Kinokwartet: Vampire Empire

1:00 PM The Hunger (Tony Scott, 1983, USA, 97’) 3:00 PM Pura Sangre (Luis Ospina, 1982, Colombia, 99’) 5:00 PM Dracula’s Daughter (Lambert Hillyer, 1936, USA, 68’) 8:30 PM Ganja & Hess (Bill Gun, 1973, USA, 110’) Kinoautomats Kinokwartet pulls you out of the bright sunlight every year toward the comforting darkness of the cinema hall. This time we cordially invite you to a film day to sink your teeth into, with our ode to an immortal film icon. Tijdens Vampire Empire we celebrate the bat-shaped neck-biter in all of their versatility during a four-part screening that flutters through film history. We take flight with the icily cool The Hunger (1983). This debut film by Tony Scott features David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve as stylishly dressed night owls who aura-farm through the centuries. Afterwards, we feast on Louis Ospina’s political parable Pura Sangre (1982). In a poverty-stricken Colombia, the filthy rich Roberto Hurtado seeks an endless stream of blood transfusions. His chauffeur Perfecto stalks the streets looking for impressionable young men. When evening falls, we honor The Queen of the Damned with Dracula’s Daughter (1936). Joke Dheer eagerly sucks sexual allegories out of this Universal horror hit with a queer reading that unearths the prince of darkness from the coffin. Beforehand, we watch the short film You Are a Lesbian Vampire (2008), which drives a stake through the patriarchal influences of the genre. Finally, we wrap ourselves in the moonlight with Ganja & Hess (1973). Using blaxploitation conventions and biting reflections on America's post-colonial condition, this rebellious horror drama brought a fresh blood transfusion to the vampire film. Afterwards, we venture into the (eternal) night together. in collaboration with Kinoautomat