REEL TIME: Secret Cinema gets spooky

Secret Cinema in its spookiest location to date: Philly's historic Laurel Hill Cemetery!

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REEL TIME: Secret Cinema gets spooky

POSTED: Thursday, July 12, 2012, 10:00 AM

Filed Under: Events | Movies

Of all films ever made, some are deemed “classics,” available on Netflix and endlessly rebroadcasted on ABC Family, while others — due to low-budge production, scandalous scenes and/or amateur acting — never make it beyond their initial screening, falling to the wayside and effectively exiting from the repertoire of seeable films.

Film collector Jay Scwhartz has set out to remedy the situation, screening B-, C- and even D-list movies for curious audiences who don't want to go through all the trouble of finding old VHS tapes for what could end up being a diamond in the rough. They leave that to Schwartz, whose Secret Cinema project began in 1992, showing films anywhere from private living rooms to vaudeville-style theaters. Not suprisingly, the films range from “quirky” to outright bizarre, and Schwartz has been finding more and more appropriately strange venues in which to show them.

Tomorrow's edition might be his most eccentric setting to date: In honor of Friday the 13th, Secret Cinema will screen outside at 9 p.m. in Philly's historic Laurel Hill Cemetery (3822 Ridge Ave.). Sitting high above the Schuykill River, the 176-year-old graveyard provides a deliciously spooky setting. Come prepared with a blanket, a brewsky and and $10.

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