Friday, December 26, 2008
News Silver Scream Spook Show exhumes Mad Monster Party?
Posted by Curt Holman @Curt_Holman on Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 3:20 PM
I think there's a method to the Silver Scream Spook Show's madness in programming Mad Monster Party? for the weekend after Christmas. The 1969 kiddie flick features stop-motion animation from Rankin/Bass, creators of holiday classics like "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "The Year Without a Santa Claus." Parents looking for things to do with the kids will have fresh memories of that trademark "Animagic" animation style. Co-written by Mad Magazine creator Harvey Kurtzmann, the story features a gathering of classic movie monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein and includes voice work from Boris Karloff and Phyllis Dinner. Screening at 1 and 10 p.m. Sat., Dec. 27 at the Plaza Theatre, Mad Monster Party? was a huge influence on Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas:
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i've been dying to take the kids to the SSSS but most movies so far have been a little scary for my 5 year old. I'm thinking this will be awesome. Does anyone know if the pre movie performance is ok for little kids. My kids are easily freaked i guess. Just trying to avoid severed heads and such.
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