TONIGHT and this week at Burton Theater

There is some good stuff at the Burton Theatre this week. TONIGHT, a second showing of "The Forbidden Zone," a bizarro classic, featuring Danny Elfman in the role he was bred to play (Saaaaatan!) and, of course, boobies. Also, and extended run of "Valhalla Rising," which I'd never heard of, but looks SUPER sexy.

THE FORBIDDEN ZONE
(US/1982. Dir: Richard Elfman. 35mm B&W)
Weds · Sep 15 · 9:00 PM



A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine. When Frenchy slips through the door, King Fausto falls in love with her. The jealous Queen Doris takes Frenchy prisoner, and it is up to the Hercules family and friend Squeezit Henderson to rescue her.


VALHALLA RISING
*Detroit Premiere*
(2010/Denmark. Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn. 35mm film)


Fri · Sep 17 · 11:00 PM
Sat · Sep 18 · 6:00 PM
Sat · Sep 18 · 8:00 PM
Sat · Sep 18 · 10:00 PM
Sun · Sep 19 · 4:00 PM
Sun · Sep 19 · 6:00 PM
Sun · Sep 19 · 8:00 PM
Wed · Sep 22 · 9:00 PM
Fri · Sep 24 · 8:00 PM
Sat · Sep 25 · 6:00 PM
Sat · Sep 25 · 8:00 PM
Sun · Sep 26 · 6:00 PM



1000 AD, for years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.

The Eternal Present [FREE DVD WITH ADMISSION]

Thu · Sep 16 · 8:00 PM

Shortly after taking a job processing obituaries, a young man becomes inadvertantly involved in the death of an old woman. Only when he reads about the accident in his own newspaper, days later, does he come to realize that he was a critical detail in the turn of events that led to her demise. After encountering another person who presumably goes missing, he is convinced that he has been wound into a plot for which he has been cast as an agent of Fate.