THE DAILY RUNDOWN is a quick look at just a few of the cool screenings and film events happening around the U.S. every day. It is not intended to be an exhaustive, comprehensive list, but a sampling of the terrific genre cinema available to check out at your local art house, megaplex, film society, and repertory theaters.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2017 (All show times are local)

The Siskel Film Center in Chicago is screening Mario Bava’s proto-slasher flick TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE (a.k.a. A BAY OF BLOOD) at 6:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

TICKS is one of the most fun low-budget creature features of the ’90s. The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin is screening it from a rare 35mm print at 10:15 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

Roger Corman’s original 1960 cult classic LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is playing at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR at 7:30 pm. This is a 16mm screening. Tickets and info can be found here.

The Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn is screening Stan Winston’s superior creature feature PUMPKINHEAD from a 35mm print at 9:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

HEAVY METAL is being shown by Yukon Cult Cinema at the Yukon Tavern in Portland, OR at 7:20 pm. This screening is hosted by DAILY GRINDHOUSE‘s own Mac Bell. A poster created by DAILY GRINDHOUSE contributor Andy Vanderbilt is being given out to audience members. All info can be found here.

KRULL, the wanna-be fantasy epic of the early ’80s, is still a lot of cheesy fun even if it is far from a classic. It is being shown at the Alamo Drafthouse in Denver at 7:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

Alfred Hitchcock’s suspense/experimental film ROPE is screening at the Amherst Cinema in Amherst, MA at 7:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

If you know of an under-the-radar theater or film society regularly putting together repertory screenings or special events, feel free to let me know on Twitter!

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Matt Wedge is a writer, film fanatic, and cat herder whose obsession with the films of Larry Cohen and sticking up for unfairly-maligned cinematic bombs can be read at his site, Obsessive Movie Nerd. You can follow him on Twitter at @TheWedgeSerpent.

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Tags: A Bay of Blood, Alfred Hitchcock, Heavy Metal, krull, Little Shop of Horrors, mario bava, Pumpkinhead, roger corman, Rope, Stan Winston, Ticks, TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE