CULT CLASSICS: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET - 40TH ANNIVERSARY
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CULT CLASSICS: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET - 40TH ANNIVERSARY

CULT CLASSICS AT THE NFSA WITH VENUS MANTRAP
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Fri 30 Aug 8:00 PM
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Arc Cinema
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1984 | DCP | US | D: Wes Craven 

Arc Cinema presents a series of irreverent Friday night filmic feasts, curated and hosted by drag artist and culture warrior Venus Mantrap.    

Cult Classics with Venus Mantrap plumbs the archives to showcase cinema with bite: films that unnerve, push buttons, ask questions and just look good on the big screen! Gather your tribe of misfits and rowdy rebels and join Venus for edgy movies, fan favourites and hidden gems.  

Blurring the boundaries between what’s real and imagined, Wes Craven’s slasher masterpiece is without a doubt the OG teen-horror film that, 40 years later, still manages to unnerve, shock, gross-out and thrill its audiences.  

Birthing Freddy Krueger, everyone's favourite bogeymanNightmare also spawned an epic franchise and countless imitations. But it’s the original movie that remains beloved for its clever story, deliberate casting and innovative approach to special effects 

This sinister and darkly funny film can be analysed for its exploration of Freudian themes or enjoyed as a terrifying rollercoaster ride inside the dreamscapes of Elm Streets teenagers. Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep! 

Turning slumberland into a twisted murderer's den is a masterstroke by Craven, who has brought new blood to a genre that seemed as if it might choke on its own excesses  Empire 

Includes a pre-screening introduction and live performance by Venus Mantrap.  

Venus Mantrap  

Venus Mantrap is an androgynous construct whose roots are firmly planted in the world of drag. Exploring aspects of cabaret, performance-art and comedy during live shows, Mantrap has produced The Bowie Ball and starred in the one-person-shows Life, Love and Lip Syncing and Valley of the Molls. Venus is regularly found at Smith's Alternative as the MC of Cabaret Voltaire and has been a featured artist at Glitterbox, LGBTIQ+ Elders Dance Club, Drag Cabaret and Finucane and Smith's touring show Dancehall. Follow them on Instagram at @the_venus_mantrap. 


(Image credit: Cassie Abraham) 

Viewer discretion advice 

Cult Classics performances and screenings contain coarse language and adult themes, which some viewers may find offensive. Viewer discretion is advised


Arc Cinema

1 McCoy Circuit Acton, Australian Capital Territory, 2601