SCREAMBOOK
Dir. Joe Zaso, 1984
United States, 78 min.
In English

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 - 7:30PM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 - 10PM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14 - 7:30PM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 - 5PM

IT WILL TEAR THE SCREAMS RIGHT FROM YOUR THROAT

Joe Zaso's directorial debut at the age of 14, SCREAMBOOK is SOV horror meets high school public access TV experiment. Modeled after anthologies like CREEPSHOW, we're treated to five spooky stories--"Family Reunion," "Tommy," "Secret of the Bottle," "Ye Old Toy Shop," and "Worms"-- all lovingly introduced with construction paper and crude marker-drawn comic covers that match-cut into live action. Silly, glitchy, and charmingly creative, SCREAMBOOK is an essential piece of Long Island cinematic horror history, as well as a textbook example of young auteurs making art by any means necessary.

Screambook is a euphoric thunderclap of surrealism. It’s a voyage to other realms, where cooked spaghetti is a murder weapon and melted Play-Doh is a substitute for monsters.
--Joseph A. Ziemba, Bleeding Skull

Special thanks to Joe Zaso and Curtis Whitear