Danger!! Scare Films on 16mm
October 10, 2023
Grand Illusion CinemaSeattle, WA
Part of the Grand Illusion Cinema’s year-long 16mm Centennial celebration
An evening-length program of rare 16mm prints of some of the most warped, heavy-handed, and infamous “educational” scare films ever made.
Experience the dark side of educational films: shorts designed to terrify you into “correct behavior!” For decades, scare films served as propaganda for compliance — and as forbidden thrills of the lowest kind. Tonight only, see rare 16mm prints of some of the most warped, heavy-handed, and infamous examples of the genre.
Shocking, lurid, and even stomach-churning, sights you can scarcely endure serve as dire warnings of a horrific fate beyond imagining! Pus-dripping doom from syphilis! The gory splatter of highway crashes! Atomic devastation! The godless threat of Communism! All of this and more could HAPPEN TO YOU!
Warning: this program includes uncensored scenes some may find disturbing. Recommended for mature audiences only!