It’s that time of year again when the rabid desire for warm human flesh returns, and ZOMBIEFEST VIII is upon us!
This Memorial Day Weekend, starting Thursday, Exhumed Films and the Mahoning Drive-In’s annual celebration of the walking dead is back from the grave and coming to get YOU! ZOMBIEFEST VIII features four nights of flesh-ripping fright on 35mm including some super-rare screenings, plus two horror legends in attendance: NIGHT OF THE LIVIND DEAD co-creator John A. Russo and Brian Yuzna, the man responsible for such films as RE-ANIMATOR and FROM BEYOND!
In addition to the movies we’ll have some incredible limited edition event merch, awesome photo ops, themed snack bar treats, mega raffles, a HUGE assortment of the latest Blu-ray releases for sale and much more! ZOMBIEFEST VIII is gonna be great!
Thursday, May 26:
**With writer/actor John A. Russo in person!**
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)- It begins with Barbara and Johnny driving miles out of their way to put a wreath on their father’s grave, and ends with one of the most stark and unforgettable moments in movie history! The film that started it all... George A. Romero’s monumental modern horror classic returns to the drive-in screen!
***Bonus screening w/ producer Gary Lee Vincent in attendance!***
MY UNCLE JOHN IS A ZOMBIE (2016) - Hang out after NOTLD for a screening of this horror comedy written and starring John A. Russo as the titular zombie who gains popularity when the world discovers he can talk and reason as though he were alive. Screening in Digital.
Friday, May 27:
CHUD (1984)- Strange disappearances and gruesome murders in NYC lead a group of intrepid locals into the sewers in search of the truth, and find a horde of bloodthirsty mutant cannibals, in this camp 80s monster classic!
LIFEFORCE (1985)- An expedition to Halley’s Comet results in the return to Earth of one crazed, lone survivor and a mysterious naked female vampire who proceeds to drain Londoners of their “lifeforce”, leaving a populace of ravening zombies in her wake. A loony, over-the-wall, effects-driven horror bonanza from director Tobe (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) Hooper and Cannon Films! Screening from a 35mm print of the longer international cut.
PEOPLE WHO OWN THE DARK (1976)- While a group of debauched, rich revelers and military officers party at a secluded castle, a nuclear war ravages the countryside causing the survivors to go blind and become thirsty for blood, in this Spanish take on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD from director Leon Klimovsky and actor Paul Naschy.
Saturday, May 28:
**With producer/director Brian Yuzna in person!**
RE-ANIMATOR (1985)- Producer Brian Yuzna teams up with Director Stuart Gordon and screenwriter Dennis Paoli for this wickedly fun, ghoulishly clever, over-the-top, classic 80s gore-fest based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft! Jeffrey Combs is Herbert West; co-starring Bruce Abbot, Barbara Crampton, and David Gale.
BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR (1990)- Doctors Herbert West and Dan Cain are back in this demented, ultra-gory sequel, trying to create the perfect woman from dead parts, until their bodiless nemesis returns, along with a police Lieutenant, seeking bloody revenge. Directed by Brian Yuzna.
NECRONOMICON: BOOK OF THE DEAD (1993)- This rarely-screened anthology revolves around tales of terror adapted from stories by H.P. Lovercraft (played by Jeffrey Combs in the wraparound segment), concerning the resurrection of the dead. Directed by Brian (SOCIETY) Yuzna, Shusuke (GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE) Kaneto and Christophe (BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF) Gans.
Sunday, May 29:
HOUSE (1985)- Steve (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 & 3) Miner directed this hair-raising horror comedy about a writer (William Katt) who moves into an old house where his son went missing and soon begins to experience a number of strange occurrences. From a story by Fred (THE MONSTER SQUAD, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS) Dekker, shot by Mac (FROM
BEYOND, RE-ANIMATOR) Ahlberg and produced by Sean (FRIDAY THE 13TH) Cunningham!
**With producer/director Brian Yuzna in person!**
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3 (1993)- When a young man loses his girlfriend in a motorcycle accident, he smuggles her corpse into a top-secret military base and subjects it to a bio-weapon that causes the dead to come back to life, then all hell breaks loose! Directed by Brian Yuzna.
LAST MAN ON EARTH (1964)- Before NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, this gloomy Italian production, based on Richard Matheson’s I AM LEGEND, cast Vincent Price as a scientist who is the lone survivor of a plague, struggling to stay alive against mobs of bloodthirsty zombies.
Gates open at 6:00pm each night.
Tickets for Thursday are $10 per person.
Friday/Saturday/Sunday: $15.
Overnight Pass is available for an additional $10 (per person).
Visit MahoningDIT.com for FAQ.
All events are rain or shine.
No transfers or refunds.