Cinema Wasteland Movie and Memorabilia Expo
April 9th, 10th & 11th 2010

Since our very first show back in September of 2000, Cinema Wasteland has guaranteed everyone through the door more films and events than any one fan can attend over the course of the weekend. 17 shows later, we still feel that way. We’ve got over 60 hours worth of programing scheduled for April’s show, so decide what you want to do most and start plotting out your weekend now.
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 (April 9th):

4:30pm - 3-Day Pass holders admitted.

4:30pm - MOVIE: Don’t just stand in the lobby waiting for 5:00pm to roll around. A collection of DRIVE-IN MOVIE TRAILERS begin in MOVIE ROOM 2.

5:00pm - Doors Open to Single Day Pass holders. Show officially opens.

6:00pm - MOVIE: Director Robert Wise’s haunted house classic, THE HAUNTING, kicks off the weekend screenings in MOVIE ROOM 2.

6:15pm - MOVIE: ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER THEATER, a collection of oddball shorts on 16mm film, kicks off the film room screenings in MOVIE ROOM 1.

8:00pm - GUEST: Our “I Was a Zombie in a George Romero Film” panel begins. It’s time to kick off the weekend guest talks right when everybody except the attending Zombi 2 cast members meet up to discuss being a featured zombie in a George Romero film with fans in MOVIE ROOM 1.

8:00pm - Our FRIDAY NIGHT SHORT FILM BLOCK begins in MOVIE ROOM 2. We’ve got three great shorts and a zombie themed music video on tap for fans tonight, presented in the following order: DO NOT DISTURB (2009), PIPE WRENCH (2009), BRAINS (the music video) and ICE CREAM SUNDAY (2009). As stated, catch ‘em all in MOVIE ROOM 2.

9:00pm - MOVIE: What do dead drifters and zombies have to do with each other? Catch VICTOR JULIET’S DIRECTOR’S CUT to find out; in MOVIE ROOM 2.

9:30pm - MOVIE: Director Bert I. Gordon’s big monster Drive-In classic, EARTH VS. THE SPIDER, begins 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 one and a little snack and join us for a movie, find yourself a party to attend, or meet up with friends in the bar. The choice is yours, so enjoy your night.

10:30pm - MOVIE: Italian zombie movie homage (and part one of our two night event), ZOMBIE ABOMINATION: The Italian Zombie Movie Part 1, begins in MOVIE ROOM 2 with an introduction from director Tom Berdinski (as well as a little Q&A time afterwards.) Don’t miss Part Two tomorrow night! Same time, same Film Room!

11:00pm - MOVIE: Oh no, it’s a collection of HEALTH, HYGIENE and BURLESQUE shorts on 16mm film in MOVIE ROOM 1. Can you stand it?!

12:30am - MOVIE: Our 2nd Bert I. Gordon big bug 16mm feature film of the night, EMPIRE OF THE ANTS, winds down the screenings for the night in MOVIE ROOM 1.

12:30am - MOVIE: Mad doctors, disembowelments, assorted eye gouging, cannibals, zombies, and bad english dubbing all combine to make DOCTOR BUTCHER M.D. one helluva fun ride. Catch it as it closes out the night’s screenings in MOVIE ROOM 2.

SATURDAY (April 10th):

9:45am - SHORT STUFF: Start your day the wasteland cartoon way. Leave the kids at home as a collection of “adult themed” cartoons begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.

10:00am - Doors Open for all pass holders.

10:30am - MOVIE: Saturday morning “Hangover Theater” kicks off with Jack Arnold’s sci-fi ‘n horror classic, TARANTULA, on 16mm film. Grab your coffee... or a morning beer, and head off to MOVIE ROOM 1.

11:00am - 42nd Street Pete’s SATURDAY MORNING HARDCORE WRESTLING HOUR begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.

NOON - Son of Ghoul’s 3 STOOGES AT NOON features the silly short, THE SINGLE GUN THEORY, along with the boys scenes from the feature film, TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM (1941), as well as classic Curly shorts: WOMAN HATERS (1934) and VIOLENT IS THE WORD FOR CURLY (1938). Three Stooges on real 16mm film will follow Saturday morning’s “Hangover Theater” movie in MOVIE ROOM 1.

12:30pm - MOVIE: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: REANIMATED, a telling of Romero’s classic zombie trend setter using various types of animation in place of actors, begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.

1:30pm - MOVIE: Lucio Fulci’s cult classic, ZOMBIE (aka Zombi 2) begins in MOVIE ROOM 1.

2:15pm - MOVIE: Beware the chemical tainted corn, for it will turn you into a zombie in WELCOME TO DEER CREEK, beginning in MOVIE ROOM 2.

3:15pm - GUEST: Our attending cast and crew from Lucio Fulci’s ZOMBIE (Zombi 2) will meet up with fans to talk all things zombie related after the movie’s screening in MOVIE ROOM 1.

3:45pm - MOVIE: Crude, campy, juvenile and politically incorrect! It’s got to be the short feature, I SPIT CHEW ON YOUR GRAVE, beginning in MOVIE ROOM 2.

4:45pm - EVENT: It’s time for “TALES FROM TIMES SQUARE 2” with CW’s resident cult, adult, ‘n sleaze go-to-historian-kind-of-guy, 42nd Street Pete, (and the usual band of blowhards... ah, experts). Why not pop in and see what kind of tales we tell about hookers, the heyday of New York’s 42nd Street, as well as the Drive-In scene around Cleveland and more, in MOVIE ROOM 1.

5:00pm - MOVIE: Ain’t no place to hide from FAST ZOMBIES WITH GUNS! This indy feature begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.

7:00pm - The DEALER and GUEST ROOM closes for the night, but we can almost guarantee you that the late night party and shenanigans will keep most of you awake until way past your usual bedtime.

7:00pm - MOVIE: NIGHT OF THE PUMPKIN, movie maker Bill Zebub’s latest horror outing, begins in MOVIE ROOM 2.

8:00pm - EVENT: It’s time for another GHASTLEE NITE AT THE MOVIES, with your host, A. Ghastlee Ghoul. It’s “Zombie Night” tonight, and we’ve got an evening full of music, laughs, and plenty of interactive zombie themed games with the audience ready to roll. We’ve got plenty of prizes and free stuff to give away too, so how can you go wrong!? It all happens in MOVIE ROOM 1.

8:30pm - MOVIE: Baltimore lensed zombie flick, DEADLANDS 2: TRAPPED, begins with an introduction by star (and CW guest) Jim Krut, who can also come out after the film to answer a few questions from you attending fans if he so desires. Check it all out in MOVIE ROOM 2.

10:30pm - MOVIE: ZOMBIE ATROCITY: The Italian Zombie Movie Part 2, our featured Italian zombie movie homage, continues in MOVIE ROOM 2. Again, we’ll have director Tom Berdinski and a couple cast members available both before and after the screening. Don’t miss it in MOVIE ROOM 2.

10:45pm - MOVIE: Director Bill Rebane’s cult horror flick, THE DEMONS OF LUDLOW, begins in MOVIE ROOM 1.

12:30am - MOVIE: James Cameron’s gory and fun flying fish spectacular, PIRANHA 2: THE SPAWNING, will close out the night’s screenings in MOVIE ROOM 1.

12:30am - MOVIE: It’s wild, wacky, head-scratchingly weird and has plenty of flesh eating zombies running after CW guests Beatrice Ring and Ottaviano Dell’Acqua. It’s ZOMBI 3. And it’s screening in MOVIE ROOM 1 right now!

SUNDAY (April 11th):

11:00am - Doors open for all pass holders.

11:45am - MOVIE: Where can you find mad doctors, disembowelments, eye gouging, cannibals, and zombies all in the same movie? Why in DOCTOR BUTCHER M.D. (aka Zombi Holocaust), naturally. You’ll find the ol’ Doc kicking off Sunday’s movie screenings in MOVIE ROOM 2.

NOON - MOVIE: Missing kids, giant rope webs, and plenty of dynamite! That can only mean one thing. Bert I. Gordon’s EARTH VS. THE SPIDER is kicking off our Sunday afternoon “Mr. B.I.G. Insect Double Feature!” Catch The Spider if you can, in MOVIE ROOM 1.

1:30pm - MOVIE: We round out our Bert I. Gordon Sunday afternoon “insect double feature” with EMPIRE OF THE ANTS. Catch it in MOVIE ROOM 1.

1:30pm - Really, never seen it before? Then don’t miss Lucio Fulci’s ZOMBIE (Zombi 2) as it rears its maggot infested head, in MOVIE ROOM 2.

3:00PM - MOVIE: Beware flying fish... Especially the ones that bite! James Cameron’s PIRANHA 2: THE SPAWNING ends the weekend screenings in MOVIE ROOM 1.

3:15pm - MOVIE: ZOMBI 3 springs back to life long enough to end the weekend film screenings in MOVIE ROOM 2.

5:00pm - Cinema Wasteland’s “Spring Spectacular” 2010 officially turns out the lights and bolts the door. Join us this October 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2010 as we continue to celebrate the late 50s through 80s Drive-In and Grindhouses the only way we know how to... The Wasteland way.


* 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.
* 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. We love our fans way more than some cheap bastard looking to watch a free movie.