In January and February Z-inema‘s program is all about the 1980s. It begins with the award-winning New Zealand apocalyptic homage TURBO KID (January 19th) about “The Kid,“ who knows how to defend himself against the evil warlord in the desert with his BMX bike. In February Don Coscarelli‘s surrealist horror film PHANTASM (1.2) a creepy mortician from another dimension has beef with an ice cream seller and his friends. A week later (8.2.) the even more extreme sequel will be screened.
THE TOXIC AVENGER (15.2.) may not have quite the budget of the similar CAPTAIN AMERICA but the origin story of Troma's greatest superhero (Sorry, Sgt. Kabukiman.) makes up for that with delightful tastelessness. The last film in the series is FRANKENHOOKER (22.2) in which a talented hobby surgeon sews together a woman who is more attractive and considerably more explosive than Mary Shelley‘s creature.

And in the middle of all this the Newborn Short Film Festival will present its 7th edition on January 25th.