Puertas – 8:00 PM 

Pelicula – Oscuridad (approx.9:00 PM) 

Entradas - GRATIS! (FREE!)

1h 25m | NR | Horror/Sci-fi | USA 

En Español (with English subtitles) 

Es verano en el Senado y una vez más con calor, sudorosos y raros con una serie de películas para satisfacer tu ardiente deseo de tonterías y subculturas, exageramientos y cultos, e incluso un superhéroe/detective/héroe popular mexicano de lucha libre!

El Santo, el legendario luchador convertido en actor protagonista de El Santo vs. Los Zombies. Una película de misterio y crimen con un estilo de cómic al estilo de Dick Tracy pero con mucha más lucha. Esta mezcla de géneros (que presenta zombis al estilo anterior a la Noche de los Muertos Vivientes) es típica de las películas de luchadores de la época. En esta primera aparición de El Santo, el enmascarado de plata hace tiempo entre combates de lucha libre para luchar por la justicia contra enemigos viles, sobrenaturales y algunos otros un poco más extraños. En donde las autoridades locales han fallado, El Santo debe intervenir para detener esta ola de crímenes violentos con un toque de vudú.

Únase a nosotros para esta PROYECCIÓN GRATUITA AL AIRE LIBRE en el Senate Coney Lot (al lado del teatro en Michigan Ave.) y disfrute de esta exagerada y cursi pieza de la historia de la cultura pop mexicana.

¡NO OLVIDES TRAER TU PROPIA SILLA!

¡EL PUESTO DE CONCESIONES Y LOS BAÑOS ESTARÁN DISPONIBLES DENTRO DEL TEATRO!

¡PELÍCULA AL AIRE LIBRE GRATIS! (FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING!) 

Sat. Aug. 10  

Doors – 8:00 PM 

Film – Dusk (approx. 9:00 PM) 

Tickets - GRATIS! (FREE!)

1hr 25min | NR | Horror/Sci-fi | USA 

En Español (with English subtitles) 

It’s summer at the Senate and we’re once again getting Hot, Sweaty & Weird with a series of flicks to satisfy your burning desire for schlock and subculture, camp and cult, and even a wrestling Mexican superhero/detective/folk hero! 

El Santo, the legendary luchador turned actor stars in Santo vs. The Zombies. A mystery crime film with a comic book style ala Dick Tracy but with a whole lot more wrestling, this genre mashup (featuring pre-Night of the Living Dead style zombies) is typical of the luchador films from the period. In this early Santo outing, the perpetually masked crusader makes time in between wrestling matches to fight for justice against nefarious foes, both supernatural and otherwise. Where the local authorities have failed, Santo must step in to stop this violent crime wave with a voodoo twist. 

Come join us for this FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING in the Senate Coney Lot (next door to the theater on Michigan Ave.) and enjoy this campy piece of Mexican pop culture history. 

DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR!  

CONCESSIONS STAND AND BATHROOMS WILL BE AVAILABLE INSIDE THE THEATER! 

The Senate Theater and The Detroit Theater Organ Society is supported by The Michigan Arts and Culture Council and The National Endowment for the Arts. 

Parking is available in our gated lot, on Gilbert, and Michigan Avenue

Sat. Jul. 29 

Tickets – $6 

Doors – 7:00 PM 

Organ Overture – 7:30 PM  

First Film – 8:00 PM 

Second Film – 9:30 PM (approximately) 

The Screaming Skull 

1hr 8min | NR | Horror/Thriller| USA 

Manos: The Hands of Fate 

1hr 14min | NR | Horror | USA 

Our Hot, Sweaty & Weird summer cult film series wouldn’t be complete without a movie so bad it’s almost . . . good?

This year, we’re bringing you Manos: The Hands of Fate, a film so legendarily terrible that it makes Ed Wood’s Plan 9 from Outer Space look like Citizen Kane. In no universe would this independently (and ineptly) made film be considered quality, but we can at least guarantee a quality time at the theater, provided you like laughing at bizarre and strangely unsettling cinematic failures. 

And, yes, much like on Mystery Science Theater 3000, the television series responsible for the film’s cult following, good natured heckling at the screen is encouraged! 

A unique and personal vision, the film was conceived by one man, Harold P. Warren, a fertilizer salesman who had never written, directed, or produced anything. To describe the plot of this cult film about a cult would be useless. That’s not the appeal. It is a strange glimpse into one man’s subconscious and a mood piece that has been described as a “brave experiment,” “a train wreck,” “unnerving outsider art,” “a crime against humanity,” and “made by people with absolutely no business making a movie.” 

In short, Manos: The Hands of Fate is an eccentric failure that fails so completely it just might be a triumph. 

And, since we know bad movie aficionados are nothing if not gluttons for punishment, you’ll be treated to a bonus piece of horror schlock, a not-so-classic of the drive-in era with a title that truly delivers, The Screaming Skull. This ghost story was intended as a psychological horror/thriller. Unfortunately, the road to audiences smirking at accidental humor on screen is paved with good intentions. 

We hope to see you all at the theater for this night of D-movie fun! 

The Senate Theater and The Detroit Theater Organ Society is supported by The Michigan Arts and Culture Council and The National Endowment for the Arts. 

Parking is available in our gated lot, on Gilbert, and Michigan Avenue