SPECIAL EVENTS & NOTEWORTHY ATTRACTIONS ALWAYS INCLUDE:   

* MOVIE, MOVIES and more MOVIES! We cram in as many classic Drive-In movies, independent films and shorts as we can pack into a weekend. You’ll find movies and shorts on real 16mm film in our 200 seat “Film Room” and all kinds of indy films, shorts, and guest related features in our smaller, 100+ seat “DVD projection Room” all weekend long.

* Q&A Sessions, Live Movie Commentaries, Guest Talks and Movie Introductions... Our guests are always willing to interact with attending fans, and we’ve come up with all kinds of fun stuff for them to do over the years. Let’s see what we come up with for the next show shall we?

* SURPRISES and MORE SURPRISES! With most of the shows we run, things fall together a few weeks before show time. Be sure to check back as the show draws closer to see if we may have a surprise guest addition, extra film screening, or special event added to the weekend schedule.

* EVERY CINEMA WASTELAND MOVIE AND MEMORABILIA EXPO offers attending fans over 60 Hours worth of Movies and Programming over the course of three days. And it’s all 100% Free with the price of admission. It can be a bit overwhelming, so be sure to check over the complete Weekend Schedule of Films and Events before you arrive so you can plot out your weekend early. The Weekend Schedule is usually posted 3 or 4 weeks before any given show.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE MOVIES YOU ASK?...
You can't have a "Movie Convention" without them, can you? ABSOLUTELY NOT! And we plan on showing plenty of films on both 16mm Film and Video at Cinema Wasteland - Many of which may be hosted by the Stars and Directors appearing as Guests at the show. Our evening film show is Free to all attendees and hotel guests.


Here are the movies we are showing on 16mm film: 
 

CANNIBAL ATTACK (1954) In this installment of Stock footage Action Theater, we find jungle guide and all around protector of all things nature, Jungle Jim… ah, “Jungle” Johnny Weissmuller that is, out to stop greedy cannibals who disguise themselves in crocodile skins from stealing cobalt ore. He sets out with jungle princess Luora (Judy Walsh), his monkey Kimba (replacing long time chimp companion, Tamba), and his trusty knife in order to fight jaguars, hawks, and stand off against the money grubbing cannibals. After 13 films in the “Jungle Jim” film series, the long running Jungle Jim comic strip ended… so did the Jungle Jim and Tamba the chimp’s name. But Weissmuller was contracted for 16 films, so they simply called him “Jim” changed his chimp’s name to Kimba, and made three more films in the series to end his contract. None of the last three films are any better or worse than the previous 13 films since the formula was set with film number one, so kick back and enjoy film number 14 in the Jungle Jim / Johnny film series.


THE GOLDEN AGE OF COMEDY SHOWCASE: THE EAST SIDE KIDS / THE BOWERY BOYS - To us, the “Golden Age” of comedy sort of ended in the 1940s. Some of the classic acts like The Three Stooges, and Abbott and Costello were still plugging along in the 1950s, but they were established acts doing their classic skits. The Bowery Boys started out as the Dead End kids in 1937. After seven films as tough street kids, they morphed into The East Side Kids in 1940 and added a little comedy to their hijinks. After a series of 21 East Side Kids films, The Bowery Boys comedy series spawned 50 films between 1946 and 1958 before it limped to a halt after leader “Slip Mahoney” (Leo Gorcy) left the series in 1956. Here we have a couple of 1950s Bowery Boys films, which were popular with kids at the time of their release, as well as on repeated TV broadcasts throughout the 1960s and 70s.

Check out one of the most well known East Side Kid films, along with the antics of The Bowery Boys this time around as our tribute to Comedies Golden Age continues -

SPOOKS RUN WILD (1941) In Spooks Run Wild, we find The East Side Kids: Muggs (Leo Gorcey), Glimpy (Huntz Hall), and the boys sent to a mountain camp. Stranded en route in a small town, they hear about a “monster killer” that roams the countryside, and naturally decide to sneak out at night to search for him… or it. Peewee (David Gorcey) is shot by a grave-digger and they seek shelter and help in an old mansion. The owner, Nardo, (Bela Lugosi) insists that they all spend the night. Later, they see Peewee sleepwalking around the old mansion and decide that Lugosi turned him into a zombie. The usual silliness found in all East Side Kid films ensue. Eventually the nurse (Dorthy Short) at the boys camp, along with Dr. Von Grosch (Dennis Moore) set out to find them. This is one of two films Bela Lugosi did with the East Side Kids for Monogram Pictures. The other was Ghosts On The Loose in 1943.

PRIVATE EYES (1953) After a punch to the nose, Sach (Huntz Hall) gains the ability to read minds. Slip (Leo Gorcey) and the rest of The Bowery Boys buy private eye Eddie’s business when he plans on leaving town to try and cash in on Sack’s new found power. It isn’t long before a blond damsel in distress rushes into their office fearing somebody is trying to kill her in this spoof of the popular private eye genre. Bowery Boys films had the habit of Sach (Hunts Hall) acquiring some sort of “power” that gets everyone in a whole heap of slapstick mayhem, only to have that power be completely forgotten about by the next film in the series… until he acquires some other weird power a few films down the road.

THE MAN WHO TURNED TO STONE (1957) Dr. Murdock leads a group of 18th century scientists that discovered the secret of immortality. In order to selfishly prolong their own lives, they need the life-extract of other human beings; preferably young fertile women. And what better place to scout for an endless supply of young disposable women than in the women’s prison they set up shop in? Carol Adams, a young prison employee, begins to grow suspicious of all of the sudden unnatural deaths and enlists the aid of a psychiatrist to uncover what’s going on. As their investigation draws them closer to the group of alchemists they have no choice but to continue their treatments. If they don’t their skin will literally petrify and harden to the toughness of stone.

SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON HOUR -Resident horror host, Son of Ghoul, will once again put together an hour’s worth of original cartoons to kick off Saturday morning. We give him free reign to screen any cartoons he’d like, so you never know what he’ll dig up. To give fans somewhere to go while waiting for the Vendor and Guest Room to open, cartoons kick off at 9:30am on Saturday mornings in MOVIE ROOM 1. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and stop in and see what’s in store this time around.

THE THREE STOOGES HOUR - It’s been a tradition since the very first Cinema Wasteland Show to screen Three Stooges shorts on Saturday morning. Resident horror host, Son of Ghoul, took over the job of sorting out which Stooge shorts to run when he mentioned that he owned every short on 16mm film. Stooge hour moved from early mornings to Noon on Saturday and the rest, as they say, is Wasteland history.

VOODOO WOMAN (1957) For some odd reason, a tribe of natives who hate outsiders have let crazy, scenery chewing scientist Roland Gerard (Tom Conway) move right into their tiny village where he promptly attempts to use jungle voodoo to create an army of monster slaves. He keeps his poor wife Susan (Mary Ellen Kay) locked in a guarded hut so she won’t interrupt his “experiments” while he never seems a bit bothered about the Tribal Leader always threatening to kill him. Wicked and greedy Marilyn Blanchard (Marla English) and her partner Rick (Lance Fuller) hear that the very same tribe has a load of gold stashed away so they hire rugged jungle guide Ted Bronson (Mike Connors) to take them there so they can steal it. Before they arrive, loony Dr. Gerard succeeds in creating a lone female voodoo monster and fully plans on having it kill everyone in sight. Plot? OK…maybe a little. Bad acting? Absolutely! A native dance number to pad out the running time? You know it! Clunky direction from Edward Cahn? You betcha! A wonderful monster created and played by Paul Blaisdale, who really just redesigned his “She-Creature” suit since he played that monster too? Damn straight! A terrific time? Guaranteed.

WASTELAND INTERMISSION REELS - Brand new intermission reels will once again screen between our Friday and Saturday night double features (and again on Sunday) between the 16mm film screenings at our next show. Chock full of assorted movie trailers, cartoons, old intermission and snack bar spots and public service announcements, these twenty minute reels are bound to bring back memories of drive-in days gone by.

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Here are the movies we are showing on DVD Projection:

COCAINE STEPDAD (2024) On the run after he breaks out of prison, Terry Miller teams up with his estranged, and very reluctant stepson Kyle, and an accidentally kidnapped videographer in order to stop his ex-wife from marrying the psychotic gun-loving pastor Shelby White. Along the way they’re framed for the murder of a body found in the trunk of their car, argue a lot, avoid a couple of Pastor White’s machine gun toting goons, and score some blow at a carnival. Eventually they make it to Shelby’s house right before the wedding, escape his goons, and make their plans to stop the wedding… with unexpected results. 

Gunga Jim Presents: TERROR CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE (1965) When lawyer Albert Kovac (Walter Brand) arrives at a castle to settle the estate of the recently deceased owner, Dr. Hauff, the owner’s wife (Barbara Steele) and daughter (Mirela Maravidi) reveal that Hauff was able to summon the souls of ancient plague victims, and his spirit still roams the castle. Soon enough, occupants of the castle begin to die off in gruesome and violent ways in this Euro-clunker from director Massimo Pupillo.

THE HARDCORE WRESTLING HOUR - Always a popular way to kick off Saturday mornings, the original Hardcore Wrestling Hour expanded to a couple of hours several years back and moved to opening the show on Friday. This time around, we will once again venture back to the days of Japanese death match wrestling of the 1990s when barbed wire ruled, and bloodshed filled the ring. Don’t miss it!

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT (2025) The typical family Christmas hassles are made even worse when mom gifts a cursed talisman to her son Tyler and he decides to take a peek at his gift early. Add in the fact that cousin Victor complicates things when he brings his new girlfriend Courtney with him. She used to go with Tyler, and the guy still has a thing for her, so enter a little jealously mixed with anger with that dread cursed talisman, and it isn’t long before Tyler grabs an ax and begins to slowly kill off his family. Holiday horrors start early this year… and you better watch out!        * We had disc issues at the October 2025 Show and had to scrap the scheduled You Better Watch Out screening. The movie is well worth the watch, so we’ll be sure to give it a nice time slot this time around.

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