News About the Silver Scream Spook Show
The July Spook Show is Godzilla on Monster Island. Guaranteed to be fun!
As usual, the 1PM matinee at the historic Plaza Theatre is free for the kiddos and $7 for adults. The 10PM show is always $10.
And now: a bit of news. After the July show, we’re going to take a breather. Here’s the scoop [...]
June Spook Show: Hurcules in the Haunted World
1 PM matinee is $7 (kids under 12 free!); the 10PM night show is $10.
Hercules in The Haunted World is a 1961 Italian sword and sandal film directed by director Mario Bava and starring British-born bodybuilder Reg Park as Hercules and legendary British actor Christopher Lee as his nemesis, Lico. It is the sequel to [...]
May Spook Show: Carnival of Souls
May 29th at the Plaza, it’s Carnival of Souls!
Made in 1962 on an extremely low budget, Herk Harvey’s classic CARNIVAL OF SOULS has become legendary for its ability to create a tensely creepy atmosphere with virtually no special effects. A young woman (Candace Hilligoss) is involved in a car crash when her car falls off [...]
The Tingler!
The Silver Scream Spook Show is a 30 minute live stage show filled with magic tricks, dancing girls, jokes, spectacle and frights, followby a classic horror movie on actual 35mm film. This month, it’s The Tingler – the awesome Castle film with Vincent Price.
Kids under 12 are free for the 1PM matinee, all other tickets [...]
First Men In The Moon!
The March 2010 Silver Scream Spook Show is HG Wells’ First Men In The Moon.
It features the awesome Dynamation of Ray Harryhausen. Come out Saturday the 27th for the 1PM day show or the 10PM late show at the historic Plaza Theatre. Kids are free during the day, adults are $7; all tickets for the [...]
February’s Silver Scream Spook Show: It Conquered The World
This month’s Silver Scream Spook Show is on Saturday, February 27th with the totally classic It Conquered The World. Here’s the plot:
One of several remaining members of its race, an alien from Venus is guided to Earth by disgruntled scientist Tom Anderson, who tells it which humans it should attach mind control devices to. Among [...]
Party Like It’s 1939!
As part of the Plaza’s 70th anniversary celebration and 1939 Film Festival, this month’s Silver Scream Spook Show is Buck Rogers “Planet Outlaws.”
On Saturday, Jan. 30:
1 p.m.: $7; free ages 11 and younger.
10 p.m.: $10
The Plaza’s 70th Anniversary!
January 15 is the Plaza’s 70th birthday party, and it’s going to be 1939 all over again. Period music [...]
Post-Turkey Day Thrills
Friday, we’re going to be at Project 96.1’s Under the Covers with Aly Pajama Jam at The Loft/Vinyl. Doors are at 7:30, and the show starts at 8. We will be doing acts in between the bands – Wrong Way (Sublime tribute), Eulogy (Tool tribute), Human Magic Marker (Incubus tribute) & Eleven Standing Still (”performing [...]
Spooktacular October
There’s a ton going on for Halloween… and even for the Silver Scream Spook Show, most of it before Halloween.
October 16th and 71th, the Silver Scream Spook Show invades Little Five Points for the Halloween parade. On the 16th, Spook Show Mon-stars (Stars of the Spook Show performing your favorite punk rock songs!), and then [...]
Aw, how exciting!
Thanks to everyone who voted Blast-Off Burlesque Creative Loafing’s Best Burlesque Troupe in the 2009 Best of Atlanta. We sincerely appreciate it, and we’re hip-thrusting in your general direction RIGHT NOW.
We’re planning a party to celebrate… details soon.
This weekend:
Silver Scream Spook Show – vote best film festival in the Best of ATL once again! Come [...]
It’s Getting Hairy…
The August 2009 episode of the Silver Scream Spook Show is a week early – August 22nd. This month, we’re so excited to have I Was A Teenage Werewolf, with a young Michael Landon. I Was a Teenage Werewolf is a B-level cheapie that can most easily be summed up as a cross between The [...]
Hideous Sun Demon…
This month’s Silver Scream Spook Show is Hideous Sun Demon. It’s a weird, weird movie. The Spook Show is gonna be pretty psychedelic – this Saturday, June 27th. As always the day show is free for kids under 12 – that’s 1PM. The night show is at 10.
Complete info at http://plazaatlanta.com/specialevents.ht
Invasion of the Saucer Men
We just found out that the movie for this month’s Silver Scream Spook Show is a real one of a kind! The print of Invasion of the Saucer men is the only one in existence… and that means it’ll be a seriously rare treat.
As always, the 1PM matinee is free for kids 12 and under, [...]
Silver Scream Spook Show, March… It's the 7th Voyage of Sinbad!
The Silver Scream Spook Show was just cited as a “Don’t Miss” in Creative Loafing. Come to the March show to find out why! This month, it’s the 7th Voyage of Sinbad, a phenomenal movie by Ray Harryhausen.
As always, kids are free for the very PG 1PM matinee – over 12 is just $7. The [...]
February Fun
East Atlanta Variety Show
There’s a new event at East Atlanta’s 529: The East Atlanta Variety Show. Its premiere is Tuesday, February 17th at 8:30.
This show is a stand up/music/and variety show featuring some really awesome comedians from across the city (this is not an open mic). Why? Times is tough. So, people need to laugh [...]
Starting 2009 With a Bang!
Mysterious Mysteries of the Unknown was a hit! Thanks so much to everyone who came out. It looks like we had about 400 people between the two nights – it’s amazing. We got some great feedback from people, as well as suggestions for how we can make the next show even more fun for our [...]
We're Up for a Party, Are You?
Well, our next show – Mysterious Mysteries of the Unknown – is fast approaching. We’re on for two nights: a Friday night preview show with a limited audience and a Saturday night feature show. Tickets are $10 and you get your fill of burlesque, side show action, sketch comedy, singing, dancing, some other stuff (like [...]
Giving Thanks – and Spooks!
It’s the season for Thanksgiving, so all of team Blast-Off wants to give you a big THANK YOU for over two years of fun. We appreciate the fun times and we’re looking forward to many, many more.
Last month, we celebrated two years of the Silver Scream Spook Show madness, and this month it’s even wackier [...]
Pre-Halloween Fun
The Syrens of the South kicked off Halloween season with the Boolesque show on October 4th, and the rest of October is going to be a blast!
October 18th, join us at the Little Five Points Halloween Parade, of which the Silver Scream Spook Show’s Professor Morte is the host/grand marshall.
The following weekend is the Silver [...]
It's the last weekend of September…
… do you know where your Blast-Off is?
Sure you do! We’ll be in the Silver Scream Spook Show this Saturday, then Sunday we’re part of the PUSH fundraiser at Five Spot.
Creative Loafing’s 2008 Readers’ Pick
Best Film Series: Silver Scream Spook Show
Kids’ Matinee @ 1:00… Kids 12yrs and under get in free, everyone else is $6; [...]
Curse of the Demon!
This month we’re showing Curse of the Demon – the folks at The Plaza wanted us to let you know it’s a library print so it’s perfect and really rare. Also, Professor Morte and Pandora are back from their vacation, so we’ll get to hear all about that and see the souvenirs they brought back… [...]
Gettin' Around…
The July Silver Scream Spook Show, It Came From Beneath The Sea, is Saturday! We’re looking forward to seeing you there – it was featured in Creative Loafing’s See & Do, so we’re also expecting to see some new people. It’s so great to watch the newcomers’ reactions to the silliness, especially when they don’t [...]
July's Silver Scream Spook Show – It Came From Beneath The Sea
We’re excited about this month’s Spook Show – we love sea creatures!
JULY 26
“IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA” in a glorious, big-screen 35MM presentation!
Only $6 for the 1 P.M. show, and a great night out: $10 for the 10:30 P.M. show. Kids 12 & under are FREE (but they should probably stick with the day show)!
Please join us at
THE [...]
Monster Bash!
We haven’t caught up in a while, have we? We’ve got so much to share, but for now… let’s talk about Monster Bash.
Sunday, June 1st. Great bands, great movies. And we’re happy to have some amazing guests in the Syrens of the South and Renea LeRoux. We hope to see you there!