This was a pleasant surprise, a secret gem. Usually when we watch a new movie, we’ll give it 15 minutes and if it’s no good, we can bail after fifteen minutes, no guilt. You can usually tell if a movie’s any good after 15 minutes. The first shot of Perdita Durango was a full body nude scene with Rosie Perez. We’re in! And tt just goes nuts from there. This is the kind of movie Quentin Tarantino wishes he could make.

Rosie Perez and Javiar Bardem play very bad people who do very bad things. Rosie Perez’s character is also in the movie Wild at Heart, played by Issabella Rossilini. What makes Perdito so good is the couple’s sheer embrace of their evil ways. They are living life to the fullest at its most amoral. With James Gandolfini and, a personal favorite, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins in the cast, there’s no flaw in casting. Plus the intensity of Bardem and Perez’s relationship, they’re often staring down the other while committing atrocities and during sex, is riveting.

The most surprising aspect to me is that we’ve never heard of this one before. Thanks to the boutique movie service KinoCult for acquiring this lesser-known 90’s cult flick.

Check it out.

The Trailer:

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Two new-ish horror movies to stave off The Relentless Christmas Machine. First up, Ti West’s prequel to X, Pearl, followed by the surprise horror hit of October, Smile. Also, new movie trailers and Yay or Nay on new music videos.

This is the Grand Re-Re-opening of The Fiesta 13

Here’s what’s new:

FOUR BRAND NEW RED LEATHER THEATER CHAIRS! Better than your local crappy corporate theater chairs.

REMASTERED DOLBY ATMOS SOUND! We’re about 80 percent there in finishing THE PERFECT SOUND MIX! We even talked to our neighbors & they don’t care how loud it gets. SO, LET’S BLOW OUT THE WINDOWS @ EVERY SHOWING!

A 160-INCH SCREEN IN 4K! The picture fills your whole vision.

A GREAT NEW RUG! It’s red. Matches the chairs.

THE CLEANEST BATHROOM SO FAR! We’ve been peeing sitting down. THAT’S HOW DEDICATED WE ARE TO A GREAT MOVIE EXPERIENCE!

THC-O GUMMIES! FOOD! DRINKS! CHARGE YOUR DEVICES WHILE YOU WATCH! A CUP HOLDER & TABLE FOR EVERY PATRON! YOUR OWN X-BOX ONE CONTROLLER FOR GAMING. YOUR OWN HAND TOWEL! To paraphrase Ford Dent, a good (hand) towel is all you need.

CHARLEY THE CAT! Friendlier than ever!

We hope you’ll become a Patron today. E-mail tessa@gebryan.com to become a Patron. It’s free. (You could bring food to eat and leave in appreciation.)

We hope to expand to five or six events a week with up to 6 people per showing. The first 3 to 4 Patrons to let me know they’re coming get all the goodies! Everyone else gets a single chair, that’s it. So, don’t snooze, so you don’t lose!

The Movies & Trailers:

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The Fiesta 13 1980’s Horror Movie Challenge #15: Dead Kids (1981) (Arrow)

62 1980’s Horror Movies in 62 Days. (Probably Not)

What’s making our heros into murderous psychopaths?

With Australia subbing for the U.S., this one falls squarely into The “All The Kids Have Turned Bad” genre of horror movies. See Black Roses.

Top-notch acting from the whole cast including Oscar Winner Louise Fletcher and a slightly shaggy dog storytelling style spackles over the slow beginning. The latter half, to us, has a Shock Treatment (1981) feeling. Some of the ending is predictable, but we were already invested at that point and there were some nice twists mid-movie.

Pretty good.

The Trailer:

The Fiesta 13 1980’s Horror Movie Challenge OctoVember Challenge may soon turn into The Fiesta 13 1980’s Horror Movie Whenever We Can Finish 62 1980’s Horror Movies Challenge.

62 1980’s Horror Movies. Period.

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