Betamax Video Club

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Slash Run, 201 Upshur St NW, Washington, DC 20011

https://fb.me/e/4kOrtERBf Betamax Video Club 4/23- A celebration of 80's B movie classics and home video club culture featuring live music by Velocity 128 Title: Thrashin’ Rating: PG-13 Genre: Action Directed By: David Winters Written By: Paul Brown, Alan Sacks In Theaters: August 29, 1986 Runtime: 90 minutes Studio: Fries Entertainment Corey and his band of skater buddies sometimes make mischief, but they're more interested in girls and having fun on their boards than in getting into any real trouble. Notorious enemy crew the Daggers, led by Tommy Hook, get their kicks terrorizing the locals at Venice Beach. When Corey starts dating Tommy's kid sister, the Daggers are furious. The boys then take their beef to the "L.A. Massacre," a deadly skate race down a canyon road. Title: Solarbabies Rating: PG-13 Genre: Sci-fi Directed By: Alan Johnson Written By: Irene Walzer, Jack Frost Sanders In Theaters: November 26, 1986 Runtime: 94 minutes Studio: MGM Entertainment Co In a sun-scorched post-apocalyptic world largely bereft of water, a group of youthful orphans, including Jason and Terra, spend their time playing a hard-hitting hockey-like game and defying an authority known as "the Protectorate." When Daniel, one of the younger orphans, discovers a strange sphere, it leads to a struggle between good and evil after the scheming Darstar swipes the powerful orb.

Odd commercials, movie trailers, and found footage will play before and after the film along with music performed live by local synthwave duo, Velocity 128 Velocity 128 - Synthwave live production by Eric Garwood & Jonathan Lim: https://www.facebook.com/Velocity128/

Schedule 6:30-7:00 Coming Attractions 7:00-8:30 Thrashin’ (1986) 8:30-9:30 Velocity128 live 9:30-11:00 Solarbabies (1986)