlesque has been raising pulses, the dead and a whole lot of hell since 2003. As the bad seeds of Boston Burlesque, this scream team mines the depths of their twisted psyches-blending striptease thrills and spookshow chills to push the boundaries of the art form and explore the dark, cobwebbed corners of neo-cabaret.
For the night’s feature, Mr. Cannibal has hand-picked a newly remastered 35mm print of the New Zealand absurdist zombie splatterfest, DEAD ALIVE. Before “Lord of the Rings” and “King Kong,” Peter Jackson cranked out this hilarious and astonishing masterpiece. Every great zombie film has a signature scene that catapults it to legendary status and this one is no exception. One word: lawnmower. If you’ve never seen this film before, it’s not to be missed. If you have seen it before then come bask in the glory of this newly remastered print!
Free gory goodie bags will be handed out to all, and J. Cannibal will be awarding a number of prizes for the best zombie costumes from New England Comics, Regeneration Tattoo and Horror Business. Brooklyn clothing label SEIBEI, will also be on hand selling and giving away customized Intramural Zombie Hunting League t-shirts. If all this ghoulish glory has whet your appetite for freaky films, Boston-area residents can also trek down to their local branch of Hollywood Express and browse J. Cannibal’s very own “picks” section, where they can check out some of his favorite horror movies of all time.
Brought to you by the creative minds of Black Ocean, this will be a show of insanity from beyond the grave that you don’t want to miss!
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard St.
Brookline, MA 02446
www.jcannibal.com
www.coolidge.org
A thick slab of praise for J. Cannibal and his Feast of Flesh:
“J. Cannibal, the ‘King of Horror Burlesque.’” -Boston’s Weekly Dig
“J. Cannibal’s Feast of Flesh, led by real-life undertaker and zombie lover J. Cannibal, is a celebration of all things terrifying.” -The Improper Bostonian
“Think Rocky Horror Picture Show with less androgyny and more anthropophagy.” -The Onion
“[J.Cannibal] is the sort of guy people brag about knowing. After all, he sounds like an exotic, epic character: poet, undertaker, horror-burlesque king, small-press publisher, show promoter, fake-blood engineer.” -The Boston Phoenix