Summer Camp @ Here-After

“Campy and adjacently campy classics” 🏕️

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🗓️ Tuesday, July 1-Tuesday, Sept. 16
💰 $14.85 per screening
⚠️ 21+ only
📍 Here-After: 2505 1st Ave. Seattle

House of Wax” (2005)

Tuesday, July 1, 7 p.m.
This underrated slasher from B-movie auteur Jaume Collet-Serra (“Orphan”) is a lurid piece of remake trash full of sharp objects, slashed ankles and so, so much oozing flesh.

Showgirls” (1995)

Sunday, July 13, 7 p.m.
The box-office disaster that grew into a legend, Paul Verhoven’s beamed-in-from-planet-Whoosawhat stripper refashioning of “All About Eve” celebrates 30years of THRUSTING.

Little Darlings” (1980)

Tuesday, July 29, 7:30 p.m.
A newly minted restoration of the Tatum O’Neal/Kristy McNichol summer camp dramedy about two competitive bunkmates in a desperate race to grow up.

Polyester” (1981)

Tuesday, August 12, 7:30 p.m.
The GI brings you John Waters’ first non-X-rated film, a spoof of Douglas Sirk-style women’s pictures as filtered through his cockeyed Dreamlander lens, complete with Odorama scratch-and-sniff cards for all audience members!

But I’m a Cheerleader” (1999)

Tuesday, August 26, 7:30 p.m.
Natasha Lyonne had a hell of a run in the 1990s before she broke out as the national treasure we know today, capping that decade off with this candy-colored conversion camp comedy that all your gay friends know, adore and can quote at the drop of the hat.

Center Stage” (2000)

Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m.
Just a few years before Nicholas Hynter would take over as the artistic director of London’s National Theatre, he helmed this effervescent, pop music-infused and endlessly rewatchable dance movie about the newest students at New York’s American Ballet Academy.

Death Becomes Her” (1992)

Tuesday, Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m.
To commemorate the currently running Tony-winning Broadway adaptation, revisit Robert Zemeckis’ Tales from the Crypt-esque, be-careful-what-you-wish-for comedic screamer starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis.

Author

Marcus Gorman

Marcus Gorman is a Seattle-based playwright and film programmer. He once raised money for a synagogue by marathoning 15 Adam Sandler movies in one weekend. You can find him on Instagram and Twitter @marcus_gorman.