 When: Saturday, June 21st at 9:00am-4:00pm Where: OKC FAIRGROUNDS, Hobbies, Arts, & Crafts Building, 3100 General Pershing Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK Price: $5.00 at the door. Kids 12 and Under are FREE! Come join us on June 21st at the OKC Toy Extravaganza Show, where we'll be hosting some of Oklahoma best toy and collectible vendors. Whether you're looking for toys, comics, cards, or collectibles, there's something for everyone. Don't miss out on this exciting event! VHSANDCHILL OKC will also be hosting FREE Cartoon Screenings on original VHS! All Ages are Welcome!
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 When: Thursday, June 19th at 7:00pm Where: Bookish, 1005 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK Price: FREE! 2025 is here and VHSANDCHILL OKC is resurrecting one of our classic screening series from days past - VHS GRINDHOUSE is back! VHS GRINDHOUSE is a series of classic films that may or may not be the greatest films ever made! This VHS delights are pulled straight from the VHSANDCHILL OKC collection. Movies that DESERVE their day in court for the crimes committed TO them or BY them! These films will scream from the heavens the madness that is their message! We'll also have a fun giveaway! A mild-mannered chemist (Nicolas Cage) and an ex-con (Sean Connery) must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general (Ed Harris), threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco. Another 1996 banger, but this time it was an actual summer blockbuster hit! This MTV Movie Awards nominee for Best Movie, on a budget of $75 million, earned over $335 million worldwide! Directed by Michael Bay himself, this movie's supporting cast is absolutely STACKED! Tony Todd, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe, John Spencer, David Morse, John C. McGinley, Bokeem Woodbine, and Claire Forlani! It was also voted by YOU to be the film we're going to watch in June. Somehow this beat Lawnmower Man 2... "Look, I'm just a biochemist. Most of the time, I work in a little glass jar and lead a very uneventful life. I drive a Volvo, a beige one. But what I'm dealing with here is one of the deadliest substances the earth has ever known, so what say you cut me some FRIGGIN' SLACK?" - Stanley Goodspeed **PRESENTED ON ORIGINAL VHS IN GLORIOUS PAN & SCAN** Bookish has onsite beverages and treats by Caboose Coffee! Bookish is Oklahoma City's only locally owned used bookstore. They're located at 1005 NW 36th St, right off of Western. DOORS OPEN @ 7:00PM, SHOW STARTS @ 7:30PM  CHECK SOME OF THE FUN MOVIE SHENANIGANS GOING ON IN OKC THIS MAY!
 When: Thursday, May 15th at 7:00pm Where: Bookish, 1005 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK Price: FREE! 2025 is here and VHSANDCHILL OKC is resurrecting one of our classic screening series from days past - VHS GRINDHOUSE is back! VHS GRINDHOUSE is a series of classic films that may or may not be the greatest films ever made! This VHS delights are pulled straight from the VHSANDCHILL OKC collection. Movies that DESERVE their day in court for the crimes committed TO them or BY them! These films will scream from the heavens the madness that is their message! We'll also have a fun giveaway! Three generations of the same family deal with the consequences of unleashing the forces of hell. In 18th-century France, Paul L'Merchant (Bruce Ramsay) works as a toymaker until he's coerced into creating a box that serves as a portal between hell and Earth. The box summons demonic Angelique (Valentina Vargas) and Pinhead (Doug Bradley), who -- 200 years later -- hunt down John Merchant (Bruce Ramsay). Then, centuries later, Phillip Merchant (also Ramsay) prepares for a final confrontation. 1996 drops the 4th film in a beloved horror franchise. This was the last of this series that was released theatrically. It was also the last one (until the 2022 remake) that officially involved series creator Clive Barker. This movie brought the series to an epic level and has been praised as looking at Pinhead as a galactic-level threat. It had a terribly troubled production, with studio rewrites and edits. It was panned by critics and audiences alike. It was also voted by YOU to be the film we're going to watch in May. Featuring a battle that rages across time, Adam Scott's first major film role, and more spikes and chains than you would ever want! 1996 delivers again as possibly one of the best year of film in history! "What you think of as pain is a shadow. Pain has a face. Allow me to show it to you." **PRESENTED ON ORIGINAL VHS IN GLORIOUS PAN & SCAN** Bookish has onsite beverages and treats by Caboose Coffee! Bookish is Oklahoma City's only locally owned used bookstore. They're located at 1005 NW 36th St, right off of Western. DOORS OPEN @ 7:00PM, SHOW STARTS @ 7:30PM  CHECK SOME OF THE FUN MOVIE SHENANIGANS GOING ON IN OKC THIS APRIL!
 When: Thursday, April 17th at 7:00pm Where: Bookish, 1005 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK Price: FREE! 2025 is here and VHSANDCHILL OKC is resurrecting one of our classic screening series from days past - VHS GRINDHOUSE is back! VHS GRINDHOUSE is a series of classic films that may or may not be the greatest films ever made! This VHS delights are pulled straight from the VHSANDCHILL OKC collection. Movies that DESERVE their day in court for the crimes committed TO them or BY them! These films will scream from the heavens the madness that is their message! It is the future; the year is 2013 and Snake Plissken is back at it! With a superweapon in the hands of revolutionaries, it's up to Snake to retrieve the weapon and save the civilized world as we know it and he only has 10 hours to do infiltrate a post apocalyptic L.A. to do so! A sequel from the year 1996 and one that definitely had some big shoes to fill, this movie opened to 50/50 critical reviews. Though, the director, John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from N.Y.), prefers this one to the original. Featuring a cast including Kurt Russell (Escape from N.Y.), Stacey Keach, Steve Buscemi, and Peter Fonda, with Pam Grier and Bruce Campbell! Often missunderstood, this classic sequel pushes those 90's film to the absolute limits of their budget! Featuring hang gliders, surfing, cannibals and more! This movie oozes 90's in the most wonderful ways! "One question: which one of you assholes gets to die trying to stick me?" **PRESENTED ON ORIGINAL VHS IN GLORIOUS PAN & SCAN** Bookish has onsite beverages and treats by Caboose Coffee! Bookish is Oklahoma City's only locally owned used bookstore. They're located at 1005 NW 36th St, right off of Western. DOORS OPEN @ 7:00PM, SHOW STARTS @ 7:30PM  When: Thursday, March 20th at 7:00pm Where: Bookish, 1005 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK Price: FREE! 2025 is here and VHSANDCHILL OKC is resurrecting one of our classic screening series from days past - VHS GRINDHOUSE is back! VHS GRINDHOUSE is a series of classic films that may or may not be the greatest films ever made! This VHS delights are pulled straight from the VHSANDCHILL OKC collection. Movies that DESERVE their day in court for the crimes committed TO them or BY them! These films will scream from the heavens the madness that is their message! In the future, one thing stands between the annihilation of Earth by out-of-control Cyborgs - TRUCKERS IN SPACE! It's up to a ragtag group of weary working-class heroes to save us all! 1996 is spitting more fire with this delightful straight-to-home video release! From famed director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, Robot Jox, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Fortress), this sci-fi extravaganza stars the likes of Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorf, Debi Mazar, Charles Dance, George Wendt, and Barbara Crampton! Unfortunately, never getting a theatrical release delegated this to home video obscurity. Let's help give this movie the proper fandom it deserves! This film has space pirates, square pigs, space waitresses, and killer robots! It's an experience that ABSOLUTELY must be seen with a group of friends, in a quiet, little independent bookshop, obviously. "I pray you allow me a few moments to coordinate my seldom-used reproductive sequencer." **PRESENTED ON ORIGINAL VHS IN GLORIOUS PAN & SCAN** Bookish has onsite beverages and treats by Caboose Coffee! Bookish is Oklahoma City's only locally owned used bookstore. They're located at 1005 NW 36th St, right off of Western. DOORS OPEN @ 7:00PM, SHOW STARTS @ 7:30PM  When: Tuesday, February 25th at 7:00pm Where: Bookish, 1005 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK Price: FREE! 2025 is here and VHSANDCHILL OKC is resurrecting one of our classic screening series from days past - VHS GRINDHOUSE is back! VHS GRINDHOUSE is a series of classic films that may or may not be the greatest films ever made! This VHS delights are pulled straight from the VHSANDCHILL OKC collection. Movies that DESERVE their day in court for the crimes committed TO them or BY them! These films will scream from the heavens the madness that is their message! It's the year 2078 and we're joining actor Peter Weller (Robocop) as he leads a rag-tag group of exhausted soldiers, tired of fighting a long war on a far away mining colony when a new, dangerous machine enemy becomes far more deadly than expected! Another swing and a miss from 1995. We're given a war weary future with holograms that cast shadows, anti-radiation cigarettes, rock bugs, and a gratuitous sponge bath scene! This movie is based on the Phillip K. Dick (Blade Runner, Total Recall) short story 'Second Variety' and tells another story of technology gone awry. With a $20 million dollar budget, it flopped hard. Let's see if 1995 was wrong again! So let's gather and join the soldiers of Sirius 6B as they fight for their lives against an uncaring, constantly evolving inhuman enemy! "If you're gonna be a rock, be a rock; don't be a bug!" **PRESENTED ON ORIGINAL VHS IN GLORIOUS PAN & SCAN** Bookish has onsite beverages and treats by Caboose Coffee! Bookish is Oklahoma City's only locally owned used bookstore. They're located at 1005 NW 36th St, right off of Western. DOORS OPEN @ 7:00PM, SHOW STARTS @ 7:30PM  When: Thursday, January 30th at 7:00pm Where: Bookish, 1005 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK Price: FREE! 2025 is here and VHSANDCHILL OKC is resurrecting one of our classic screening series from days past - VHS GRINDHOUSE is back! VHS GRINDHOUSE is a series of classic films that may or may not be the greatest films ever made! This VHS delights are pulled straight from the VHSANDCHILL OKC collection. Movies that DESERVE their day in court for the crimes committed TO them or BY them! These films will scream from the heavens the madness that is their message! In the spring of 1995, director Rachel Talalay (Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare) tried to bring us a vision that we were not ready for. This was a comic book adaptation like no other. The source material is so hallowed and an absolute jumble of genres and metafiction, that she may as well had tried to touch the sun. This film stood no chance at the 90's box office. Opening alongside movies like Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump. This psychedelic punk, anti-establishment opus was just ahead of its time. So here, in the magical future year of 2024, we will gather in a small independent bookstore and bath ourselves in a killer soundtrack and bare witness to simple story - about a girl and her tank. Starring Lori Petty, Naomi Watts, Malcom, McDowell, and Ice-T as a supersolder created from human and kangaroo DNA named T-Saint (I kid you not!) "Look, if you want to torture me, spank me, lick me, do it. But if this poetry shit continues, shoot me now, please." **PRESENTED ON ORIGINAL VHS IN GLORIOUS PAN & SCAN** Bookish has onsite beverages and treats by Caboose Coffee! Bookish is Oklahoma City's only locally owned used bookstore. They're located at 1005 NW 36th St, right off of Western. DOORS OPEN @ 7:00PM, SHOW STARTS @ 7:30PM 
“Tell me everything you remember about the True Cross.” It’s January, 1993. Screenwriter Walon Green turns in a script for a film titled CRUSADE. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and director Paul Verhoeven sign on the dotted line. I am 12 years old. It is November, 1993. Carolco Pictures agrees to finance the film for $100 million dollars. Verhoeven is location scouting in Spain and begins building sets. Robert Duvall, Jennifer Connelly, John Turturro, and Christopher McDonald are all cast and eager to start production. Contracts are signed. Less than a year later, filming will begin. Schwarzenegger and Verhoeven have a final budget meeting with the studio. They are nervous about the costs. They ask for a guarantee. The Dutch filmmaker was going to object, but is kicked under the table by Arnold and agrees to the guarantee. Everyone at the table knows there’s no guarantees in this business. The green light is given. It is May, 1994. One of the largest studio productions begins filming. Lighting is captured in a bottle. I am now 13 years old. The Flintstones is the #1 movie in America. CRUSADE goes over budget. The studio feels fear as the demands from Verhoeven and Schwarzenegger grow, shattering the budget they had previously agreed on. It’s not the last time they will ask for more money. A scathing report is published by the Hollywood Reporter, calling CRUSADE the Titanic of movies. They speculate the movie will destroy the studio and bankrupt the investors. A few days later Arnold will do a TV interview calling for calm and promising a movie like no other before vanishing back to Spain. They call it ‘Arnie’s CRUSADE for the Lost Box Office’. They explain that the movie would have to be the highest grossing film of all time to break even. The public is frothing at the mouth for Verhoeven and Schwarzeneggers’ metaphorical blood. In July of 1995, CRUSADE opens to worldwide critical and box office acclaim. It breaks all previous records. CRUSADE fever sweeps the nation. After an astounding 10 months in theaters, CRUSADE leaves theaters. I see it 6 times at my local cinema. I am 14 years old. Paul Verhoeven and Arnold Schwarzenegger get 10 nominations and win 7 Oscars at the 68th Academy Awards. This was the arrival of the dawn of a new type of blockbuster. A true golden age of cinema between the two goes on for another decade hit after hit. It is Christmas 1996, Jingle All the Way is a modest hit for Schwarzenegger and was negatively reviewed by critics. In 2014, the film is followed by a sequel in name only, Jingle All the Way 2, starring Larry the Cable Guy. As I lie to myself, it is December 2024. I am drinking a Red Bull Vodka and imagining a past where Verhoeven didn’t honestly answer the studio execs that there’s no guarantees in filmmaking. It is December 1992, Carolco has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. CUTTHROAT ISLAND opens to a measly $10 million dollars against a $100 million dollar budget. “Take a look around. Take deep breath and with the stench of death in your nose, go tell God you’ve restored His kingdom.” Below, I've included HD scans of the Crusade Press Kit. Please enjoy a peak at something that never was, but could've been amazing!  |
