AFI Silver Theatre: Every Other Day Is Halloween
By Mike Everleth ⋅ June 27, 2009
June 27
8:20 p.m.
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Silver Spring, MD
Hosted by: Midsummer Night’s Scream II
Every Other Day Is Halloween is director C.W. Prather‘s documentary about Count Gore De Vol, the beloved Washington, D.C. TV horror movie host. Portrayed by Dick Dyszel, De Vol was a major cult celebrity in the nation’s capital during the ’70s who fell victim to ’80s media consolidation.
After being tossed off the air, De Vol turned to the Internet where he has led a renaissance of horror movie hosting. Also, the “Other” of the title refers to other characters Dyszel portrayed on TV, including Bozo the Clown and the sci-fi themed kids show host Captain 20.
You can read the Underground Film Journal’s review of Every Other Day Is Halloween here. It’s a fantastic and inspiring documentary.
The screening will feature director Prather and Count Gore De Vol in person. The post-screening Q&A will be moderated by D.C.’s own documentary filmmaking legend Jeff Krulik.
C.W. Prather is also the founder and director of Washington D.C.’s Spooky Movie International Film Festival.
Watch the Every Other Day Is Halloween documentary trailer:
EVERY OTHER DAY IS HALLOWEEN WORLD PREMIERE!
In person: Director C.W. Prather and Count Gore De Vol
Post-screening Q&A moderated by Jeff KrulikThis comedic documentary chronicles the career and legacy of Dick Dyszel, whose television alter-egos, “Count Gore De Vol,” “Captain 20” and “Bozo the Clown” helped raise generations of Washingtonians in the 1970s and 1980s (almost a half-million “Channel 20 Club Cards” were distributed during this time). But it was in the 1990s that Dick helped revolutionized the concept of entertainment-on-demand when he launched the first-ever streaming horror host show, “Creature Feature: The Weekly Web Program,”–predating Hulu, YouTube, and the iPod by years–which opened him up to the world. Featuring rare one-of-a-kind footage, and interviews with Dick Dyszel, critic Arch Campbell, writer Steve Niles (30 DAYS OF NIGHT), filmmaker Jeff Krulik (HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT), “scream-queens” Eleanor Herman and Leanna Chamish, as well as a new generation of television “horror hosts” including John Dimes (“Dr. Sarcofiguy”) and Jerry Moore II (“Karlos Borloff”), this doc’s universal appeal goes beyond the beltway to show how art can sometimes come back to re-influence itself, and how the best days will always be ahead.Watch the trailer hereDIR C.W. Prather; PROD C.W. Prather, Dick Dyszel. US, 2009, color, 90 min. NOT RATED Saturday, June 27, 8:20