‍Every year we show exclusively shot-on-videotape works throughout September for something we call: SOV SEPTEMBER. Join us for this year's month-long exploration into the depths of some of the most under-appreciated margins of filmmaking. Usually no-budget, usually put together by small crews of friends (and family members, and neighbors), sometimes over-the-top gross, sometimes transgressive, and almost always like no other film you've ever seen - this series is for cinematically adventurous travelers only!

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Join Hollywood Entertainment for an evening of queer, deranged, and romantic SOV classics (on the verge of their 40th anniversaries) with producer/writer/vampire and erotic horror pioneer Kevin M. Glover and special guests in person!

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In Love Bites, novice vampire killer Jake Hunter finds himself falling for his first target: the dashing Count of West Hollywood (Glover). He’s 347 years old… and still getting carded. Will Jake steal his heart… or will he drive a (lubed) stake through it? Decidedly sweet and silly while textured with social commentary about the AIDS crisis and homophobia, this is a groundbreaking gothic gay romance for the ages. A video reviewer declared, "I'm not gay, but I liked it."Called "one of the better direct-to-video productions" in Splatter Movie Guide Vol.2, Venus Flytrap is a vicious slice of Pasadena hot tub party menace. Three tough punks rob a record store then follow a yuppie couple to a party. There they embark on a shocking crime spree soaked in champagne and bad taste. It’s a thriller full of sex, horror, Russian roulette, a jar of pickled penises, out-of-control masculinity, and gay panic.

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Created on shoestring budgets with Campfire Video founder Marvin Jones who produced beefcake VHS movies and compilations of cinematic men’s nudity called Movie Buff, these are classics of the genre made to be experienced with a crowd of tape-crazed deviants.

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Thank you to our community partner, Outfest.

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Venus Flytrap
dir. T. Michael, 1987
United States, digital projection
63 min

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Love Bites
dir. Marvin Jones, 1988
United States, digital projection
69 min

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MONDAY, 9/21
Please note earlier start time!
7:00 DOORS
7:30 SCREENING

Followed by a Q&A with producer Kevin Glover and other special guests in person!

$10 general admission.

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‍Whammy! is located at 1200 N Alvarado St, near the intersection of Sunset & Alvarado and in between Tierra Mia Coffee and Manly & Sons Barbershop. Street parking only, please do not park in the library parking lot, as your vehicle will get locked in when the library closes. The corner of Sunset & Alvarado is served by 3 major bus lines, the 2, the 4, and the 93.

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About Kevin M. Glover

Indie horror veteran Kevin M Glover is a comic writer/creator, multi-award-winning horror playwright, and a one-time rubber-suited B-Movie monster in the 90's sci-fi schlocker, SYNGENOR.  A prolific low-budget filmmaker back in the day, Kevin produced several cult features including DINOSAUR VALLEY GIRLS, VENUS FLYTRAP, LOVE BITES and the spicy horror films MUMMY'S KISS, EROTIC RITES OF COUNTESS DRACULA and SISTERHOOD OF THE SHEWOLF.  He also dabbled in acting, appearing with scream queens Linnea Quigley and Michelle Bauer in ASSAULT OF THE PARTY NERDS, James Spader in JACK'S BACK and starring turns in VENUS FLYTRAP and LOVE BITES.  Gay audiences may remember him for spearheading the Pride Playhouse Collection bringing classic gay plays to home video and as a prolific producer of many quality gay fitness videos. More recently, Kevin created the Scary Tales Publishing line of indie horror comics.  His current comic titles are LADY FRANKENSTEIN, FRACTURED SCARY TALES, THEY'RE HEEERE! and MONSTERS VS.  His published and produced, multi-award winning stage plays include THE PEOPLE vs FRANKENSTEIN, ELEMENTARY DEAR WATSON, HE'S A VAMPIRE! and and updated version of LOVE  BITES.  His epic western vampire novel, OUTLAW BLOOD will be released later this year.  A documentary about his 40 years in horror is also being completed by a Seattle based filmmaker.