Sunday, February 13, 2011

Plan 9 From Outer Space at The Lewis Theater

For as long as I can remember I have wished that The Lewis Theater, a small theater in downtown Lewisburg, WV (voted the "coolest small town" in America by somebody, somewhere recently), would show cult/horror films.  It's a small theater, one screen, that usually gets the artier, less mainstream films that the other theater in town (with it's whopping TWO screens) won't touch.  Being a fan of films that don't always get much of a release in this area, The Lewis Theater is a godsend from time to time.  It's obvious that they are catering to a niche film crowd, so I always wondered why they didn't show classic midnight movies as well.  Imagine my surprise when I went to see True Grit there (finally!) and saw a cut-out of Elvira holding a coming attraction notice of Plan 9 From Outer Space.