Violence, sex and horror take star billing at Generation Horror, the newest installment of the regular POP Cinema mini-festivals. For a cult classic, film buffs could do worse than Carnival of Souls, a low-budget 1962 horror movie that focuses on a young woman caught between the realms of the living and the dead. Crime, danger and sex are voluptuously intertwined in Deadly Sweet (1967), an early work by Italian director Tinto Brass, who is most noted for his erotic films.
Other highlights include El Topo (1970) and The Holy Mountain (1973), Chilean-French film master Alejandro Jodorowsky’s two most celebrated films, which blend surrealism and mysticism. The festival opens today at SPOT — Taipei Film House (台北光點), 18, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市中山北路二段18號), and runs until Jan. 28. It will run from Jan. 23 to Feb. 1 at the Kaohsiung Municipal Film Archive (高雄市電影圖書館). For Taipei screenings, tickets are NT$200 (NT$170 for SPOT members) each, and books of 10 tickets are available for NT$1,800 (NT$1,500 for SPOT members). Tickets can be bought at SPOT, through NTCH ticketing outlets or online at www.artsticket.com.tw. Screenings in Kaohsiung are free. Full program details are available at www.twfilm.org/horror.
Photo courtesy of Spot – Taipei Film House
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