Films / Programs

The Watching Hour

Get ready constant watchers to venture to a place where cinema cracks open to reveal its hidden core. A primal place where the fantastic meets the terrifying, where you’ll see things you thought existed only in your wildest dreams and your sweetest nightmares. This is The Watching Hour.

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  The ABCs of Death

  2012 , 125 min. MUST END Thursday, March 14th at the Sie FilmCenter Digital presentation - From the directors of House of the Devil, Hobo with a Shotgun, A Serbian Film, Tokyo Gore Police, You’re Next, and many more comes the genre event of 2012. Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. ... more
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  The American Scream

  USA , 2012 , 91 min. From the director of Best Worst Movie (SDFF 32) comes this documentary about “home haunters,” dedicated folk who spend all year transforming their homes into neighborhood haunted houses for Halloween.... more
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  The Amityville Horror

  USA , 1979 , 117 min. The classic that terrified a generation, based on paranormal events said to have befallen the Lutz family upon moving into a Long Island home. James Brolin and Margot Kidder star.... more
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  The Birds

  USA , 1963 , 119 min. Join us in welcoming Tippi Hedren to the 35th Starz Denver Film Festival. We are proud to present a special screening of The Birds, where Ms. Hedren will be presented with the Mayor’s Award for Career Achievement.... more
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  Death Proof w/ Zoe Bell Award Presentation

  USA , 2007 , 121 min. Join us at this very special Watching Hour showing as we present actress/stuntwoman Zoe Bell (Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2) with the 35th Starz Denver Film Festival Rising Star Award and show the rarely screened Cannes cut of Quentin Tarantino's 2007 hit film Death Proof!... more
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  Headshot

  Thailand , 2011 , 105 min. An ex-cop in Bangkok becomes a hit man targeting above-the-law criminals and corrupt politicians. Surviving a shot to the head, he awakens seeing the world upside down and is left to reflect on the consequences of his actions, both karmic and immediate.... more
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  John Dies at the End

  USA , 2012 , 99 min. MUST END Thursday, February 28th at the Sie FilmCenter Digital Presentation - In JOHN DIES AT THE END, it’s all about the Soy Sauce, a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. Users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Sudden... more
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  The King of Pigs

  South Korea , 2011 , 97 min. In this powerful animated film aimed at adults, two South Korean classmates meet and relive the horrors of being bullied during their middle-school years. The former lower-class “pigs” find hidden meaning in the death of a friend who was the only one to stand up to the merciless oppression.... more
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  The Watching Hour: My Amityville Horror

  USA , 2012 , 89 min. Screens Friday & Saturday, March 22nd & 23rd at 10pm in The Watching Hour! Digital presentation - In 1975 the Lutz family vacated their home of 28 days at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. Leaving behind all their belongings, the family claimed to be the victims of a terrifyin... more
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  Wrong

  France , 2013 , 94 min. NOW PLAYING through April 11th at the Sie FilmCenter Official WATCHING HOUR Selection of the 35th Starz Denver Film Festival Digital presentation - Dolph Springer (Reno 911’s Jack Plotnick) awakens one morning to find he has lost the sole love of his life – his dog, Paul. Desperate t... more
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  Zombie Town Hall Meeting

  120 min. George Romero, Max Brooks and Steven Schlozman in a live, trans-generational salon talk on the rise of zombie fandom, the role and impact of the modern zombie on popular culture, and practical matters like how to zombie-proof your car.... more