The Cinema Wasteland Movie and Memorabilia Expo
Sept. 30th - Oct. 1st and 2nd, 2011
Since the very first CW Show back in September of 2000, Cinema Wasteland has guaranteed everyone through the door more films and events than any one fan can actually attend over the course of the three day weekend. As we enter our second decade, we still feel the need to reward our attending fans with more Movies, Panels, Talks, and Events than any other movie convention we know of running today does.
We’ve got roughly 60 hours worth of programing scheduled for our annual Fall Show, so decide what you want to do most and start plotting out your weekend to catch the most of what’s available.
Movies, events and times are subject to change from what is listed below between now and show time, so check back the week of the show for any schedule changes.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
FRIDAY (September 30th):
4:30pm - All 3-Day Pass holders admitted.
5:00pm - Doors Open to Single Day Pass holders. Show officially opens.
5:00pm - MOVIE: HEAVY MENTAL kicks off the independent movie screenings for the weekend in MOVIE ROOM 2.
6:15pm - MOVIE: Frank Henenlotter’s BASKET CASE begins in MOVIE ROOM 1.
7:00pm - MOVIE EVENT: Our FRIDAY NIGHT SHORT FILM BLOCK begins in MOVIE ROOM 2. We’ve got five new shorts and one returning favorite this time around. You’ll find them presented in the following order in MOVIE ROOM 2: MONDO SCHLOCKO (2011), NEVER A BRIDE (2011), HELL WEEK (2011), THE MONSTER OF MAD MOONY’S LAKE (2011), and THE LAST BROADCAST (2011). We’ll follow up the new shorts with James Lorinz’s crowd favorite, SWIRLEE (2000).
8:00pm - GUEST EVENT: Join director Frank Henenlotter, along with all of our BASKET CASE related guests, (Gabe Bartalos, Beverly Bonner, John Caglione, David Emge, and Kevin Van Hentenryck), to discuss all things BC after the movie’s screening for the first of two big Henenlotter Film Panels this weekend in MOVIE ROOM 1.
9:00pm - MOVIE EVENT: Indiana’s very own Gunga Jim invites you to check out THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK as part of Gunga’s Drive-In “Live” in MOVIE ROOM 2.
9:30pm - MOVIE: BASKET CASE 2 will follow the epic, all things Basket Case, guest panel in MOVIE ROOM 1.
10:00pm - The DEALER and GUEST ROOM closes for the night but the evening is far from over. Grab yourself a cold beer and a little snack and join us for a couple classic Double Features in one of our Movie Rooms, meet up with friends in the bar, or crash one of the parties that have sprung up around the hotel. The choice is yours and the night is young. Have yourself a great time!
11:00pm - MOVIE: DARK INTRUDER kicks off a classic 16mm drive-in double feature in MOVIE ROOM 1.
11:15PM - MOVIE: DEGENERATES INK goes on a rampage of carnage in MOVIE ROOM 2.
MIDNIGHT - MOVIE: BUG, William Castles last production, is set to end the night’s 16mm film screenings in MOVIE ROOM 1.
12:30am - MOVIE: BAD BIOLOGY, the latest twisted epic from Frank Henenlotter rounds out the nights screening in MOVIE ROOM 2.
SATURDAY (October 1st):
9:30am - CARTOON TIME: Start your day the Wasteland way when we present an hour’s worth of classic politically incorrect and “adult” themed cartoons on 16mm film in MOVIE ROOM 1.
10:00am - Doors Open for all pass holders.
10:00am - MOVIE TRAILERS: Catch a collection of classic Drive-In Movie Trailers to start the day in MOVIE ROOM 2.
10:30am - MOVIE: Saturday Morning Hangover Theater features the silver-masked Mexican wrestling hero, El Santo, trying to solve a mystery between wrestling matches in SANTO IN THE WAX MUSEUM, in MOVIE ROOM 1.
11:00am - 42nd Street Pete is handing over the SATURDAY MORNING HARDCORE WRESTLING HOUR duties to Mr. Insanity, Toby Klein, as he presents a collection of his matches in MOVIE ROOM 2.
NOON - Son of Ghoul’s 3 STOOGES AT NOON will feature the usual trio of original Three Stooges shorts on real 16mm film. Find out what’s in store this time around in MOVIE ROOM 1.
12:45pm - MOVIE: The amusing zombie-comedy-romp, MOURNING WOOD, begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.
1:30pm - MOVIE: Frank Henenlotter’s FRANKENHOOKER begins. Grab yourself a date and check it out in MOVIE ROOM 1.
2:15pm - MOVIE: AMONG THE FALLEN begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.
3:15pm - GUEST EVENT: It’s time for our second Frank Henenlotter Film Panel of the weekend when we gather up Frank Henenlotter, Gabe Bartalos, Charlotte Kemp, James Lorinz, and Anthony Sneed to talk about everything except the Basket Case films (since we did that last night), in MOVIE ROOM 1.
3:30pm - MOVIE: DRAGON CITY begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.
4:30pm - MOVIE: REVENGE IS HER MIDDLE NAME begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.
4:45pm - GUEST EVENT: It’s time for 42nd Street Pete’s continuing GRINDHOUSE MOVIE PANEL. Keeping things lively this time around are special guests, Ginger Lynn, and author Eric Danville. Catch the fun in MOVIE ROOM 1.
6:00pm - MOVIE TRAILERS or SHORTS: We’ve got one of those weird hours of free space that happen from time to time here so we’ll fill it with a few classic Movie Trailers, or grab something from the CW Vaults to fill that hour long gap in MOVIE ROOM 1.
7:00pm - The DEALER and GUEST ROOM closes for the night, but we can almost guarantee you that the late night shenanigans will keep most of you awake long past your usual bed time.
7:30pm - MOVIE: ANTFARM DICKHOLE, Bill Zebub’s latest head-scratching comedy masterpiece, begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.
8:00pm - EVENT: It’s time for the GHASTLEE NITE AT THE MOVIES to begin with a little stand-up from CW guest, Beverly Bonner. A. Ghastlee Ghoul has been doing his thing at Cinema Wasteland for ten years now, and besides letting Beverly open the show this time around, he’s got an evening of music, laughs, and interactive games to play with audience members ready to unleash on everyone. Stop on in for a night of Laughs, Prizes and Free Stuff in MOVIE ROOM 1.
9:15pm - MOVIE: It’s the end of the world as we know it when THE COLLAPSED begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.
10:30pm - MOVIE: THE CREMATORS kicks off the nights 16mm drive-in double feature, in MOVIE ROOM 1.
10:45pm - MOVIE: BRAIN DAMAGE continues our Frank Henenlotter film screenings for the weekend in MOVIE ROOM 2.
MIDNIGHT - MOVIE: WILLARD and his pet rats, Ben and Socrates, chew their way through the last of the 16mm drive-in screenings of the night in MOVIE ROOM 1.
12:15am - MOVIE: 555, the campy and low budget 80’s slasher classic is a great way to end the night’s screenings in MOVIE ROOM 2.
SUNDAY (October 2nd):
11:00am - Doors open for all pass holders.
11:30am - MOVIE: THE FRIDAY NIGHT SHORT FILM BLOCK REVISITED! So many fans tend to regularly miss the Friday Night Film Block we’ve decided to start screening it again on Sunday’s when we can. If you’re one of these people who tell us you’re bummed out because you missed part of, most of, or all of the Short Films we screen every show, then here’s one last chance to catch the latest batch of Shorts in MOVIE ROOM 2.
NOON - MOVIE: THE CREMATORS are back to wreck havoc in MOVIE ROOM 1.
1:15pm - MOVIE: Frank Henenlotter’s cult classic, BASKET CASE, makes an encore appearance in MOVIE ROOM 2.
1:30pm - MOVIE: Take cover! BUG bursts into flames for the last time in MOVIE ROOM 1.
3:00pm - MOVIE: FRANKENHOOKER slips on her sexiest purple bullet bra to end the weekend’s film screenings in MOVIE ROOM 2.
3:15pm - MOVIE: WILLARD breaks out his two favorite rats and tears up the 16mm movie screenings for the last time in MOVIE ROOM 1.
5:00pm - Cinema Wasteland officially turns out the lights, bolts the doors, and calls the 20th CW Show weekend another fuzzy memory. Join us next March 30th - April 1st, 2012 when we do it all over again... the Wasteland Way, naturally.
* All events happen in one of two Movie and Guest Rooms. See the map in our Weekend Events Schedule to find out which room the event you’re interested in will be taking place. The schedule of events is available the weekend of the show or you can print this one here and already have it available.
* Events are subject to last minute changes from the posted schedule. See the daily event schedules posted at each Movie Room door for any last minute changes from those printed here.
* All movie screenings are free to anybody, but Cinema Wasteland pass holders reserve the right to actually sit down in a seat before anybody who just wanders in.