
4K restoration!
ARREBATO’s dimension-shattering blend of heroin, sex, and Super-8 is the final word in cinemania.
Horror movie director José (Eusebio Poncela, Matador) is adrift in a sea of doubt and drugs. As his belated second feature nears completion, his reclusive bubble is popped by two events: a sudden reappearance from an ex-girlfriend (Cecilia Roth, All About My Mother) and a package from past acquaintance Pedro: a reel of Super-8 film, an audiotape, and a door key. From there, the boundaries of time, space, and sexuality are erased as José is once more sucked into Pedro’s vampiric orbit. Together, they attempt the ultimate hallucinogenic catharsis through a moebius strip of filming and being filmed.
Long unavailable internationally, Arrebato has since been rediscovered as a cult masterpiece — a queer-coded, avant-garde horror tale often described as Spain’s answer to Videodrome or Eraserhead. Legendary director Pedro Almodóvar has cited it as a major influence, and its reputation has continued to grow for those drawn to the darker, drug-fueled edges of cinematic obsession.
Freaky Fridays ticket prices include a free popcorn and soda or lemonade for all attendees! Alcohol can be purchased at Eden Bar. Regular food service will not be available for Freaky Friday events. So, come early, and fuel up outside for the night ahead!
1979, 115 minutes, Spain, In Spanish with English Subtitles, Directed by Iván Zulueta, Unrated
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“The moody Spanish downward descent marks a perfect bookend to Żuławski's Possession.”
– Tom Meek, CAMBRIDGE DAY -
"Arrebato" invokes cinema as an otherworldly entity that possesses, just as addictive and destructive as mind-altering substances injected into the bloodstream.”
– Carlos Aguilar, ROGER-EBERT.COM -
“A dizzying interpretation of art and its effect on artists. It's also one of the looser and more intriguing takes on a cinematic vampire.”
– Megan Navarro, BLOODY-DISGUSTING.COM -
“A hallucinatory, claustrophobic examination of the secret potency of film itself.”
– TIME OUT

