PSYCHO, ROSEMARY'S BABY and More Set for 'Horror Mother's Day' at Moving Image

Celebrate Mother's Day against the grain with a triple-feature of maternal-themed horror movies on the big screen at Museum of the Moving Image. On Sunday, May 10, as part of Horror Mother's Day, the Museum will show Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins as the ultimate momma's boy; Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, with Mia Farrow as an Upper West Side mother-to-be caught up in a sinister cult; and David Cronenberg's The Brood (in a new 35mm print), a terrifying psychological thriller driven by a mother's rage. (See below for descriptions and schedule.)

To follow up, on June 21, 2015, the Museum will present Horror Father's Day, with a triple-feature of some of the scariest fathers to appear on screen. Films include Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter, George Franju's Eyes Without a Face, and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

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SCHEDULE AND DESCRIPTIONS FOR 'HORROR MOTHER'S DAY,' MAY 10, 2015:
Screenings take place in the Sumner M. Redstone Theater, at Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria. Tickets for each screening are $12 adults / $9 seniors and students / free for Museum members at the Film Lover level and above. Tickets include same-day admission to the Museum's galleries. Find event information and order tickets online at movingimage.us.

Psycho
SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1:30 P.M.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. 1960, 109 mins. 35mm. With Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Norman Bates, anxious proprietor of the Bates Motel, is horror cinema's ultimate momma's boy in Alfred Hitchcock's shocker masterpiece. But as Norman explains about his mother to the lovely blonde guest, "She isn't quite herself today."

Rosemary's Baby
SUNDAY, MAY 10, 4:30 P.M.
Dir. Roman Polanski. 1968, 136 mins. DCP. With Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon. Roman Polanski turned the stately Dakota into Manhattan's most infamous apartment house in his unsettling horror classic. Mia Farrow is the unfortunate mother-to-be, married to a sketchy Broadway actor (played by John Cassavetes) and possibly carrying an antichrist in her womb. Ruth Gordon steals the show as the sinister next-door neighbor.

The Brood
SUNDAY, MAY 10, 7:00 P.M.
Dir. David Cronenberg. 1979, 92 mins. New 35mm print! With Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle. David Cronenberg made The Brood after a painful divorce, and described the film as a "fantastical Kramer vs. Kramer." The mother is involved in "psychoplasmics," a treatment that leads to her literally (and graphically) giving birth to her rage. Howard Shore's musical score pays homage to Bernard Herrmann's music for Psycho.

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