There's good news for film buffs who savor the thrills and chills of exploitation films like the "Legend of 7 Golden Vampires" and the "Vampire Hookers".
The Grindhouse Film Festival - previously a once-a-month celebration of film at the New Beverly Cinema Art Film House - will be expanded to twice a month.
Coordinator, Brian J. Quinn, describes the bill-of-fare this way,
"These films are made with a lot of passion and not a lot of equipment or money and there's a certain raw energy to them you don't get today in a Hollywood environment."
Although the festival has been a mainstay for a couple of years - of late - the celluloid classics are causing a stir with younger film buffs new to the genre.
Quinn notes that the festival's visibility got a major lift when quirky filmmaker Quentin Tarantino served as a program director for two months prior to the release of "Grindhouse" early in 2007.
Die-hard followers attend monthly, but newbies to the kitschy films are picking up the step.
Actually, in recent days there appears to be an ongoing trend.
Filmgoers appear to be foregoing on jaunts to gargantuan cineplexes to seek out boutique film houses for a more intimate filmic adventure.
Quinn made an astute observation duly recorded in an LA Times interview lately.
"When we program crowd-pleasers, you can feel the electricity".
Info: www.newbevcinema.com
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