Repo! The Genetic Opera

Screening as part of Enzian's 13+ Films of Halloween.

Anthony Stewart Head Tribute!

“Zydrate comes in a little glass vial…”

In the not-so-distant future, organ failure has become a booming business and, if you miss a payment, the Repo Man comes calling. Unleashed in 2008, Repo! The Gentic Opera is a blood-soaked saga of family secrets, corporate greed, forbidden love, and surgical addiction, all delivered through wall-to-wall original songs like some goth phantasmagoria come to neon-soaked life.

Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II–IV), Repo! boasts one of the wildest casts ever assembled, lead by the incredible Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer) as Nathan the Repo Man, Alexa Vega (Spy Kids), Bill Moseley (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas), industrial music icon Nivek Ogre (Skinny Puppy), and, in a pair of performances no one could have predicted, Paris Hilton and Grammy nominated Soprano Sarah Brightman. Add blistering music by Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith, outrageous production design, and enough black leather, fake blood, and eyeliner to fill an opera house, and you've got a cinematic experience unlike anything else.

Repo! found its true believers through late-night screenings, shadow casts, and devoted fans who transformed it into one of the defining cult musicals of the 21st century. “Goth opera. Blood saga. Sometimes I wonder how we ever got here.”

Featured Cocktail (Available Starting October 1):

Zydrate
Rumple Minze, Blue Curaçao, Creme of Cacao, Black Walnut Bitters, Lemon Juice

_{2008, 97 minutes, USA, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, Rated R, Digital}