The Marshes of Death
The Forbidden Cinematheque is the great parallel history of cinema. The history of exploitation cinema, seduction, ecstatic frenzy, and the unbridled audacity of a pop culture that dares to do anything. It’s also an opportunity to regularly get together and dive into the Cinémathèque québécoise’s archives in search of hidden gems and a wide variety of cinematic delights. A series of double features to savor all those films we love to love, thanks to 35mm and 16mm prints whose battle scars only adds to the charm of revisiting them on the big screen. Alone, as a couple, or in a group, come join us! Discoveries and guilty pleasures guaranteed.
Double Feature presented by Julien Fonfrède
Frogs will be screened at 8 p.m.
Scientist Alec Holland, who works at a major research facility deep in a swamp, accidentally discovers a plant cell that could end world hunger. When the facility is attacked by enemies of the lab, Holland is transformed into a half-human, half-plant creature driven by a devastating thirst for revenge.
Toads and other malevolent reptiles surround an isolated country house. One by one, all the family members disappear. An ecological parable in which a polluted natural world takes its revenge on humankind.
Wes Craven
Wes Craven was an American filmmaker. Amongst his prolific filmography, he worked primarily in the horror genre, particularly slasher films, where he mixed horror cliches with humor. He has been recognized as one of the masters of the horror genre. He created the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise (1984–present), and directed the first four films in the Scream franchise (1996–present). He directed cult classics The Last House on the Left (1972) and The Hills Have Eyes (1977), the horror comedy The People Under the Stairs (1991), and psychological thriller Red Eye (2005). His other notable films include Swamp Thing (1982), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Shocker (1989), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), and Music of the Heart (1999).
Photo: Collections de la Cinémathèque québécoise
George McCowan
George McCowan is a Canadian director. He began his career working at the CBC, before moving to the United States in 1967. He made a name for himself directing TV episodes for series like S.W.A.T., Charlie's Angels, and Starsky and Hutch. Among his cinema credits are the western, The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972), the cult horror film Frogs (1972), and the 1979 film H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come.
