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Movies WallWalJnionijetirFrjdaVjAiJgus985 5 'Faces of Death' films become hot items in video rental market Ali attributed the popularity of the films to fascination with death makes death such a hot topic? just curious" he said all going to Peters Curtis Flint-based vice president for sales in Michigan said a computer check Wednesday of rental of the films at his outlets in Bay City Flint Jackson Lansing and Saginaw showed each copy had been checked out almost continually for DETROIT (AP) of and its sequel films made up of scene after graphic scene of actual human ana animal killings have become hot items on the video rental market around the nation distributors say is terrible it is Dennis Peters of Curtis Mathis Entertainment Centers one of the leading videotape rental chains said Wednesday It is also immensely popular according to Peters who described the demand for the of Death" videocassettes as byFOD Productions but could not provide the names of any of the people involved in its making or say where FOD Productions was located He said the the first of film was produced about 1970 He said his company released videotape versions of the original film about 18 months ago andof the sequel on May 22 1985 Robinson said customers rent out die films as quickly as he puts them on the shelf just kind of caught fire" he grid Ali said the of films have developed a following despite lack of advertising and virtually iK) theatrical distribution The company has sold 30000 copies of the two films he said killings they show are real a said Jeff Robinson manager of Movieland a videotape rental store in Ann Arbor covers everything from the electric chair to the The films also show a a bridge-jump suicide several autopsies and the killing of monkeys in a restaurant where fresh monkey brains are a specialty of the house Robinson said really he said kind of leaves you Jaffer All of Maljack Productions in Oak Forest HI the exclusive distributor in the United States said ttie scenes in the films are real not staged He said the footage came from private collections in the United States Ali said the films were produced Strikes for 13 weeks in he said was a Ali said he has heard more objections about the scenes nf animpl Hllinp than thou nt humans same guy who complains about the slaughterhouse scene goes out and buys Chicken he said Video Trend in Farmington Hills acts as wholesaler of the film in Michigan and northern Ohio doing very well said Video Trend sales manager Sue Margolis who added not one of my top 10 She said the same kind of audience that goes to see a horror movie is drawn to the of films with one difference: People are ashamed to be seen renting the death films the past two months a movie pays for itself that quickly well get more copies he said The original of was produced in the United States for the Japanese film market Ali said outgrossed Empire 2:40 and 4:50 pm Clearwater Cinema HI 325 Johnson SL Kennewick Weird Science (PG-13) Two teen-age boys create a woman at 7 and 9 pm with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 12:45 2:45 and 4:45 pm Metro 4 Cinema I 1390 Columbia Colter Blvd Kennewick Heavenly Kid (PG) Killed in a car wreck a teen-ager is returned to Earth as an angel to help another teen-ager It shows at 7:15 and 9:15 pm Saturday and Sunday matinees are at 12:45 2:45 and 4:45 pjn Metro 4 Cinema II 1390 Columbia Center Blvd Kennewick The Emerald Forest (R) What kind of man would return year after year fra1 10 years to rescue a missing boy? A father does at 7 and 9:20 pm Matinees are Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 4:15 pm Metro 4 Cinema III 1390 Columbia Center Blvd Kennewick Rambo: First Blood Part II (R) Sylvester Stallone stars as a one-man rescue operation He is in hot pursuit of MIAs in Vietnam at 7 and 9 pjn Matinees are at 12:45 2:45 and 4:45 pm Saturday and Sunday Metro 4 Cinema IV 1390 Columbia Center Blvd Kennewick Midnight movies The Rocky like the blood and guts he said Despite their common subject matter the of films differ in one crucial respect from standard Hollywood horror fare: The Previews Movie listing! ire supplied to the Union-Bulletin by area movie theaten and an subject to time change It if mggeated that thMtoffocn phone ahead to guard againat change Walla Walla The Emerald Forest (R) What kind of man would return year after year for 10 years to rescue a missing boy? A father does daily at 5 7:10 and9: 20 pm Matinees Saturday and Sunday are at 2:45 jn PlazdTwirt Cinema 1 1660 Plaza Way Cocoon (PG-13) Ron Howard directs a charming tale about the discovery of a swimming pod of youth and aliens It shows daily at 4:35 6:55 and 9:15 pm Saturday and Sunday matinees are at Plaza Twin Cinema II 1660 Plaza Way Flight Night (R) If you love to have your socks scared off this picture might do just that It shows at 7 and 9:10 pm Matinees Saturday and Sunday are at 2 and 4:30 pm Saturday and Sunday Liberty Theater 50 Main St Red Sonja (R) Arnold Schwarzenegger stars Gymkata also shows at the Sky-Vue Drive-in Melrose Street The gates open at Horror Picture Show (R) shows in Metro 4 Cinema 1 1390 Columbia Center Blvd Kennewick Heavy Metal (R) shows in Cinema Both movies will be shown at midnight Friday and Saturday only Pale Rider (PG) Preacher Clint Eastwood tries to save a town during western action It shows with Tightrope at the River-Vue Drive-in West Sylvester Road and 28th Avenue The box office opens at 8:45 showtime is at dusk Dayton Millions (PG) Richard Pryor attempts to spend $30 million in 30 days to earn $300 million John Candy tries to stop him in this delightful comedy It shows with Just One of the Guys Friday and Saturday The show begins at dusk Dayton Drive-in Highway 12 Milton-Freewater Fletch (R) The 13 Chevy Chases are hilarious in this comic mystery-thriller All of Me shows too Friday through Sunday at the MF Drive-in State Route 11 The show begins at dusk The Pendleton movie listings were unavailable at press time Ave Richland National European Vacation (PG-13) Chevy Chase takes his family abroad for sane devastating humor at 7: 15 and 9: 15 pm Daily matinees are at 1:15 3:15 and 5:10 pm Uptown Cinema 1300 Jadwin Ave Richland ET The Extra-Terrestrial (PG) Plume hoooome back at 7 and 9:20 pm with daily matinees at 11:45 2:15 and 4:30 pm Uptown Cinema HI 1300 Jadwin Ave Richland Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (PG-13) Mel Gibson returns in the role of Mad Max Tina Turner also stars in the violent spellbinding action at 5:10 7:30 and 9:50 pm with matinees at 12:50 and 3 pm Saturday and Sunday Clearwater Cinema 1 325 Johnson SL Kennewick Cocoon (PG-13) This charming funny story about the discovery of aliens and a swimming pod of youth shows at 7 and 9:30 pm with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 11:50 2:10 and 4:30 pm Clearwater Cinema 325 Johnson St Kennewick Fright Night (R) If you love to have your socks scared off this picture might be the one to do it It shows at 7:15 and 9:30 pm Matinees Saturday and Sunday are at 12:30 8:45 pm show begins at dusk Tri-Cities Back to the Future (PG-13) Michael Fox time-travels to 1955 and finds out his dad was a peeping Tom and his mother parked with boys This comedy shows at 7:30 and 9:50 pm Daily matinees are at 12:15 2:35 and 4:55 pm Columbia Center Cinema 1 900 Columbia Center Blvd Kennewick Black Cauldron (PG) A Walt Disney animated feature production this film contains heroes plenty of action and is scary Suitable family fare it shows at 7:15 and 9:10 nightly Daily matinees are at 1:45 2:50 and 4:50 pjn Coluipbia Center Cinema 900 Columbia Center Blvd Kennewick Silverado (PG-13) -Four strangers become friends and four friends become heroes in this ride of your life at 7 and 9:40 pjn Daily matinees are at 1:15 and 4 pm Columbia Center Cinema III 900 Columbia Center Blvd Kennewick Follow That Bird (G) Sesame Big Bird takes viewers into adventureland at 7 and 8:45 pm Daily matinees are at 1 3 and 5 pm Uptown Cinema 1 1300 Jadwin debuted last week and the $42 million grossed over the weekend put it in fourth Diace Max Beyond was fifth over the weekend with $36 million followed by and 20th Century both with $32 million Here are the top films at the box office over the weekend with distributor weekend gross number of screens total gross and number of weeks in release 1 Lampoon's European Warner Bros $12 million 1546 screens $123 million first week 2 to the Universal $95 million 1508 screens $667 million four weeks 3 the Extra Universal $5 million 1701 screens $192 million second week in rerelease 'European Vacation' makes debut as No 1 at box office HOLLYWOOD (AP) European starring Chevy Chase made its debut as the No 1 movie at the box office over the weekend grossing $12 million to edge to the out of the top spot "European from Warner Bros played on 1546 screens for an average of $7975 per screen to the Future" grossed $95 million boosting its four week total to $M-7 million Falling me notch to third was the rerelease of Steven Spielberg's 1982 hit the Extra Terrestrial" The Universal film brought in $5 million over the weekend and raised its two-week total to $19 million Black.