Franklin and Shelbyville, Indiana are teaming up to produce the 3rd annual B-movie festival this Friday September 25 through Sunday September 27. Join your fellow Hoosier movie nerds as they showcase all the best classic B-movies and host how-to lectures on film making. The Skyline Drive, Studio 10, and The Strand Theatre of Shelbyville, Indiana and the Artcraft Theatre of Franklin, Indiana will serve as venues for theatre goers across central Indiana.
Do you remember being terrified of hideous creatures at the Drive-In? Holding hands as the terrible movies played a soundtrack to your teenage life? Or even finding a favorite flick amidst the B-movie stacks in your local video rental store? Then consider this your chance to relive those memories and see those movies on the big screen. The film buffs that run this Indianapolis festival have picked the best B-movies for your screening pleasure.
3rd Annual B-Movie Festival Schedule
Friday, September 25
Time |
Event |
Location |
5:00 pm | The B Movie Music Festival | The Skyline Drive |
6:00 pm | BANG BANG BANG | The Skyline Drive |
6:00 pm | The Golden Cob Awards | Artcraft Theatre |
8:00 pm | The Crazies | The Skyline Drive |
9:00 pm | Popatopalis | Studio 10 |
9:00 pm | The Fly | Studio 10 |
9:00 pm | Zombie | Studio 10 |
9:00 pm | The Blob | Artcraft Theatre |
9:00 pm | Vamps | Studio 10 |
10:00 pm | Grand Theft Auto | The Skyline Drive |
11:30 pm | A Sneak Preview: Halfway to Hell | The Strand Theatre |
11:50 pm | Horror of Dracula | The Skyline Drive |
Saturday September 26
Time |
Event |
Location |
12:00 pm | The B Movie Music Festival | The Skyline Drive |
12:00 pm | Kelly Baker Sound for Low Budge Films | Studio 10 |
12:00 pm | Coons: The Making of: Travis Irvine and Ervine Ross | Studio 10 |
12:00 pm | Writing and Creating Low Budget Films: Jim O’Rear | Studio 10 |
12:00 pm | Evil Luvis | The Skyline Drive |
12:30 pm | Mark Poole, Independent Filmmaker | Studio 10 |
2:00 pm | Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki | Studio 10 |
2:00 pm | The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | Artcraft Theatre |
2:00 pm | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Studio 10 |
2:00 pm | I Was a Teenage Frankenstein | Studio 10 |
2:00 pm | Q | Studio 10 |
2:00 pm | Rule of Seven | The Skyline Drive |
4:00 pm | The Thing From Another World | Studio 10 |
4:00 pm | They Saved Hitler’s Brain | Studio 10 |
4:00 pm | Pressed on Black | The Skyline Drive |
6:00 pm | POZEUR | The Skyline Drive |
7:00 pm | Creature from the Black Lagoon | Artcraft Theatre |
7:00 pm | The Birds | Studio 10 |
7:00 pm | Abby | Studio 10 |
7:00 pm | The Day of the Triffids | Studio 10 |
7:00 pm | Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine | Studio 10 |
8:00 pm | Dead Moon Rising | The Skyline Drive |
9:15 pm | Forbidden Planet | Artcraft Theatre |
9:30 pm | Them! | Studio 10 |
9:30 pm | Blacula | Studio 10 |
9:30 pm | Quarter Mass and the Pit | Studio 10 |
9:30 pm | Matt Helm: The Silencers | Studio 10 |
10:00 pm | Night of the Comet | The Skyline Drive |
11:30 pm | Ilsa She-Wolf of the SS | The Skyline Drive |
11:30 pm | The Toxic Avenger | The Strand Theatre |
Sunday, September 27
Time |
Event |
Location |
1:00 pm | The B Movie Music Festival | The Skyline Drive |
2:00 pm | Gas! Or, It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. | Studio 10 |
2:00 pm | War of the Worlds | Artcraft Theatre |
2:00 pm | Journey to the Seventh Planet | Studio 10 |
2:00 pm | West World | Studio 10 |
2:00 pm | KnightRider | Studio 10 |
6:00 pm | Travis of the Cosmos with Amanda O’Connor | The Skyline Drive |
7:00 pm | Chopping Mall | Studio 10 |
7:00 pm | Halloween | Studio 10 |
7:00 pm | My Bloody Valentine | Studio 10 |
7:00 pm | Pirahna | Studio 10 |
7:00 pm | This Island Earth | Artcraft Theatre |
8:00 pm | Godzilla, King of the Monsters | The Skyline Drive |
10:00 pm | Dark Star | The Skyline Drive |
Catch the biggest collection of B-Movies you will see in the Midwest all year. This is a weekend to celebrate those filmmakers brill ant enough to make cult classics. For more information on how to purchase tickets to the festival or to individual movie events, visit the B-Movie Festival’s official website.
These two Indiana towns will attract many Circle City residents away from Indianapolis downtown this weekend by offering their own unique contribution to Indianapolis art. With an opportunity to see some of the best worst movies ever made and some of the best horror movies ever made, ring in the official start of Fall the right way!