The Thing and Big Trouble in Little China – Double-bill Screening [August 26th]

The movie partnership of legendary horror film director John Carpenter and Hollywood favourite Kurt Russell produced several films through the 1980’s and 90’s, we’re celebrating this movie duo with a back-to-back screening of a pair of films holding a cult status only matched by their levels of danger from another world – The Thing, and Big Trouble In Little China.

2017 marks the 35th anniversary of John Carpenter’s The Thing – set in the winter of 1982, a twelve man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discover alien life buried in the snow.
Soon unfrozen, the form changing alien takes host of members of the team, picking them off one by one, in a bid to survive and escape.
With ever-increasing tension, iconic special effects, and a superb score from Oscar winning soundtrack legend Ennio Morricone, The Thing is a landmark sci-fi horror.

The Thing original trailer –

Then to round off the evening, we head to the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown, for a film which the director John Carpenter described as an “action adventure comedy kung fu ghost story monster movie” – Big Trouble In Little China.
Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) is a loud-mouthed truck driver who finds himself caught up in a supernatural conflict, when his friend’s girlfriend is kidnapped to be married to a 2000 year old evil spirit named Lo Pan, who intends to break his curse and gain a new physical body.
Jack goes to the rescue – cue martial arts, bullets, monsters and one-liners, as he battles to save the world from evil, and hopefully get his truck back…

Big Trouble In Little China original trailer –

Hosted at the Abbeydale Picture House – Sheffield’s Grade II listed 1920’s picture palace cinema, always bringing a sense of occasion and along with a fully stocked up bar, this double-bill feature will provide sensational Saturday evening entertainment…
Following our screenings of Bruce Lee’s Enter The Dragon and our anniversary celebration of Evil Dead 2, we hope you’ll join us again this coming bank holiday weekend for a supernatural double-bill feature of true cult classics.

Saturday August 26th

£9

Doors open 6pm

The Thing – 7pm

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Big Trouble In Little China – 9:30pm

Please note that this screening has an 18 certificate – entry to the event will only be for those (including ticket holders) above this age.

Tickets Online: http://sivtickets.com/event/thethingandbigtroubleinlittlechinadoublebill

In person:
Sheffield City Hall Box Office (Monday – Saturday, 9.30am – 5.30pm),
SIV Ticket Office – Meadowhall Shopping Centre (Monday to Friday 10am – 9pm; Saturday 9am – 8pm; Sunday 11am – 5pm).

Telephone: 0114 22 33 777 (Monday – Saturday, 9am – 8pm)

Abbeydale Picture House
387 Abbeydale Road
Sheffield
S7 1FS