FROZEN and SPIDER BABY screenings w/guests in LA

By Michael Gingold

Los Angeles-area fans can catch a new chiller and a horror cult classic and hear from the people responsible this month. First, director Adam Green will be on hand for showings of his ski-lift-to-terror film FROZEN when it begins its commercial run this weekend.

Fresh from its well-received screenings at the Sundance Film Festival, FROZEN is about the perils faced by a trio of young friends when they become stranded on a lift chair halfway up a mountain. This Friday, February 5, Green and stars Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers and Emma Bell will make appearances and take part in Q&A sessions after the 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. shows at the Mann’s Chinese 6 in Hollywood. The next night, Saturday, Feb. 6, Green will be on hand following the 7:30 screening at Mann’s Criterion 6 on the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. You can find out more about FROZEN at its official website and read about it in Fango #291, on sale this month.

Then on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m., filmmaker Jeremy (THE WIZARD OF GORE) Kasten and DVDocumentary director Elijah Drenner present Jack Hill’s director’s cut of his bizarre 1964 flick SPIDER BABY at the Los Angeles Athletic Club (431 West 7t Street in LA) as part of Tinseltown Tarnish, a film series “featuring some of our favorite cult films that capture vintage Los Angeles locations.” Hill will be present for a Q&A with Kasten and Drenner after the movie, which stars Lon Chaney Jr., Sid Haig, Jill Banner, Carol Ohmart and Beverly Washburn. The screening is free, but you must RSVP via a link at the SPIDER BABY Online website. Space is limited to 200 people, so RSVP as soon as possible.