Overtime Updates

Doctor "S" is the guy you want with you during a zombie outbreak

Our friends at the Overtime Theater have moved their operations to the Blue Star Arts Complex (1414 S. Alamo, Suite 103.) in Southtown so they are mixing up their schedule a little.

First things first. If you missed out on seeing Dr. “S” Battles the Sex Crazed Reefer Zombies, head over to the Overtime Saturday night (Novemeber 14th) at 10:00 for an exclusive showing of this undead farce. Film Classics Productions has had lots of success showing the good doctor around the film festival circuit, but it’s nice to be home. Stop by and see this ”lovingly crafted and utterly bizarre homage to the wrong end of drive-in cinema and midnight movies.” If you like the title, odds are you’ll love the movie. Admission is free, but donations are accepted.

We’ve also got updated listings for Schadenfreuden Movie Night. Saturdays at Midnight you can catch a selection from the vaults of John Poole’s Schadenfreuden collection — some of the weirdest movies the planet has ever seen. Each of these movies will challenge your senses, your sanity and your personal philosophy. YOU COULD GO MAD!!! Some are odd, some are just bad, some are a combination of both. But each film is unique, and will be shown in glorious SchadenScope! Free, with suggested viewing donation of $5. BYOB.

Check after the jump for the listings…

Movie Listings:

• Nov. 14 – INDECENT DESIRES (1967) (Adults Only). A disturbing film from sexploitation queen Doris Wishman, in which a young man finds a voodoo doll that lets him control his objects of desire…
• Nov. 21 – METROPOLIS (1927), the Giorgio Moroder version (1984). Fritz Lang’s brilliant and prophetic sci-fi movie from 1927, set to Moroder’s great collection of rock tracks including songs from Freddie Mercury, Pat Benatar, Jon Anderson, Adam Ant, Billy Squier.
• Nov. 28 – COTTONPICKIN’ CHICKENPLUCKERS (1967). From imdb.com: “Darby Clyde Fenster and Jerry Martin are a pair of penniless nincompoop-drifters who hop a freight and they’re on their way to Florida. Our intrepid heroes find themselves facing one comic situation after another in this gloriously loopy Southern fried comedy-with-music. Their troubles only begin when they pass by a chicken farm and are overtaken by their pangs of hunger. They sneak into the hen house and haplessly attempt to nab some birds. What comes next is positively too goofy to describe! The film is crammed with a pleasing blend of down-home humor and finger-popping country music.”

Buddha Swings!

You may also want to check out BUDDHA SWINGS! 8 pm Fridays and Saturdays, November 13 – November 28.

The hit musical about Buddha’s life story returns! Because they are still renovating the new place in the Blue Star, the Overtime Theater Company will perform the show for a short, 3-week run in the cozy Zumbro Tiki Lounge at the Cameo Theatre.

The story of Buddha is told through 1940’s big band music, energetic swing-dance choreography, and colorful costumes. Imagine young Siddhartha Gautama as he attains enlightenment, becomes Buddha, and instructs his followers as they swing their way through horn-heavy numbers along the Noble Eightfold Path, and reach, ultimately, the end of all suffering. Buddha Swings! includes parodies of several big band favorites, including Rum & Coca-Cola, Minnie the Moocher, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, and others. 8 pm Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 28. $15 general admission, $12 for teachers, students with current ID and seniors 65+. Location and contact info: 1123 E. Commerce, Cameo Theatre. Please call (210) 325-8702 for ticket info and reservations.