HALLOWEEN MONSTERS BALL: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS [THE DIRECTOR’S CUT] at Rio Cinema (Fri 27 Oct 2023)
Queer Horror Nights returns for a thrilling Halloween Monsters Ball hosted by Loose Willis and Token Homo with interval gore show from Co Kendrah. ‘Bring your freak’ with a costume, kink and fetish-friendly dress code. A very late bar will keep you monsters moist…
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS [THE DIRECTOR’S CUT]
- DIRECTOR: Frank Oz
- CAST: Levi Stubbs, Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin
- 1986 | 103mins | USA
Directed by Frank Oz with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by LGBTQ+ legend Howard Ashman, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is a queer cult classic.
The film about a hapless florist and his flesh-eating plant features an iconic cast, monumental songs, several hardcore kinks, and boundary-pushing special effects. Deemed too transgressive at test screenings, the finale was dramatically changed before its 1986 cinema release to create a ‘happy’ heteronormative ending.
Queer Horror Nights is proud to present the 2012 Director’s Cut which reinstates the film’s original, outrageous climax: a plant-based apocalypse with an additional 10 minutes of show-stopping footage. If movie monsters are the queer disrupters of heteronormativity, then LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS [THE DIRECTOR’S CUT] is a radical re-edit where queer monstrosity wins (and Audrey is the ultimate ally).
HALLOWEEN MONSTERS BALL
- 10PM: Drinks, Halloween fun, ‘Photo-My-Freak’ booth, & changing rooms
- 11:30PM: Pre-show + ‘Carnival of The Creatures’ (with prizes for best look!)
- MIDNIGHT: Film + Interval gore show
- 2AM: Close
Experience LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS with drag king Loose Willis (SLAY STATION, FIST CLUB), film fanatic Token Homo (BAR TRASH), and sublime drag creature Co Kendrah (TORTURE GARDEN, RECON CABARET).
DRESS CODE: This is a costume, kink and fetish-friendly event, so come dressed for Halloween, or gear-up to watch the film in your kink and fetish attire (just cover your bum & bits!). Regular clothes are fine too. Changing facilities available from 10pm.
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