This week at The Film Club we’re kicking off October with a new theme, Horror Comedies! To start this month of comedies we’re talking about an oldie but a goodie, Arsenic and Old Lace. The film follows Mortimer Brewster a writer and notorious denouncer of marriage has fallen in love with his neighbor Elaine and is secretly eloping with her on Halloween. After the newlyweds tie the knot they return home to pack for their honeymoon as well as tell their families their exciting news when Mortimer discovers his aunts who raised him since childhood have been hiding a secret from him. While packing Mortimer finds a corpse hidden in the house, bewildered he desperately tries to figure out how the body ended up in the home and the truth is unbelievable. Join us for this hilarious ride as we dive into the world of Arsenic and Old Lace.

This week at The Film Club we are concluding David Lynch month with a guest episode talking about a film that’s regarded as one of Lynch’s finest films, Mulholland Drive. The film takes place in the Hollywood Hills where a woman survives a deadly car crash, though she has minor injuries she does forget her identity. She makes the long treck back to Los Angeles on foot and sees a woman finishing the final touches of moving out of her apartment. The dazed woman seizes her opportunity to sneak into the newly vacant apartment for safety however she doesn’t realize that she isn’t alone. An aspiring actress named Betty Elms has just arrived in Los Angeles and is on her way to move into her aunt’s vacant apartment and discovers there is a stranger in the apartment. After the shock of discovering each other in the apartment the dazed woman quickly explains that she’s been in an accident and can’t remember who she is. Betty is determined to help the dazed woman and things take a turn when Betty finds a stack of cash and mysterious blue key in the dazed woman’s purse. Join us as we dive into the world of Mulholland Drive.

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the romantic crime drama, Wild at Heart. The film tells the story of star crossed lovers Sailor and Lula who are torn away from each other when Sailor goes to jail after killing a man who was attacking him with a knife. Lula’s mother was the person who hired the knife wielding man because she wanted Sailor out of her daughter’s life forever but Lula’s love for Sailor is unbreakable and she is there waiting for him when he’s finally released from jail. To make Lula happy Sailor decides to break his probation and travel cross country to take Lula to California. This journey becomes more treacherous when the lovers not only have to evade the police but also a private detective that Lula’s mother hires to track them down and bring Lula home. Things become more dangerous for all the parties involved when Lula’s mother in a state of hysteria also hires a gangster to kill Sailor in case the private detective can’t find the couple fast enough. Join us for this wild ride as we dive into the world of Wild at Heart.

This week at The Film Club we have a guest episode and we’re talking about the Neo-Noir mystery film, Blue Velvet. The film follows Jeffrey Beaumont a college student who has returned to his hometown of Lumberton, North Carolina after his father suffers a massive heart attack. While walking home from the hospital Jeffrey discovers a severed human ear in an abandoned lot, Jeffrey then decides to take the ear to the local police department. After depositing the ear at the police station Jeffrey learns from a detective’s daughter (Sandy Williams) that the ear is related to a lounge singer named Dorthy Vallens. Jeffrey needs to know how Dorthy is connected and he concocts a plan to break into her apartment to look for evidence. While Jeffrey is in Dorthy’s apartment searching for clues Sandy is being the lookout but unfortunately Jeffrey doesn’t hear her warning signal as Dorthy returns back home. Join us as we dive into the world of Blue Velvet.

This week at The Film Club we’re celebrating the month of September Dean’s birthday month with one of his favorite Directors! September is all about David Lynch movies and we’re starting off the month with one of his greatest films, The Elephant Man. The film takes place in late 19th century London where we meet surgeon Frederick Treves who is wandering through a Victorian Freak Show and comes across an exhibit that is being guarded by police. Frederick pays the owner of the exhibit to see “The Elephant Man” and discovers John Merrick who is severely deformed and being abused by Mr. Bytes the exhibit owner. Frederick is able to convince Mr. Bytes to let him take John to his hospital so he can receive an examination, Bytes becomes enraged when John returns to him and beats him so badly Bytes is forced to return John to Frederick’s hospital. While John is recovering at the hospital Frederick learns that John is able to speak and write. John comes out of his shell more as time passes and begins encountering people of high society who have read about his story in the newspaper. Although it’s not just high society that have read about John, a man named Jim is a night porter at the hospital and begins to torment John while concocting a plan to charge people from his local pub to see John in his hospital apartment. This plan by Jim is overheard by Mr. Bytes and he uses this opportunity to kidnap John. Frederick discovers that John is missing and begins his hunt to bring John back home. Join us for this emotional guest episode as we dive into the world of The Elephant Man.

This week at The Film Club we’re concluding our Mummy Franchise Month with the film that was supposed to be the beginning of the Dark Universe, The Mummy (the Tom Cruise one; not the 1999 cinematic classic). The film takes place in present day London where a construction crew discovers a lost tomb of Crusader Knights and amongst the crusaders is an Egyptian Ruby belonging to an Egyptian Princess named Ahmanent. Princess Ahmanent’s tomb is discovered in Iraq by U.S. Army Sergeant Nick Morton and Corporal Chris Vail who also happen to be treasure hunters. While exploring the tomb of Ahmanet they’re joined by Archaeologist Jenny Halsey who has history with Nick. While exploring the tomb Nick sets off a trap and accidentally brings Ahmanet back to life and even worse gets Chris possessed while getting himself cursed into doing Ahmanet’s bidding. Join us as we dive into the world of The Mummy 2017.

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about the final installment of The Mummy Trilogy, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The film takes place a decade after the events of The Mummy Returns, we learn that Rick and Evie have retired from adventuring. Their son Alex is on an archaeological dig and helps discover The Dragon Emperor’s tomb. While exploring the tomb traps are set off killing people apart of the dig and Alex encounters a mysterious woman who is trying to keep the emperor concealed from the archaeologists. Rick and Evie are now on their way to Shanghai to deliver an ancient artifact called The Eye of Shangri-La. When Rick and Evie land they decide to visit Evie’s brother Jonathan who happens to own a nightclub in Shanghai that’s named “Imhotep” and to their surprise they run into their son Alex who has a strained relationship with them. Things take a fast turn when the O’Connells discover they’ve been set up to not only find the resting place of the Emperor but also the artifact they brought to Shanghai was a tool to waking up the Emperor. Join us as we dive into the world of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

This week at The Film Club we’re talking about The Mummy Returns the sequel to the 1999 classic The Mummy. The Mummy Returns takes place ten years after the events of The Mummy, Rick O’Connell and Evie Carnahan (now O’Connell) are married with a son named Alex. The O’Connell family are explorers who travel and explore ancient ruins however during their latest exploration they discover the Bracelet of Anubis. The Bracelet of Anubis was worn by the Scorpion King which gave him the power of control over Anubis’ Army. What Rick and Evie don’t know is that they aren’t the only ones looking for the bracelet and when they arrive home after their exploration they’re surprised with an attack by a cult who is determined to raise Imhotep from the dead so he can defeat the Scorpion King. During this cult attack Rick and Evie’s son Alex is kidnapped by the cult and is being taken to the long lost ancient temple of the Scorpion King. Join us for this fun guest episode as we dive into the world of The Mummy Returns.

This month at The Film Club we’re talking about The Mummy Franchise! And this week we’re going back to Hamunaptra and talking about the 1999 classic The Mummy. The film tells the story of Imhotep a high priest in Ancient Egypt who falls in love with Anck-su-namun the fiancé of the Pharaoh Seti I and when caught the lovers kill the Pharaoh. Imoteph is put to death and cursed, this leaves the Medjai to protect Imhoteph’s resting place so he cannot be brought back to life. We jump to the 1920s when treasure hunters are pursuing the city of the dead Hamunaptra and they aren’t the only ones headed to the city of the dead Evelyn and her brother Jonathan Carnahan are also making the trek to Hamunaptra after Jonathan steals an accent key with a map to the cursed city. After the map is partially destroyed Jonathan knows who to contract to get him and his sister to Hamunaptra an adventurer named Rick O’ Connell who was the original owner of the key and has been to Hamunaptra before with the French Foreign Legion. Join us for this special guest episode as we dive into the world of The Mummy.

This week at The Film Club we’re concluding Foreign Films Month with a guest episode that discusses the sci-fi epic that is Stalker. Stalker directed by Andrei Tarkovsky tells the story of a man who acts as a Stalker leading people to a forbidden extraterrestrial place called the Zone. In the zone there’s a building called the Room that allegedly grants wishes to those who enter. The stalker has been to the zone many times and survived his journeys and despite his wife’s pleas he goes back to the zone again to guide two men, the Writer and the Professor. The three survive soldiers, traps, and more danger which leads them to the room. But will their wishes come true? Join us as we dive into the world of Stalker.